tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post4142132370223336017..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): The "Greatest Generation" vs. "The Boomers"Minnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-82133177926322525112010-10-07T18:54:17.239-05:002010-10-07T18:54:17.239-05:00Amen anonymous! The chathoray tube, transistor, T...Amen anonymous! The chathoray tube, transistor, TV, Radar, Radio, Light Bulb, Toilet, plastic and toxic chemicals ect were all invented by the greatest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-82123248773943009572010-10-01T01:02:50.039-05:002010-10-01T01:02:50.039-05:00I am glad we did something right! But where was I ...I am glad we did something right! But where was I when all this was going on? Oh yes, I remember, I was working my butt off!<br />"And now—talk about selfishness—many Boomers are supporting their children, too, into their 20s and beyond".<br />Well he got that bit right!Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12562001301604097606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-19526165003288141602010-09-30T23:48:21.345-05:002010-09-30T23:48:21.345-05:00Giving Gay Rights to Gen X? No way! Before Stone...Giving Gay Rights to Gen X? No way! Before Stonewall, police routinely locked up people for just being homosexual. The basically ceased with the Stonewall Riots in circa 1969 when gays finally turned against the police after they raided a New York City area bar by the name of Stonewall, hence the name of the riots.<br /><br />That's some groundwork.<br /><br />DaBrisDaBrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-62425489648505922852010-09-30T21:15:13.130-05:002010-09-30T21:15:13.130-05:00Environmentalism too started in the early 70s. I&#...Environmentalism too started in the early 70s. I'll give Gen X gay rights though. it may have started in the 60's and the boomers mostly accepted Gays, but the push came later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-19813130555605222772010-09-30T20:00:38.180-05:002010-09-30T20:00:38.180-05:00They made environmentalism, feminism, gay rights s...They made environmentalism, feminism, gay rights so deeply a part of middle-class culture that the terms themselves seem antiquated....<br /><br />I'll agree with the feminism, but in no way can I allow environmentalism or gay rights to be an asset belonging to Baby Boomers.... and while they created the business model for the technology revolution, it's on the labor and skill and creativity of the Xers that this revolution has been carried out.... booh hoo.... what a load of bologne......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com