I wrote in my newsletter this month--Everyone is useful,
even if it is to set a bad example.

i have an idea y don't we all just get along. you know that is y alot of us moved from blogster

Suck eachothers dicks (Grumpy and Strider) and call it even! Truth is, both Republicans and Democrats want good. We just look at it different. Republicans think "Help the rich, it will trickle to the poor".. Democrats think opposite. But some how we really all want the same for most. I think.. kinda... (damn, I must go think this.. grrr)....

This is the second reason I had to get outta town for a few days!

I'm a BABY Boomer and I'm proud of it..

Well, I was born in 1943. That puts me somewhere between the Greatest Generation and the Baby Boomers. I think each generation has paid its price to keep our nation free. I don't exactly know what the point of contention is here; but both you guys have a lot to bring to the table, so I hope you can put this behind you and we can all move forward as friends.

I'm a Boomer and proud of it -- I think!

Well Grumpy, I am a baby boomer, and hey, raised in Milwaukee. And by the way, Spoke with Father Groppi many times. He did become a bus driver and my wife also spoke with him many times. I was drafted into the U.S. Army and served honorably for two years. My bother was also in the Air Cav, and during his time served, endured the Tet Offensive. I watched in shock in 1968 as Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy were assassinated. I was part of that era that changed everything forever and watched hope fade after these two great leaders were taken from us.

I suspected someone would take that wrong. However, currently, as I was reminded by my nieces and nephews that today we have incredible problems left to them. From a one trillion dollar deficit when Reagan took office, to a 10 trillion dollar debt, a record deficit this year of over 4580 billion dollars, 2 wars, a bankrupt financial system, a spiraling economy, an energy problem with no policy, the ending term of the worst president in history and global warming that doesn't seem to have the gravity of attention needed for the future of this generation. These are the things they remind me of, and certainly not of the great strides made in the 60's that also forever changed the world. And I can't deny to them, that these are compelling problems to the level of economic and survival for them in the future.

I left a lot of brothers and friends in those steamy jungles of Nam...and there isn't a day that goes by it seems when I'm reminded by those I see they left behind that they never will see the gray hair, children that they could have watched grow or grandchildren to live out their golden years.

I'm not as old or as grumpy as you...but I'm proud of what the baby boomer generation did in the past, and now we have to help secure the future for them. I should have clarified where those comments came from, so yes, I am not diminishing my generation, but this generation and my nieces and nephews are incredibly politically active and raising questions of where we're at today and are deeply concerned about their future and so am I.

I 100% agree with you man - I been to Nam,Laos, Thailand, Cambodia,Grenada, The Falklands,Panama, and lots of other missions in South and Central America. Why? So uneducated brain-dead Dem-Libs could spout their insanity? Yes, unfortunately. That is what this country has become.One-sided, biased,and mostly dishonest information disseminated daily from the so-called media, who are in reality just democrat party worker propogandists.

"BS is BS" That would make a good bumper sticker. Sadly, we are already being "written off" and we ain't even dead yet. My daughter explained to me one day how she and her husband knew more about child raising and how much better educated they are than myself and her dad. Well... if that kid would have had her way, she wouldn't have gone to college. But, her dad and I never gave her a choice. What she fails to realize is that we gave her life!!!!!

Wow!that is a wonderful post there.
So,what kind of baby boomer am I
Grumpy,do want to say that you write so well.I envy you.

Grumpy my friend I stand with, very proud to be a boomer(1958)

Oh Grumpy... I like Strider. Did ya see he left it off with a question mark?

DaddDY say: "The eLEkshun is over. The voters have SPOken. Fahgedaboutit."

Cool it Baby. As a member of the Greatest Generation, I say let us all settle down and unite behind our new President. There is good in everyone, no matter how divided our opinions are. The kids who are coming out into the world now fascinate me. They will rise to the challenge, they always do.

Well said Grumpy, Boomers rank only behind the Greatest Generation, the WWII era generation. There was real sacrifice and dedication.
Some people who have never had to put up or shut up, should consider shutting up!