Me too...Boomers won the Cold War under the leadership of Ronald Reagan.
Boomers like me got the All Volunteer Force off the ground back in the Carter years.
David Petraeus is a Boomer.
Screeds like these pop up when a columnist has writer's block and has less than two hours to make his deadline.
I'm GenX (post-baby boom), with that generation noted for its sarcasm and general lack of respect for authority. Then there's the 1980's-1990's generation (GenY?), with its iPods and in-their-own-world post-modernism. All three have a common thread: disregard for others and self-aggrandizement.
Honestly, I have very little optimism for any of the generations; the only one I respect and admire are those remaining in their 80s and 90s: the "Greatest Generation", and worthy of the title. What made them "great"? Hardship.
As much as I hate the prospect of an Obama presidency, I can see good coming from it as we (Boomers, Xers, and Y'ers alike) are called upon to fight tyranny, undergo hardship ourselves, and come out with better and stronger character. We'd best be ready for it, clothing ourselves with prayer, and linking arms to fight for the more noble things that unite us: the God-given value of the individual, the Rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.