We’re Not Gen-X, We’re Gen-Reagan

6/7/04 | Cinnamon Girl

[Cinnamon Girl]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

[ExitPurgamentum]

What a terrific post, Girl! Thank you.

[Cinnamon Girl]

How did you happen upon this? What were you keywording? ;)

[ExitPurgamentum]

I actually forgot what keyword I used, sorry.

[Serb5150]

Unless I'm mistaken, it's from Jewish tradition as a sign of respect towards God.

[quikdrw]

Reagan was the first person that I was old enough to vote for. And because of him, I registered as a Republican. Even though, I have always lived in blue states, I'm still a Republican.

[quikdrw]

I was born in 1962. I see people my age described as a "baby-boomer", but I don't agree. I do like the Gen-Reagan. I think that fits us much better.

[NeoCaveman]

How different America would be had we not had the Reagan Years.

We'd be France.

[mysterio]

Reagan got elected when I was in kindergarden. Mad magazine made fun of him a lot in the 80s, but I always thought he was a really good public speaker. Seemed like he was President forever. 8 years is a lifetime when you're that age.

[garv]

Good post. Reagan's reelection in 84 was the first election I was old enough to vote in. Sometimes I think it's very sad that my first vote will be the best vote I ever cast.

[NeoCaveman]

Back when MTV was worth watching. Those were the days!

You mean back when they played videos?

Those were the days.

[TChris]

I'm proud to be a Gen-Reagan!

(Class of 1985)

[HitmanLV]

nd hundreds of bad impressions of President Reagan as a shellac haired cowboy buffoon who didn’t have a thought in his head,

Hey, Rich Little was good.

[Centurion2000]

"Laverne & Shirley"
Eeek!

Vodeeo do bump

[quikdrw]

>> We are the kids from "That 70's Show", though I've never seen it.

I was Eric Forman, more than anyone else on that show. And a little bit of Hyde.

[Cinnamon Girl]

It's funny how old posts can make a comeback every once in a while.

[ehit88]

We must be the same age, I remember the Challenger blowing up like it was yesterday.

Same here, I used to cut school and stay home to watch Shuttle launches.

[Fiji Hill]

...what is the G-d stuff? Just come out and spell it like it should be, God. I've seen others do this too, my question is why? Is this the new ACLU version?

I also get annoyed with writers who use BCE and CE, meaning "Before the Common Era" and "Common Era" instead of BC and AD.

[Eagle of Liberty]

I also get annoyed with writers who use BCE and CE, meaning "Before the Common Era" and "Common Era" instead of BC and AD.

Funny you should mention this. Neal Boortz was reading a Wiki article today and it referenced a talk about Friday the 13th with the date and then CE. Hate it. They just can't bring themselves to mention the word GOD! It's like a toxin to them.

[Fiji Hill]

The first publication that I ever read that used a substitute for BC and AD was Kleine Enzyklopadie Weltgeschichte (Little Encyclopedia of World History) (Leipzig, German Democratic Republic: VEB Bibliografisches Institut, 1971), which used "u.Z." (unsere Zeit, or our time) for AD and "v. u. Z." (vor unsere Zeit, or before our time) for BC. This book was published in Communist East Germany.