Boomer Graffiti Wall

Print (?)

HI from New Jersey - where the weak are killed and eaten!

Welcome from Canada - the land of the free

I am very dissapointed to be an American these days. How uninformed can these well-meaning Americans be!

Three cheers for the state we love to hate:
Oh Hell, Oh Damn, Ohio!

All Ohio folks, just like all blacks, mothers, churchgoers, southerners, veterans, white men in suits, lawyers etc. are NOT the same. You are as you do!

I'm from Missouri - althought as red as the state is now, it's really "Misery" through and through. Clinton in 08 - either one is fine with me.

i say smokin a blunt everyday for fun is the s*@t!
coming from a native chick thats a chronic!!
peace out canada

Hello from Illinois. As a participant in Chicago's Dem. Nat'l convention '68, I'm wondering what happened to all my fellow anti-war protesters during this last election? Didn't our sheer numbers help stop a war? Was it just a fad, wasn't anyone sincere about peace? How the hell did we let G.W get elected again? Once you make $$ are you then a Republican? Can we please rally again to stop the plunder of social security which we've paid into all our lives and now are in danger of losing? Anyone?

Does EVERYTHING have to be political ?
Can't we just have some FUN once in awhile?
Please, Terre, please??

Terre,

I couldn't agree more, but for me it wasn't politics, it was the environment. I actually thought those of us who experienced the sixties could slide politically, but as far as the environment was concerned, I really beleived we would "protect and serve" rather than "rape and plunder." But you may be right. Making money does apparently exclude you from being a Democrat.

How do I introduce a new topic? I am worried about future costs.
Was just wondering, is anyone concerned about the rising price of crude oil and what it is doing to our finances? Do we know why we need so much?

Ever notice how our generation doesn't seem able to "make light" - we are soooo serious about stuff. My ultra-conservative sons both love to point out that "everything is political" when I try to get them to relax and just enjoy some of life's little pleasures. Not that they don't enjoy the little pleasures, they just don't like me noticing when they do.

Ever notice how our generation doesn't seem able to "make light" - we are soooo serious about stuff. My ultra-conservative sons both love to point out that "everything is political" when I try to get them to relax and just enjoy some of life's little pleasures. Not that they don't enjoy the little pleasures, they just don't like me noticing when they do.

Finally, a group that sounds intelligent, appears to have a Democratic majority, and is not espousing the greatness of George W. I like it here.

I am so happy to be here!!! God Bless America!!!
Let's celebrate life and be positive from now on.
What is wrong with us when we can't find happiness and then share it with all?

Hello my brother and sister "Boomers," the most self-indulgent, hypocritical generation ever born. I'm so sick of Boomers who have suckled the ample breast of our mother country only to say things like, "I'm ashamed of being an American right now." Heck, you were ashamed of being Americans in the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s too. Well I've been ashamed of being a Boomer for those decades as well. Now we're in "No blood for oil" redux. (Yeah, no blood for oil as long as the economy doesn't tank and my stock portfolio doesn't do a disappearing act and I can't retire to Boca as planned. And the narcissistic obsession with staying young -- it's hitting a fever pitch now. We're the most educated (over-educated) generation in history yet we don't have enough common sense to acknowledge there are definite physiological differences between men and women. Just ask Harvard president Summers. In fact we can't even talk about such things without throwing a few "fascists" and "Hitlers" into the conversation. So much for our coveted free speech for all. Let's make a resolution for our remaining time on the mortal coil -- not to reminisce about that year at the commune before going back to school, getting that MBA and making that tidy sum in estate planning. Let's just resolve to finally and whole-heartedly grow up.

Hello from Washignton DC. Hope you had a good Eastar. I did, butt I didnt find any eggs.

Hi from Long Island, New York. Love this blog. The personal IS political is political in my world. Can't seem to help it.

In the land of Oz. Kansas that is and loving it.

Hi! An Indian's kudos to aprtheid still practised in the times of Nelson Mandela, only this time by yellow people of East Asia.

Boomers are a huge target so why donât more marketers target them in their ads?

IMHO - marketers are just waking up to new marketing methods that include Boomers in their messages.

Conventional wisdom says that major buying decisions are done in a consumer's early years - a time when brands are being sampled and life-long decisions are cemented.

While this is true for many Boomers, there are emerging markets that will need Boomers to survive. So while you may not see many beer commercials targeted toward the Baby Boomer generation, I think you'll begin to see all sorts of new products and services whose profitability will be tied to Boomers.

Recently, Ford Motor Company began making design decisions aimed at selling cars to an aging population. Marketing them will require that they not only create relevant products, but sell them to us in a way we understand and relate to.

Look for a whole new wave of products (and the associated marketing) that understand Boomers are not dead, nor are they willing to go quietly into the night.

It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.

Here is some good research on aging and how it will affect international relations...

http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rn/2004-05/05rn46.pdf

I find it rather humorous that Boomers are just as contentious now as they were in the sixties. Some are bemoaning the fact that members of our generation are super-consumers and have raped the earth. They rant that we continue to plunder our own natural resources and anyone elseâs that we can steal through aggression or intimidation.
SUVâs are creations of the Anti-Christ. Sex drugs and rock & roll are our generationâs only legacy ãyadda yadda yadda!ä And, God knows, there is a measure of truth in all these lamentations.

However, our generation is no better or worse than the preceding. It is no better or worse than the one that follows. Greed and the universal human tendency to take the path of least resistance will eventually turn the earth into a toilet. When profits can no longer be made from petroleum, another fuel source will be provided at a higher price. Then the market will be manipulated to make petroleum and hydrocarbon compounds the more expensive energy producing option. The international economic puppeteers who control the worldâs power and monetary infrastructure will always use their clandestine network to show a profit. The inertia of an ignorant population manipulated by the opiate of mass marketing and mis-information will perpetuate the status quo. Nobody chooses the correct or moral path if it is expensive or inconvenient. America, and the Boomer generation donât have a monopoly on hypocrisy they are just more visible and easy targets.

Oh, and Hello from Jim in the Heartland!

Born in VA but I came of age in Key West and Punta Gorda Florida.

It was the best time to be young, it was the time when young people could think for themselves, and we did. They may bring the cloths back, bring the hair back, and even the love beads but they will never recapture the 60's when the boomers were making history, cause they can't bring us back.

I cannot believe that almost everyone that I have grown-up with are getting ready for retirement. And I feel that I am still starting out. I have no desire to retire, I'm still coming up with new ideas everyday, and the few games of golf that I played were truly the stupidest spent moments in my life (no offense to you golf lovers...it's just my personal feelings). And hello from the Tar Heel State (NC).

Hi again...I had an after-thought when I signed off on my last message. This is some advice to the following generation that is responsible (I'm not sure if that would be Generation X or Y, or whatever...). Would you guys do something about this this "Boy George" legacy! For crying-out-loud - for years we've been publicy denying any knowledge or association with "Ziggy Stardust"! Take my advice, you've got to clear your names.

For all that listen to Cousin Brucie on the radio- you can now hear the oldies on 1250am- in the NJ and NY area
"e" from nj

Hi, I'm Fran from Oklahoma. I have spent the last 10 years in school, internship and post-doc. I am now finally licensed as a Clinical Psychologist. At 59 I am starting my 3rd career, with absolutely no thought of retirement! Life is good.

Hi from Ottawa Canada

Regarding an earlier comment on marketing to the boomer generation... I am seeing ads on a procedure to eliminate our need for reading glasses. Those "granny" glasses perched on top of our heads and our necks are a dead giveaway :) By the way, if anyone is interested, the procedure is called CK (conductive keratoplasty).

Back in Tallahassee after living here from 1964 to 1982. I'm not only a member of an Idealist generation, but also an INFP (Introverted Idealist). That and a birthdate in 1946, I guess, makes me a classic Boomer.

I'm remembering that there's another Wall in DC with the names of a lot of Boomers on it, including two friends of mine. I hope we're not going down that road again now.

Except this time, it'll be our children.

HI:I'm Larry, now in tulsa:-(

Im strongly anti Bush!!!

It is good to see that we still have a vast array of views on everything, as we always have. Most of us and everyone else tended to classify this generation with whatever agenda they had. It seems the main thing we have in common is our age., and our experience. Peace All

Hi, I'm Jan from Sydney/Byron Bay/Australia.

Below is an article I had published in
Sydney Morning Herald a few weeks ago in Heckler column.

"I'm having trouble empathising with all the bleating that's going on about whose taxes will be forking out for an aging baby boomer bunch any time now. Such mean-hearted tripe! Such chutzpah - the high-chair set having a hissy fit just thinking about the load it's going to have to bare any day now.

So, who started it and how do we get it stopped is what I want to know. I feel like digging out my pewter jewellery and hurling it at the next GenX pet who complains that his or her taxes will be supporting the likes of me because I haven't been clever enough (or dull enough) to put away something for my Zimmer frame.

Okay, so a decent slice of your taxes is going to have to keep us in the style we invented and will insist upon while ever there's breath in our abused, used (and increasingly refused) bodies. Pardon us for occupying 39.76% of your planet.!

Hold that thought while I walk you through a few home truths young Kylie and Brett:

Imagine a world without teenagers. Who invented the phenomenon? We did! The adolescent baby boomers were the social mal-contents of the fifties who cut loose from the oppressive ruck and insisted on being recognised as individuals with a right to be listened to, marketed to and yes, feared by a conservative Yesterday because we were Tomorrow! Our own tomorrow. And yours.

Imagine had we not rebelled. Elvis would have been sent back to his Mom to have his mouth washed out. He would still be singing gospel in some clapboard church in Memphis, telling his grandkids how a rush of blood to his head a long time ago made him do some foolish things with his hips.

Look at it this way; the money you're saving on dentistry - because we gave you fluoride in your drinking water - is the equivalent of the tax hike you'll need to come up with on our behalf.

Between sorting my vinyls and renovating my sea change home, I pause to wonder: Why all this ingratitude and grumbling resentment? Should we have left off trying to make this a better world? Should we have just climbed the corporate ladders and left the multi-nationals ripping down the trees and putting in their parking lots?

I've not even touched on the 'F' word. This fight alone would be reason enough to drop a donation in as we pass the hat around. I'm not talking Flares or fondue, either. Of course the Boomers gave the world flares and fondues. Just as we gave it refrigeration, fast foods, rock 'n roll, computers, the Internet, heart transplants, aerobics, tantric sex and the F1-11. Okay, so the Concord proved to be a dud and the AK-47 was nasty, the multi-function polis never eventuated and body shirts were nowhere but imagine a world before tampons, child care and equal wages if you can!

Yes. I am talking Feminism. Boomers went in hard on that one and the GenXers who hold up half the sky today need to be reminded with each pay cheque. But that's an argument for another day. Why not just pay up and do it with a smile. Life's too short for the hassles, man. Dig?"

Hey all, I am a native San Francisco
Boomer who is coming face to face with
the "non existent" job situation of age
discrimination. I do take solace in
the fact that I still enjoy '60s music
that came to be from The City.

Greetings from exit #12 off the New Jersey Turnpike.

I'm writting a Boomer book. Read & add comments at - http://babyboomerville.blogspot.com/

umm...Hi, I'm not a baby boomer so i don't mean to be bogging your board (1981), but did someone just try to say that a system that could use some upgrading can be excused because there is flouride in my water? Maybe we should also keep using crude oil for energy because our cars are already built that way?

Otherwise, I love you guys, I've been told I belong in the 70's, maybe because I still love life for what it is and what it's not. AND I am gratefull for flouride in my water (I still do not know what it has to do with s.s.), and the EU gov. puts it in my water now. hihi
Peace from the Czech Republic

LAND OF THE REALLY FREE

Jan from Sydney/Byron Bay/Australia.
Thank you very much for what you said. The GenXers have demonstrated in many ways their selfishness. They will never understand the wonderment of freedom as we experienced it via demand. It took guts to be a boomer.

www.joplinsdrink.blogspot.com

Hoping for suggestions on how we can help????
Some attributes skip a generation you know. We may not have the same lingo but patience is a virtue. Don't expect your kids to help, but your grandkids might. Educate them, and give them time.

JMB-Gen Y

A non-political comment: Single guy here, looking for a gal. After 25 west-coast years, I'm in New England. Alone I will add. Me: ran the first coffee house in the Haight, raised wolves in Alaska, figured out how to earn an okay living, decent bod, okay looking (yes, I have all my hair), pretty easy going, and more. You: might read tarot, like Zepplin, Doors, Celtic, Jazz, Ravi Shankar, don't want to work a job, want to settle down, want to enjoy yourself sensibly, and more, but space does not permit. Send me an email and I'll respond. I dunno, worth a try, huh?

to Jan from Sydney/Byron Bay/Australia

you wrote:

"Imagine had we not rebelled. Elvis would have been sent back to his Mom to have his mouth washed out. He would still be singing gospel in some clapboard church in Memphis, telling his grandkids how a rush of blood to his head a long time ago made him do some foolish things with his hips."

LOL - that's ripe to try to claim Elvis wouldn't have been who he was without the Baby Boom generation. Elvis was born in 1935 you fool. He was rebelling way before any of you aging "hipsters" were born. You didn't give the world "rock'n'roll". It was here loooong before you came about. It's called the blues. You act as if you invented rock music. Your generation didn't - you only sat back and listened to it. When it came time for you to actually create music yourself, to create a "music revolution", what did we get? Disco, Studio 54, cocaine, bad 80s fashion.
Hell, Bob Dylan was born in '41. That's five years before the first "official" Baby Boomer was born. So Dylan, technically, wasn't even of your generation. He gave you half of the slogans you hippies are so eager to spout. Do you realize "your" slogans aren't even created by people from your generation? You didn't lead - you followed. Who else do you claim? The Rolling Stones, the Beatles, nor Jimi Hendrix are musicians from your generation. If you examine it close enough you'll realize that most of the music of "your" generation isn't made by those of your generation. Do you want to know someone of your generation? Boy George is. Boy "that's not my cocaine" George. In fact - most of the vapid, crappy music that MTV foisted upon us in the 80s was made by you "Aging Hipsters". The "Father of MTV" , Robert Pittman, is a Baby Boomer (born '58)! MTV thrived during the cocaine fueled 80s that you lavished in (and destroyed so many great artists from the generation before you). It was MTV that was responsible for commodifying music and making it the way it is today. Thanks for that. You b*tch about how kids today are glued to the tv. Well, we've got your 24 Hours of Music Videos to watch!
What have we got now? "The Real World" because most of you managed to fck up the other real world, the one we live in now.

Oh wait, yes, we also got "new age" music from you. Music to cocoon yourself in. Music to wrap around you to protect you from the harsh realities of life. You gave us John Tesh and Kenny G.
Man you guys suck.

"Yes. I am talking Feminism. Boomers went in hard on that one and the GenXers who hold up half the sky today need to be reminded with each pay cheque. "

Give me a break. My parents were from the generation before yours. I, along with everyone I know of my age (both female and male), have never considered women inferior. Men in your generation did as their fathers did. Ours was the first not to. That's why you don't find too many feminists among most "Gen'Xers". We've never considered either sex superior to the others. My parents taught me that - my friend's parents taught them that. Most of the chauvenism still lingering is residue from your generation. In the tv advertisments your generation is still creating today the wife is doing the housework while the fat husband (thanks for that put down) is sitting on the couch. So where is "your" feminism? You know what? Your feminism turned into a rabid creature. The universal male is not to blame for all your problems. Maybe the Boomers went a little too hard on that and lost sight of what was really important. True and lasting equality. Paychecks are great as long as you're not bringing it home to someone who is going to beat you up. That's something "your" feminism forgot or turned the other cheek on (pun intended).

Listen - "Gen'Xers" (a tag that a Baby Boomer author stuck on people because you can't seem to work without catagories for some reason) don't harp on about all that we achieved because we (those born after you including the "GenY" people) don't feel the need to. We don't claim any music as "ours" because we know that music belongs to everyone. We don't go on and on about how great our generation is. We can't stand the tag "GenX" because we don't want to be boxed in and marketed to by the generation before us (or anyone else). We'd actually like a decent wage, a chance to make a career for ourselves ("think outside the box" is how I think you stamped it), a future that's maybe secure, maybe a house we can afford. I could go on but I have a feeling you want to get back to talking about yourselves.

I know there are some cool people out there that were born between the years '46-64 and they did some great things and some are still out there doing great things. Most of those people shut up and get on with it. However, the majority of you took drugs, had sex, watched a bunch of musicians on stage, marched with thousands of other people (wow that must have taken some courage!), etc. Very few of you actually did anything really that important (notice I don't write "good") until you got into the corporate world and started fcking things up, getting greedy, and inventing this grand lifestyle that you felt you deserved - massive homes, SUVs, etc. The generations after you haven't said sh*t about themselves until you felt the need to rip on us and classify us. Calling us selfish? Maybe, but all around me I see Baby Boomers who have created a selfish world (including this website - is there one for "GenXers" - haven't seen one yet).

"Life's too short for the hassles, man."

That is your life motto isn't it?
Tune in - turn on - drop out indeed.

Hi, I live in Minneapolis. My name is Mick.

Times have changed and so have I. I did not start to grow and become the person i am today until I had grown weary and some what older. I grew to know that I could speak my mind, and hold my peace. That I could live life to the fullest. Its was my choice. I just hope my children and grandchildren have the same opprotunties.

Did anyone else who say the story about Donovan's comeback yesterday on Sunday Morning experience flashbacks?

Whoa MAN!just thought I'd throw that in. But now it's hey dude.the thing that worries me the most,above the political,fossil fuels and the cold war, IS. all the hand gesture they have now. I use to be number one most the last 50 years. was worried when all the two and three fingers started showing up. realy had me down for a while, not now though!!!far out man

thing that worries me the most, is all the farm ground we are covering up with concrete and asphalt. course thats ok we just as well depend on other counties for our food also. and I'm in the building industry!!!

ANYWAY, HI from IDAHO (not iowa) where we all do the same job, get the same pay. as far as I've seen the only diffence is the PUMBING. and that aint so bad!!

MERRY HAPPY HO HO ( hope that was politicly correct?)

nite all

Was searching for Baby Boomer trends and came accross this nice spot, so HI! from Rochester, NY, next to the shore of Lake Ontario.

Have a lot to say and a lot more to learn.

"Hi" from Peoria, IL. Let's all encourage corporate America to get out of bed with China!

-Boomers
We're not Babies anymore.

Thomm
El Paso, Texas

Hello from Pensacola, Florida. December 25, 1962. 43 y.o. professional female, children grown and loving every minute of it!!!!

I am looking for ideas for a maters degree thesis dealing with the employment issues facing "baby boomers." I am a bonafide "Boomer" and really was at Woodstock (unlke all the people now who claim they were there). I am looking to narrow down a research topic for an 80 page final project in labor studies. Any input is welcome. You can post here or e-mail me: BobbyO1011@aol.com. Thanks

If I knew then what I know now, I'd be a millionaire....but, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

If I knew then what I know now, I'd be a millionaire....but, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

Greetings to all fellow boomers from Port Deposit, MD!

I want to go back ..... I still don't like it here in the future ....

HI!! I'm Mike, born in California, 1948, Live in Wyoming, 2006 and a long long time before. I'd rather have my Country than my Social Security, therefore I spew---

VOTER INITIATIVE ON THE BUDGET AND TAXES - THE FINAL SAY-SO FROM YOU - THE
TAXPAYER.
This concept is - that you, the taxpayer - since it is YOUR money - should have
total control of how much taxes comes out of your pocket to support your
government, and with a 'yes' or 'no' - final say-so - agreement vote, a go or
no-go vote, on any and all budgets that said taxes contribute toward.

In other words, if you agree with how your tax dollars are going to be spent -
you vote yes. And if you don't agree - then you vote no, at which time the
legislature will have to come up with a budget that the taxpayers will agree to
vote yes on. Otherwise, the money just doesn't get spent - it sits in the
treasury.

Afterall, you own all three - the money, the pocket it comes out of, and the
government it's spent on - it's your money, not theirs.

Michael Meyer, Chairman
Voter Initiative Political Party of Wyoming (VIPP).

Hi from Vienna, Virginia

Name: Suzanne
Location: Boulder Creek, CA
Born: 1954, Portsmouth, VA

Avid reader since teaching myself how to read at age 4. Navy brat and first born so I'm always thinking of the consequences. Double Irish so I usually got caught.

Turned my misspent youth around and became that scary thing in your rear view. Retired now and doing nothing, magnificently I might add.

Hello from Sanford, NC. Born, raised and worked in Michigan until the winter got to unbearable for me.

Anybody noticed that we should be mad as hell and not taking it anymore!

A country embodied by a people, civic minded, with pride in itâs culture and history, respect and understanding of its laws; has a love for itâs beauty and natural resources, a command of itâs language, proud of itâs birth, rooted in a spirit of independence, is a country that is PRICELESS. Illegal immigrants and those that foster them, just plain greedy!

The laws of supply and demand seem lost to us, those portions that good providers would cherish as reserves seem to be lost. Perhaps, we just canât support or NEED hundreds of thousands of inexpensive restaurants. Perhaps what we NEED is hundreds of thousands of windmills. Do we need more housecleaners and baby sitters, or do we need more playgrounds, ball fields and enrichment courses? Maybe we need more solar panels and fewer car washes, less retail hours and and one fuel-free day a week. NOw there's a concept - just don't drive one day a week. Can we do it? We boomers know we can, despite Bush's remarks about our addiction to gas, how little faith he has in us.

Perhaps it takes a baby-boomer to ãknowä our fathers died for this precious county. Perhaps those hard fought battles and treaties made to hold every inch of this beautiful country at itâs borders, after its inception, are lost now; lessons too easily forgotten or never learned.

It is hard to believe that a generation, vital in the 60âs, can be passive during these times of tenuous assault from within our borders, within our marketplace, and, most of all, within our energy supplies. It seems the social lessons of the sixties have been lost., though issues much the same. We still need truth; truth in numbers, truth in science, truth from the media, truth from lawmakers; and truth in the marketplace. What can we really support? How hard can it be, in this time of cyber knowledge, to assess where, what, when and how to meet the needs of our society? We need that ãspiritä of independence to rise again, demand answers, and, may God bless us with voices strong enough to do so.

Send this on to at least 10 friends, within 10 minutes, and your dreams for a better world may begin tomorrow. Ah·, at least before another business gets rich, and another politician gets elected on the back of an ãillegal,ä or the price of gas reaches $4.00 a gallon.

Something tells me we have a right to be "mad as hell", and not taking it anymore

Hello. im doing a research project on the social change of baby boomers (new expectations, roles, compared to your parents etc). have not started yet, its a year long thing, due in a few months. hope this site can help me out,
peace.

After realizing I was a dinasaur at work (over 25 years in the field) graying moustage and thinning hair I realized this site is very special. I live in Washington state.

Is there a willing active retiree ( or one thinking of retiring soon) out there who wouldn't mind answering a few questions about their future plans and expecations. as previously stated, im working on a research project for my senior year at school.

please either leave a message on this discussion or direct a personal message to me if you are interested. it would be a great help!

thanks!

Were you a mod or a rocker? Hihowyahdoin' from big bad ol' New York!

Just wanted to say I am a boomer and am looking forward to us reasonable people taking back our country from the right winged neo morons who are running it now. Remember when Jimmy Carter was prez and there was a peanut shortage suddenly and peanut butter went through the roof. I can't imagine we're dumb enough to buy this line about supply and demand with oil when the oil industry is making record profits.c'mon you smart old hippies, lets act up a little bit, but don't forget to take our blood pressure meds:).

Hi, I'm Marsha from Pace, Florida, near Pensacola. Born 4/9/64 in Mobile, Al. The supposed last year of the boomer generation, I always felt I was "born too late". I love the music of the sixties, the clothes, the ideas...they are my own. I espoused the environmental and human potential movements of the seventies and eighties, they were a replacement of the real social change I was too young to be a part of. Boy, is the time ever ripe now, people!! Let's not concentrate too much on generational differences, let's just at least SPEAK OUT! Those of us who have long tottered on the brink between boomers and Gen-X, I believe, are ready. Come on boomers, let's go out with a BOOM!

Now THIS is an interesting group! who said Boomers didn't have a sense of humor???
Native Californian,'54 model; currently in San Diego. I work with mostly 30-somethings and younger and they want to believe the dream is still alive. Is it?

Native born New Jerseyan (1948). Still going strong in advertising career, mostly for real estate market. As a boomer I am mortified that nothing has been done about the catastrophe that has befallen our country over the past 6 years. They say that the economy is booming but it's b-s. We all know the truth, and all know what needs to be done but why is anybody doing it. We have two more years of holding on to the edge of the toilet seat. How many of us can hold on that long. For as smart and as brassy as we as a generation have been labeled to be, we can't come up with enough strength (in numbers) to make a difference. Who are we looking to for answers? there is no one else. You're looking at it.

I would love to see a silent revolution designed and devised by boomers across the country. Pick a day not to buy gas. I'll honor that day. Where have all our spirits gone? I'm looking for an echo.

Everytime I turn around,somebody shouts to the Media about this (so called)"War"between(take your pick):(A)Stay at Home vs.Working Moms(B)Baby Boomers vs.Generation Xers(C)Evangelical Christians vs.whoever.
Actually,there is no "War"!!The real War is in Afghanistan and Iraq!!Not over some political hacks and trite Media terminology!!

Being 47,I guess I'm at the tail end of the boom.I didn't worry about Vietnam or the Draft because it was over by the time I was old enough to enlist.

Yes,I sometimes enjoy watching a TV Program from my youth like "Andy Griffith";"Gunsmoke";"Top Cat"etal.;
and I like to listen to oldies;classic rock and classic country stations.

As far as "Gen X"goes,yes,there are a few malcontents still out there.But for the most part,like their Boomer Counterparts,theyr'e holding productive lives.

And a good portion of both eras are serving in the Armed Forces in Afghanistan and Iraq.

I have a better idea:Why not just pour yourself a nice snifter of Brandy(*Preferrably Christian Brothers);fire up a nice Dominican or Honduran Cigar;put Bobby Darin's "Beyond the Sea"or Ray Charles's "Georgia on my MInd"on the stereo,then sit back;relax and get jiggy with it!!

"When the legend becomes the truth,print the legend."-John Ford.

Hi, I'm in the great state of Minnesota, I'm PRO Bush!

Being an 'alumni' of both Viet Nam and Woodstock, I have always felt I was well reprentative of our generation. Born in '50 and raised in Conn., I grew up a Liberal and a Dem as was everyone else I knew. After Nam I got married and moved to TX. where I got religion and raised 2 children. Before I knew it, I was a Conservative and Rep. How did this happen ? Must admit though that Bush has now got me revisiting my roots.

Re: Bob -

If I recall, many of us registered/changed parties during the Nixon/Watergate era - where being a Democrat was a form of protest. That didn't (I don't think) change many of us fundamentally, but it did send a clear message.

I don't believe I personally agreed with everything the Democrats stood for then, and if I look at it closely, I probably had right-leaning tendencies too - when "conservative" and "Republican" meant something entirely different... like smaller government, less government intervention in our lives and fiscal responsibility.

Frankly, Bush raises the same anger in me as Nixon did in 1973 - perhaps even more.

I guess the point is, Bob, your values didn't change, the Republican party did. Pandering to far-right religious zealots, out of control credit card spending and a measured attack on the Constitution in the guise of our failed war on terror are enough to get me humming with my fingers in my ears every time I see GWB on TV.

Old-school Republicans (yes, they are out there, in great, dissatisfied numbers) are wondering where their party went.

Finally, I have a friend ( a contemporary) who still insists Nixon never did anything wrong. I suppose it's comforting to believe he wasn't duped into wasting a vote. So, I admire your honesty as well as your re-evaluation of what Bush and the Republican Party really stand for now.

As long as you're revisiting your roots, take a look at what BushCo has done to the environment. That was a key issue back when we collectively registered Democrat and ultimately, I believe the issue that will bring many of us back to politics in 2008.

Thanks Duchapl for the affirmation. That is one thing we as a generation can really be proud of, the way we stood up and affirmed each other in our common cause ... to end an unjust war and to have the people heard from, from beyond capitol hill. While I am not proud of everything we did or did not accomplish in our time. I am certainly proud that we at least asked the questions that needed to be asked. We did not go quietly into the night.

Both Bob and Duchapl are right. We should be proud for what we stood up for then, but with the new regime (Rep. party as it stands) in place, maybe it's time to find a way to do it again. We can't afford to JUST "have fun" and forget about the politics. We have to keep or rekindle those feelings that helped us to make a difference in the 70s and our children of Gen X need to put aside their apathy and be right there with us. Let's find our way back to the peace and democratic government as it was designed to be.

How dumb is it to be identified with a generation? Liberate yourselves, and stop thinking you are just baby boomers. You are humans living on the planet earth.

from a 56 yr old American living in the French Alps.

1946 native of New Orleans now living in western Arkansas...
Life is good.

I forget, therefore I am

Hey guys. Anyone there? This is an interesting discussion. I'm an aging journalist, surrounded by smart ass up and comers, thinking about starting a Boomers blog. Trying to come up with a name. Whaddya think?
agingsucks.com
defygravity.com
youthsucks.com
agingwithoutgrace.com
I'm open to suggestions.

I live on a picture post card in Paradise!

Aloha from Honolulu!

Marilyn

Make Love Not War

John S in Norton,Va

Hey all from Winnipeg, Canada!

a Boomers blog would be so awesome!!!

boomersallgrownup.com ???

eh heh :p

WELL SAID:Wishful Thinking

"They may bring the cloths back, bring the hair back, and even the love beads but they will never recapture the 60's when the boomers were making history, cause they can't bring us back." and I AGREE 100%.

Peace and Love

Greetings from San Antonio, Texas!

Wow! I just found you, thanks to an article in the NY Times online. I live in McCall, Idaho but grew up in California. I feel like I've just been given a wonderful present. Thank you!

I suppose you will be having more visits now that we know about this site via the NY Times published today!!

The "original" baby boomers lament: are we all living in the Twilight Zone/Alice in Wonderland era now?? Everything is 180 degrees different from what and how we were brought up with - even what we rebelled against!! Difficult times to understand in context with what we knew to rebel against then.

Well I am pround to be a boomer. We Rule! We are the majority. We influence everything today. Marketing is geared to serve the boomers because of course our large numbers.

Being a boomer is a GREAT THING!

CALL FOR STORIES

We are seeking personal stories from women whose fathers were in World War II and the impact those war experiences may have had on your lives- both growing up and into your own adulthood.

We are looking for stories that capture the invisible intersection of a World War II veteran's experience and the shadow those events cast on the lives of their own middle-aged daughters.

There were over 16 million men who went to war between 1941 and 1945 and each one of their daughters has a story.

These stories should illustrate the impact of your father�s war experiences on your own life and showcase the bond between fathers and daughters.

The collected stories will be edited (as appropriate), annotated, and published in a one-volume book.

Please feel free to ask questions (or send essays); our email is findingourfathers@comcast.net. Or you can post your reply here for more discussion. Thanks!!

hi

I miss the sixties, freedom to do what i wanted, great clothes, free love, the beatles, high school proms, cool looing guys with their hair slicked back....o those were the days..............

Phoenix, AZ - 1954
Just found this site and graffitti wall, and will be coming back to look around some more...probably quite a bit.

I agree that we, as boomers, can't really take credit for a music revolution. Big Band, jazz, blues, all were revolutions in their years, and it's all very good. I think Thomas Edison should get the credit for inventing the phonograph, and Tesla (not Marconi) for the radio. Those were ultimately the true music revolutions.

As for education, I despair for our beloved country's future. The sciences and math are suffering, and most young people can't even write a proper sentence anymore. (Watching a news report and reading the paper are painful these days, not just because of the content, but because of the poor use of the language.) We are no longer the best educated country in the world. Very sad.

As for politics, the environment and the state of the union, argh, what can I say?!?. I'm dismayed and afraid, and I've become as politically charged in the last 6 years as I was in the late sixties/early seventies. I do NOT want to live in a theocracy and our freedoms are being eroded as I type this.

No more apathy. Whether it's the school board or the presidency...
VOTE!!

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" - Benjamin Franklin - 1755

Alice

Whats up????????!!!!!!!????

Its cold again in Minnesota (2007)
Happy Valentines Day fellow boomers!!!

I saw this website on TV today and just read all the past blogs, which was quite fun! I am an astrologer in The 53 Club. (born in 1953--we have issues--all the folks born in the 50's will be having issues upcoming. Big endings & new beginnings, oh boy!) I look at the gnerations from a more distant perspective. The following is from an article I wrote on the generations...

"The 60�s generation�hippies�seemed to be a generation here to teach something to others. They still had lessons to pay, just as I do, but most of them were teaching non-violence and people power, as well as love. The people from that time are here to show that we CAN change the world. Still, many from this generation have sold out, and so will have debts to pay. Others perished in the wars trying to convert other lands to American ways�these people may have died in a pointless war in a foreign land to teach them action or activism. Others may have had to learn what�s truly important in life. Perhaps the Me Generation was here to stand up against authority, because in the past they were authority. Many hippies were reborn from the French Revolutionary times and from the Civil War Era.
Pluto in Leo (1938-1957)
This was considered the �me� Generation. Although this was considered a generation all about pleasing the self, please note how these former royals served the world in their time. Originally from French revolutionary tmes, they taught Christ-like virtues and sought to help the poor and downtrodden and fought against earlier abuses. Note that the Leo generation�all about royalty and appearance�dressed like poor people, with long hair, ragged jeans, fur vests, and hand colored T-shirts. Now, unfortunately, many Pluto/Leos have returned to their �it�s all about me� philosophies and have dropped out from their movements to become very involved in this money money money world. That does not mean that they won�t reawaken later, but it does create a situation in which they probably will be removed of their power and brought back to the level of love, not ego."

We got nowhere to go but UP.
http://www.propheticeye/generations.html

ilove hippies, andrea

I'm sorry I voted for george in 2000, but I didn't in 2004.
Hi from Dick in MICH.

Hi from KS. Being a real Boomer,1946 baby, I have to say the years have been good to me, I'm still usually broke and I have my Flomax, Colesteral meds and pain pills, oh yeah and my keeping regular morning drink. I can honestly say I am still alive, in love with my wife and enjoying the grandkids. Hope this applies to most.

What discuss link? Are there links? WHat is a link. Oh, I'm here. Well. No I don't listen to much rock, more jazz and some classical.

I am now 60 (later this year. I still calculate my age like an 8 year old). I started an audio podcast about keeping your mind alert and growing (yes, growing) after the age of 55. Be curious, get involved. You can call in LIVE to the show and dis me (Thursday 12 noon EST) or just passively listen to them here:

http://mymind.staysactive.com/

No generation before this one has had the Internet as a tool this late in life. Huh? Did I say late? Who's late? For what? Oh, I'm here.

As an aging hipster, I am very interested in reading about my peers.

What challenges to you see in the next year? Is it the war? Is it the economy?

I retired from the Fed Gov't at age 55 and enjoy my freedom. How about others who are non teathered? How do you occupy your time? I enjoy just "being" and catching a groove when I can. Feel free to email me to open a line of communication. Peace, NOW !

How come Boomers are said to be born from 1946 to 1964?, most born then would have missed the best years of Rock and Roll. I was born in 1941... Bill Haley came to the UK in 1957, I went to see him, I was sixteen years old, the right age man, old enough for all the great Rockers from Elvis Presley, Gene Vincent, Jerry Lee Lewis and all the other greats and then into the sixties with the Beatles and British rock and onwards into the loving seventies...... I STILL ROCK!!!

My name is Amber Mike and I am Associate Producer on a new show for TV Land called, �Life Begins @40�. We are looking for couples in the Tri-State area and would love the opportunity to pass along this information to your car group�s members. The production company, RDF, produces the hit ABC show, �Wife Swap�, and many other recognizable family shows. We are seeking couples that are ready to pursue an entrepreneurial dream that they�ve put on the back-burner. The show is looking for couples that are experiencing �Empty Nest� or have gotten to the point that their children are more independent and need them less. TV Land is giving these couples the opportunity to �test drive� what their dream life would look like. Email me at amber.mike@rdfnewyork.com or call (646) 747-7940 TODAY!

Hi from PJ in New Jersey

GOD IS DEAD - Nietzche

NIETZCHE IS DEAD - God

Bill Gates Is a Prick.

I am a former Californian moved to Missouri. I found this site looking for an article about Baby Boomers. Better than an article, I found you'all.Officially a Missourian now. What a mix of boomer culture and a colorful result for my paper. I thank you'all. Ducky

Are any of you baby boomers looking forward to attending the local "senior center"? Senior Center Managers are being told we need to attract boomers. What would attract you to the local senior center?

With every passing decade life begins again. So far, life has begun at 40; most recently - life began at 50; In the not too far off future - life will begin at 60, 70, 80....

It just gets better!

American by birth, Southern by the grace of God

Peace & Love from Champaign Illinois.

We're the luckiest generation in the history of the planet. The Internet gives us the intellectual stimulation that makes living this long a worthy challenge. Keep it up!

Hi to boomers and everyone else who reads this page!

What to do after retirement? That question is haunting a lot of us. I found my niche before I retired for good, and now I know I'll never stop writing. There are so many ways to communicate now - take a chance and learn as much as you can about the Internet. Retirement is a myth for many, and a waste of life for those of us who are healthy and adventurous.

My Website on living the good life (writing and RVing, plus boomer news) is at www.kennedyk.com

I was reading Andrea's remarks (feb. 07) and had to comment on the astrology and positioning of our generation. It sure seems to make sense as I was born in 1957 and remember great things like freedom-in whatever form,it still existed. I know it still does somewhat compared to other places there are to live, but I don't feel free in this modern world of greed, deception and lack of compassion and yet it is my generation. I've never seen so much consumption in my life, and what happened to our voice? People.... don't we know we have the power no matter what generation we are from? We need to get our asses in gear and quit settling for all the crap the advertisers( unfortunetly it is us)try to shove down our throats. Get a backbone. Have a lovely day as I can see only Love
compassion and hope for my fellow man so I guess I'm the perfect illustration of a hippie but somehow I never felt the need to rape my fellow humans which leaves me very dated,loving, still in free wispy clothes living below poverty level and asking... what the hell happened?

===you know i really have to say that i agree with mick if it werent for baby boomers creating all this drama and dismissing the generation x (as you like to call them) and the generation y(again as you like to call them) then maybe we wouldnt have to be afraid to put everything out on the table with the threat of getting fired hanging over our heads because you are to intimidated to let the reality that times have changed sink in. you people sicken me all you do is sit in these little chat rooms and b#$** and moan how the younger generation has no respect for elders well you know what? what respect have you shown us? you have to give it to earn it, that includes inside and outside the work envirement. you are just pissed off because we can run circles around you before you fall down thinking you are having a heart attach. advertisements dont play for you, why because the younger generations control whats popular, and last i checked half of you are ready for the grave. then you have all these baby boomers putting out articles and research papers and books on us claiming you know everything. i started doing this research paper for college on the baby boomers gen x'ers and gen y and you know what i realized after about the 60'th article i read you REPEAT YOURSELVES i would get halfway down the piece of crap that you call work and see the same thing i just read on the last 30 pages.you overestimate yourselves and underestimate the younger generations. we are the ones that choose which retirement home you go into and have to pay for the d#%@ things or did you forget that. we dont want to have to spend thousands of dollars so someone else can change your depends let alone do it ourselves. we might as well show you the same respect you showed us and throw you in the sewer to freeze to death on the streets without giving you a chance just like you do to us. retire and get out of the way because ITS NOT THE 60'S ANYMORE so stop doing coke and realize we can do it better than you WHEN WE DONT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SOME TIGHTWAD PENNY PINCHING GRANDPA THROWING US OUT ON OUR A$$$$ BECAUSE WE CAN DO IT BETTER. get over your overated selfish selves THE WORLD DOES NOT REVOLVE AROUND YOU IT NEVER DID AND NEVER WILL so live with it and cry me a river build a bridge and get the fuck over it. oh was that the f word you were talking about? one last thing YOU DID NOT I REPEAT DID NOT INVENT SEX. you parents just couldnt keep their legs closed thus became you. therefore when you are in your grave we will be taking over the world. by the way this is a generation Y'er and guess what? the next generation, generation mypod will be a h*** of a lot worse than me happy nightmares peace out old hippies.

Hi from Indiana. I am trying to figure out what I'm going to do for the rest of my life. I'm 53 and ready to try something different.

I DID NOT vote for Bush either time, and I believe Iraq has been a huge mistake resulting in the unnecessary death of 3000+ young men and women.

I still listen to good old Rock & Roll, but I have broadened my horizons listening to some of the new Country music such as Kenny Chesney.

PEACE.
Mark

"In Jersey everything's legal as long as you don't get caught."
Just read the post from angry gen Y-er. Weren't we just as angry at the previous generation back in the sixties?
I'm still a flower child. I was a social worker back in the seventies and eighties, but realized how futile it all was. Since then I've had a lot of low paying jobs. I wish I had learned how to be self-employed so I wouldn't have to work for some a-hole. (Not all of my bosses fit this description) I'm looking forward to retirement, even though I will be poorer than a church mouse

Erin from New Zealand here. For any boomers who like to reminisce I'm collecting stories and anecdotes about growing up as a baby boomer.
I believe it's most important that boomer memories are colated and made available for sharing with others from all generations and cultures. Boomers have experienced such massive change and witnessed some stunning historical events, but we want the day-to-day stories, too.
If you're interested, visit http://boomoirs.com ... and have a bootiful day.

I don't generally feel anything until noon; then it's time for my nap.

I was born 12/25/44, the very edge of the coming boomers and I have seen it all. I still remain true to my roots, musically, they are CCR, Alabama, Neil Sedaka, Supremes, Rod Stewart, The Mamas and the Papas and too many to mention.I am a Southerner, 62 years. I am now working on an RN degree after acquiring a BS in Health Adm. and an MBA. I have reached camo belt in ATA and I will never be old. Wish I knew how to start a Boomer Club in the Memphis area.

Greetings to all my fellow boomers.Just hit 50 this year and the reality of my choice to make my own way instead of selling my soul to "Corporate America" is looming in the back of my mind.As I see a few of my old school mates beginning to retire at 50 from after spending 25-30 years working a mainstream job.I am curious how many of you are like me and chose the freedom of self employment and now like me have no retirement and know full well you can not retire anytime soon if ever.I am trying to compile data with your input if you would kindly share.When I complete the project I will gladly share with you the results.I am not trying to sell you anything. Please just tell me what you think:http://www.askdatabase.com/campaigns/?af=41615

Hi,
Don't want to bore you with too much detail but I have one question to ask.

Where in the world has the quality gone?

I'm a polio surviver and last night taking of my brace, that helps me wobble better, a screw was sheared off.

I am now in fear of getting it repaired because it was not made well in the first place.

The guy who made it gave it five years causing me to laugh because less than a year and half later here I am.

The brace before that was a work in progress but when it was finally tweaked it was great the best of quality but I didn't like the service.

Sounds simple right?

Go back to the quality brace maker with the rude service people.

Guess who bought them out?

What is the irony here?

The name of the place is FDR Center for Prosthetics & Orthotics.

FDR the former president of the United States who had polio is where they got the name.

Well greetings all. I rarely post but since the editor is so whiney, I thought I'd go ahead and maybe be the 1,000th post. Am I?
Who knows. This looks like a fun group!
Have fun. Grow old. Laugh when no one's looking.

I have probably misunderstood the "thread", as one now says, but when I see these never-varying Graffiti sprayed on all and any available surface, I am a little saddened : They are all the same, man ! In style and content :"I was here !" Yep, sure. Other people, too. But they do not have to shout about it.
;-)
Mike.

Everyone has their favorite way of using the internet. Many of us search to find what we want, click in to a specific website, read what�s available and click out. That�s not necessarily a bad thing because it�s efficient. We learn to tune out things we don�t need and go straight for what�s essential.

Influence can be defined as the power exerted over the minds and behavior of others. A power that can affect, persuade and cause changes to someone or something. In order to influence people, you first need to discover what is already influencing them. What makes them tick? What do they care about? We need some leverage to work with when we�re trying to change how people think and behave.

Home | Hot Topics | Music | Culture | Humor | Junk | Contact Us | Boards | Boomer Careers | Links | Boomer Statistics | Site Map

Copyright 2010, The Baby Boomer Homepage