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starroute

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15. I prefer that to "Greatest Generation" complacency

Reply to SmileyRose (Original post)

Sat Jan 26, 2013, 06:33 PM

Jan 2013

My father died a few years ago at the age of 93, still convinced that his generation had solved almost all the significant problems of the world and that it would all be good forever.

He and his contemporaries never quite noticed that they'd given up the fight sixty years earlier when they decided they just had to sit back and reap the benefits of the sacrifices they had made during the Depression and World War II.

I'd rather be the age I am now and still fighting than have been the same age in 1981 and believing there was nothing meaningful left to be done.

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Does it really make a difference? [View all] SmileyRose Jan 2013 OP

I think people like us ought to move to the same neighborhood & just keep on keeping on with patrice Jan 2013 #1

Sign me up! RobertEarl Jan 2013 #2

I'm getting awful tired of fighting on two fronts, just as you said, RobertEarl, and yet, I CAN'T patrice Jan 2013 #4

K&R Great post. forestpath Jan 2013 #3

McGovern was my first too. If only he had won, mountain grammy Jan 2013 #17

I still think the 99 is a false meme hfojvt Jan 2013 #5

Point taken SmileyRose Jan 2013 #6

Inequality, by any other name, smells... LibertyBell7 Jan 2013 #20

my point is not that things are "not that bad" hfojvt Jan 2013 #25

Good info. Thanks. n/t cui bono Jan 2013 #27

I probably should have mentioned hfojvt Jan 2013 #30

I think we have been conned by the party system Demo_Chris Jan 2013 #7

Exactly. It's a team sport and the people of both sides play it. cui bono Jan 2013 #28

the political system in this country is an adjunct of the entertainment industry datasuspect Jan 2013 #33

Presidential vote has some effect treestar Jan 2013 #8

Ooooh, so many trolls responding /sn CranialRectaLoopback Jan 2013 #9

I know what you mean. bvar22 Jan 2013 #10

The good stuff LBJ did was before Vietnam devoured his administration starroute Jan 2013 #14

I also will be 60 in a few days, and I also wilsonbooks Jan 2013 #24

I don't know if it makes a difference, but I know I am glad that there are people ZombieHorde Jan 2013 #11

bless you SmileyRose Jan 2013 #34

You're welcome. I hope you and your husband have some fun adventures in your camper. nt ZombieHorde Jan 2013 #35

You would seem to be my age quaker bill Jan 2013 #12

My reply? So suck it up and drive on! Herlong Jan 2013 #13

I prefer that to "Greatest Generation" complacency starroute Jan 2013 #15

That sounds bitter and whiney. bvar22 Jan 2013 #26

And who continue by applauding Obama when he goes even further than BushCo did with things. cui bono Jan 2013 #29

Why did Don Quixote tilt at windmills? pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #16

my first vote RudynJack Jan 2013 #18

Meh! Herlong Jan 2013 #19

Ok, so.........did Beyonce lip sync or no? nm rhett o rick Jan 2013 #21

Reagan Democrats, you can thank them for what America is today. stultusporcos Jan 2013 #22

Things would be much, much worse Zoeisright Jan 2013 #23

nixon, ford, reagan, two bushes datasuspect Jan 2013 #32

you didn't fail datasuspect Jan 2013 #31