This post marks the innaugural post to a new category for this blog: "The Worst Generation."
This refers, of course, to the children of the "Greatest Generation," who, for all their greatness in other areas, were lousy parents. They may have saved mankind from an immediate threat of tyranny, but by raising spoiled, narcissistic children who--like all other children--rebelled against Mom and Dad but--unlike most other children--never stopped rebelling against the status quo. In fact, these parents raised perpetual rebels in much the same way that some parents raise perpetual students. Somehow, they never got the message across that rebellion in and of itself isn't an achievement to be lauded. Rebellion needs to have a (here's the kicker) worthy goal!
But Alois says it much better than I can.
The Sixties radicals who now run our media and our universities (and, lamentably, much of our government) are all a-flutter over the possibility of "another Vietnam" and a masochistic demonstration to the world of the Limits Of American Power as they "teach Chimpy Bu$Hitler a lesson". This evokes no images of the Vietnamese boat people or the millions slaughtered by Pol Pot; instead, they envision Joan Baez at Woodstock, the SDS riots at the Democratic Convention, and a generation that brought The War Machine to a screeching halt (never mind that it was the wrong thing to do).
I will go call my father and thank him for being born a decade shy of the "Worst Generation," which--thankfully--was enough.
Deb, I have yet to say anything "better than you"--but thanks for the props anyway.
BTW, your front page still looks broken, at least on my PC. But I tried going into the archives, and that works just fine.
Is it just me?