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BOG PERSON

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133. some courageous millenial must go + start this century's world war cycle
Mon May 13, 2013, 09:06 PM
May 2013

i wonder who is the archduke ferdinand of our era?

Translation: "Get off my lawn, you damn kids!" BlueStater May 2013 #1
Joel Stein is 100% correct. and Mr. Wilson knew best. graham4anything May 2013 #3
Young people voted overwhelmingly for Barack Obama. BlueStater May 2013 #10
Dinosaurs? HappyMe May 2013 #17
graham is the one who called elderly people "dinosaurs". BlueStater May 2013 #20
Dennis the Menace still is in the comics section. N/t alp227 May 2013 #13
and the TV show is on AntennaTV (114 in the NYC area) graham4anything May 2013 #15
Here's what we made for them RobertEarl May 2013 #4
Were there any accomplishments that could be lauded, such as polio vaccine, or a man bike man May 2013 #35
I'm staying out of generational warfare, but boomers had nothing to do with developing either Tom Ripley May 2013 #73
Upon rereading the OP, one can find this tidbit "...The incidence of narcissistic bike man May 2013 #96
I didn't do that... Bay Boy May 2013 #130
No future = no morality.... Junkdrawer May 2013 #146
Trespassing can be a serious matter. Except when it's YOU, right? closeupready May 2013 #12
What do you know? graham actually has ONE supporter in this thread. BlueStater May 2013 #25
The implication of that tired retort is, the rules don't apply when closeupready May 2013 #34
My implication was clear to everyone except for you. BlueStater May 2013 #38
I think you're confusing 'inference' with 'implication'... LanternWaste May 2013 #39
Likely - it is Monday, after all. Anyway, I don't expect closeupready May 2013 #56
"Don't you have about 200 billion 'Hillary 2016' posts to make?" Apophis May 2013 #27
Then there's the seating arrangements for the inaugural ball... JHB May 2013 #85
DLC dems gotta stick together dontcha know?nt SwampG8r May 2013 #147
Garbage marions ghost May 2013 #2
Of course family is important to the ME ME ME, as they still LIVE with the family Me graham4anything May 2013 #7
How long has it been since you actually did a day's work? Marr May 2013 #9
+1 demmiblue May 2013 #42
+1 leftstreet May 2013 #48
WRONG question graham4anything May 2013 #50
You think you're special? Marr May 2013 #66
+1 Joneses generation here, feel so sorry for younger people. LiberalLoner May 2013 #77
+10 for the Generation Jones reference JHB May 2013 #114
Another +1 demmiblue May 2013 #84
+1 L0oniX May 2013 #94
I don't know when you went to college but I do know when I did dsc May 2013 #123
What a surprise. Bonobo May 2013 #161
I like Cher too.(Cher is an oldie but goodie.)Looked up Barakas. Interesting sound graham4anything May 2013 #162
Yeah, 80-20 and Al Sharpton is the only one you listen to. Bonobo May 2013 #163
why not stop being personal and argue the article. 80-20 is the 2013 PEACE symbol. graham4anything May 2013 #165
I agree it's not 50-50. Bonobo May 2013 #166
Before you go all radically and progressively sarcastic on someone, please consider Skidmore May 2013 #177
You think working a minimum wage now Bonobo May 2013 #178
I know that people...young and old... have the same needs for survival. Skidmore May 2013 #179
I have both gray hair and an aching body. Bonobo May 2013 #186
Good for you. Many of us have walked that road but Skidmore May 2013 #193
+1 Thank you for the courage to speak up. graham4anything May 2013 #190
+1 On This JustAnotherGen May 2013 #60
'Gen X'ers are Cynical Assholes' bullet! LondonReign2 May 2013 #88
That's because JustAnotherGen May 2013 #111
Not dodged, it's just implicit in these Millenial vs Boomer catfights. cemaphonic May 2013 #124
Ironic, isn't it? wickerwoman May 2013 #173
+1 000 000 000 kestrel91316 May 2013 #74
+1 Newest Reality May 2013 #78
+1 hammer time L0oniX May 2013 #95
K an R DonCoquixote May 2013 #137
I'd say he's ''working'' right now. I'm starting to Guy Whitey Corngood May 2013 #138
. Junkdrawer May 2013 #143
just one of many nt SwampG8r May 2013 #150
I've had that thought since day one. Apophis May 2013 #170
So wrong marions ghost May 2013 #19
Why are you so determined JNelson6563 May 2013 #187
This kind of crap helps, how? geek tragedy May 2013 #5
This is just another shit stirring thread Rex May 2013 #106
Sometimes I wonder if you're actually *trying* to drive people away. /nt Marr May 2013 #6
This is TIME magazine's cover story. May 20, 2013. sheesh. graham4anything May 2013 #8
The mailman? Didn't you order the subscription? Bluenorthwest May 2013 #52
I bet if one of those whiny alt-media worked for time, others would have posted it graham4anything May 2013 #61
Whiny Alt-Media HangOnKids May 2013 #80
President Obama speaks for the liberal democratic party & so does his first SOS graham4anything May 2013 #102
The act is getting old, nice to see people catching on. Rex May 2013 #107
You are hilarious. Bluenorthwest May 2013 #93
There are a number of possibilities JHB May 2013 #197
You throw around the term "alt-media" burnodo May 2013 #132
there is NO media that supports President Obama. Therefore there is a faux analogy graham4anything May 2013 #135
"alt-media" because you don't like what they have to say burnodo May 2013 #136
The Alt-media is all playing their angle, oh so predictable Ron Paul style. graham4anything May 2013 #139
you have left out SwampG8r May 2013 #154
I'm a young guy in my 20s, y'know in the post-print generation. alp227 May 2013 #98
He's trying to make DU look bad, IMHO. The haters come here to spread their hate and kestrel91316 May 2013 #75
It's all an act to make liberals look like morons Guy Whitey Corngood May 2013 #148
I agree with this. closeupready May 2013 #11
Every generation has it's lazy, self-involved asshats. HappyMe May 2013 #14
The Greatest Generation can claim Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon. BlueStater May 2013 #41
Of course not. HappyMe May 2013 #53
There's selfish people in every generation. BlueStater May 2013 #67
If you don't stand for something, you're graham4anything. HughBeaumont May 2013 #16
Hell, 'the greatest generation' and others said the same thing about boomers, for that matter Cirque du So-What May 2013 #18
Thank you marions ghost May 2013 #22
I hope NObody from ANY generation buys into it Cirque du So-What May 2013 #72
Exactly marions ghost May 2013 #109
I love that quote. sibelian May 2013 #191
You don't like Bob Graham? Why? President Obama is OLD School in a New body. graham4anything May 2013 #23
I'm a Floridian. Bob Graham was my senator at one point. BlueStater May 2013 #29
TIME MAGAZINE cover story, this weeks issue. I didn't write it. graham4anything May 2013 #51
You're agreeing with it, aren't you? I can attribute its words to your own viewpoint. BlueStater May 2013 #65
i have actually met gov graham SwampG8r May 2013 #158
Does anyone have a GPS to the point? HughBeaumont May 2013 #40
Galloping tangent alert LondonReign2 May 2013 #91
Haha, any attacks on Millennials by Boomers is ridiculous. Hosnon May 2013 #21
What utter bulshit. marions ghost May 2013 #24
Not at all. See the rebuttal article posted upthread. Hosnon May 2013 #26
I think that's bullshit too. HappyMe May 2013 #37
Boomers also liberalized the culture and stopped the war in Vietnam flamingdem May 2013 #81
vietnam (with soviet help) stopped the war in vietnam BOG PERSON May 2013 #145
Top of the google list shows you're not right flamingdem May 2013 #168
The boomers were the last generation to have it better off than their parents tabbycat31 May 2013 #90
boomers' parents were handed an incredible society/economy BOG PERSON May 2013 #131
Yep, the "greatest generation" took damn good care of themselves. bemildred May 2013 #195
Horseshit. They cannot even agree on what "narcissistic personality disorder" is. bemildred May 2013 #28
When a person spends all day long with an iPod or cell phone glued to their ear BlueStreak May 2013 #43
Right, young people can be immature, and old people can be grumpy. Big deal. bemildred May 2013 #47
Have you been in a position of trying to hire any of these people? BlueStreak May 2013 #59
What business is it of yours? nt bemildred May 2013 #64
I don't believe it is the usual generational immaturity. BlueStreak May 2013 #116
OK, thank you for an intelligent argument. bemildred May 2013 #127
OK, let's see if we can find some common ground here. bemildred May 2013 #194
I think that's part of it for sure BlueStreak May 2013 #196
Copacetic. bemildred May 2013 #198
Turtle on the fencepost BlueStreak May 2013 #200
I think they gave us a chance to vote on it, and we did. bemildred May 2013 #201
I hear you, but I don't think they are stereotypes. The division is real. BlueStreak May 2013 #202
Well, I get stuck on that, let me think about it. nt bemildred May 2013 #203
Takes an awfully simplistic mind to come up with stuff and an even more simplistic mind to agree... LanternWaste May 2013 #30
I'm right on the cusp of Boomer/GenX RevStPatrick May 2013 #31
Exactly. Thanks for posting this. bayareamike May 2013 #70
Millenials should wait to "save the world" flamingdem May 2013 #83
some courageous millenial must go + start this century's world war cycle BOG PERSON May 2013 #133
good point however flamingdem May 2013 #142
Mostly true snooper2 May 2013 #32
Sending emails at 2AM is not necessarily "working" BlueStreak May 2013 #57
Previous generations did not have to send emails at 2am tabbycat31 May 2013 #100
I actually agree with every word of that. I am talking effect and you are talking cause. BlueStreak May 2013 #119
When I'm on call, sending and receiving phone calls is part of the job description-- hence, it is in LanternWaste May 2013 #113
Odd... I thought only idiots reached a conclusion based on anecdotal and incomplete information. LanternWaste May 2013 #112
Oh look, another "Young people are shit with their Snapples and their skateboards Arkana May 2013 #33
This message was self-deleted by its author Dash87 May 2013 #36
We can't get high paying jobs and the ones we can get don't pay enough that we can afford rent. Initech May 2013 #44
I shared an apt with 4 others. If you don't get along with others then I guess you are on your own.. L0oniX May 2013 #97
Here in Southern California rent averages $1400/month. Initech May 2013 #115
I like the younger generations. Arugula Latte May 2013 #45
Any discussion involving generations is corporate BS, designed to snagglepuss May 2013 #46
You should make this an OP leftstreet May 2013 #49
Yes, it's a cliche, babble. bemildred May 2013 #55
Divide & Conquer Corporatists, Inc. Berlum May 2013 #58
Yes, but I hear negative talk about Boomers by Millenials anyway flamingdem May 2013 #82
It's often BS, but "corporate BS"? Silent3 May 2013 #63
Of course it's corporist. Who but the corporate media create and perpetuate these memes? snagglepuss May 2013 #76
You mean like the corporate media in ancient Rome... Silent3 May 2013 #101
That it was pushed by one interest once upon a time doesn't deny that it is being pushed by another, LanternWaste May 2013 #122
One should also be aware... Silent3 May 2013 #169
yeah, all the generational BS is awful tired n/t fishwax May 2013 #156
Damn It Feels Good To Be JustAnotherGen May 2013 #54
Millenials are lazy? bayareamike May 2013 #62
You're not starting inter-generational warfare. That was done in the OP DisgustipatedinCA May 2013 #68
.... HappyMe May 2013 #69
I'm not sure what this means. bayareamike May 2013 #71
Give me a break. ForgoTheConsequence May 2013 #79
Well said. You said it better than I could've. nt bayareamike May 2013 #108
. JHB May 2013 #86
Social capital is in decline. Is it the millenials fault? Doesn't really matter. lumberjack_jeff May 2013 #87
the generation was also raised to fear strangers tabbycat31 May 2013 #128
The OP and the link both amount to a steaming pantload. Quantess May 2013 #89
Yep +++++ marions ghost May 2013 #110
+++ Starry Messenger May 2013 #118
They've grown up knowing nothing but war MannyGoldstein May 2013 #92
Isn't narcissism part of being young? nt valerief May 2013 #99
103 posts on. BlueStater May 2013 #103
It is funny watching him pretend. Rex May 2013 #104
I hate generation gap type wars. Hate them! lunatica May 2013 #105
Lazy whippersnappers .99center May 2013 #117
And who was it that RAISED THEM to be lazy? Megalo_Man May 2013 #120
I think this article is crap. GaYellowDawg May 2013 #121
Says the generatiok of folks who want the party to roll on until they get theirs... Earth_First May 2013 #125
Given that the millennials were the ones with boots on the ground in Iraq muntrv May 2013 #126
This! They were some of them, maybe most!-NT Anansi1171 May 2013 #134
These kind of articles never refer to the working class nt flamingdem May 2013 #141
that is what they said about my generation back in the 60"s except people didn't use such big words Douglas Carpenter May 2013 #129
What? past generations were alot more cultured than the kids today graham4anything May 2013 #144
"I walked 15 miles to school in the snow with no shoes!" BlueStater May 2013 #149
Same people that hated Abe Lincoln seem to hate Barack Obama. graham4anything May 2013 #151
I have no idea how old you are. BlueStater May 2013 #153
Abraham Lincoln is still alive and living inside Barack Obama angle. graham4anything May 2013 #159
the dream has come to life BOG PERSON May 2013 #164
change headline to cprompt May 2013 #140
i'm a gen-xer who works 10 jobs BOG PERSON May 2013 #152
EVERY generation has its "me" moments SoCalDem May 2013 #155
nonsense (like most generation-based analysis) n/t fishwax May 2013 #157
How did I know this was you? curlyred May 2013 #160
I'm 19. I voted for Obama in the CA Primary and General Elections last year. DEMTough May 2013 #167
A gen X response DonCoquixote May 2013 #171
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2013 #199
Needing attention again, eh graham4cash? Fumesucker May 2013 #172
I still don't know why you're allowed to post on this site Cali_Democrat May 2013 #174
Has it occurred to you that the reason OwnedByCats May 2013 #175
Last time Time Magazine sold out an entire generation... rucky May 2013 #176
I don't buy what Time is selling either fasttense May 2013 #180
Nah, I disagree.Think about past-Now,every minority and every young woman can be President. graham4anything May 2013 #183
Blame the parents and the media malaise May 2013 #181
Two can play the generational warfare game. Demo_Chris May 2013 #182
you make a good point graham4anything May 2013 #184
wow DonCoquixote May 2013 #185
May I humbly add to that? DonCoquixote May 2013 #189
Well said. nt Demo_Chris May 2013 #205
I hate to say this, but damn, Graham, I am really disappointed in you today. AverageJoe90 May 2013 #188
Maybe I should have said he is 100% correct in CERTAIN cases lol graham4anything May 2013 #192
100%... in certain cases... SomethingFishy May 2013 #207
This sort of generational warfare is just one more form of 'divide and rule' LeftishBrit May 2013 #204
-1 demmiblue May 2013 #206
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