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How the Baby Boomers Ruined Everything

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The Boomers Have Never Been Happy

July 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment

A new study…
A recent University of Chicago sociology study compared the results of happiness surveys going back more than 30 years and found that boomers have never been happy. In 2004, 28 percent of respondents born in 1950 considered themselves “very happy,” compared with 40.2 percent of those born in 1935. Back in 1972, [...]

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T. Boone Pickens has a Plan

July 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments

The Boomers’ carelessness with oil is well documented, and now one of the silent generation is speaking up about it: oil man and college football booster T. Boone Pickens. In what he says will be the biggest special issue campaign ever, Pickens will be promoting his wind-energy plan throughout the campaign. (Who [...]

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Millennials: Dropping the Ball on Activism?

July 7th, 2008 · No Comments

A great post from from the Daily Kos:
Perhaps…what I find most infuriating about pieces that call out Millenials for their perceived inaction [is] that there is no corresponding chastisement of the Baby Boomers or the millions of other Americans who also have the ability to engage in “real world” activism.
The post goes on to explain [...]

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