tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post8787891742317748871..comments2024-03-25T11:19:35.199-04:00Comments on The Small Hold - Will Not Go Down Without a Fight: A Generation Conceived in the 60'sPioneerPreppyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-74143702546087110352014-02-14T22:18:08.519-05:002014-02-14T22:18:08.519-05:00Sf - Interesting take. I always thought from my re...Sf - Interesting take. I always thought from my reading that the early progressives had been completely crushed until the Feminist saw their opportunity and resurrected the whole thing under the so called civil right movement.<br /><br />Maybe it just went underground?<br />PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-22403450727037872182014-02-14T22:08:14.218-05:002014-02-14T22:08:14.218-05:00I am from the 50s but I don't feel like I belo...I am from the 50s but I don't feel like I belong to any generation, at least one that is alive. I grew up with a lot of people from the 1800s still around, learned the old tools and ways, I even learned to drive on a Model A. I am kind of lost in time I guess. This mess began over a hundred years ago when progressives started their conquest and they won, now we get to see their flawed Sunnybrook Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135224259672444423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-6860523521506847462014-02-14T21:06:23.158-05:002014-02-14T21:06:23.158-05:00I would also like to add that a number of guys are...I would also like to add that a number of guys are hung u more on generational things and really bad mouth the baby boomers. I have done so a bit myself but more from an individual take than a generational. But we 60's kids can;t blame baby boomers for the mess we ran into. The boomers maybe older but it wasn't the boomer who were calling the shots. Boomers just came early enough that PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-54729779772503848282014-02-14T21:02:46.215-05:002014-02-14T21:02:46.215-05:00Harry and Stephen - I am gonna reply to you two to...Harry and Stephen - I am gonna reply to you two together because in so many ways you two are a very lot alike, or at least seem to be over the internet.<br /><br />You guys are really a good yard stick to measure the changes with. The first thing that strikes me as obvious is that neither of you had to directly compete against Women and more than likely not against many minorities. Either on a PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-56149475858406274642014-02-14T20:46:50.363-05:002014-02-14T20:46:50.363-05:00Me and Harry....hate to admit it but I'm a pro...Me and Harry....hate to admit it but I'm a product of 1951...oh, never mind.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752401490789789451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-59494183090471154212014-02-14T20:40:33.649-05:002014-02-14T20:40:33.649-05:00I was born in the very early 50's. I never th...I was born in the very early 50's. I never thought of myself as belonging to any "generation." Things have changed considerably in that period of time from then to now but I've made out alright I guess.Harry Flashmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05071021900005041592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-9880780784944746652014-02-14T20:38:58.298-05:002014-02-14T20:38:58.298-05:00Rob - Yet every other race/gender combination seem...Rob - Yet every other race/gender combination seems to have no issue getting student loans. The male/female average in college was tipped in the 80's and has not stopped tipping towards female ever since.<br /><br />Another good example.<br />PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-67752901887696551532014-02-14T20:35:43.205-05:002014-02-14T20:35:43.205-05:00I am a 60's child born in 1960. I credit my wo...I am a 60's child born in 1960. I credit my work ethic to living with my grandparents. I did work hard and move up. I have ran into some blocks along the way, #1 no college degree. Shouldn't matter in my book. vs company policy. #2 was not being able to get student loan.to tech school.<br />I also did not invest in the stock market. learned early on to pay cash for what I need vs want.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16800149852939042454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-22018383184095298852014-02-14T20:14:00.849-05:002014-02-14T20:14:00.849-05:00XL - Growing up with the changes certainly had an ...XL - Growing up with the changes certainly had an effect.<br />PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-36516735516757039122014-02-14T20:12:23.638-05:002014-02-14T20:12:23.638-05:00RP - Well the real Affirmative Action policies did...RP - Well the real Affirmative Action policies didn't start applying to private sectors until the policies about government bids and contractors came around and I believe that was the early 80's. Before that AA mostly just applied to direct government jobs.<br /><br />As far as work ethic goes I believe the work ethic for those of us born during the 60's suffered a major schism. The PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-61245825151892668002014-02-14T19:51:59.732-05:002014-02-14T19:51:59.732-05:001968 here. DH is 1969. You get it.1968 here. DH is 1969. You get it.Xa Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10542611446828065852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-59990172773776104222014-02-14T19:44:15.876-05:002014-02-14T19:44:15.876-05:00Having been born in '55 (yeah, I know ... I he...Having been born in '55 (yeah, I know ... I hear enough about it from my daughters!), I didn't have the issues you wrote about, here. I credit my parents, children of the Depression, for the work ethic I have. "Get a job, do it well, move up, and prosper!"<br /><br />The part they didn't get was having to change jobs, and careers, every few years. Most of us won't work Rev. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588179227576383679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-4507043940763718212014-02-14T19:32:49.720-05:002014-02-14T19:32:49.720-05:00K - Ya I must admit like you point out although ma...K - Ya I must admit like you point out although many men born during the 60's are well educated few of us seem to be particularly well read these days. I believe a lot of that is because we were denied the old school works and didn't much care for the new stuff they were trying to force feed us. That's just a theory though.<br /><br />Sarcasm though is a trait I have noticed that is PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-48269305658024421892014-02-14T19:26:19.185-05:002014-02-14T19:26:19.185-05:00I'm barely a child of the 60's, born in &#...I'm barely a child of the 60's, born in '69, but still feel some of the "new utopian" dysfunctionalisms today. I'm a self-described realist with a wicked sarcastic streak (that I've managed to mellow with age). I am sure that I am in the minority for my age groups for blogging, as most people I know don't read anymore than Facebook posts. Quite a sad commentary Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14188650874375595590noreply@blogger.com