04-16-2022, 09:04 AM
(04-16-2022, 05:16 AM)Anthony Wrote: And then there is what I call the "Cold War Bloody Shirt Generation" - encompassing the Silent and the G.I. remnant - who are still butt-hurt over the fact that the first Earth Day was chosen to coincide with what would have been Lenin's 100th birthday.
20 April 1970 would have been Hitler's 89th birthday. So? I doubt that that matters anymore. The Soviet Union had a hideous reputation for environmental degradation and waste of energy. There was already Arbor Day, an environmental day of sorts, first established in 1872.
Quote:Don't be deceived by their dwindling numbers - this generation still wields enormous influence in this country (e.g., Chuck Grassley, Richard Shelby, Jim Inhofe) - as was proven by the overage temper tantrum they threw when Colin Kaepernick knelt during the national anthem, causing the NFL and its teams to lose millions of fans, millions of season ticket holders, and millions of subscribers to its NFL Sunday Ticket premium cable package.
Not for long. Like GI's who extended the end of the line for themselves through healthy habits such as drinking less, not smoking, and staying as physically fit and mentally active as possible (just think of George Romney dying on an exercise cycle at age 89 -- how much could one express GI elderhood than that?) elite members of the Silent Generation have aped that pattern, and early-wave Boomers are doing the same. That goes only so far, as some cells stop dividing after a limited number of times. When that number of times is reached for a vital organ, then death is nigh as the affected organ fails.
Although people are getting closer in age to the maximum lifespan, that lifespan seems to not be increasing. We don't see people living to 125 or so. Achieving age 90nis still a huge achievement, and remaining a mover-and-shaker in any field of endeavor from journalism to evangelism to acting to creative activities to politics to business is still a rarity. "Age 90" is now moving through the early 1930's as birth years, and although some Silent (Pelosi, McConnell, Biden) remain in key roles in politics, they will be the last. There is now no current GI in the House, Senate, or any state Governorship or state legislature.
As for the NFL... I have another explanation. Its fan support has maxed out. Colin Kaepernick kneeling in front of the US flag? Well, at the least he showed reverence to Americans who have often been enduring some undeserved unpleasance and even outright danger. If you think such disrespectful to Old Glory, then I have seen worse, like a flag related by location that reads "F--- BIDEN and F--- YOU if you voted for him.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.