Boomer censorship

I just popped back over to that boomer site that linked here and I found something very interesting.

Last night I left a fairly long comment about boomers. I did not call them names. I did not swear at them or insult their mothers. This morning I went back to see what sort of replies it might have received and I found out that the comment had been deleted.

Now, it is their blog they can do with it as they see fit.

However, I think it speaks volumes about a person who cannot allow their views to be challenged. Especially if it is not in your face name calling. I will point out that all the posts that the boomers left over here yesterday are still here. (Even the one wishing my mother dead.)

There is of course nothing stopping you from heading over there and asking why it was deleted. (The link is in a previous post.)

I have an early draft of the comment that I left. I do have the final one as well, but I am traveling and don't have access to it right now. So for right now here is the draft version. I'll post final one sometime tonight or tomorrow.


Posted in the heart of boomer country:
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There are a growing number of us out there that have listened to you talk about how great you are for so long that we thought we would start checking into it.

Things we learned along the way:

The fastest growing segment of the prison population is baby boomers.

Per capita the largest segment of the population to declare bankruptcy are boomers.

Boomers give less money to charity as a percentage of their assets than either the generation before or after them. They donate less of their time as well.

They have not saved enough for retirement and as a result will be working well into their, "golden years".

As far as social security goes. I really hope you are not going to rely on it. You should have taken better care of the governmental finances while you were in charge. It seems that the country is on the verge of bankruptcy. At least you will live long enough to see it happen.

Ironically, I have great respect for previous generations. They did some amazing things. Fought two world wars. Explored and settled a continent. Fought a revolution and founded a country based on the principals of liberty. They based their lives on the ideas of thrift and investment. Frugality was not a dirty word but an ideal that was exemplified. Debt was abhorrent to all the generations before yours.

Every generation left the country better than they found it. Each generation lowered the national debt and increased the standard of living. Each generation advanced freedoms beyond what had existed prior to it.

Unfortunately you are the first generation in U.S. history to leave the country worse than you found it.

Now, you can have a knee jerk reaction and tell me to piss off. But, go research it for yourselves. Go to the library. Read some books. It's all out there.

Your legacy will be written by the generations that come after you. It will be written by those that take the time and have the desire to write it. That would be people like me.

The question isn't why do I seem angry to you. The question should be, "why aren't you angry at yourselves?"

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That was the start. I guess they had that knee jerk reaction because they deleted it.

What I would say to that is: Cowards.