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  •  I'm three years older than Obama (0+ / 0-)

    And I very much identify with the baby boom.

    Why?  

    I was the youngest in my family and grew up among much older people.  My grandmother was born in the 1880s, my oldest uncle in 1908, and my Dad in 1923.  My Dad fought in WWII and served through the middle part of Vietnam.  I grew up listening to music of the 50s and 60s.  I watched the protests of the 1960s on television.  I don't remember JFK's assassination but I remember watching his funeral on TV because I was home sick from school that day.  I remember when RFK and MLK were shot.  I remember watching the 1968 Democratic Convention.

    What group you identify with has a lot to do with what group you predominately associated with.  You associated with people younger than you.  I associated with older people.  

    by Ernest T Bass on Fri Feb 22, 2008 at 08:53:59 AM PDT

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      That makes you six or seven years older than me... baby boomer, for sure.  I wasn't even born until after JFK died, I don't remember RFK or MLK, I barely remember Vietnam.  My first real political awareness was Watergate, although I remember the 1972 election.

      I do, however, remember staying up with my Mom on friday nights to see the last season of Star Trek.  And I remember the first moon-walk.

      I trust Obama's judgment more than I trust my own. Why are YOU telling him what to do?

      by Leggy Starlitz on Fri Feb 22, 2008 at 09:03:44 AM PDT

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      •  By the Census Bureau's calculation (0+ / 0-)

        The Baby Boom generation ended in 1964 - six years after I was born.  So you're either a very late boomer or a very early Gen X'er.

        Vietnam was a huge factor throughout my school years - we bugged out of Saigon the spring of my junior year in high school.  I had friends whose dads were pilots that had been shot down and were POW or MIA.

        Do remember the bracelets?

        Some of my older brother's friends were in country.  I remember debating the war as an activity in class, as I assume (or at least would hope) kids are doing today in school.

        by Ernest T Bass on Fri Feb 22, 2008 at 09:10:36 AM PDT

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        •  Proud that Barack is one of us GenJonesers (0+ / 0-)

          The Census Bureau does not determine generational boundaries!  Those are determined by experts--sociologists, demographers, anthropologists, etc.  The Census Bureau merely notes that there was a demographic boom in births between 1946-1964.  But generations stem from historical events which create in people at a young age attitudes, values, etc. which stay with people as they age.  Generations have nothing to do with birth rates!

          There is clearly a distinct generation between the Boomers and Xers, and many of us Jonesers are proud to have Obama as a fellow member of Generation Jones.

          by Diane Pondini on Sat Feb 23, 2008 at 03:24:05 PM PDT

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