tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post8959088642989426388..comments2024-01-03T05:18:54.650-05:00Comments on CDR Salamander: Walter Russell Mead goes Salamander on BoomersCDR Salamanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981221786954902349noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-59472075230220235812011-11-17T10:42:53.671-05:002011-11-17T10:42:53.671-05:00Nah. He's on Jolt cola. All the sugar and tw...Nah. He's on Jolt cola. All the sugar and twice the caffeine.Mike M.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-52626756926431020212011-11-16T23:49:39.000-05:002011-11-16T23:49:39.000-05:00Really it all feel apart because of the tiny most ...Really it all feel apart because of the tiny most under appriceated item.<br /><br />"The Pill"<br /><br />When the birth rate went anemic there simply weren't enough people coming out to fullfill the needed amount of money for the system so like most of those big entitlment projects it was broken with a few decades.Jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-56250243725834137122011-11-16T22:53:31.000-05:002011-11-16T22:53:31.000-05:00Yea most people who enjoyed a challenge quite afte...Yea most people who enjoyed a challenge quite after it got dumbed down its boring and easy now.<br /><br />Oh well there is always eve online.Jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-59243655304348224922011-11-16T22:52:27.000-05:002011-11-16T22:52:27.000-05:00I dont look like that.
Not as old Not as fat and ...I dont look like that.<br /><br />Not as old Not as fat and my beard is fire red with jet black hair............and no i don't die either its natural....i hate answering that question...Jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-15946359444402178012011-11-16T19:03:14.000-05:002011-11-16T19:03:14.000-05:00Mike,
The "baby boomer" designation was...Mike,<br /><br />The "baby boomer" designation was not intended to cover a "political" generation. It was simply the most productive twenty years (from a procreation stand point) of the WWII generation. 1945-64. <br /><br />It was not we who were identified as having so much in common, but our parents. And they did. Young people during the Depression and the War. <br /><br />"Political" generations, it can be argued, can be shorter or longer than ten years. One can identify salient events that change frames of reference, which seem to well delineate "political" generations. Those old enough for Vietnam were born 1945-53. With some exceptions, of course. The so-called "Flower Children Children" started in 1968 (the summer of Love being 67), and ended in the early 1970s, where fertility rates dropped sharply.UltimaRatioRegisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-34267073478539599082011-11-16T17:42:28.000-05:002011-11-16T17:42:28.000-05:00As with any good Ponzi scheme, the first in got mo...As with any good Ponzi scheme, the first in got more out than they paid in . . .Eagle1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-25227402068424944852011-11-16T17:34:06.000-05:002011-11-16T17:34:06.000-05:00Hey, someone has to claim Carter. ;)
I can only ...Hey, someone has to claim Carter. ;) <br /><br />I can only say the it wasn't my vote that put him in office....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-164832291824024012011-11-16T16:58:14.000-05:002011-11-16T16:58:14.000-05:00That looks just like me! Except my beard is redder...That looks just like me! Except my beard is redder...Maogwai Catnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-8941215414148676102011-11-16T12:25:42.000-05:002011-11-16T12:25:42.000-05:00Oh God.......Byron are you one of those guys who p...Oh God.......Byron are you one of those guys who plays Dungeons and Dragons, dresses up like an extra from Lord of the Rings, makes "weapons" out of trash and play Red Bull fueled role-playing games for hours on end?Adversus Omnes Dissidentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-40343380292954924042011-11-16T12:00:13.000-05:002011-11-16T12:00:13.000-05:00Eagle1,
There was some serious advantages to the ...Eagle1,<br /><br />There was some serious advantages to the Social Security system when it was introduced in the 1930s. It pulled a large number of old people out of the working pool so that a whole bunch of college kids and high school kids could apply for the jobs in the factory, wall street and the stores on main street. The problem is that the program wasn't fully explained to everyone. Social Security was designed to supplement any other retirement program that was out there. When it was drafted and created the idea of working for the Dewey,Chetem, and Howe Inc for 40 years then retiring with full pension system was very true then. So Social Security was designed to help after you retired and your income flatlined. Instead it was sold as a sole source retirement plan, nothing was taught to anyone that they needed to start planning in either the 20's or 30's for retirement. So when the Greatest Generation was paying for thier parents and grandparents to retire from the work force, while their children the boomers were paying for the WW2 generation by the 1970's and 1980's. Yet, the whole time the education system and the meme coming from the AARP or other Progressives was that Social Security was going to be sole source for everyone's retirement. That everyone could be like the Grasshopper in the fable. Well, truth and reality have met head on in a dangerous collision.SouthernAPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-65034813024085608792011-11-16T11:06:57.000-05:002011-11-16T11:06:57.000-05:00yeah...
and your's truly didn't link it!!...yeah...<br /><br />and your's truly didn't link it!!!!!!sidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-87587141078867120592011-11-16T10:50:17.000-05:002011-11-16T10:50:17.000-05:00Hey, be careful there...when I finally got tired o...Hey, be careful there...when I finally got tired of the game, I was a level 70 night elf hunter and I was bad-ass to the bone :) . Seriously, it was neat for a while since I enjoy a thinking tactical challenge but after a time, it really got boring; boring does not equal fun, so I quit and never looked back.Byronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-53747312897776650192011-11-16T10:47:26.000-05:002011-11-16T10:47:26.000-05:00Also quite true. One thing about the Brat Boomer ...Also quite true. One thing about the Brat Boomer decade group is how they split...one faction sucked it up and did some pretty impressive things, the other faction did their utmost to destroy the Republic.Mike M.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-61125193524972469582011-11-16T10:45:50.000-05:002011-11-16T10:45:50.000-05:00Actually, it was the Baby Busters who put Reagan o...Actually, it was the Baby Busters who put Reagan over the top.<br /><br />A political generation is about ten years, not twenty. The "baby boomers" actually break down into two <span>very</span> different groups. You've got the Brat Boomers, born between ~1946-1955, and the Baby Busters, born ~1956-1965. The Brat Boomers had a safe, soft childhood - and got gobsmacked by the 1960s. The Baby Busters got the short end of the stick - we came to maturity in the 1970s, into a nation beset by the Great Inflation and a gutted foreign/defense policy.<br /><br />Which is why Reagan's strongest supporters were Baby Busters. Reagan offered hope...and we hadn't had that in a long, long time.Mike M.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-49200890801918191752011-11-16T09:58:02.000-05:002011-11-16T09:58:02.000-05:00World of Warcraft champion.World of Warcraft champion.Old Farternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-28080403183913083612011-11-16T09:51:03.000-05:002011-11-16T09:51:03.000-05:00I believe the allegations asserted by Mr. Mead do ...I believe the allegations asserted by Mr. Mead do represent a certain small portion of the Boomer generation, the "<span>The Boomer Progressive Establishment" as Mr. Mead puts it.</span><br /><br />Not all of us were at Woodstock or spent the Summer of Love in SF. Don't let the media coverage at the time fool you, it was no more accurate about what was going on at home than it was about what was happening in Vietnam.<br /><br />Most of the Boomers have quietly gone about their lives, paying their taxes, volunteering their time to Scouts, churches, the Red Cross, etc.<br /><br />Who elected Ronald Reagan? It was not the WWII generation by itself. Who elected Bill Clinton and Mr. Obama and the other liberal icons? Look at yourselves and your kids, non-Boomers.<br /><br />You want to point fingers? Go back to the Progressive Era and the leaders that spawned the Social Security mess and all those other massive government programs that had led to the train wreck of Obama Care.Eagle1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-81313031625119137722011-11-16T09:47:00.000-05:002011-11-16T09:47:00.000-05:00well... I didn't finish reading that BECAUSE I...well... I didn't finish reading that BECAUSE I GOUGED MY EYES OUT WITH MY COFFEE SPOON WHEN I SAW THAT PICTURE! THANKS A LOT, PHIB!<br /><br />stand by for URR and Skippy to start arguing about boomers again...DeltaBravonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-83064091987129904272011-11-16T09:42:43.000-05:002011-11-16T09:42:43.000-05:00Rather then condeming ALL boomers, it seems to me,...Rather then condeming ALL boomers, it seems to me, the scorn should fall on those on the left. After all, at least since the 1980s and Reagan's presidency, those of us boomers on the right have been complaining about the basic ideas of those on the left that got us into this mess in the first place. OK, maybe we didn't do enough. But with most all of academia and the media dominated by the boomer left, it has been a constant up hilll battle. So don't paint us all with the same broad brush. Oh, and the lefties in the generations that have come behind us don't seem to be doing all that much better. OWS is the prime example of that. Seawolfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-53210844865624056522011-11-16T09:32:28.000-05:002011-11-16T09:32:28.000-05:00Hello, My name "Peggy"..........Hello, My name "Peggy"..........Old H-2 Guynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-74750797991644093172011-11-16T08:58:22.000-05:002011-11-16T08:58:22.000-05:00Problem is, those guys were too busy doing stuff t...Problem is, those guys were too busy doing stuff to fix the political and societal mess their generational peers were making.Spadenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-47047745415693971382011-11-16T08:18:40.000-05:002011-11-16T08:18:40.000-05:00While my fellow Boomers deserve all the crap WRM s...While my fellow Boomers deserve all the crap WRM slings, we did not start the entitlement programs of the 60s. Who was in charge then? The Greatest Generation.butchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-70794955292006252862011-11-16T08:15:39.000-05:002011-11-16T08:15:39.000-05:00Phib, you reallly let yourself go after retirement...Phib, you reallly let yourself go after retirement. <br /><br />I guess that happens when you don't have the PRT hanging over your head.<br /><br />Most of the retirees I know go for the porn producer goatee instead of the full beard, though.butchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-26392170130876061162011-11-16T08:04:58.000-05:002011-11-16T08:04:58.000-05:00Ease up you guys, he's just big boned.Ease up you guys, he's just big boned.steveeasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-78475189344556502772011-11-16T07:41:07.000-05:002011-11-16T07:41:07.000-05:00Dang...
I thought I was lookin' pretty svelte...Dang...<br /><br />I thought I was lookin' pretty svelte there...sidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-60439432492745325322011-11-16T07:14:34.000-05:002011-11-16T07:14:34.000-05:00Oh my eyes!Oh my eyes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com