If you think us "old farts" don't have it all together, check out the message board on AARP.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

http://community.aarp.org/n/pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=1&nav=messages&webtag=rp-issues&tid=44098

[Richardo]

1. Power to the geezers!

(I got my invite to AARP on my 50th last November.)

[Glenda]

2. Now THAT was worth reading!

:applause:

[flyarm]

3. 3 cheers for the AARP folks!! eom

[MLFerrell]

4. Yep. You oldsters are pretty on the ball...

Sometimes.

Now behind the wheel, that's another story... :)

EDIT: Not to say that young people are by and large any better behind the wheel. That seems to be a pan-U.S. problem.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

12. OMG, and I agree with you on that completely!

I take care of my five year old grandson and my daughter reminded me last week that maybe I should be aware of my language when I was in the car with him. Appears that when she was driving, grandson would wave his fists and scream "GET OFF THE ROAD YOU DAMN SNOWBIRDS!!"

My bad. :)

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

5. It does my heart right good...

To see older folks getting their shit together about the maladministration. My contemporaries in the baby-boomer generation have allowed themselves the luxury of anal-cranial interface syndrome for far too long.

I think it comes from either owning or lusting after a Lexus. Just a guess.

[frogcycle]

10. well, some of the most active posters here are kinda creaky too

quite a few of us boomers chimed in the other day reminiscing about VN - whther as vets or as protestors - gotta be 50-plus to be able to do that. and a lot of us knew reagan was a charlatan, while the younger set thought he was such a nice smiling grandfatherly type...

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

16. I find it rather disturbing...

And always have, regarding the active ignorance of younger people regarding Reagan. I reckon that is because they grew up thinking that a BMW M5 was a birthright of citizenship.

[illinoisprogressive]

6. About a year ago I was buying something and this lady who had to be 70

and was checking me out just ripped Bush.

[Cha]

7. Hey, I belong to AARP!

Not sure why now..but there ya go.

"The "Suffering" of Laura Bush

The pasty and wild-eyed First Lady, 'La-La' Bush appeared medicated on the Today Show this morning as she made this outrageous claim:

"No one suffers more than their President and I do."

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!! No one? She's as delusional as her husband. Of course, her husband is the person who caused the suffering -- and is the one person who can end it.


Tell the dead heroes' families that they cannot even fathom the horrible suffering you and George endure! Oh, but that's right, you and Monkeyboy never attend their funerals.

Back in February, the First Lady cautioned Americans against being disheartened by the occasional blast in Baghdad:

"Many parts of Iraq are stable now. But, of course, what we see on television is the one bombing a day that discourages everybody."

That calming assessment was just the latest from the consistently upbeat - and seemingly medicated - First Lady. Last May, Mrs. Bush casually dismissed the consensus negative view of Iraq shared by the American people:

"I don't really believe those polls. I travel around the country, I see people, I see their response to my husband, I see their response to me...A lot of people come up to me and say, 'Stay the course.'"

This is CLASSIC! It could be DU..who knew?

[EFerrari]

8. Wait - *this* isn't AARP?

:rofl:

[tinfoilinfor2005]

15. I'm laughing too, especially since I used to be a devout subscriber

to Entertainment Weekly. Until their new layout got really boring. And then AARP sent hubby a copy of their magazine and it was the most entertaining thing I've read in years. Of course I hide it until I get home. But this definitely is not "Your Father's AARP Magazine."

But then again, once you consider that Ozzy is a senior citizen, I doubt grandmas and grandpas will ever have to wear nylon knee socks again.

[jillan]

9. That's because we are older

and wiser. Right? :)

[emilyg]

18. Right!

[progressoid]

11. Lloyd would like to thank you...

Thanks. Hey, I guess they're right. Senior citizens, although slow and dangerous behind the wheel, can still serve a purpose. I'll be right back. Don't you go dying on me!

http://imdb.com/title/tt0109686/

[dweller]

13. DU circa 2022

will not be a pretty site.

dp

[fortyfeetunder]

14. I have plenty of AARP-eligible friends

and the words they have for * I'd probably get tombstoned for repeating them....

[jaxx]

17. That was good. And the bumper sticker..........

recently noted bumper sticker

George Bin Lyin


I stole it!

[frogcycle]

19. on a slightly more serious note...

I find myself pretty much consumed by what is going on. It is somewhat shockingly similar to the period when my Dad was in his last few months. I pretty much focused my every waking moment (and a lot of sleeping moments) on dealing with the litany of issues, many life-threatening, knowing I could NOT fix the problem, but trying to chip away wherever I could. There was the inevitable guilt. "If only" I had done such-and-such yesterday, or a month ago, or thirty years ago, then this or that condition would be different.

Having lived thru VN, Nixon, Reagan, Gingrich, and now this abomination, I feel guilty as hell. I KNEW bad things were happening. I ranted about them but I did not fix them. Now I am not quite ready for the "home", but close enough to be contemplating what I'll do with the remaining years, and I feel pretty much like I blew it, the world is going to hell in a handbasket, and eventually I'll die and never get to see it get better.

I think often about a remark Jefferson made referring to the generations to come - something about "we designed a good government; I hope they manage to keep it working" - something like that. And of course I imagine what he might think if he could come back for a day. I know I won't get to come back for a day either, and I really would like to feel "things are looking up" before I croak.

[cyberpj]

20. Seen This Video? Old Peeps Sing Good Too!!

Talkin 'bout my gen-eration!

Even though, as oskpeturs (the video sponsor) wrote:
Statistically 27 of the 40 are old enough to be Pete and Rogers Parents!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3ZN7A1o_B4&mode=related&search=

[earth mom]

21. Thanks for posting...can't believe I'm getting close-4 more years-to 50 myself!

Didn't a poll here on DU a short while back show that the majority of people on DU are over 40? :shrug:

[Vinca]

22. That's great! I've been avoiding AARP like the plague

because I figured they were a bunch of walker pushing dowagers (and I, of course, am eternally 39). What a smack down of Pickles.:rofl:

[tinfoilinfor2005]

23. I really like the magazine too. Just wish it didn't have that huge AARP logo

on the front. I feel like I should hide it inside a phony cover of Cosmopolitan or something. :spray:

[allalone]

24. good for geezers

I am a female geezer. I find a lot of young people tend to dismiss us and think because we're older we are conservative. wrong-o. You would be surprised a some of the opinions I hear from older people.
Some of the sweetest L.O.L.s just trash this admin. when given a chance.
And don't forget children (those under 60) my generation brought on rock and roll. the songs we sing on the porch aren't from ww2, they are R&R.