[Graybeard58]

There are Boomers worthy of respect. Not very many though.

The 58,000 or so who gave their all for our country in Viet Nam?

I was born in '45.

[wtc911]

Let's see. The draft ended in 1973. The Cold War ended fifteen years later. I guess we can thank all those Xers for manning the line during that time.

[Iris7]

I went to Viet Nam myself. Most of the guys over there in my time were good ones. We all went willingly enough.

I once mentioned to the wife that the best men of my generation went to Viet Nam. The worst ran away and now control most everything.

[Texan5]

Thanks for the common sense post-I think you and I are a lot more typical of that generation than the image so many younger people have-

I was born in '48 into a middle class military family. Most of my male relatives who were of age served in Viet Nam-voluntarily. I was not born into wealth, so I didn't have the luxury of becoming self indulgent and lazy-my brother and I had to work to pay for college. My family is mostly of Texas hispanic ancestry, but I never felt like a "minority". Since my family is Catholic and conservative, I did not embrace indiscriminate sex, drug use or moral relativism. I've worked hard all my life and tried to instill love of God, good morals and personal responsibility into my kids. I own my own small business-my husband served 30 years in the military and now works at the VA-we do not intend to retire, are not wealthy and don't take fancy vacations.

I believe that I'm more like the majority of us boomers than the high profile, mostly rich kids that got all the headlines then (and now).

Oh, although I can be sassy when pissed, I've never been fat...