The always independent Citizen Smash doesn’t mince words when he takes a look at the contributions or lack of thereof by baby boomers:
IF YOU’RE A BABY BOOMER, stand by. I’m about to p-p-put you down.
You may be the most insufferable, self-centered, and irresponsible generation in American history. Oh, one-on-one, some of you are tolerable. But as a group, I can’t stand you. You seem to be generationally incapable of moving beyond the past, dealing with the present, or planning for the future.
At this moment, your generation dominates American politics. And just look at the mess you’ve made of it! As a nation we have become so divided, so tribalistic about our affiliations, that it is now almost impossible to have an intelligent discussion about any issue of substance. And it’s all your fault.
READ THE WHOLE THING because he details how baby boomers have influenced policies and the country’s political tone. And be SURE to read his post’s ending.
We are sure, in turn, that readers will have lots of comments on his post in our comments section. Smash wrote an additional comment HERE.
FOOTNOTE: We’ve noted before that Smash was one of the people who encouraged TMV to do this blog. The first blogad TMV ran was on his site and he helped set it up for us. Despite people who categorize him, if you read his blog regularly he is not easy to pigeonhole, is highly independent and doesn’t write in “blogspeak.” After about a year TMV learned that Smash lived close to The Moderate Condo. And he met Smash twice. Or, rather, three times: last night he had dinner with Smash at an Indian restaurant..
This post would have appeared here anyway since we regularly check his site. FOOTNOTE II: TMV is a baby boomer…and he agrees with Smash (although for self-preservation purposes he doesn’t agree totally with the last line…).
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.