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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:16 PM Original message |
GenX to Baby Boomers: Now what? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. k/r |
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erinlough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. I will probably die before I retire, |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Damn, its as if we're all swimming for dear life |
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erinlough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. LOL, I was thinking just today |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. Wish I had an answer, as have 2 young'uns as daughters. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Hey! I got two kids! |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Mebbe! How old??? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. The boy's 8 and the grrrl is 5 |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Will take a while!!! |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. Say what? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. How do you convince the young'uns that slack is good? |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. That and the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:21 AM Response to Reply #14 |
32. The Church of the Subgenius had Robert Anton Wilson's fingerprints all over it. |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 09:53 AM Response to Reply #32 |
41. Yes. Much of it is in the Illuminatus Trilogy. |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #41 |
59. Hence my 23 -- an older Boomer. nt |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #59 |
66. WIlson was an amazing thinker and visionary. |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 04:30 PM Response to Reply #66 |
92. RAW recognized "patterned thinking" and ways to make transparent the |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #92 |
137. If you haven't seen it yet, the DVD of "Maybe Logic" is great. |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
60. Don't forget the 24 hour church of Elvis. ... |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 04:18 PM Response to Reply #60 |
87. Was a good combo with Powell's Books for new visitors to |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. Get off my lawn! |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. LOL !!! - Now, Now.. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
15. "Seizing the means of production has not been the problem" ?? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 09:58 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Well, there are those of us GenXers who have found themselves in management |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 10:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Obama is not an Xer. The 61' start year is dubious. 64? Sure. Not 61. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 10:55 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. At what point does one begin and another end... |
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TuxedoKat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #24 |
49. Hard to say... |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #49 |
95. Ding ding. His parents were not boomers. He's the tail tail end of that demographic. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
16. good question |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
89. I'm happy to stick together. Please support student loan debt forgiveness, cutting tuition, and the |
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SoCalDemGrrl (786 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 01:34 AM Response to Reply #16 |
133. What a great Post!!! Thanks for you insight, I agree we must work together |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
17. We fight to keep Social Security and Medicare with no cuts so you can have them too |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 11:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. No thanks. I'd rather have college tuition be as cheap as it was in your day and have as many well |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:11 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. This will never happen with corporatists in charge |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 03:52 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Somehow, I still suspect that... |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 09:15 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. so you'll be hosting all the old family boomers when they're dsestitute, right? |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:17 PM Response to Reply #37 |
101. No. I will be wishing them a speedy trip. Bon Voyage! |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:03 PM Response to Reply #36 |
69. right, that's why boomer's wages were flat for thirty years & they got double-taxed for SS. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:06 PM Response to Reply #36 |
71. Sorry I'm calling bullshit here........ |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 01:31 AM Response to Reply #36 |
132. Yep, well said. |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 09:20 AM Response to Reply #27 |
38. Please see post #16 |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:06 PM Response to Reply #27 |
98. Good idea. Now let's get the tax rates back to what they were in 1964 n/t |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 11:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. Works for me |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 11:03 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Frankly, I think too much money is being diverted for boomer benefits. |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:24 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. What are YOU doing about it? n/t |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:05 PM Response to Reply #29 |
70. frankly, i think you're buying into the fight over table scraps. |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 03:33 PM Response to Reply #70 |
76. How about this, boomers use their numbers to help forgive student loan debt and push down tuition, & |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. how about you quit acting like "boomers" as a class are responsible for the student loan industry. |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 03:44 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. Dismissing my concerns as "intergenerational war" is a nice way for boomers |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. weak. you can dodge all you want, but the "greedy seniors" meme is straight |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. See post 81 below |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. no, you shouldn't look to boomers for leadership. so what? killing SS & medicare won't help your |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 04:12 PM Response to Reply #84 |
86. Wow, you boomers live up to your reputation as being a self centered bunch |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:13 PM Response to Reply #86 |
100. They are the generation of greed. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 07:35 PM Response to Reply #100 |
110. more winger talking points from a low-count poster. |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 08:01 PM Response to Reply #110 |
113. Unless your definitiion of right wing is "Disagrees with me" then I dont qualify |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 11:32 PM Response to Reply #113 |
117. my definition is "ramps up intergenerational warfare", like wingers do. |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 12:02 AM Response to Reply #117 |
119. So as a good liberal I should ignore sociopathic greed and indifference? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 07:34 PM Response to Reply #86 |
109. you're hopeless. & i suspect for a reason. byebye. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
18. what's wrong with golf, pal? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 10:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. It's huberis |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:25 AM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Fuckin' Frisbee Golf, man. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #34 |
51. Yep |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:56 AM Response to Reply #26 |
35. Okay, golf is fun. |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #18 |
61. Golf is a waste of a perfectly good walk |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
19. "So now what?" |
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craigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
20. I hate to say this even though I love gen X culture but Gen X is one of the most republican |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 10:59 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. I don't know about that |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 01:30 AM Response to Reply #25 |
131. Yep. We damn sure are not "republican" |
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craigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 03:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
142. That's true but those ideologies are still on the right. |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
22. The problem is that we (Xers) are simply out numbered. |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #22 |
54. Taking a Long Time |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:06 PM Response to Reply #54 |
72. ...and I don't think the boomers living into their 100s is a bad thing |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 07:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
112. That sums it up pretty well. n/t |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:18 AM Response to Original message |
31. Today I saw a guy who looked like a retired college professor & realized it was Michael Stipe. |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 10:56 AM Response to Reply #31 |
46. Henry Rollins has a fracking talk show |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #46 |
55. It'd be fun to see Henry getting Orly and Trump and the other Birfers on, wouldn't it? |
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adigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
39. Now what?? Get self-sufficient. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #39 |
56. no such thing as self sufficient after 40, no such thing as DIY heart surgery |
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adigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 07:35 PM Response to Reply #56 |
111. I am almost 50, and I am going to be self-sufficient |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 12:41 PM Response to Reply #39 |
63. +1 - and get armed because the rich will come for your shit. |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
40. The best that I can come up with... |
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BobbyBoring (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 10:08 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Ravages of senior poverty?? |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 10:12 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. I dunno, I'm not sure I like the taste of GenX, lol |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 10:57 AM Response to Reply #42 |
47. You can't run fast enough old timer |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
44. I sure hate not belonging to a gen proper |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. See it's that kind of lack of a "can do attitude" that's ruining this world |
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #44 |
52. Exactly where I'm at |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
45. I would write it a bit differently myself.... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #45 |
50. Well, for me I don't blame the boomers for the fall of the USA |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 12:12 PM Response to Reply #50 |
58. Do I blame every individual from that generation? No. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 12:40 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. good example |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:13 PM Response to Reply #62 |
73. Yep. ONe of my first posts on DU was about the ........ |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #62 |
78. No, he made a good point |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:32 PM Response to Reply #78 |
103. GEEZ! I'm a socialist. I want education to be FREE........ |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 01:27 AM Response to Reply #103 |
130. If what you say is true, you know what I have said is also true |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 01:31 PM Response to Reply #130 |
140. This meme is what the Republicans are saying |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 05:19 PM Response to Reply #62 |
93. Ignore reality,,, it's been the "greed" generations mantra forever. Why change now. |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #50 |
65. I agree, especially if you know that many of the bad decisions |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. I think the problem is in that we are the good guys |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 05:33 PM Response to Reply #65 |
94. Don't kid yourself, the boomers LOVED it. For them it was great times. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #45 |
57. well here is a classic post of pure ignorance |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #57 |
97. Good job protesting vietnam as kids |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 03:38 PM Response to Reply #45 |
77. Amen brother. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:41 PM Response to Reply #77 |
104. Wittingly or unwittingly, both of you guys are....... |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 12:41 AM Response to Reply #104 |
126. Respectfully, that's total crap |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 01:41 PM Response to Reply #126 |
141. What do you want listed? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 12:15 AM Response to Reply #45 |
121. With a broad brush like that, you could paint a house in an hour |
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ontime1969 (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
53. baby boomers dont know what a padwans is |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
64. How the heck can you even lift that paint brush you are trying to |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. Sigh...you didn't read my post did you? |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:12 PM Response to Reply #68 |
99. Here'sthe boomer answer to your question... |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:47 PM Response to Reply #99 |
105. Capitalist RW talking points |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:55 PM Response to Reply #105 |
106. I was gonna say, that seems like a big brush |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 08:38 PM Response to Reply #105 |
115. This doesn't even make sense. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 11:54 PM Response to Reply #115 |
118. It doesn't make sense to you because you're caught up |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 12:17 AM Response to Reply #118 |
122. WHAT talking points? From WHO? |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 12:30 AM Response to Reply #122 |
125. Blame the fucking reactionary fascists, not a generation...... |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 12:55 AM Response to Reply #125 |
127. You fight with your VOTE. And that is what you are judged by. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #127 |
136. Nope. Boomers voted AGAINST Reagan........ |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 12:21 AM Response to Reply #115 |
123. Uh, when I was teaching GenX college students in the 1980s, it was THEY |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 01:15 AM Response to Reply #123 |
129. Be that as it may, BOOMERS elected Reagan twice |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 01:44 AM Response to Reply #129 |
134. So Chris, who's been feeding you this bullshit about "The boomers elected Reagan"? |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
74. Baby Boomers to GenXers: Now what? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 03:12 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Oh fuck...none of us have any clue do we? |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 04:09 PM Response to Reply #75 |
85. LOL, no shit huh. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 02:25 AM Response to Reply #74 |
135. If you never listened to R.E.M.'s Murmur |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
81. We shouldn't look to boomers for leadership... |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 01:20 PM Response to Reply #81 |
138. And this socialist has NO problem with anything |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
88. This Boomer will have to work as long as she's alive and healthy |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 04:26 PM Response to Reply #88 |
91. This gen x/yer will too. |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:21 PM Response to Reply #91 |
102. What matters is that boomers get more |
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End Of The Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
90. Teach your children well. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #90 |
108. 35 is not old. or is it? |
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End Of The Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 08:02 PM Response to Reply #108 |
114. Nope, NOT old! But now you have big responsibilities |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 11:27 PM Response to Reply #90 |
116. My kids are post-millenials |
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ironrooster (273 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
96. Seizing the means of production has not been a problem??? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:56 PM Response to Reply #96 |
107. Well, at least for folks in my age demographic |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
120. I do think seizing the means of production is precisely the problem. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 12:21 AM Response to Reply #120 |
124. Yep. We did have a little more leverage than there is now |
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U4ikLefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
128. I blame Gen$ and the Bentley Boomers. nt |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #128 |
139. If you're talking about what we used to call Yuppies |
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