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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 06:06 AM Original message |
Can the mess we find ourselves in today be placed at the feet of us 'baby boomers.' |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 06:13 AM Response to Original message |
1. If I had to assign blame, then Bush, Cheney, et al. take the lion's share of responsibility. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
2. It can be laid at the feet of Gerald Ford, I think |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
3. ?????? Oh, sure! Billy Kristol is a boomer, I am a boomer I'm guilty |
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GCP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
4. You could say that of every single generation that's come along the Pike |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 09:57 AM Response to Reply #4 |
29. True. However |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 06:18 AM Response to Original message |
5. Gee, I wonder how that can be. |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-16-07 10:04 AM Response to Reply #5 |
35. What do you mean 40 years ago? |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 06:20 AM Response to Original message |
6. I got really angry when I read your question. And I am writing this after |
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Fresh_Start (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 06:34 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Like you, I reject the premise of the posters question |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 07:21 AM Response to Reply #6 |
16. My apologies to you, I know how that ole blood pressure thingy works |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 08:50 AM Response to Reply #6 |
23. I also hit the ceiling, but answered below. Just wanted to point out that having |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-16-07 10:06 AM Response to Reply #23 |
36. A half a million dollars in a 401K? |
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Parisle (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 06:30 AM Response to Original message |
7. 'Fraid so |
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ClintonTyree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 06:46 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. "boomers have been pretty disasterous (sic) at parenting"....? |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-16-07 10:07 AM Response to Reply #7 |
37. Uh huh |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 06:30 AM Response to Original message |
8. I would say no. Every age makes some type of mess. |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
9. Aren't you forgetting about 2 stolen elections? |
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PhilipShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 06:49 AM Response to Original message |
12. No -- The past 5,500 years have witnessed 15,000 wars |
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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
13. Yes, if you go by the "Those who do not learn from history..." adage.. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 08:54 AM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Excuse me, but I participated in a protest just this past Sunday. I'm located in a town with |
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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 09:31 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I'm not saying all Baby Boomers.... |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
14. Yes. Unfortunately our generation which gave the US |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 07:24 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I definitely agree with that |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
15. I Blame the People Who Market to Boomers |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
18. Its all Clinton's fault. Global Warming. Darfur. The housing Bubble. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 07:33 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. haven't given the Clinton angle much thought, maybe I should |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
19. Cheney, Rumsfeld, Feith, Perle are babyboomers, are "some of us"? |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
21. It's always somebody else's fault. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
22. No. There have been 'bad apples' in every generation, and unfortunately, |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
26. Every one who went to sleep after Reagan/Bush replaced Carter |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
27. Well sure, it can, but that's not entirely fair. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 09:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Yes. And the thing is whether they "dealt with" them --- or tuned out |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-16-07 09:59 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. I can forgive their mess if they clean it up. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
28. Jeffery Dahmer was a Baby Boomer |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-16-07 10:13 AM Response to Reply #28 |
38. So is Al Gore. |
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Sapere aude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
30. You can say what ever you want but to blame the problems on a certain age group is a l |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
31. No. Its shared cross generationally |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
33. I guess I could feel kind of put off by the question, since I am one, but |
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