One of your best ever, JK!👍👍 This post perfectly encapsulates where we are as a country today. Think about the private equity industry, which specializes in buying companies, layering on cheap debt and pretending that this creates value while producing nothing - Fugazy indeed! While I’m a Boomer, I recognize that we must right the ship…
One of your best ever, JK!👍👍 This post perfectly encapsulates where we are as a country today. Think about the private equity industry, which specializes in buying companies, layering on cheap debt and pretending that this creates value while producing nothing - Fugazy indeed! While I’m a Boomer, I recognize that we must right the ship, lest the country be lost for future generations. We’ve already saddled them with debt beyond belief. Time to stop the money printing presses and get back to being a producer nation.
"My children are all actually doing very well, much better than I did at their age."
And what productive activity do your children do? What do they make or build? How do they improve our society? As a boomer I never had it easy.So what. I can't complain. I am a first generation American success. I put in 10 hours a day sweat and toil and went home, Worked the foundry's and mills as a yougin'. Late 60's-70's' That was when we had factories around here. $4-5 bucks an hour + piece work + overtime. Good money if you wanted the work.Hard and dirty. So what? Second and third shift. The iron stack ran 24/7. Casting iron pillow blocks/ hydraulic cylinders by the millions. We built the world. Try to get some 21st century soy boy to do that in 100 degree July heat. He'd rather code for a living.Maybe play video games, or watch a little porn. Soft men /pansies/ destroy the world and I see them everywhere. These C@@TS are in for a rude awaking
And if you want to really piss me off. Unload your grocery shopping cart and leave it in the middle of the parking lot when the corral is only 50 feet away. You lazy fat fuck.
I find that it's usually some young, physically un-impaired, usually female, lazy twit that does that. I've seen Boomers who could barely walk take their cart to the cart corral. And I remember my late mother--at 90-years-old, with arthritis, and slowly dying of terminal lung cancer, but still completely coherent and able to drive her car--refusing to park in a Handicapped parking space (even though she had a disabled placard that she jokingly called a "gimp sticker") because she said that somebody else might need that Handicapped parking space a lot more than she did. She was part of the Greatest Generation--you know, that generation that survived the Great Depression and World War II. Tough? You bet--not like today's young wusses.
I have three girls— a nurse, an event planner, and a small business owner. They all work hard—40-60 hours a week. They all make decent money. They’re in their 30’s. I made them get jobs at 16 so they could see how the world works. They’re saving for retirement already. Their biggest problems are infertility and the cost of housing. Technology makes their lives easier than my mid-life ever was. They’re good people. Only one out of the three gets what’s really going on in the world. Another wants to hear absolutely nothing about it and the other is just trying to get through life in these crazy times. At least they’re not crazy libs. I feel badly for them all. What a terrible time to be a human being on earth.
No one can take your own standing on matters away from you except yourself. The judgmental negativity of the poster to whom i posed the question is only harming himself by what you characterize as hostility provoked by fear and worry. Faith in action fostering hope is the antidote.
American young men have become girly-boys thanks to colleges, DEI, PC bullshit, Hollywood and young women ,who have been indoctrinated that they need NO ONE, and hardly a man. And are basically 2000 years from the women we knew growing up. Man up, America
Oldest is a pilot, FedEx international, second runs a ski area in Aspin Colorado, #3 graduated with an EE degree, has worked several companies, paid off two houses, works at a startup, something to do with factory maintenance automatic monitoring, I don't quite understand. Youngest graduated with a CS degree, runs a team for a major banking outfit, he recently was accepted at Georgia tech in the masters program. We raised them on an auto mechanics and steel sales salarys. I am very proud of all of them. Their mom deserves all the credit. If it was just me they would probably be all bums.
I'm also at the end of the Boomer age range. From my observation-- if you were born earlier, you had more opportunities. If you were born at the end of the cycle, your opportunities were much more limited, since the older Boomers had already taken up the jobs. Plus... they seemed to be reluctant to retire. Demographics.
I find it generally ironic when some individuals find it attractive to use collectivist ideology in criticizing any group based on non-fungible characteristics……not only does such behavior tend to be hypocritical but also it limits one’s enjoyment of what individuals can bring to bear……worth noting that “boomers” experienced events that are only historical events for younger people….JFK, Malcolm X, RFK, MLK……all dusty history that had real impacts on the lives of individuals living then…..it would probably have a much more positive effect if all individuals of all generations would unite to face off against the really evil actors in our country
Well, remember that the flower children of the 60s became the Me generation of the 70s. The Age of Aquarius was a joke. Boomers took the start up capital of the “greatest generation” and built it up. Then the government idiots decided that we needed to offshore manufacturing during the 90s and beyond. The economy switched to service and finance to generate “wealth”, that isn’t wealth. 2005, JHK wrote TLE, sending out danger messages about the emptiness of the Boomer fiasco. We are still discussing the fiasco today.
There is an interview with David Crosby, where he said that CSN got a little 'dark' after Young joined them, and it was like 2 different bands. It seems like even Crosby didn't really like Young very much.
Regardless of whether you like(d) their music or not - and I did like The Byrds about 50 years ago: It’s unfortunate but true, they were (have been) both very unpleasant people in general to be around for quite some time. Arrogant, rude, spiteful and mean to the regular person.
A cautionary example for us all: Older age tends to reveal a person’s underlying spirit, attitude and character. Also, mental illness increases with age. Pretty certain both those guys had (have) mental health issues at (near) the end.
However neither one is a sympathetic figure in my book. Young in particular has stayed on well past his prime.
Let's expand your comment regarding older age, spirit, attitude and character: it's not ALL Boomers who are out there waving Soros placards and destroying Teslas. It's only a certain segment of them. Not all.
Yes, the wolf we’ve chosen to feed all these years comes round full force to either bite your ass or lick your hand. Choose wisely before you’re trained.
His self-importance is annoying too. I still laugh out loud, every time I think about when Spotify was going to pick up Joe Rogan, offering him a $100 million contract.
Young threatened them by saying if they took on Rogan, he'd pull the licensing for all his music. I think it was about a 5-second decision by Spotify ownership, "Yeah, we'll take Rogan." What a dumbass.
Indeed this was a prime example of the market taking care of the issue……same for the other musicians that attempted to dictate to Spotify as to their business decisions…..
I never liked him or his music particularly since I had a friend who dated one of his exes he had a disabled kid w who he would not support. He's also Canadian not American.
Aw, I'm just pulling your winkie, Mike. Now one can never be too certain these days, but I'll bet my life that Miriamnae does not have a winkie, so I'm just joshing her.
I am a boomer and legal immigrant from Chile in 1964. Having left a country that voted for a communist in 1970, I was familiar with that evil. I first noticed radicalism in America at ages 13, 14 and 18 when teachers and a professor made fun of America and the students roared in laughter. By God’s grace, I avoided the odious life style of so many boomers.
They need to print money (and destroy these tattered and defaced bills). Janet Yellen signed plates for her Series 2021 for $1 and $5 bills. I have not come across a $10, $20, $50 or $100 that is Series 2021. I have been watching this since 2021. In those denominations, nothing newer than Steven's Series 2017.
And consistantly, pretty proportionately, I get Series 2009, 2013 and 2017 in $50s & $100s from the bank. When I hand over one of these bills to conduct a transaction in stores they either hold it up to the light to thoroughly inspect the bill or run it through a "zippy" machine to check its authenticy. I find this so strange as they don't seem "to give a rip" about what name is on the credit card I swipe through for their processing. Strange land.
One of your best ever, JK!👍👍 This post perfectly encapsulates where we are as a country today. Think about the private equity industry, which specializes in buying companies, layering on cheap debt and pretending that this creates value while producing nothing - Fugazy indeed! While I’m a Boomer, I recognize that we must right the ship, lest the country be lost for future generations. We’ve already saddled them with debt beyond belief. Time to stop the money printing presses and get back to being a producer nation.
I as well am a boomer, tail end of that generation. Since I was a teenager I have thought of boomers as arrogant & smug.
My children are all actually doing very well, much better than I did at their age. However I am concerned about my grandchildren.
"My children are all actually doing very well, much better than I did at their age."
And what productive activity do your children do? What do they make or build? How do they improve our society? As a boomer I never had it easy.So what. I can't complain. I am a first generation American success. I put in 10 hours a day sweat and toil and went home, Worked the foundry's and mills as a yougin'. Late 60's-70's' That was when we had factories around here. $4-5 bucks an hour + piece work + overtime. Good money if you wanted the work.Hard and dirty. So what? Second and third shift. The iron stack ran 24/7. Casting iron pillow blocks/ hydraulic cylinders by the millions. We built the world. Try to get some 21st century soy boy to do that in 100 degree July heat. He'd rather code for a living.Maybe play video games, or watch a little porn. Soft men /pansies/ destroy the world and I see them everywhere. These C@@TS are in for a rude awaking
And if you want to really piss me off. Unload your grocery shopping cart and leave it in the middle of the parking lot when the corral is only 50 feet away. You lazy fat fuck.
I find that it's usually some young, physically un-impaired, usually female, lazy twit that does that. I've seen Boomers who could barely walk take their cart to the cart corral. And I remember my late mother--at 90-years-old, with arthritis, and slowly dying of terminal lung cancer, but still completely coherent and able to drive her car--refusing to park in a Handicapped parking space (even though she had a disabled placard that she jokingly called a "gimp sticker") because she said that somebody else might need that Handicapped parking space a lot more than she did. She was part of the Greatest Generation--you know, that generation that survived the Great Depression and World War II. Tough? You bet--not like today's young wusses.
God bless her. Inspiring woman.
Nothing worse than walking out and someone has left the cart free to run into your car.
Yeah that pisses me off too.
Where I live the state leagalized weed about ten years ago.
Now you get a contact high getting out of your car at the grocery store.
Now the government is the dealer,
"Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive."
~ Mao Zedong
Perfect!!!!! We keep building arms, China just sends out more emigres and economic promises. The MIC in this country needs to die.
I have three girls— a nurse, an event planner, and a small business owner. They all work hard—40-60 hours a week. They all make decent money. They’re in their 30’s. I made them get jobs at 16 so they could see how the world works. They’re saving for retirement already. Their biggest problems are infertility and the cost of housing. Technology makes their lives easier than my mid-life ever was. They’re good people. Only one out of the three gets what’s really going on in the world. Another wants to hear absolutely nothing about it and the other is just trying to get through life in these crazy times. At least they’re not crazy libs. I feel badly for them all. What a terrible time to be a human being on earth.
What’s with the hostile posturing?
Mourning what’s been lost. Hostility vents the worry and fear for humanity’s future.
No one can take your own standing on matters away from you except yourself. The judgmental negativity of the poster to whom i posed the question is only harming himself by what you characterize as hostility provoked by fear and worry. Faith in action fostering hope is the antidote.
American young men have become girly-boys thanks to colleges, DEI, PC bullshit, Hollywood and young women ,who have been indoctrinated that they need NO ONE, and hardly a man. And are basically 2000 years from the women we knew growing up. Man up, America
Oldest is a pilot, FedEx international, second runs a ski area in Aspin Colorado, #3 graduated with an EE degree, has worked several companies, paid off two houses, works at a startup, something to do with factory maintenance automatic monitoring, I don't quite understand. Youngest graduated with a CS degree, runs a team for a major banking outfit, he recently was accepted at Georgia tech in the masters program. We raised them on an auto mechanics and steel sales salarys. I am very proud of all of them. Their mom deserves all the credit. If it was just me they would probably be all bums.
As far as how they "improve society" I don't know how does any individual? They bring in honey to the beehive, how about that?
I'm also at the end of the Boomer age range. From my observation-- if you were born earlier, you had more opportunities. If you were born at the end of the cycle, your opportunities were much more limited, since the older Boomers had already taken up the jobs. Plus... they seemed to be reluctant to retire. Demographics.
I find it generally ironic when some individuals find it attractive to use collectivist ideology in criticizing any group based on non-fungible characteristics……not only does such behavior tend to be hypocritical but also it limits one’s enjoyment of what individuals can bring to bear……worth noting that “boomers” experienced events that are only historical events for younger people….JFK, Malcolm X, RFK, MLK……all dusty history that had real impacts on the lives of individuals living then…..it would probably have a much more positive effect if all individuals of all generations would unite to face off against the really evil actors in our country
That's because the rich boomer is a myth, yeah there are a few but like most in whatever "generation" die with not much.
Your kids are lucky if you have a pot to piss in & a window to throw it out of to pass down to them when it's time to shuffle off this mortal coi.
Well, remember that the flower children of the 60s became the Me generation of the 70s. The Age of Aquarius was a joke. Boomers took the start up capital of the “greatest generation” and built it up. Then the government idiots decided that we needed to offshore manufacturing during the 90s and beyond. The economy switched to service and finance to generate “wealth”, that isn’t wealth. 2005, JHK wrote TLE, sending out danger messages about the emptiness of the Boomer fiasco. We are still discussing the fiasco today.
IOW, the collusion between corporate America and its Deep State have just about done this country in.
Forget CSNY, introducing Kneel Young and the Kneelers.
There is an interview with David Crosby, where he said that CSN got a little 'dark' after Young joined them, and it was like 2 different bands. It seems like even Crosby didn't really like Young very much.
Neal Young is to music what Sean Penn is to acting...
Keep on rocking in the slave world.
Playing Jeff Spicoli was the acme of Penn's life.
Yeah, and "a Southern Man don't need him around anyhow".
"I still can't remember when
Or how I lost my way."
Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Cortez the Killer...
Regardless of whether you like(d) their music or not - and I did like The Byrds about 50 years ago: It’s unfortunate but true, they were (have been) both very unpleasant people in general to be around for quite some time. Arrogant, rude, spiteful and mean to the regular person.
A cautionary example for us all: Older age tends to reveal a person’s underlying spirit, attitude and character. Also, mental illness increases with age. Pretty certain both those guys had (have) mental health issues at (near) the end.
However neither one is a sympathetic figure in my book. Young in particular has stayed on well past his prime.
Let's expand your comment regarding older age, spirit, attitude and character: it's not ALL Boomers who are out there waving Soros placards and destroying Teslas. It's only a certain segment of them. Not all.
Unfortunately my extended family is over represented.
I know your pain. They all think the next democrat is the reincarnation of FDR
& as for Barry, omg he was God's favorite son
🤣
True. The only “awake” people I know fall into the Boomer category, including Howard.
Stern?!? You fuckin' wit' me!???
You were much older then, you're younger than that now.
Zero 7, The Space Between, with Tina Dico singing this so well!
Now that you're older taking the time to learn....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzSvhmwLu6o
Zero 7 and Thievery Corporation are two of the best groups IMHO.
Yes, the wolf we’ve chosen to feed all these years comes round full force to either bite your ass or lick your hand. Choose wisely before you’re trained.
Neil Young and the Promise of the Real put on one of the best sets I ever saw in Memphis back in 2016. It was astounding.
Perfect! Kneel Young…
His self-importance is annoying too. I still laugh out loud, every time I think about when Spotify was going to pick up Joe Rogan, offering him a $100 million contract.
Young threatened them by saying if they took on Rogan, he'd pull the licensing for all his music. I think it was about a 5-second decision by Spotify ownership, "Yeah, we'll take Rogan." What a dumbass.
Indeed this was a prime example of the market taking care of the issue……same for the other musicians that attempted to dictate to Spotify as to their business decisions…..
Excellent point, paisan.
"...dictate to Spotify..." - Giuseppe Corvo
This is where they err, always thinking they can dictate.
The market is a cruel mistress, as they find out.
Yes indeed, that was a perfect example of over estimating yourself, and kicking yourself in your ass at the same time?
Well done Kneel!
I never liked him or his music particularly since I had a friend who dated one of his exes he had a disabled kid w who he would not support. He's also Canadian not American.
"he had a disabled kid w who he would not support"
Ahhh. Indeed, that would explain Neil's sanctimony.
Your last sentence is most relevant.
Kneel Old
Indeed!!
Kneel Young sucked as a musician back then, and he demonstrates every time he opens his mouth that he sucks as a human now.
Good one Ron!
Thanks Mike, still doesn't beat 'Robot polishers' though.
🤣 you remembered that one!
Yes, on the list of all-time CFN classics. Jim keeps a list. You haven't seen it?
Where?🩷.
Miriamnae, see below.
I thought there was a list of JHK isms … Lol…I fall easily.
Don’t worry Miriamnae, he got me too! 🤣🤪😝
No sir, I haven’t? Where do I find it? His homepage? Thanks for the tip!
Aw, I'm just pulling your winkie, Mike. Now one can never be too certain these days, but I'll bet my life that Miriamnae does not have a winkie, so I'm just joshing her.
😝😂
I am a boomer and legal immigrant from Chile in 1964. Having left a country that voted for a communist in 1970, I was familiar with that evil. I first noticed radicalism in America at ages 13, 14 and 18 when teachers and a professor made fun of America and the students roared in laughter. By God’s grace, I avoided the odious life style of so many boomers.
They need to print money (and destroy these tattered and defaced bills). Janet Yellen signed plates for her Series 2021 for $1 and $5 bills. I have not come across a $10, $20, $50 or $100 that is Series 2021. I have been watching this since 2021. In those denominations, nothing newer than Steven's Series 2017.
And consistantly, pretty proportionately, I get Series 2009, 2013 and 2017 in $50s & $100s from the bank. When I hand over one of these bills to conduct a transaction in stores they either hold it up to the light to thoroughly inspect the bill or run it through a "zippy" machine to check its authenticy. I find this so strange as they don't seem "to give a rip" about what name is on the credit card I swipe through for their processing. Strange land.
Shoulda happened in 2009. Kicking the can for 16 years can’t be good, or easy to reconcile.
Phenomenal post, you nailed it - thank you!!🙌🏼👊🏼