Posted on 01/28/2007 8:01:13 AM PST by SmithL
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Okay, I see your point now. Thanks for clarifying.
"...I cringe to admit I'm part of this cohort. We truly are a bunch of assholes...."
Born in 1956 myself. We sure as hell did a great job of "revolutionizing" our society and leaving behind a wrecked national consciousness, ruined families, dope everywhere, softcore porn in prime time (and hardcore porn available any time by calling this number), millions of cynical voters, a huge government bureaucracy, sky-high divorce rates, millions of children killed in the womb, sexual predators roaming the streets, cultural self-hatred, white guilt (for white men) and unabashed racist affirmative action (for everyone else - except the Jews and Asians!), millions killed after forcing the loss of the Vietnam War.... gee, this is a depressing list.
And I didn't even mention disco.
Of course there would be a greater # of deaths, there are a greater # of people in the pool to begin with. However, it's refreshing that someone in the MSM finally takes note of what many of us knew all along. Baby boomers haven't discovered a new way of "growing old gracefully." They just refuse to grow old which is like refusing to be born.
In other news, the overall human death rate is holding steady at 100%.
You read my mind. Especially the disco part!
Well, I really doubt that will happen (except for diabetes - I'd guess we're 7 - 10 years away from curing the majority of cases). The rest are going to be very hard, if not impossible to fully eliminate. I work for a large biotech that is very good at designing and making cancer treatments, and I'm am constantly amazed at how little clue we really have about the true nature of these diseases and how to get at them in complex biological systems.
Don't get me wrong, I was born in the 1970's, and I'd love to live to be 1000 years old if that was possible, but I just don't know if we'll ever have the knowledge to pull that off, much less in my life time.
Of course you are right, though - people will continue to live longer on average and it's going to be murder on SS and the economy as a whole. I really hope someone in DC has the guts to push through major changes along the lines of: raising the retirement age, implementing mandatory (but private) savings and investments, allowing Seniors to work tax free in exchange for a reduced SS payment, etc. Otherwise, we are totally screwed. I'm certainly planning on the necessity of being self sufficient by the time I retire.
Isn't that pretty much the same thing?
Even now, there is still time to "rescue" Social Security. If the government were to stop raiding the treasury of allocations currently being set aside for the Social Security Fund, it could be invested and grow appreciably.
That isn't going to happen, and we all know it, but it isn't necessarily the fault of the seniors.
Having spineless representatives who simply refuse to do the work assigned is a problem for all generations, and internecine warfare between us doesn't correct it.
Before of after...
..."We told 'em so"...
That came first, then the rest of that stuff. I haven't reached the point where I feel bad about it yet.
"I bet if this news was more widely reported a lot of today's teens and 20-somethings would be less likely to try drugs. I mean, who wants to emulate some washed-up old hippy?"
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For a memorable "compare & save" just look at legendary boomer rockers Ozzy Ozbourne and the famously clean-living Ted Nugent. The two men are the same age but... whooie!
Don't drink and drug kids, you may live to regret it...
Skateboards will still be around to finish off a few of them.
"NEVER get rid of your motorcycle."
I may get to where I need to be helped on and off of it but I'm not about to stop riding.
Now what do we do about the major numbers of Liberals in the Gen X group? I run into them all the time and they are very vocal about Bush/Cheney/Rove et al.
So much for growing old with dignity.
What the liberals don't destroy, they corrupt.
LOL, that Osbournes show was probably more effective than any DARE program, I'll betcha!
I say give us a little more time. What joining the workforce may not have accomplished in terms of facing reality for a lot of us, having children probably will! ;)
So, "Turn on, tune in, drop out" has become, Turn on, tune in, drop dead!
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