tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post166908035730091217..comments2024-01-31T11:37:10.331-06:00Comments on Born-Again Hippies: Greatest Generation My AssRandy Haspelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15371114789022032381noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-23105008998144944712017-08-13T12:29:21.064-05:002017-08-13T12:29:21.064-05:00I'm also tired of hearing about the greatest g...I'm also tired of hearing about the greatest generation. My reason is it belittles other generations. Why try if the best has already happened? Yet it is not them who say it so don't be mad at them. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08888376514129738559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-31318584455726189452016-07-26T06:10:44.900-05:002016-07-26T06:10:44.900-05:00OMG. My generation fought and died, many under 21 ...OMG. My generation fought and died, many under 21 before the voting age was lowered to 18. Orders of the commander and chief of the United States, don't you know? Not many choices there, it was called the draft. American politics rigged, unfair? No shit! To think those fine young people sacrificed their lives for a bunch of sniveling cowards who would slit their own throats, and their country's too,because they didn't get their way, makes me sick. Bernie said Clinton HAS to win this election. Think he was just blowing it out his old ass? What do you brats think he is so afraid of? Sacrificing another generation to an unstable, lunatic president, maybe? Grow up and be a patriot. Sometimes you have to do what you don't want to. Your mamas ever tell you that? Maybe it should have been you, lying dead in a foreign country instead of the brave and honorable young MEN <br />and WOMEN who gave you the privilege of the vote that some of you are too young/immature to handle or appreciate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-4961737932595847112016-07-25T19:34:55.345-05:002016-07-25T19:34:55.345-05:00My 1950s, 1960s parents were cold, cheap, bigoted,...My 1950s, 1960s parents were cold, cheap, bigoted, entitled assholes. Brainwashed by Washington and Hollywood. They hated their children, and thought of us as their born Social Security providers. If the truth be told, I bet many, much beligned, Babyboomers had the same fake, image is everything, upbringing too. This "Babyboomer" worked her fingers to the bone to provide food and shelter for my kids. They had all my love, understanding and free time, not every newest "thing". They were taught the truth about life in America and how it was never great for everyone who wasn't white, and we are white. They are honest, hardworking, caring people, who love their kids too. Isn't that really what we want our "great" America to be? A kind, caring society who Love and help eachother. Come on America, greatness begins at home, so let's get our priorities straight. Stop playing into the government and media lies, which make us unhappy. Peace and love has never died or gone out of style. I thank God that most people in our Great Country still practice it and pass it on. We don't need someone or something to make us great-we are great. We-the people- made America great, and we-the people-will keep it great.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />grannyol'hippynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-58439607292608332382013-12-01T20:41:13.800-06:002013-12-01T20:41:13.800-06:00Thanks for saying what needed to be said. I am con...Thanks for saying what needed to be said. I am constantly hearing these old men on TV saying we are all smart asses or didn't get enough ass whoopings from our parents. I never hear them saying thanks for the social security or medicade they get, which will ultimately be gone when we get that age. I don't think my generation has taken anything for granted. In fact, I think we are striving hard to fix the fuck ups that these geriatric clowns left us with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-37967141737827438642012-08-20T13:46:37.691-05:002012-08-20T13:46:37.691-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-31114044540675509292011-09-06T06:36:25.227-05:002011-09-06T06:36:25.227-05:00You're 100 percent right. I'm sick and tir...You're 100 percent right. I'm sick and tired of hearing about the Great Ass Generation. It was the Soviets who won WW 2 and it was the German rocket scientists who put us on the moon. During the cold war years all you ever heard about was D-day and the battle of the bulge, how we liberated Europe and won WW 2. Then in 1974 a British war documentary called The World at War hit the airwaves in this country and it opened up my eyes. The important battles on the eastern front were revealed along with the enormous amount of Russian’s killed, between 20 and 30 million people, in this horrific struggle. The first big ground force defeat of the German army occurred on December 6th 1941, one day before Pearl Harbor, on the outskirts of Moscow that signaled the beginning of the end of German aggression. The great battles of Stalingrad and Kursk were key Soviet victories that sent the German army reeling backward to their final doom at the battle of Berlin. Yes we did beat Japan, but a lot of credit should be given to the atomic scientists, both foreign and domestic, that gave us the atomic weapons that finally ended the pacific war. Eight out of every ten German soldiers were killed by the Soviets during WW 2 and you never heard about it in this country during the cold war years. Now, because of the web, you can see the original films of the great Soviet battles as well as their defense of Leningrad that were shown during the forties in American movie theaters before the cold war when both countries were united against the Nazis. During the cold war years American propaganda distorted the truth about Soviet involvement in WW 2 so we could claim more credit then we deserved in winning the war and this gave the generation of Americans who fought the war an elevated status that was beyond their real accomplishments.Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-55876410149340233772011-06-30T09:51:44.232-05:002011-06-30T09:51:44.232-05:00I believe we are in a mess of unprecendented propo...I believe we are in a mess of unprecendented proportion. God help us if that "Dick" is re-elected.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-48917007842423569762011-06-22T16:43:24.392-05:002011-06-22T16:43:24.392-05:00My experiences with the Greatest Generation are di...My experiences with the Greatest Generation are different from yours. Surprisingly, considering they should have been the same. My parents and their friends were amazing people. They had a tight knit group of friends that stayed close their whole lives. When they threw parties it was a group project. Their friends produced the first female President of a Jewish Congregation in the world. They were always there to help each other out. They produced a generation of children who have had a great life thanks to them. Civic minded people like your sister and her charity work. There is a long list of accomplishments from the people who were confirmed by Rabbi Wax. They also grew up in the South. My Fathers Company hired mainly Black workers who were lifted into the middle class, not left in poverty. This is the generation of The Plough Foundation, Lichterman-Lowenberg Foundation, Folgelman School of Business, Sam Cooper and on and on. They were not perfect, but who is?Alannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-83874372033421138232011-06-22T13:29:40.746-05:002011-06-22T13:29:40.746-05:00You should read 'Stiffed' by Susan Faludi....You should read 'Stiffed' by Susan Faludi. She talks about how these "great" men weren't very good fathers and left an empty model of masculinity for their sons. They were absent and didn't talk about their experiences. Their middle management jobs were devoid of meaning.-j.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17663683837180212440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-31081468270311902072011-06-22T11:30:18.614-05:002011-06-22T11:30:18.614-05:00Randy! Good Stuff. Hope they don't edit ANY ...Randy! Good Stuff. Hope they don't edit ANY of it.Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16872198038789392632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-48220083875229149162011-06-20T23:57:40.776-05:002011-06-20T23:57:40.776-05:00Randy! Wrote a sermon a few years back...The Great...Randy! Wrote a sermon a few years back...The Greatest Generation fell Short! & as you said...the problem was racism. I am going to try to find it & check back with you! The Peace of the Lord! FFFFather Farkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00571295113979156361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-6994462669752016742011-06-20T17:52:14.684-05:002011-06-20T17:52:14.684-05:00History repeats. It was Democratic Progressive Pr...History repeats. It was Democratic Progressive President Woodrow Wilson who segregated the armed forces. Prior to Wilson the armed forces and the federal government workers were integrated. It was Eisenhower who sent troops to Little Rock to integrate Central High School against Democrat Faubus. It was the Democrats who blocked the 1st civil rights legislation that was introduced by Eisenhower and the Republicans. It was the Democrats in Chicago in 1968 that fought anti war protesters. I am willing to bet that most young Americans think just the opposite.Alannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-19303735539690169162011-06-20T13:17:39.713-05:002011-06-20T13:17:39.713-05:00One noteworthy person who fought in WWII who did n...One noteworthy person who fought in WWII who did not become a Republican is Howard Zinn. He woke up to see the great need for the progressive values of seeking peace, fairness, equality, and generosity, based upon brotherly feelings. His commitment to these values was expressed through writing, speaking, teaching, organizing, and demonstrating. <br /> In the book, "Back to Our Future," by David Sirota, it is shown how the think tanks, supported by BIGBIZ (Republicans, conservatives, whatever they're called), successfully attempted during the 80's to promote the 50's as when the country held to the "real red-blooded, war-loving, patriotic American values. And at the same time spun the 60's as the decade of America-hating, hippy-thinking activities, like spitting on Viet Nam vets (no actual proof that hippies did this).performsnoreply@blogger.com