In Obama, Many See End to Baby Boomer Era

[friedie1jeff]

The Baby Boomer Era will never pass. 

[Lalo3001]

Say what you will about Obama (whether you love him or hate him, whatever your politics), at least he's not a Baby Boomer. He's a late Generation Xer really (born in the early 60s).

[anebturia]

@Lalo3001 The last Boomer was born in 1964. I'm that "youngest" Boomer. Obama is a big-spending Boomer, just like all of us Boomers. You are going to pay for our mess. You're going to pay for all the Boomer debt and the Boomer retirement. You voted for Obama? You voted for another $10 T Boomer debt. As long as you don't know that all this debt is Boomer debt, we won't care.

[horsie111]

The end of the baby boomer era would be good news if it meant getting over the self-absorbed tripe that characterises it. Sadly, the continuing train wreck that is the American experiment now has a driver with his foot on the gas: just to make sure the wrecking ball of government, that is the projection of baby boomer narcissism, COMPLETELY destroys it. The media can only make excuses for what it is invested in, just like their entire baby boomer generation does for itself. Assholes.

[calihartley2010]

we all know now what Obama has done. He has ruined the US further. Good riddance in 2012

[SKExies]

annnnnnd two years later...

[jxsilicon9]

@Thepast2012

Who controls the corporations and wealth?How about we give them a massive estate tax increase?So they can start paying off their debt and other bs.Instead of the money going to their spoiled little shit kids.Thats what their death can accomplish.Most of these bankers should hang from the nearest pole.

[jxsilicon9]

@Thepast2012

Why shouldn't we blame the assholes ahead of us. Its because of these assholes from the government on down that we got screwed.They stole from social security and started wars and everything else. Who are the people in charge of the government?Its not my generation.Who spent the last decade cutting taxes for the rich and increasing spending especially for war?Not my generation.Who is currently doing nothing while banks got away with tax money and destroying economies?

[Lalo3001]

Obama is a Generation Jones or late Boomer. Although you could say he's kind of on the cusp of very late Gen X.

[sirbletchley]

I work in retail and baby boomers are the rudest, most self entitled jerks. They want everything handed to them on a silver platter.

[mackhomie]

"boomer" is such a stupid fucking word

[maggso0]

Wait, once the baby boomers die, will the kids who are debt up to their boobies get better jobs? I sure hope so.

[Xen1aserman]

he's a baby boomer, he was born in between 1945 and 1964

[CyberSpectrumND]

@Xen1aserman

Yeah, he's a late boomer though, Obama's most prominent bands we're probably late 70s and 80s bands instead of The Beatles, Hendrix, and Joplin. My dad was born in 64, my mom in 65, very early gen x who had be and my sister pretty early after they graduated high school and they remember most fondly the 80s bands and culture.

[huntman1412]

baby boomers were the worst generation ever. They ruined this country. Greedy selfish self-indulgent arrogant ignorant people that ruined family values and spent our country into astounding levels of debt and socialism.

[shackle5]

Not all baby boomers are bad/greedy, of course. However, the baby boomer generation has been spearheaded by very sick people who turned the worship of money into something never before seen. Overall, the baby boomers are an extraordinarily corrupt group of people who are taking massive advantage of their children, by getting them into debt whilst they jet off, buy ever bigger cars and boast ever more at their financial assets.

[mike121223]

were so fucked

[sasquatchofDU]

Thank God for the end of that disgusting little generation.

[pythos82]

We're fucked.

[bzurvalec]

These little generation wars are mostly based on perception are rarely have much to do with fact.  EVERY generation thinks that (1) they have some in-depth insight about the world that no other generation had and (2) the generation(s) that follow them are lazy, whiney, "just don't get it," etc. Generations, by and large, are just products of their time. They all have smart people, they all have stupid people. They all have driven people, they all have lazy people.

[huntman1412]

@bzurvalec what smart non lazy people came out of the baby boomer generation? honestly. What did they accomplish? I implore you to give me the name of just one great man that came out of that generation.

[bzurvalec]

@huntman1412 Right ace. You're talking about a group of people consisting of (give or take) around 76 million and EVERY ONE OF THEM are dumb and lazy. Come back to me when you have a real question.

[huntman1412]

@bzurvalec lol i never said they were dumb or lazy. In fact I think they are one of the least lazy generations. My problem with baby boomers is the values that they placed on money and power over family.

[ChicagoNeilcon]

Damn straight he wasn't cognicent during Viet Nam era.  He was smoking paka-lo-lo behing the field house of some Hawaiian H.S. LOL

[Sshelly34213]

Boomers still own this country, look at how absolutely nothing is getting passed or even done in congress.

They don't want progress, they want to go back to the 1950s and pretend like the younger generations don't exist and don't have a legitimate viewpoint or even an intelligent idea. And god forbid that idea may be more intelligent than their own! No we have to deal with these whiny babies preventing this country from making progress until they day they die.

[vancouver1907]

Is Generation Y echoing the Baby Boomers?

[Sshelly34213]

@vancouver1907 No way.

I'm sick of baby boomers, they're selfish, greedy, gluttonous, and unable to even get things done, let alone make progress in this nation. I can tell that many people in my generation are really frustrated by this.

All they're doing now is preventing anything from getting done now, they're in the way and therefore a waste of space.

Why can't gays marry? Because boomers said so, why can't we use alternative resources? Boomers said so. They can't die fast enough.

[vancouver1907]

History often relates the JFK assassination to Beatlemania. I don't know why.

[ChicagoNeilcon]

@vancouver1907 Kennedy bought the farm in Dallas 22-Nov-1963. The dawn of 'Beatlemania' was when they played the 1st of 3 gigs on 'The Ed Sullivan Show. A Sunday evening variety show in December of '63. They rocked the world & it was just the 'smelling salts' the U.S.A. needed!

[OsoLoco40]

Hemp is hope, not dope.

[oldParasiteSingle]

"Many now wonder what Obama will do once he's handed that torch (from Kennedy?)"-Obviously unlike Kennedy, when motorcading for the self-obsessed Boomer generation, Obama will remember to duck. :P

[beebop46n2]

Medicare and SS are going bankrupt so anyone depending on these problems should be very concerned because they might just not be there for you. Many believe these will have to actually collapse before change is implemented because it would be impossible politically due to the large number of baby-boom voters and the AARP donating to politicians. What about personal responsibility? Will these programs be available when I'm old and gray? No and nor would I want it.

[oriondt]

I really don't know if the baby boomer generation could possibly have fucked up this country any more if they tried.

[VideoMagician77]

The baby boomers were the worst generation. They rioted and killed in the 60s, 79% of them did drugs, treated the veterans bad in the 70s, helped spread the drug market in the 1980s and now are screwing up are financial system today. By the way Obama is a baby boomer. The definition of a Baby Boomer is anyone born between 1945 and 1961. Obama was born in August of 1961.

[Joe402]

Baby boomers pretty much ruined the country and maybe probably the world so good riddance.

[danielnz1]

OBama is a Baby-boomer!

[islandwarrior16]

all these old motherfuckers (baby boomers) should die off now in the next 5-10 years. I cant wait. They had their time to shine...move over

[iloveterriers]

That's the only good thing about Obama -- I'm tired of these Baby Boomers still working and not retiring -- when will they let the younger people shine? I know people in their 30s who still can't progress because the Boomers won't go away.

[blakeandcrap]

Wow, this is shit.... but i do agree that the only thing good to come out of baby boomers was Music.

[GHOST8899NOM]

lo, boomer from l4d wheres is tank and somker and hunter

[laughterdeepinside]

BSBSBS, he was not shaped by the 60's,

BWAHAHAHAHA

[eric88eric88]

the future generations are turning into liberal bastards

[okayplayer82]

lol, of course we are.

Millenials stand up, it's our time

[jxsilicon9]

What the fuck are you talking about? Its because these douchebags that my generation has nothing but debt. These assholes had cheap houses,oil,etc and social security. We have nothing but debt because these leeching assholes. Fucking baby boomers.

[SnakeJones09]

You said it buddy. I'm so sick of hippi's and there bitching. My generation is carrying a huge burden created by lazy self-centered baby boomers. They fucked us good!

[lolaobounce]

They were the most creative... I think the generations that came afterwards are the most whiney

[andywire2]

@lolaobounce

Thats because every generation after them had something to whine about.

[SnakeJones09]

I love you man! Telling it how it is.

[drjehr]

@jxsilicon9 The baby boomers were born into a country DEEPER in debt, Trillions of debt from WWII, back when a lunch meal could be had in a NY restaurant for 99 cents! Back then, minimum wage was under a dollar so the idea of being in that much debt shocked us just like it does you. We're in the mess we're in because the rich won't pay their fair share of taxes. Social Security is solvent for 30 years. Everything needs adjustments after 30 years, so don't worry; it'll be there for you. VOTE

[jxsilicon9]

@drjehr

That debt turned US into a superpower because we bankrolled war torn countries and they paid us back.The problem with this debt is that we owe it.So there is no global economy building solution.But you're right. The rich have gotten away with anything.In the past the Republicans were for business but still had actual solutions. Now its just a broken record about no taxes for the rich and they can do no wrong.

[lolaobounce]

Better that than not turning into anything ? What are you, a loudmouthed entitled lamer ?

[slickerpimper355]

Watch movies that are still in theaters at greatmovies[DOT]tk

[KeanuReeeves]

Kewl....i feel all warm and fuzzy about the change, they are about to inaugurate the baby killing antichrist ! i need a shit!

[MonsterIsrael]

American choose again a wrong president Obama new version of Bush, who support Israeli killing, He is a lawyer means untruthful statement. Next time choose Dr. Ron Paul who know about economy and never scare of telling the truth and impartial about occupier land Israel,Iraq.

[ffjjkkii]

Blaming the US alone for the problems in Palestine and Israel does not stop the bloodshed. It was not the US that gave life to Israel, it was European governments. The US supports both Israel's and Palestine's right to exist. Yes, the government of Israel is blowing up civilians, but so were Hamas and Hezbollah. If the number of people killed proved guilt and evilness then Israel would win but reducing people to mere numbers gives them no respect and strips them of their humanity.

[LetTheSCRebelsYell]

Spoken by someone many renounced scientist say are still in the developmental stages in their brains frontal lobe region. You know that silly lil part that helps us with our reasoning & risk taking skills. Seems Ole BO either has NO respect for Biden or he thinks he's senile & needs to die cause he sure as hell threw him under the bus! Biden is 65! BTW contact Forbes,let them know they got it all wrong. 16 out of 20 richest Americans over 50. Lord knows they're to dumb to handle all that money!

[mattlopezvegas]

Will old fools shut the hell up, we young people are taking over now thx god. U stupid old Republicans ruin this with greed and now ur hoping that Obama will fail, so u can blame him. Why can't all u old, foolish, blind, angry, cry baby Republicans just die already.

[lolaobounce]

Dude, you sound idiotic, how do you want to take over when you come across as infantile yourself ?

Infantile vs Old

doesn't sound too promising

How about openminded, agile and mature ?

[putittogether]

Social Security is the biggest PONZI scheme of all time. It is a PONZI scheme, look up the word!!!  They allowed by VOTING both party's into power over the last 70 years, to STEAL that money and put it into the budget to spend every year since the program was enacted. EVERY SINGLE YEAR. And they want me to pay for it?

Are you F#$king insane?

[PAYNE227]

Remember everything recycles. Here we go again. A liberal with appeal,a lot of emotion of people wanting a change, from a young leader at the helm. What happens when he flops. Blame it on the baby boomers. We are tough we can take,can you? For you youngsters who thought Kennedy was great,read your history. He was a womanizer,who was put into power by a father who made his fortune off bootlegged booze. He got good men killed at the Bay of Pigs when he froze and could not make a decision.

[littlee44]

The only good thing is maybe the rest of the world will quit worshiping the baby boom idiot pampered hoola hoop generation,after all many of the social problems we have today started with them and thier wacko ideas of the 60s.

[lolaobounce]

No, a lot of freedom was brought about (every generation has their positives and negatives, however.... but, that generation brought a lot of freedom.... the consumerist generations are fucking it up again)

[53moreHP]

Yes we are idiots. We don't want Change. No Hope for us.

[antimantium]

"Today we are idiots. We don't want to Change our diapers. No Hope for us babies"

[P3rf3ctStorm]

Bye bye baby boomers...

[SilverCharmForever]

This is so much crap. Senator Obama's plans for the country are all from the 60s. This is just more junk news trying to make us love Obama. Please stop comparing him to Kennedy. No one living today can hold a candle to either Bobby or Jack. Fools.

[politicogirl]

iodyn...Not being racist...saying what Native Americans, Asians, Mixed Black&White People, can do for u??

[AcePilot101]

That's cute, blame racism on the baby-boomers and ignorant 20-somethings can rave and rant at their Gay Lesbian cultural events.

[xlioilx]

OMFS they still wore the super huge magicians hats back in Kennedy's era LOLlaLOLzzLOLz

[cdltpx]

It is the same old song differnt singer as long as we have a 2 party system. I highly doubt things are going to drastically change b/c Obama is the pres. Things that really need to happen are less federalism, end this b/s war on drugs allow states to make laws germaine to the people and not the way of the federal govt.

[obogalooga]

ya damn skippy! BLOODS(Republicans) & CRIPS(Democrats) BABY!

[ltuuY41k]

I'm looking forward another 30 years to the post-cold war generation. Global, not national, political identification and loyalty is what is urgently needed everywhere.

[ZoomBFX]

THANK GOD.

The baby boomers are responsible for everything wrong in this country.  This generation was the beginning of the end of America. The pot smoking "if it feels good, do it" Left wing, academic, scum are leaving.

Now I do realize not all of them were like this, but this generation truly failed to live up to their parents.

Leaving a mess for Generation X to clean up and God knows what Generation Y will be able to do

[SilverCharmForever]

Lets hope there are more letters in the alphabet or we are doomed.

[lolaobounce]

I'm glad for the Baby Boomers, most creative generation, they gave us so much good, none of the following generations holds a candle to them.... following generations seem more egoistical, self-centred and self-concerned.... stiff

I hope the Baby Boomer Spirit will stay around for a long time

[jasonextreme]

I hope you realise those vices you mention were caused by the Baby Boomers themselves.

[lolaobounce]

@jasonextreme I don't see it that way, furthermore there's something called selfdetermination/choice.... You don't just passively adopt (well, some do)... I find the Baby Boomers more caring than younger generations... so how were the vices caused by them when they are less so (generally speaking, of course)...

Not really interested in getting into a discussion but I think the Baby Bomers are cooler than younger generations

(and no, I'm not a Baby Boomer....)

[fuzzywzhe]

> I find the Baby Boomers more caring than

> younger generations...

Yeah, they cared so much, they allowed the last president to get out of office without being impeached for lying us into a war, they care so much, they have put MY generation in 12.5 trillion dollars of debt, and their love of bailing out criminals in the banking system instead of prosecuting them, that's the cherry on top.

[rufusangus22]

@fuzzywzhe And lets not forget that they let nixon throw away the gold standard....which immediately led to an exponential rise in inflation too. And that most of them don't even realize we are not on a gold standard anymore.

An while most of us in our 20's bust our asses to make ends meet, they expect all entitlements. "Keep your government hands out of our medicare!".

SS takes 10 times as much of my paycheck as federal taxes..try convincing them SS and medicare are socialist and bad though

[fuzzywzhe]

@rufusangus22 Don't worry, the country will be bankrupt before the worthless fucking hypocritical pieces of shit baby boomers die. They will pay for their negligence, even though you and I will as well.

[fuzzywzhe]

@lolaobounce "I'm glad for the Baby Boomers, most creative generation, they gave us so much good"

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Like what good? Boomers have been running the country for the last 15 years.

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And BTW - it was MY generation that made the Internet, X. And it was the Silent Generation that went to the moon. I think the boomers invented roll on deoderant though...

[lolaobounce]

@fuzzywzhe I think the guy who invented the internet is actually a Baby Boomer.

Yep. Born in 55'. :))

Turn your computer off

[fuzzywzhe]

@lolaobounce You're thinking of ArpaNet and Milnet - they were invented as a communications device for use after the world had been destroyed by a nuclear holocaust.

[Sshelly34213]

@fuzzywzhe Exactly!! Boomers haven't done shit. It was the GI and Silent generations that called for civil rights! Boomers didn't care, they were only concerned with not going to Vietnam.

[jxsilicon9]

@lolaobounce

BS.Drugged up assholes that want to stop other generations from doing anything. hey got all the free love,free drugs. Now my generation can go to jail with even a little drugs. The baby boomer generation are tyrants.They were all free love now they have suppressed us.. Wars,debt,drug war,etc.

[lolaobounce]

@jxsilicon9 Yeah. I suppose that's the simplistic way of seeing it.

Woe is me... wah wah wah wah *points fingers*

I think the real problem is that you're a whiner

Omg, Anime Junk and you're ONLY 24

You're WORSE than the Boomers EVER were ! lol

I would not want someone that young with such crap taste and crap insight to take over.... Adhd junk to the max

Why are people like you so un-selfaware ?

Creepy !

[gohoya]

obama is technically a baby boomer. he's 47...

[Aryanchild88]

FUCK THE MEDIA!

[puppetMattster]

No white shoes after labor day.

No white presidents after dubyah.

Hitler is dead, and so are his ideas.

The only people people who've read Mein Kamf are historians and juggalos. ICP, back yard wrestling! WOOOT!

[W4rcrafter]

USA and ISRAEL are the child murdering nations of our time.

How can you cheer for a president that supports a war. For chists sake are you blind, stupid???

Israel has killed more than 300 children.

[rckplsky]

We've never had a president who served directly in Vietnam. Clinton dodged the draft, Bush's dad kept him out of the war. I believe we needed a president who was shaped by that war. We pissed on Kerry and McCain to elect sham presidents.

[XxTrampsxX]

Millions served in the Vietnam war, it doesn't make them any more competent leaders than the next guy. You'd rather see this country go even further down the drain than go another four years without a veteran in the oval office? Besides at this point in time a majority of the veterans are too old and senile to live independently, never mind run the country.

[lookout88]

You are too stupid to survive

[rckplsky]

Well if you look at this weekend's box office returns Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino opened at number one. And he was 74 when he won his 3rd and 4th Oscars. Eastwood may be old but not senile. And McCain is also old, but not senile. I will never recognize Obama's presidency.

[tomanoooo]

PALESTINE throughout history had been conquered by invaders e.g Romans,Crusaders,Persians,Mong ols,Babillions,

Ottomans,British, all were scattered and vanished.Israhell is digging now its grave by committing massacres against the hisroric inhabitants Palestinians. before 1948 Palestinian Jews,Christians and Muslims lived in peace untill the erection of Zionist Israhell,After vanishing of Israel only palestinian jews will be left to live in Palestine with other religions.

[irfaanfr]

Well said lad!

[puppetMattster]

Here here!

[Sshelly34213]

@tomanoooo Dude get over the Jews, you're responsible for why your life sucks so much.

[iodyn]

black is the new white

[drainoftheage369]

what about brown? what can brown do for you?

[politicogirl]

iodyn..What can Red,Yellow,Caramals,do for u??

[ZoKayComputer]

If this is the end of the Boomers lets get rid of their costly programs.

[HomoGeneyes]

Not victory fellow brothers & sisters.

The shroud of the dark side has fallen. Begun, this clone war has. Clear ur mind must be, if you R2 find the villains behind this plot. Younglings, younglings gather 'round Mind what U have learned. Save U it can. Agree with U the council does

Clear your mind must be, if you R2 find the villains behind this plot.

Clear your mind must be, if you R2 find the villains behind this plot.

Clear your mind must be

"...the way 2 the future..." -H Hughes

YES WE CAN

[Bishop0313]

and the generation gap is as big as Micheal Strahan's two front teeth...

[phonixwk79]

American press kiss Obama tan ass.

[XxTrampsxX]

The American press is primarily conservative and have criticized Obama's ass since the primaries.

[tashikiloo2]

out with old, in with the new!

[TECHKLEC]

That's OK, wel'l just kick back and collect Social Security.