The Millenial Generation is between the ages of 7 years old and 30 years old today. There are approximately 87 million of them and 60 million of them are still under 21 years old. I find it hysterical that old codgers that have been responsible for leaving this country in such a shambles have the balls to scorn and ridicule this generation before they have even started their adult lives. Actually I find it disgusting and revolting. But I expect nothing less from the Shallowest, Greediest Generation. I’m sure I’ll get the usual response about Millenials being soft, playing X-box, and not amounting to a hill of beans.
Well, it seems there are about 30 million Millenials between the ages of 18 and 30. That happens to be the prime cannon fodder age. Here is what the “soft” millenials have done over the last ten years or so:
- 6431 American soldiers have died in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- Approximately 4,000 of these soldiers were Millenials.
- 47,545 American soldiers have been badly wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- Approximately 30,000 of these soldiers are Millenials.
It seems that these soft Millenials are doing the majority of fighting and dying for this country. Not too many Boomers in the casualty counts. But, they do seem to have created the brilliant strategy that has resulted in the Millenial casualties.
Below are pictures of some of our fallen heroes. It is just one page of soldiers that have died for you. I suggest you visit this website:
http://apps.washingtonpost.com/national/fallen/
You can go through the 96 pages of pictures. And the next time you think about ridiculing, scorning or bad mouthing the Millenial generation, remember that more than 60% of these heroes are from that generation. Have a nice day.
LOL…the thread that keep on giving.
I’m trying to decide whether on want to put my trust in my neighbor’s promiscuous homo hero kid who has no apparent skills outside of his love to hug or my other neighbors gang-banging ex-con hero kid with the beautiful death heads skull neck tattoo ,who’s most readily apparent skill is being able drive a nice car and pick up hot chicks without ever having had a job.
In the event of total collapse, which hero would you choose as an ally ?
The homo cuz’ he’d be no threat -I assume- , but then again, no use in a firefight either or the hero thug ,who may be helpful in a firefight , but also , it may be his thieving gang-banging buddies who’ll be trying to take your shit ,in which case his allegiance would quickly be called into question?
..tough decision..
BTW JQ,for the record.It’s not me thumbing you down.
You have your opinion (even if your wrong on this one)and I enjoy the discourse.
admin-After reflecting on these kids who unnecessarily sacrificed their lives for a fucking lie, I truly think you mis-titled this post.
It should have been titled ” God Damn The State”
Someone tell me what one Iraqui or one Afghani ever did to an American .
Boomers are always sure and always fucking wrong. -admin
Okay, so I should or should not read a book expounding upon a theory.
*cage rattle*
But really, why read another theory on the cycles of humanities struggle for/against freedom, repression and revolution. I agree they do occur, just not with Strauss and Howes timing of the cycles [prophecy]
You say these old boomers are right. I say they are wrong. I I wager [100 bucks] S&H prophecy wont be fulfilled as they think, but it will happen eventually, yet I will be gone from Planet Bizarro by the time of the next revolution, Mayan doom, asteroid impact, EMP, demographic winter, food shortage, invasion of the locusts, black hole passing thru this blue marble etc etc
You can pay me when we meet on the other side. =)
I’d love to be in a book club with Kill Bill and flash. We could have a spirited discussion without ever reading the book we were arguing about.
flash exemplifies the typical boomer: over-confident pawn, “educated” by a system bereft of logic or morality that has left our country in economic peril, and hopelessly clueless.
flash, you were the guy who got his ass kicked on the playground in every game, but always had an excuse and demanded a do-over.
look that the results dickhead, your generation blew up the country. grow up and face it. there is no debate here, this is what happened.
I don’t have to read Gulliver’s Travels to know it’s fiction.
And if I choose to read fiction, which is rare ,I prefer my fiction to have somewhat of a believable plot based in reality.
Last fiction I read..
An Act of Self-Defense
Erne Lewis (Author)
What I’m currently reading..
The Art of Fermentation: An In-Depth Exploration of Essential Concepts and Processes from Around the World [Hardcover]
Sandor Ellix Katz (Author), Michael Pollan (Foreword)
Learning the art of fermentation, I suspect will have been a much better use of my spare time than reading books on astrology for the sake of pure entertainment.
If the pom pom twits of the “greatest generation ” in anyway understood the truth that the allied destruction of Germany and subsequent power vacuum created actually allowed the Soviet Union to fill the void by subjugating the entire Easterm bloc and begin a systematic slaughter of millions of eastern Europeans, would they still be beating their greatest generation drum?
And if the greatest generation were all born between 1901–1924, then why isn’t the greatest generation label not applied the Russians , Japanese, Italians and German born in that same era?
And, going back a little further in history, if the rotten mouth Brits hadn’t forced the first world war upon the people of the civilized world , then the great Russian army would have been at home to defeat the academic twits of Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party who took control of Russia while the men were off fighting a war.
And if their had never been Bolshevik Revolution, there would never have been a Soviet Union therefore well over a hundred million people would never have been murdered.
Which leads me to make this point , great men don’t ally themselves with psychopathic killers, for any reason.
Hilter and Stalin should have been allowed to fight each other to the death , depleting their own resources and wealth while the Brits and their “greatest” tools should have kept a sock in it.
If Generational theory leads people to the erroneous belief that there was something uniquely great about a glory hungry generation of testosterone laden ignorant youth at the behest of oligarchy thugs traveling thousands of miles from home to burn down entire cities and murder millions of innocent people , then why should I believe that the authors of such drivel can identify a future great generation on the rise.
If they can’t accurately identify a past generation as the easily manipulated fools they were , then why should anyone listen when they attempt to call the ME generation of entertainment junkies great?
Any book that trumpets such nonsense as one generation being “greater” than another while ignoring the general ignorance,apathy and wickedness of human nature can only be waste of time by those seeking real knowledge and understanding.
I’m just sayin’…
flash
Thanks for your insight into the book you haven’t read.
doo doo the ankle biter
I don’t really care what you think…..I just wanted to write that.
BTW, I’ve never been bullied in my entire life. And you can take that to the bank.
admin-
I’ve read the wiki-page, and numerous online articles , plus
every article you written on generational theory and the Fourth Turning.
But ,I’m eagerly awaiting doo doo the anklebiter’s soon to be published magnum opus tracing all of the ills afflicting modern society to the alarming revelation that the boomer generation often allowed the infant slacker generation to walk around for hours in their shitty diapers.
Needless to say doo doo was amongst the traumatized…..
Have you ever considered creating an ebook or guest authoring on other websites?
I have a blog based on the same subjects you discuss and would really like to
have you share some stories/information. I know my readers would value your work.
If you are even remotely interested, feel free to send me an e mail.