"Boom! Voices of Sixties by Tom Brokaw

[Boom_70]

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

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

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

 

[Boom_70]

Yes. There has only been one generation in America.
I read the galleys. The account of Woodstock comes from Arlo Guthrie and Tim ****ing 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.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

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 **** 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.

 

[Boom_70]

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 **** 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.

 

[I love puppies!]

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

 

[spnited]

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

 

[Boom_70]

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, 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

 

[JR]

You're just mad 'cause Brokaw -- not the vandals -- stole your handle.

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

 

[spnited]

Way to discount Vietnam vets, Boom.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

John Lewis -- gutless hippie kid.

 

[Boom_70]

Way to discount Vietnam vets, Boom.

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

 

[Bob Slydell]

Without discussing the vets for both generations, which each deserve mutual respect. The Vietnam vets can't help they got dragged into a crappy war.

Sure, each generation has its issues, the WWII generation with race and gender issues. The Boomer generation letting its 'if it feels good do it, damn the consequences and don't hurt anybody's feelings by telling them they are wrong' approach to life.

But I still have much more repsect for the WWII generation just for what they had to live through. The Boomers just seem like a bunch of spoiled whiny children.

Hell, my generation and how screwed up we are is a direct result of the selfishness and hands-off approach to raising children by the Boomers. P

And don't get me started on them throwing the greatness of the 60s music and how it changed the world and today's music is crap.

I would like to read Brokaw's book, I enjoyed The Greatest Generation what I read of it.

And JR, I got the reference, thank you Mr. Zimmerman.

 

[cranberry]

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 **** 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.

Remember, back in those days THC levels weren't the same and the potency of the dope varied pretty wildly. Tim probably got himself some of the Colombian, or maybe even some Thai stick, and got himself all worked up and paranoid.

 

[Eagles1 in London]

the boomer generation may not have saved the world from nazi's and fascists, but their bravery helped minorities become equal. their persistence and flat out refusal to fight for a war many felt was unjust eventually led to an all volunteer army. This generation held the gov accounatable--they questioned authority and demanded answers. their writers, singers, filmmakers, etc, changed the way people look at their own world--they shook consciencnous to the core and while it scared many people (and still does) it also made people realize that they can make a difference and life doesn't have to be accepted at face value.

it's unfair to compare people from differnet generations--times were different and it doesn't make one better than the other. people from the boomer gen were/are great assets to this country and should be given the credit they deserve

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Is it a D_B when the same person does it?

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/49205/

 

[cranberry]

the boomer generation may not have saved the world from nazi's and fascists, but their bravery helped minorities become equal. their persistence and flat out refusal to fight for a war many felt was unjust eventually led to an all volunteer army. This generation held the gov accounatable--they questioned authority and demanded answers. their writers, singers, filmmakers, etc, changed the way people look at their own world--they shook consciencnous to the core and while it scared many people (and still does) it also made people realize that they can make a difference and life doesn't have to be accepted at face value.

it's unfair to compare people from differnet generations--times were different and it doesn't make one better than the other. people from the boomer gen were/are great assets to this country and should be given the credit they deserve

Good post. I agree -- for the most part. In retrospect, after Vietnam, after their cause had disappeared, Boomers sort of lost their way and the latter part of the '70s became something of a malaise of narcissism and overindulgence. It's hard to get your fill of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll.

 

[Buck]

Narcissism is one of the defining qualities of the Boomer generation.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

As opposed to the openminded young folk of today who go nowhere without texting on their Blackberries or earbuds jammed into their cochlear ducts.
And get the hell off my lawn.