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The Revenge of the “Worst Generation”
Conservative Hideout ^ | 3-5-11 | Matt

Posted on 03/05/2011 10:04:19 AM PST by Wanderer659

I have often said to my mother, who is a baby boomer and liberal, that my generation (Gen X), would have to clean up the mess that her generation left behind. As time wears on, that statement rings more and more true.

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TOPICS: Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: babyboomers; boomers; brats; failure; generations; generationx; ihateyou; unions; youhateme
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The boomers do seem to have done more than their fair share of damage to our Republic.
1 posted on 03/05/2011 10:04:24 AM PST by Wanderer659
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To: Wanderer659
The boomers do seem to have done more than their fair share of damage to our Republic.

Most Freepers are Boomers..

2 posted on 03/05/2011 10:11:41 AM PST by ExtremeUnction
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To: ExtremeUnction

“Most Freepers are Boomers..”

But, unfortunately....most Boomers are NOT Freepers....


3 posted on 03/05/2011 10:16:02 AM PST by JoeDetweiler
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To: Wanderer659

I’m not sure there are enough of us to clean up the mess. X is the smallest generation, after all. What I think is likely is that the Boomers will pass, but X will be eclipsed quickly in influence by the much more numerous Millenials.


4 posted on 03/05/2011 10:16:39 AM PST by GenXteacher (He that hath no stomach for this fight, let him depart!)
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To: Wanderer659

Don’t blame all of us, please.


5 posted on 03/05/2011 10:16:42 AM PST by dainbramaged (If you want a friend, get a pit bull.)
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To: Wanderer659
The boomers do seem to have done more than their fair share of damage to our Republic.

Indeed--by forming groups such as Young Americans for Freedom, Youth for Goldwater, Youth for Reagan, and Young America's Foundation.

6 posted on 03/05/2011 10:17:47 AM PST by Rufii
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To: Wanderer659
But the question really is, “How did the greatest generation produce the worst generation.” While generation X grew up alone so we have an excuse. We don't have the same training that other generations had. We have an excuse. The Boomers had all the best that America can offer and they still managed to destroy America.

Did they do it because America wasn't perfect enough for them? Are they that pompous? Did they do just because they are jerks? What's the REAL reason?
7 posted on 03/05/2011 10:17:47 AM PST by grapeape (Blitzshield.com - making football safer)
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To: dainbramaged

I don’t, and I don’t think the author does either.

Look at the bottom of the post.


8 posted on 03/05/2011 10:18:53 AM PST by Wanderer659
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To: GenXteacher

As a fellow X’er, I don’t think there are enough of us to deal with the Boomers, let alone the echo folks. Even combined, there are less of us than Boomers put together.


9 posted on 03/05/2011 10:18:55 AM PST by BenKenobi (Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong. - Silent Cal)
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To: ExtremeUnction
I think I know what he is trying to say. I don't mean to interrupt, but I think he is trying to express how much damage was done by people referred to as baby boomers.

Of course not all baby boomers are guilty of this. That's what I got from the statement anyway.

10 posted on 03/05/2011 10:20:09 AM PST by He Rides A White Horse (unite)
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To: Wanderer659
"The boomers do seem to have done more than their fair share of damage to our Republic."

Tell it to these boomers, youngun - as soon as your ears get dry.

11 posted on 03/05/2011 10:20:42 AM PST by SnuffaBolshevik
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To: dainbramaged
Don’t blame all of us, please.

A segment, as it were.

12 posted on 03/05/2011 10:21:51 AM PST by He Rides A White Horse (unite)
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To: ExtremeUnction
Most Freepers are Boomers..

That's true. Here's the Disclaimer by the author of the piece:

"Disclaimer: Not every boomer was a petulant brat. Let’s just say that petulant brats are over-represented in that demographic."

13 posted on 03/05/2011 10:22:05 AM PST by Bernard Marx
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The Boomers were only the “First Worst” generation. Every generation after them has been bad too. They were the first generation of spoiled brats, but not the last. Just look at the current young adults: they whine about having to “fix the mess” while campaigning for a Marxist who hates America and the free market and actually promised to make energy costs skyrocket. How do they plan to fix the mess when they vote for people that want to destroy the mechanism that would actually have a chance at fixing things? Hopey Changitude?

Here’s a news flash for them: our economy runs on energy. When you restrict energy, you stop the machine. When you restrict energy to fight a boogeyman like Global Cooling/Warming/Climate Change, you are destroying the ability to “fix the mess” for the sake of a lie.

All “their guy” promises is more of the same empty thoughts that characterize the young adult boomers of the late 1960s. In fact, the people they vote for take their marching orders from elderly boomers. The generation that votes for Obama is just the boomers redux...minus the work ethic and morals that people born in the 1950s once had.


14 posted on 03/05/2011 10:23:00 AM PST by Bryanw92 (We don't need to win elections. We need to win a revolution.)
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To: Wanderer659

I have to agree, the off-spring of the greatest generation has done a lot of damage.


15 posted on 03/05/2011 10:23:06 AM PST by Ballygrl
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To: qam1; ItsOurTimeNow; PresbyRev; Fraulein; StoneColdGOP; Clemenza; m18436572; InShanghai; xrp; ...

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

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16 posted on 03/05/2011 10:23:25 AM PST by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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Add me if you would, please.


17 posted on 03/05/2011 10:24:35 AM PST by He Rides A White Horse (unite)
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To: Wanderer659
Then, they created failed program after failed program, all paid for with trillions of borrowed dollars. And when the programs were clearly failures, and, in fact, made things worse, they plodded on. The kept following the leftist narrative

It's the lousy libtard ideas that are causing all the trouble, and any generation that has accepted those ideas is responsible for the consequences.

18 posted on 03/05/2011 10:27:41 AM PST by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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To: JoeDetweiler

I’m a Gen X person myself (1966) .. well barely.


19 posted on 03/05/2011 10:28:19 AM PST by Mmogamer (I refudiate the lamestream media, leftists and their prevaricutions.)
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To: Wanderer659

Evidently Gen X and Gen Y put Obama in office.

How much damage do you think that has done to the Republic?

20 posted on 03/05/2011 10:28:36 AM PST by jwalsh07
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