Tag Archives: Baby Boomers

P.J. O’Rourke: American Politics & Government

Source:The New Democrat  There’s an old American saying that goes like this. “We get the government that we paid for”. Another way of saying that is that we get the government that we voted for. “Look buddy, you voted for … Continue reading

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Reason Magazine: Nick Gillespie Interviewing P.J. O’Rourke On Millennials & Baby Boomers

. Source:The New Democrat  I feel kind of strange talking about the Baby Boom Generation since I’m a Gen-Xer born in the mid-1970s the tail end of even my generation and come from parents who aren’t Baby Boomers born in … Continue reading

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Oliver Stone: The Doors (1991)

Source:Joao BlaBla– from the studio scene of this film, with Jim Morrison (played by Val Kilmer) losing his temper over the his bandmates selling the song Light My Fire. Source:The Daily Journal “Synopsis: The story of the famous and influential … Continue reading

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George Will: ‘When Liberals Become Scolds’

Source:The FreeState I agree with George Will that the assassination of President John F. Kennedy changed America and changed the Left in America. But we disagree with how it changed Liberals and American liberalism, that really the Left changed. Now … Continue reading

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Newsmax: The Steve Malzberg Show: PJ O’Rourke, Author of The Baby Boom: How it Got Away

. Source:The New Democrat  First of all I love PJ O’Rourke, you know platonically because he’s one my favorite political and cultural commentators. And why is that because first of all his deep honesty and consistency. He’s what is called … Continue reading

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Revolution Volume I: The 1960s Counter Culture & Rise of The New Left

Source:Amazon– Roger Kimball’s book. Source:The Daily Press From Amazon “I’m into the study of revolutions, not the coopting of revolutionary rhetoric to sell capitalist merch. I’ve cut together clips of 1960s radicals discussing the politics of their time to give young … Continue reading

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CBS News 1968, A Year That Changed America

. Source:The Daily Press I think one thing that separates America and makes us stronger than anyone else is that we can go through a year like 1968 and get through it and survive it. And still remain one country, … Continue reading

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