[qam1]

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Ping list for the discussion of the politics and social aspects that directly effects Generation Reagan / Generation-X (Those born from 1965-1981) including all the spending previous generations (i.e. The Baby Boomers) are doing that Gen-X and Y will end up paying for.

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[Indy Pendance]

"The 30-somethings who are today’s young parents show every sign of keeping the hearth fires burning bright."

It's not the 30 somethings, it's us 'tweeners' Those who are not really baby boomers, and those not really the gen-xers, but got stuck with those labels who are raising the "Millennials". A thirty year old was born in 1974, a 40 year old was born in 1964.

I have 3 kids, 1982, 1983 and 1986. The millennials are conservative as anyone, and most of their friends are too. They join the military, they are fighting for our country right now. Most of their parents support them, and, from my point of view, are not giving them everything as the older boomers are. We are a generation in our own right, too young for Viet Nam, but remember values, had dinner at the table ever night with our families, and are trying to establish those same values in our kids.

This next generation is our hope and future.

[Cicero]

History indicates that the pendulum goes back and forth. Some great civilizations have grown old and corrupt and gone down the tubes, but I don't think America is ready yet for that, despite the best efforts of those in the media, academia, and the entertainment industry to make it so.

In the Catholic Church the dissenters are getting older and older, and few are taking their places. Tragically a lot of younger Catholics have dropped out because they were miseducated in the faith by these dissenters; but the Church as a whole is starting to turn around.

Some institutions are so far gone they may never recover. The Ivy League Colleges, for instance, may simply be replaced by other institutions who do a better job of educating their students. Religious orders will collapse and others will take their places. The Democrats may implode, leaving some third party the change to become the new second party.

Let's hope. America still has a lot of flexibility, a lot of energy, and a lot of promise.

[familyop]

Man hater Hymowitz wrote:
"For the children of divorce who are now in their childbearing years, such sunny talk grates. They saw their mothers forced to move to one-bedroom apartments while their fathers went off with new girlfriends; they found out what it was like when your father moved from being the love object who read to you every night, to a guy who lives across the country whom you see once a year."

Commentary Magazine published one of my rebuttal letters against Hymowitz' man hating a few years ago. I see that she hasn't stopped writing her hit pieces against men, even though we're beginning to have some success at taking away feminism's "sexual freedom." See the cites to references in the first of the following to prove the opposite of what she wrote.

"Driving the Divorce Rate: Who’s Teaching the Women?"

"Cover for adultery major factor in domestic violence allegations by wives"

60% of wives commit adultery, etc. (Free Republic)

The truth about domestic violence
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1154133/posts?page=43#43

Feminism is a tool of Communism.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1154133/posts

[SunkenCiv]

George W. Bush will be reelected by a margin of at least ten per cent

[GSlob]

"According to the 1991 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 54 percent of teens reported having had sex; a decade later, the number was 46 percent."
Given the state of pablik skulz, I am not sure that all the teens in 2001 understood the question before answering it...

[tortoise]

Great article. Not 100%, but a hell of a lot better at putting things together than most other perspectives I've seen written.

[LiteKeeper]

read later

[krunkygirl]

save for later and BUMP

[holdmuhbeer]

bump

[Brad’s Gramma]

BTTT for later.