Comments on: The new BabyBoomers.com is now live!

By: Hill Country Land

Hill Country Land — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:46:34 +0000

Love the new site and look forward to reading more. So much about the Boomer generation is about new opportunities, this is a great place to share them…

By: amojoy

amojoy — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:06:41 +0000

We don’t have to wait for the next generation to stop the aging process. This is not going to happen. However, there is a way to slow the process. When I turned 55, I decided that I was not going to be like those 50+ people that I grew up around. They were old acting and slow. I now take natural supplements that have slowed the aging process and gives me the energy of someone in their forties. Thank God for the company that makes the products that I take. No blood pressure or high cholesterol issues. Sixty-four and having the energy of a 45 year old man is wonderful!

The new generation is aging faster than the boomers or those of us that missed it by a month. I laugh when I talk with some young people that take the blue pill..I drink a antioxidant juice that keeps me young and alive! I refuse to go away!..Libido is not an issue! LOL..Being alive is great! I mean really alive!..Aging does not have to be a drag…those youngins don’t have nothing on me!

By: Article Shout Article Directory

Article Shout Article Directory — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:47:41 +0000

Article Directories…

It’s easy to be agitated most of these article directories. It sure would be nice to have a list of article directories that hastily accepts your article….

By: sheila

sheila — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:52:29 +0000

If the next generation is going to find a way to stop the aging process – I need them to do it really quickly.

By: GermChief

GermChief — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:40:21 +0000

wizard, welcome to the site! i am excited to read more of your future posts, you sound very passionate and well thought out!

first of all – its unfair for any generation to be labeled “the greatest”. every generation has its own set of challenges/opportunities/accomplishments. if you look at what today’s youth are going to grow up in, there is no chance they will be able to make the mega-breakthroughs of our generation [unless they 1) cure cancer 2) stop aging process 3) fly to another galaxy 4) master teleportation 5) etc]. there is a whole world of established competition with huge advantages and the need for extremely specialized skills (think bio-engineering) that will be difficult for them to deal with.

i think you have to weigh the good with the bad. the points you raise about the social reconstruction brought about by the boomers are extremely valid. we pushed for progressive change (not the fake change you hear about on tv). however, i also think we need to address the way boomers (through leading today’s massive corporations/government/media) have let the fabric of family and values fall apart. nowadays everything is sex, money, excitement, fame, etc. its no wonder kids don’t care about science/etc (which is what we will need to further our country’s progress) and all want to be on american idol.

i think this site is going to bring out the good and the bad. it’s about time the country had some intelligent conversation about where we need to go. keep it coming!

By: sheila

sheila — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:12:22 +0000

Wizard13 – Right On Baby. I kept wondering why was Brokaw hosting this documentary why wasn’t it a baby boomer. To this date we are “The Greatest Generation”.

By: Coop1950

Coop1950 — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:59:30 +0000

Wizard13, That was one hell of a comment. I wonder what sort of impact the show would have had with every day boomers and celeb boomers. I know I would have preferred that…

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By: wizard13

wizard13 — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:26:12 +0000

I thought the Brokaw program was a puff piece. Having people like Hanks and Clinton on it made it silly. How could either of them represent the common experience of boomers? When Brokaw was asked at the end of the show by the Michigan boomers what he thought of us he said never fulfilled their promise. I think that’s a bunch of bull. Boomers have made America the greatest economic power in the world and have brought untold number of scientific achievement to people throughout the world. One thing that especially bothered me was the assumption that we as a generation are hung up on material things. What Brokaw and others seemingly constantly forget is that it was our parents, the Greatest Generation, that gave us everything, made sure we were spoiled, and gave us the sense that if we had the money we might as well buy the toy. I think boomers as a whole are probably no more materialistic than any other generation. We’ve just had more chance to accumulate. You want spoiled, look at the generation we raised. We gave them things even we could never think of having. That program left out a whole lot of things about being a boomer. It glossed over the overriding fear of nuclear attack we grew up with. No other generation in America’s history ever grew up under a constant threat of attack from a hostile power. We had to live with a mess of a world that Brokaw’s Greatest Generation left behind for us. We dealt with racial integration, we ended the cold war, we opened society up so that women had more opportunities and we dealt with the sudden complex emotional situation that the pill and later AIDS brought about. Brokaw should look in a mirror. His Greatest Generation lived most of their lives without protesting segregation or the inequality of the sexes. His Greatest Generation may have lived through the Great Depression as children when they weren’t responsible for putting food on the table or sending children to school. We lived through the economic malaise of the 70′s just as many of us entered the workforce and now our present economic troubles just as many of us prepare for retirement. All-in-all I think we’ve done an admirable job in changing the world and making it more equitable not just in America but around the world. We’ve always had a bright future. We still do if we can set aside the doomsayers. Some said our revolution during the 60′s would fray society. It didn’t. It made us stronger. A minor economic setback shouldn’t get us down especially the generation that knows better than any that it isn’t material goods that make us who we are. “All we need is love.”

By: sheila

sheila — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:01:46 +0000

I felt the same way about Tom Hanks – love him, but what did he add to the documentary. I loved the end where the Michigan people asked Brokaw what he thought of us – not much was what I took away from his response.