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Friday, February 1, 2008 8:03 AM
SIGNYM
I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.
Friday, February 1, 2008 9:05 AM
WULFENSTAR
http://youtu.be/VUnGTXRxGHg
Friday, February 1, 2008 9:42 AM
Quote:Us baby-boomers and hippies all believed we could change the world. It was drilled into us. By each other, music, and the media, that we were going to change things. We would run around doing what we did, all the while telling each other to "Change the World". And we did. In a lot of ways, the stupid, idiotic things we did, changed how stuff was done and looked at. But we never stopped to ask if what we were doing was right. It was all a bra burning, weed, LSD, anti-Vietnam roller-coaster. So now here I am, and I see what my generation has REALLY done. How we all turned out, and what really changed because of what we did. So.... I'm here going to tell you what we should have told ourselves. I'm going to give you a mantra that we SHOULD have had. Change the World....but FOR THE BETTER!" All the hippies and baby-boomers out there, what did you leave us GenXers? Now that we start to shoulder the responsibility of running things, did you make things better for anyone? Really? How many of you ended up doing, being, and acting like the people you were supposidly "protesting" against?
Friday, February 1, 2008 9:58 AM
JONGSSTRAW
Quote:Originally posted by Wulfenstar: My professor once told me this...(its been a little while so I can't quote it exactly) "Us baby-boomers and hippies all believed we could change the world. It was drilled into us. By each other, music, and the media, that we were going to change things. We would run around doing what we did, all the while telling each other to "Change the World". And we did. In a lot of ways, the stupid, idiotic things we did, changed how stuff was done and looked at. But we never stopped to ask if what we were doing was right. It was all a bra burning, weed, LSD, anti-Vietnam roller-coaster. So now here I am, and I see what my generation has REALLY done. How we all turned out, and what really changed because of what we did. So.... I'm here going to tell you what we should have told ourselves. I'm going to give you a mantra that we SHOULD have had. Change the World....but FOR THE BETTER!" All the hippies and baby-boomers out there, what did you leave us GenXers? Now that we start to shoulder the responsibility of running things, did you make things better for anyone? Really? How many of you ended up doing, being, and acting like the people you were supposidly "protesting" against?
Friday, February 1, 2008 10:26 AM
Friday, February 1, 2008 10:32 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Jongsstraw: Quote:Originally posted by Wulfenstar: My professor once told me this...(its been a little while so I can't quote it exactly) "Us baby-boomers and hippies all believed we could change the world. It was drilled into us. By each other, music, and the media, that we were going to change things. We would run around doing what we did, all the while telling each other to "Change the World". And we did. In a lot of ways, the stupid, idiotic things we did, changed how stuff was done and looked at. But we never stopped to ask if what we were doing was right. It was all a bra burning, weed, LSD, anti-Vietnam roller-coaster. So now here I am, and I see what my generation has REALLY done. How we all turned out, and what really changed because of what we did. So.... I'm here going to tell you what we should have told ourselves. I'm going to give you a mantra that we SHOULD have had. Change the World....but FOR THE BETTER!" All the hippies and baby-boomers out there, what did you leave us GenXers? Now that we start to shoulder the responsibility of running things, did you make things better for anyone? Really? How many of you ended up doing, being, and acting like the people you were supposidly "protesting" against? You and your professor are 100% correct. The Age of Aquarius came to a screeching halt sometime between Altamount & Kent State....also the drug deaths of Jim Morrission, Jimi Hendrix, and Janis. Later, in the 70's...a time of gas lines, 14% interest rate economic adjustments, disco & polyester, leading into the Reagan 80's money grubfest. The youth today have inherited all that has been cast aside, like the molted layer of snake skin, and are living thru the absolute worst overall situations in 60 years....except for Firefly!
Friday, February 1, 2008 10:39 AM
RUE
I have a vote and I'm not afraid to use it!
Friday, February 1, 2008 10:47 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Wulfenstar: Wow Jong, who would ever have thought WE would agree on something?
Friday, February 1, 2008 11:12 AM
Quote:Originally posted by rue: "many of those doing it were ex-hippies" I just did a quick check of George W Bush, Richard 'Dick' Cheney, Sam Walton, Lee Raymond, Bill Gates, Louis Gerstner Jr and Paul Wolfowitz and determined that they were never hippies. I'll continue my search as time permits. However, I suspect that most of the rest of us - including ex-hippies - aren't running the show. As for the women's movement - wow, who would have thought woment might actually want something for themselves, and some personal freedom too. Aren't they supposed to be just one big teat to suck on ? You know, feed the kids and keep the man hypnotized with one handy-dandy tool, and sacrifice all for the family in a way men aren't even asked to. *************************************************************** "Global warming - it's not just a fact, it's a choice."
Friday, February 1, 2008 11:23 AM
Friday, February 1, 2008 11:28 AM
Friday, February 1, 2008 11:54 AM
STORYMARK
Quote:Originally posted by Wulfenstar: But too many of todays women leave because they just can't handle a man. They can't stand a man having his own opinion, strengths ect. Todays women are a hell of a lot more greedy, selfish, spoiled, stuck up, and shallow then they were years ago.
Friday, February 1, 2008 12:31 PM
KIRKULES
Quote:Originally posted by SignyM: [quote, and get control of our population growth. Are you ready to work with me on that?
Quote:Originally posted by Wulfenstar: Environmental: Yes, progress was made. However, it is folks of your generation who are still leading the charge to cut down the rainforests, cut down the local forests (for strip malls or condos), dumping oil in Alaska, drilling for oil in Alaska, killing off the re-introduced wolves in Yellowstone, dumping garbage and medical waste in the ocean (and everywhere else), creating hazardous chemicals, improperly disposing those chemicals, ect ect. The lsit can go on. And Ill bet my drained social security that many of those doing it were ex-hippies.
Friday, February 1, 2008 3:39 PM
Quote:Wulf is definitely right that the hippies are stealing his social security.
Friday, February 1, 2008 5:03 PM
6IXSTRINGJACK
Saturday, February 2, 2008 1:34 AM
Saturday, February 2, 2008 3:16 AM
Saturday, February 2, 2008 6:03 AM
Saturday, February 2, 2008 6:49 AM
FREMDFIRMA
Saturday, February 2, 2008 7:00 AM
Saturday, February 2, 2008 8:01 AM
FLETCH2
Saturday, February 2, 2008 3:32 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Fletch2: In my office my manager had two small children, her husband collected them from school 3 days a week and my manager Tuesdays and Wednesdays. On the days she was to collect them she left the office at 3PM, was available by cell phone and then returned after 7PM to finish her work. It was known not to schedule important meetings in the afternoons those two days. With home broadband more common now than it was I'm sure these days she would just telecomute from home in the evenings. There is no magic to it, people have far more things they have to do than just work, coming up with ways to make the two more compatable isn't rocket science.
Saturday, February 2, 2008 4:33 PM
Saturday, February 2, 2008 5:21 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Fletch2: Your employer is working you harder but is he working smarter? Things are likely to be far more efficient (and make more $) if the work you do is properly staffed. What's happening is that in the short term you and your co-workers are filling the gap and right now some middle manager's figures look very good so he has no incentive to change things. His hope is that he'll be promoted before people burn out and it will be his successor that has to fix the mess he's made. It's bad practice.
Saturday, February 2, 2008 6:15 PM
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Saturday, February 2, 2008 9:16 PM
Sunday, February 3, 2008 4:11 AM
SERGEANTX
Monday, February 4, 2008 6:27 AM
Monday, February 4, 2008 9:33 AM
Quote:Originally posted by SignyM: I wish he'd have stayed in. He wouldn't have won, both BOTH candidates would be looking to extract the winning balance from him, and in turn he could have extracted lots of commitments. A Vice Presidency perhaps, or a significant choice in Cabinet posts. .
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