[wtc911]

Just to add a little truth to your history.....in Viet Nam the mid to senior level officers and the DOD and the politicians were "Greatest Generation". The grunts were boomers. The oldest boomer was two years shy of thirty in the year that the VN war ended (the oldest boomer now is not yet sixty, there are no Senior boomers). For almost the entire war boomers could be drafted but could not vote. (Avg EM age, 19---voting age, 21)

In the three wars you cite as being won the majority of mid to senior level officers and the DOD and the politicians were boomers.

The "Greatest Generation" post-war brought us Viet Nam (and the resultant damage to the military), school bussing, the immigration changes that have led us to where we are, the Great Society (aka the welfare state), Roe v. Wade (how many boomers on the bench for that one?), the decisions in media (movies, TV, music) that led to the MTV morality (or are you too unaware of the changes of the late 60s, eg via Norman Lear?) and so much more.

you seem obsessed with consigning all that is vile, weak, ugly to boomers (your mommy and daddy) and all that is noble, strong and wise to the "GG" (Grandma and Grandpa). Whatever mommy and daddy did to you, I suggest you deal with it with them or on the couch, your blanket (and factually inaccurate) condemnation of anyone born from 1946 to 1965 is tiresome and frankly, makes you appear to be whining.

[Unknowing]

I blame the Baby Boomers, too.

I am Gen X, a member of the 13th American generation born since the Revolutionary War, and I was born after the Baby Boom.

My wonderful Father served in the U.S. Army in World War Two, in the Pacific Theater of War. He was a better man than any other whom I have met.

Grandpa was once a cowboy, and served in the U.S. Army during World War One.

[Shooter 2.5]

Go ahead and check the crime statistics for those years. Check for drug use and dropout rates. Take your time. The spoiled rotten generation elected clintoon and is trying to elect kerry. The damage is continuing.

Side note: I'm not the one with the childish insults. I'm also none to happy to admit the problems that the boomer generation has caused.

[Lakeside]

Well said! Not to take anything away from the great sacrifices of the Greatest Generation and all they went through during the Depression and then again WWII.

However, in addition to what you posted they were also the generation who voted in J.F.K. and L.B.J. Go figure.

[qam1]

Just to add a little truth to your history.....in Viet Nam the mid to senior level officers and the DOD and the politicians were "Greatest Generation". The grunts were boomers. The oldest boomer was two years shy of thirty in the year that the VN war ended (the oldest boomer now is not yet sixty, there are no Senior boomers). For almost the entire war boomers could be drafted but could not vote. (Avg EM age, 19---voting age, 21).

My quote was "and which generation can't let go of one (a war) that happened 30 years ago and sees it in every little skirmish?"

And that is not true how??

Let me add something to your history, Which generation spat on returning troops and called them "Baby Killers"?

Let a Gen-Xer do that and another Gen-Xer will slap him silly. How many articles like this one were written by Baby Boomers in 1968?

In the three wars you cite as being won the majority of mid to senior level officers and the DOD and the politicians were boomers.

The "Greatest Generation" post-war brought us Viet Nam (and the resultant damage to the military), school bussing, the immigration changes that have led us to where we are, the Great Society (aka the welfare state), Roe v. Wade (how many boomers on the bench for that one?), the decisions in media (movies, TV, music) that led to the MTV morality (or are you too unaware of the changes of the late 60s, eg via Norman Lear?) and so much more. you seem obsessed with consigning all that is vile, weak, ugly to boomers (your mommy and daddy) and all that is noble, strong and wise to the "GG" (Grandma and Grandpa).

Not at all, I do hold the Greatest Generation and their greedy ways responsible for many of the ills of today's society.

However, I can partially forgive the Greatest Generation (Not my choice of a name BTW) because

1) In defeating the Nazis and Japs at least they did something for this country.

2) Like I pointed out before they were simply in many cases just naive.

a) They probably couldn't have for seen some of the messes they created. The Baby Boomers on the other hand know full well the mess and burden they will be leaving us and not only are they not doing anything to fix or even lessen the blow they still keep (and will keep) piling on more goodies for themselves.

b) Even though they were wrongheaded in some of their policies, They never deliberately set out to undermine America and all the values that makes it great. You can not say the same thing about many of the baby boomers.

Whatever mommy and daddy did to you, I suggest you deal with it with them or on the couch, your blanket (and factually inaccurate)

Again not true at all, I have great parents even though they are boomers but I am the exception to the rule. 

condemnation of anyone born from 1946 to 1965 is tiresome and frankly, makes you appear to be whining.

I don't condem every baby boomer, There are many fine Baby Boomers like my parents, Rush Limbaugh and probably the majority boomer freepers are good people. But I'm sorry overall when you look at the baby boom generation they have already secured their place as the worst generation in American history.