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Jobs, security and mary jane. May 26, 2011 6:02 am Jody

“All across the nation such a strange vibration
People in motion
There is a whole generation with a new explanation
People in motion people in motion”

..Mamas and Papas

…Do you really think the “hippie” movement only existed in the sixties?

There is a whole new generation out there who could give a rat’s ass about jobs…security…healthcare or stepping up to the plate of responsibility.

We observe from what we perceive as important.
The paradigm has changed my friends. This is what we are dealing with. We are fighting tooth and nail for a new generation that does not buy into our Baby Boomer mentality.

  • I am an establishment guy as long as the establishment agrees with my way of thinking. When it doesn't I ... by FrankC 2011-05-26 12:53:13
    • I always thought of myself as a hippie,(we preferred to call ourselves "freaks"), and I still do. I knew perfectly ... by ER 2011-05-26 06:23:25
      • I am neither a freak or a straight. I am pragmatic, so I know what it takes. The youngers are not ... by Jody 2011-05-26 06:55:16
        • Not surprising. Society is and always has been dynamic, though the rate of change increases with time. If you look back ... by mcfly 2011-05-26 10:34:50
          • Heh....when I say the youngers I am referring to 30 somethings. Not the teen agers and 20 somethings. by Jody 2011-05-26 16:57:28
            • That's interesting, Jody. It's not something I've noticed. I'd be willing to accept, however, that you may well be more ... by mcfly 2011-05-26 22:19:08
            • The rate of change is not constant, it also changes. In physics, the rate of change of the rate of ... by ER 2011-05-26 11:00:43
            • I have absolutely no sympathy with youth, or any of their problems. I'd swap places with any of them in a ... by ER 2011-05-26 08:18:13
              • They have no sympathy with us either. by Jody 2011-05-26 09:01:15
                • Yeah, but only if I got to keep the brain I've got now. by TB 2011-05-26 08:57:27
                  • Yeah, that always seems to be the caveat, isn't it? by ER 2011-05-26 09:49:27

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