Really there is nothing about Powell or Mueller emblematic of the Boomers. And spare me the condescending prattle about sociology: I’ll leave it to your son to be stuck with that.
“Condescending prattle?”
9Lurk gives me reason to be condescending now. Using the birth date technicality would be a misunderstanding of how these generational generalities work in sociology. One not capable of understanding may call this prattle, or it may be prattle. An emotionally weak person may be stung by being corrected when no ill is intended, but his feeling about it is more important to him than me.
“Nothing...emblematic...”
If the birthday point makes his point, no need to say this, but anyway, granted for the sake of argument that Powell is too old to be a Boomer, as Avalon Memories says, Lurk did not understand that the current ongoing celebration of the man is certainly a Boomer phenomenon! livius’ comment #3, his observation of him as a leader of that generation is sound.
“Your son to be stuck with that...”
That was cute, I think, so Lurk shows he has some level of sophistication.
7thson comment #11 acknowledges that Powell is not a Boomer and then goes on to participate in the discussion in an admirable way if the admiration of such a prating, condescending coxcomb such as I has any currency.
Another great post by Kaslin. Very thankful for all of you.