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To witness how dramatically a culture and its elite media can change in 40 years, and how a grown-up culture can vanish over those decades, compare how Newsweek described the Beatles to its readers when they first arrived on our……

We may all want to look at timelines very critically for hints of the future. There is a theory that every 50-60 years is the pivotal point for changes to occur. Applying this theory to our current generations of “Boomer”, the “Great Generation”, “Gen X or Y”, or tweens, and the cycles are strikingly clear.

I was looking at some of the reaction to that “bed-wetter” article we saw in yesterday’s Clicked and saw an unexpected theme: defining maturity. I’m thinking the cultural context for the question is that we typically think of diplomacy and negotiat…

On leaving a culture, when you return, you are different. – Diana

And that right there makes a great case for youths to serve in the military.

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I do object to those who berate the boomers in general terms. If not for this particular boomer and others like me, conservatives would have been long gone. It is we who have had to fight our own to preserve something of value for those of you who are younger.

It is actually possible to comment briefly on the effects of various wars in this thread without turning it into a discussion OF those wars. I did so in my own post.

Don’t forget that women were encouraged to support the war effort by working in factories, etc. This country needed women in the workforce then. America could not have come out on top without them.

Do you think woman are only suppose to be heard from on children, church and culture?

MB4 on September 25, 2007 at 2:53 PM

I really was not referring to your post, but the ensuing conversation. If I believed that, I wouldn’t be here.

does that mean that Hillary is so popular with them because they see her as a Mother Goddess figure?

That’s mo betta.

If modern Liberalism is based on the refusal by millions of Americans to grow up (which I don’t doubt), does that mean that Hillary is so popular with them because they see her as a Mother figure?

He discussed the difficulty that the vets had in describing their experience with their families, however were able to discuss the real truth with the Film crew interviewers.
It was quite touching and something the current culture should hear, given the pacifist views that circulates in the mindsets of too many.

Mcguyver on September 25, 2007 at 3:11 PM

Have a nice day.

Mcguyver on September 25, 2007 at 11:06 AM

Now you are reading the Holocaust into this. What? Do you think that Diana West was for it? Did you even read and process (very import to process) what Diana West has said? Do you know who she is? Hint: Jewish World Review likes her, they like her a lot. You have such tunnel vision. That is about the kindest way I can put it.

I am a Vietnam vet!!!
MB4 on September 25, 2007 at 2:44 PM

Thank you for your service.

Connie on September 25, 2007 at 12:39 PM

Very first sentence of this post by Bryan:

“Longtime readers of Michelle’s blog are familiar with the brilliant work of Washington Times columnist Diana West.

I do not see how it is “hijacking” to link and quote from the brilliant work of Diana West.

Do you think woman are only suppose to be heard from on children, church and culture?

Mcguyver on September 25, 2007 at 11:06 AM

Earth to McGoofey, I am a Vietnam vet!!! and you can talk that children and women stuff to John Kerry.

This was supposed to be a discussion of American culture
Connie on September 25, 2007 at 12:39 PM

I didn’t start this what you call hijacking, as you can clearly see.
When someone inserts a misrepresentation of the real truth then they have to be rebutted.

I also respectfully and completely disagree with your statement that it’s not part of the culture, because, this pale faced idea of war and the threats of Islamic extremism, is a result of looking at the world from an adolescent point of view.

So it became a part of this discussion, appropriately, by default, because our culture really needs an example of ignorant adolescent views in action.

We thought it was us. It was the money. The ride is almost over. We are currently living off the accumulated wealth of prior generations. The Chinese government holds 1.6 trillion in Treasuries, that is 1.6 trillion of our National Debt. The Chinese government just bought 10 percent of the Blackstone group, that is Hilton Hotels, La Quinta, Universal Studios Orlando, Orbitz, American Axle etc. The transfer of wealth is facilitated by the Hippies’ refusal to sacrifice for the next generation.

I predict they will bleed out the last drop left for future generations to guarantee a comfy old age with good medical and Mexican gardeners

Meanwhile I am so bored with the endless self examination of the ‘me, myself and I’ generation. These slugs squandered a magnificent gift to stay in diapers

I am very proud of the many in the younger generations who refuse to buy into the Boomer crap and are examing their roots.

its pretty pathetic this thread turned into a BDS thread

jp on September 24, 2007 at 5:24 PM

I’ve got a pretty bad case myself.

didn’t teach their young to throw rocks at GIs.
MB4 on September 24, 2007 at 4:56 PM

You are the one that quoted Diana West’s complete pessimistic pale faced, appeasement ass kissing, globalists gnome world view ignorance.

What on earth are you going on about now? You are making no sense whatsoever. Who said anything about our soldiers burning entire villages? Where did that come from? Where did you see that in what you quoted? Where did you see that anywhere in Diana West’s article?
MB4 on September 25, 2007 at 2:27 AM

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You and Diana West, are the ones not making sense here.
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Apparently, neither of you have heard – first hand reports from Vietnam vets – of how the children and women couldn’t be trusted because they were armed and dangerous!
I can put a vet on the phone with you, who will straighten both of you!

If you need a boost in the sanity of real resistance in fighting against the Despotic leaders and jihadists who truly wish us dead, you should listen to the Holocoust surviver caller, that Laura Ingraham had this morning on the radio. She understands the real threat that we face from terrorists.

You know you cannot defend your completely irrelevant outlier theory of why Joe Lieberman – an Iraqi war hawk – won the liberal kook State Connecticut as an independent in a landslide.
So, you resort to claiming I’m off topic and into an alternate reality.

I’m losing hope that you can make any sense with your mainstream media sound-bite-warped, biased view.