[mlmr]

This truly deserves a bump

[Petronski]

Good stuff. Big plaid bump.

[x]

That's an interesting reading of the Sixties, but a little too polarized. Some of the "Plaid" entertainment heroes and idols of the late '60s had been pretty wild in their younger years -- at least by the standards of their day. Woodstock made fifties hipsters and ratpackers look "square" and more modest and traditional than they really were. And -- if they hadn't been so determined to paint themselves as radical innovators -- the Woodstock generation could have pointed to some prominent precursors in the older generation.

[Spruce]

All my teachers in school were hippies. I hate hippies.

[qam1]

Xer Ping

Ping list for the discussion of the politics and social aspects that directly effects Generation-X (Those born from 1965-1982) including all the spending previous generations (i.e. The Baby Boomers) are doing that Gen-X and Y will end up paying for.

Freep mail me to be added or dropped. See my home page for details.  

[rogueleader]

Somewhat ironically, Generation X took up plaid as one of its fashion statements in the slacker era.

We of Gen-X are now in the post-slacker era, BTW.

[alwaysconservative]

True to the "Code of Plaid", this deserves a "Scotland the Brave" bump. Frankie, Smudge, Sparky, and Jinx would love the tribute!

[lainde]

Bump for plaid!

[KantianBurke]

Poor article. Way to much generalization going on. Case in point is the reference to GW Bush. He gets a pass on his youthful indulgences and yet that's precisely what the author condemns many of the "hippies" for.

[Democratshavenobrains]

Eric Alterman of MSNBC.com is the best example. He sneers and he lies, he hates and he whines, but he cannot actually do anything. Like most Woodstocks, he is a parasite on Plaid culture.

This also describes most of the posters at DU.

[beckett]

I really like the way this guy built his argument. He is a smart guy.

Whether his optimism about November is correct is another question, however. Let's hope he's right.