[Kozak]

I am sick and tired of the Boomer bashing. MOST of us have worked hard our entire lives. MIllIONS of us volunteered to serve in the military in Vietnam AND after, who do you think it was who manned the defenses that brought down the Soviet Union during the Cold War? Who do you think fought Desert Storm? Who do you think LEADS the current military? WE didn’t put in place the “Great Society” or Medicaid. WE didn’t put the judges on the Supreme Court that decided “Rowe”. WE weren’t the ones in Power in DC that bungled bothe Korea and Vietnam. We weren’t the ones who broke the piggy bank that was the “Greatest Generation” (Welfare, Medicare and Social Security).

Sorry but I have NOTHING TO APPOLOGIZE FOR.

[Kozak]

Or APOLOGIZE for either. Deep breath.

[SJackson]

I kind of feel that way too.

[LZ_Bayonet]

"WE didn’t put in place the “Great Society” or Medicaid. WE didn’t put the judges on the Supreme Court that decided “Rowe”. WE weren’t the ones in Power in DC that bungled both Korea and Vietnam. We weren’t the ones who broke the piggy bank that was the “Greatest Generation” (Welfare, Medicare and Social Security)."

Maybe not, but we knew these problems existed, and, when our turn came, we did not fix them for our children. In fact, in many cases listed above, we only made them worse.

[Route797]

Conservatives are supposed to value the individual and reject collectivism, yet so many fall for this line that people are to be classified according to their birthdate. There are good and bad in every so called generation, and collective guilt is no more a valid concept than are other forms of collectivism.

[YellowRoseofTx]

I am sick and tired of the Boomer bashing.

I have NOTHING TO APOLOGIZE FOR.

I totally agree with you

[Tijeras_Slim]

Yes, but the boomers that made their “Long March” up into the control of academia and government bureaucracies have done a fine job screwing things up.

The rest of us were too busy working and doing what we thought right.

[Nonstatist]

Who do you think fought Desert Storm?

Generation X, smart guy. Baby Boomers fought and bailed out of Vietnam (through protesting). The War generation may have robbed us with Social Security, et al. , but the boomers have gone after the "patriarchy' with great lust.Oh, and who said Welfare, Medicare and SS cant ever be changed? Just not under Baby Boomer watch, is all... Pampered and selfish .IMO.

[Fiji Hill]

WE didn’t put in place the “Great Society” or Medicaid. WE didn’t put the judges on the Supreme Court that decided “Roe”. WE weren’t the ones in power in DC that bungled both the Korean and Vietnam Wars. We weren’t the ones who broke the piggy bank. That was the “Greatest Generation” (Welfare, Medicare and Social Security).

The "Greatest Generation" should really be called "the Statist Generation"

[advance_copy]

Who do you think fought Desert Storm?

Most of the troops who fought in Operation Desert Storm were born after 1960.

[ghostrider]

I agree with you that Fred is the man to support, but I agree with the author about the Baby Boomers. I believe the too many Baby Boomers, their Yuppie kids and the kids Yuppie Puppies have been so rotten spoiled and self centered that that they have literally “consumed the raft they were floating on” by mortgaging the country to sustain a false vision of a Utopian paradise that was built upon the sacrifices of the preceding generations and the hopes of future generations. This is not to ignore the incredible advances made by a smaller segment of these generations who have pushed the world to a futuristic level unimagined a few years ago. But it is the Boomer generation set the course to a more socialistic society which fostered the false hope of utopia.

[cinives]

Amen.

[jetson]

We baby boomers only need to apologize for all of the brain dead hippies that turned into brain dead socialists that have been directly responsible for people like Bill Clinton and wife.

[rgboomers]

I agree with you completely. There are a few people more conservative than myself, who disagree vehmentally with most government policy, but not many.

Furthermore, I am probably the only authentic true Boomers on FreeRepublic. In fact, there are only 4 Boomers, of which I am aware, on the internet.

My username is my name.

[businessprofessor]

Both boomers and succeeding generations allowed the entitlement disaster to continue. We failed to confront the greatest generation about the need to privatize entitlements. It is odd that boomers and succeeding generations would not confront the greatest generation. The greatest generation would never have been on the wrong end of the entitlement Ponzi scheme. It is because of the tremendous prosperity that boomers and later generations have not demanded privatization and reform of entitlements.

[Nea Wood]

Bravo! I, too, am sick of the boomer-bashing on this site. There are good and bad people in all generations.

[RetiredArmyMajor]

I am sick and tired of the Boomer bashing. MOST of us have worked hard our entire lives. MIllIONS of us volunteered to serve in the military in Vietnam AND after, who do you think it was who manned the defenses that brought down the Soviet Union during the Cold War? Who do you think fought Desert Storm? Who do you think LEADS the current military? WE didn’t put in place the “Great Society” or Medicaid. WE didn’t put the judges on the Supreme Court that decided “Rowe”. WE weren’t the ones in Power in DC that bungled bothe Korea and Vietnam. We weren’t the ones who broke the piggy bank that was the “Greatest Generation” (Welfare, Medicare and Social Security).

Sorry but I have NOTHING TO APPOLOGIZE FOR.

Before exploding like a pumpkin under a tractor-trailer tire, you might review Prager's column more carefully. He closed with:

"So we really blew it, and what's really amazing is that few of us have changed our minds. Most people get wiser as they get older. But not those of us baby boomers who still believe these things. Of course, many of us never bought into these awful ideas that have so hurt you and our country, and some of us have grown up. But many of us still talk, think, dress and curse the same as we did in the '60s and '70s. And we're still fighting what we consider the real Axis of Evil: American racism, sexism and imperialism.

But for those of us who know the damage baby boomers as a whole did to you, a heartfelt apology."

He quite clearly said that not all Boomers bought into the infantile values and psychology of the general Boomer population.

What in Algore's Holy Name did you do? Start typing your post halfway through his column and just not get around to reading the rest of it?

FWIW, the Greatest Generation was not as political as succeeding generations were . . . and were caught off guard by Roe v. Wade and other early leftist trimphs. No one ever said the Greatest Generation was perfect. But surviving the Great Depression, winning the world war against fascism and then winning the Cold War against communism still overwhelms the accomplishments of the Boomer generation -- probably by 10:1.

As a Boomer myself, one who grew up poor in the South and immediately went into the military as most young Southern males have tended to do, I was spared being exposed to the debilitating Boomer culture. And praise God for that.

Frankly, I think Prager understates the case. I had come to the same conclusion about the Boomers around 15 years ago.

[ImpBill]

Thank you brother. I’m with you.

[Redleg Duke]

Thank you for saying that.

[Polyxene]

“I have NOTHING TO APOLOGIZE FOR.”

Double-Dog Dittos to that!! I started working when I was 16 and have been working ever since. (And by the way, paying income taxes, FICA, Medicare and all the other taxes for over 40 years.) Never had time to protest or do any of that other hippie/RAT/liberal/socialist/commie crap. Sorry, but I am looking forward to retirement!

[SJackson]

I am sick and tired of the Boomer bashing. MOST of us have worked hard our entire lives. MIllIONS of us volunteered to serve in the military in Vietnam AND after, who do you think it was who manned the defenses that brought down the Soviet Union during the Cold War? Who do you think fought Desert Storm? Who do you think LEADS the current military? WE didn’t put in place the “Great Society” or Medicaid. WE didn’t put the judges on the Supreme Court that decided “Rowe”. WE weren’t the ones in Power in DC that bungled bothe Korea and Vietnam. We weren’t the ones who broke the piggy bank that was the “Greatest Generation” (Welfare, Medicare and Social Security).

Yes, Dennis is painting a generation with was likely his perception of those around him at the time.