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Are You Guilty of Crimes Against the Young?

The New Land of Opportunity

“This city is great. It’s beautiful. It’s cheap. The climate is agreeable. And it’s becoming a haven for Internet savvy marketers.

“I think they’re coming partly because it’s a great place to live. And I think young people want to get away from the U.S., too. It’s just not the land of opportunity that it used to be.”

So sayeth our dinner companion last night. He was the second young man in the last 24 hours to make the case that Medellín is a “buy.”

“It just seems to be catching on with people who work on the Internet. I guess because it is such a great place to live. People are helpful and nice here. And everything is unbelievably cheap.”

We can back him up on both points: Our taxi driver went far out of his way to help us find our hotel. (We had the wrong name.) And after driving us around for a half an hour, he was delighted to take the equivalent of $8 for the fare.

 

MedellinMedellín – city of the future

Photo via turismoenmedellin.com

 

A Country for Old Men

Several readers have commented on the coming generational storm in the U.S., which was the theme in last week’s Diary. (You can catch up  herehere, and here.)

 

“Billie Boy, I don’t like where your head is lately. Your writing depicts our debt situation as being caused by baby boomers when it is the Fed and the government who never listen or do what the public desires…”

 

Here’s another:

 

“You are beginning to sound like “Obuma” in his class warfare dialogue. I am one of those old people who is not benefiting from the greed and lack of morals evident on Wall Street and in particular in Washington, DC. Leave me out of it and do not blame all old people for the actions of the elites in DC and state governments…”

 

To clarify, we are not blaming innocent beneficiaries… or innocent victims. And we readily admit we couldn’t get a conviction for willful larceny. Most of the people involved stole unwittingly. They were just playing the piano; how could they know what was going on in the back room?

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POST REFERENDUM SCOTLAND POLL

It appears the Scottish men talked a good game before the vote, but when it came down to it they pussied out and voted no. No wonder Scottish men wear skirts. The old fogies (55 years old and up) voted overwhelmingly against independence. They like their monthly welfare checks and care not for future generations. A generational war is coming. The old fogies are dying out and the young will prevail. It’s coming.

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