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"GW Bush has done a fine job in the war on terror, and I much prefer him to any of the other possibilities. I disagree with him on the immigration and unfair trade issues.

My point about the Republican party was that there is little to gain from party cheerleading when the party itself is slipping so far into liberal territory . . . (etc. to the end of your post)"

We firmly agree on these items. I still think it unfair and incorrect to blame the entire baby boomer generation for all of the ills of America today. Our parent's generation had the "Great" Depression and created the SS boondoggle (for government). FDR adopted Keynesian economics and initiated deficit spending. LBJ developed the "Great Society" that left us with Medicare, the War on Poverty and Bi-Lingual Education.

Life is what it is. Many younger folks blame the baby boomers for everything wrong with America today. I'll concede that, overall, liberalism made a large foothold in our political structure, but we also tried to fight back with the likes of Goldwater, Nixon and Reagan. I would also recommend that GEN X- and Y-ers pay close attention to the journey taken by David Horowitz to understand what we were up against. In the 60s, there were two wars going on; one in Vietnam, and a civil war here at home being waged by college radicals. Not all of us bought into the SDS, SLA, Black Panthers, etc.

With respect to our selfishness, it is due in large part to the participation of baby boomers that civil rights were advanced to the extent that they are. We did what we did and, IMO, we owe few people any apologies.

If Gen X-ers are supposed to be the salvation of America, how come we had 8 years of Bill Clinton? If Gen Y-ers are the solution to us selfish baby boomers, why is Howard Dean such a prominent presidential candidate for the Dems?

Each generation makes its own share of mistakes and has its own crosses to bear. I'm not convinced that we did such a bad job.

If Gen X-ers are supposed to be the salvation of America, how come we had 8 years of Bill Clinton?

The oldest Gen-Xers were first elegible to vote in 1982. They were statistically insignificant in Clinton's elections. If you look at the population numbers year to year, you will see that they become more significant as the years roll by.

FDR was a disaster for the country, economically and politically. Without his big government meddling, the people of the US could have gotten the economy rolling again. As it was, the economy was restarted by the buildup for and during WW-II, in spite of FDR's policies. Democrats dominated the body politic for the rest of the century, the Democrat's pet projects generally produced dismal results. The post WW-II high was accomplished by the drive of the returning WW-II Heros, and during that time the liberals had to go along to get along. The real problems started in the sixties when the Boomers came of age.