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