"Boom! Voices of Sixties by Tom Brokaw

What possibly did the boomer generation do that could top that of the greatest generation?

 

Yes. There has only been one generation in America.
I read the galleys. The account of Woodstock comes from Arlo Guthrie and Tim Fucking Russert.
I am not hopeful.

 

there you go - the greatest generation - storming the beaches at Normandy tossing grenades at the German army. Arlo Guthrie storming Stockbridge tossing garbage on the Main St.

When you here Russert speak of the 60s he acts like he was Abbie Hoffman.

 

You're just mad 'cause Brokaw -- not the vandals -- stole your handle.
Actually, Russert plays the good ol' yob from Buffalo card (again!). He and his buds, apparently believing they had come to see the Bills play, sitting around a campfire, drinking them some beers and some drug dealing takes place nearby and Tim feels impending violence beginning to surround him and gets nervous. (I'm not making this shit up.) The chapter is unconscious hilarity.
Of course, by all means, let's forget all those members of The Greatest Generation -- like Army vet Byron DeLa Beckwith -- who came home to America and fought against the civil-rights movement that those dirty hippies started up.

 

Nah I'm fine with Brokaw. Actually saw him speak last week. He is a fascinating man to listen to with a very experienced view of the world.

You just can't help but think of the contrast between the 2 generations though. While one was hitting the beach at Guadalcanal the other was storming the customs office at Fort Erie on the way to Canada.

 

Yeah there's no difference between WWII and the Vietnam War.

 

Yeah, all those boomers who were killed, wounded, maimed and psychologically damaged in Southeast Asia... they don't mean anything.

 

When we want a quote from civil war generation we'll call you

 

There may only be about 10 people here who get that reference.

 

Way to discount Vietnam vets, Boom.

 

John Lewis -- gutless hippie kid.

 

Certainly not intended. I think enough of their own generation discounted them enough already.