Considering I am probably the only actual Baby Boomer on this list, I will state that I don't find any of the below applies to me or my peers, but more to those born in the 60s and 70s - the so-called Me Generation. And most boomers are way past middle age and heading for retirement. So I think you have your demographics wrong.
On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 9:12 AM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: > > Once again, i leave it to The Master to describe the baby boomers: > > The Baby Boomers: whiny, narcissistic, self-indulgent people with a simple > philosophy: "Gimme that! It's mine!" These people were given everything, > everything was handed to them, and they took it all, sold it all; sex, > drugs, and rock 'n' roll, and they stayed loaded for twenty years and had a > free ride. But now they're staring down the barrel of middle-age burnout, > and they don't like it. They don't like it, so they've become > self-righteous, and they wanna make things hard for young people. They tell > em abstain from sex, say no to drugs. As for rock 'n' roll, they sold that > for television commercials a long time ago so they can buy pasta machines > and StairMasters and soybean futures. You know something? They're cold, > bloodless people. It's in their slogans, it's in their rhetoric: "No pain, > no gain," "Just do it," "Life is short, play hard," "Shit happens, deal with > it," "Get a life." These people went from "Do your own thing" to "Just say > no!" They went from "Love is all you need" to "Whoever winds up with the > most toys, wins", and they went from cocaine to Rogaine. And you know > something? They're still counting grams, only now it's fat grams. And the > worst of it is we have to watch the commercials on TV for Levi's > loose-fitting jeans and fat-ass Docker pants because these degenerate, > yuppie, Boomer cocksuckers couldn't keep their hands off the croissants and > the Häägen-Dasz and their big fat asses have spread all over and they have > to wear fat-ass Docker pants. Fuck these Boomers, fuck these yuppies... and > fuck everyone, now that I think of it. > > *sigh* > > RIP, G.C. > > > On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Casey Dougall <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 9:33 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> None of this jockeying matters. Once the dollar is knocked off its >> >> perch as the world's reserve currency, we're Argentina. >> >> (apologies the boomers on this list for my upcoming rant - I'm sure >> you're not included :) >> >> Their parents saved America and then raised a bunch of kids who've >> never heard the word no. >> >> It's hard to find an industry or institution that their leadership >> hasn't ruined, including our government. >> >> I look at this ridiculous squabbling over the *2011* budget, >> threatening a shutdown over a few billion? While at the same time >> we've got the World's largest math problem that, by CBO estimates, is >> now going to hit crisis in 2019. >> >> The key question is, can these boomers do anything unless they're in >> an actual crisis? Of course the answer is no. >> >> All we can really do is stock up on non-perishable food and other >> things we can use to barter. Think about if you couldn't go to the >> store for a year; what goods would you need to have? Then start >> stocking up on those. >> >> Although the good news is that local currencies have been making a >> comeback: >> >> Bay Bucks San Francisco area currency. >> Burlington Bread Burlington, Vermont area. >> BerkSares Western Massachusetts area currency. >> Madison Hours Ithaca Hours inspired currency in Madison, Wisconsin. >> GLCC River Hours Another Ithaca-inspired Hour, this time in the >> Columbia River Gorge area. >> Whidbey Terra Whidbey Island Exchange >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:336016 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
