The "Greatest Generation" knew how to keep a secret, something ours has not learned.

[strupgolf]

I cannot say enough for "The Greatest Generation". My hat's off to each and every one of them every time. 1000 are passing each day. The stories are fading fast. My wifes father is 84 and still remembers a few things. Her uncle was pushing a dud bomb out the bay of a B-25 and fell along with it into the English Channel, never came back. They didn't want all of this, but it was brought down upon them and they took the challange.

[hytem]

I'm raising my wine glass in a toast to them right now. Bless all those WWII heroes.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Every generation always thinks the one (or two) following it are the ones leading the country on the path to ruin and turns into a nation of old grouches lamenting that "the country is going to hell in a handbasket".

Very cool story, although it seems that at its core, it's just more of this same old grouchy disdain for anything that's not "your"way. Your way works for you. That's fine. Other ways might work for others.

It's hard for me to accept that at times too - probably human nature, but just sayin'.

[shbop]

Originally Posted by Superman

I feel like I'm the Pelicanhead with the most favorable impression of America. And I'm a liberal. Wassup with that? No, I don't have any positive impression of our current "president." None. In my view, that guy is a massive national and international embarrassment. But you guys have NEVER, EVER, heard me badmouth America. Never.

Greatest generation? I don't really think so. Luckiest generation? Maybe. Generation that had the most fun? Yup. America would be having a BLAST if we were actually fighting a war against a country. Do I think we're in the toilet as a nation and as a people, compared to 1940? Absolutely not. My impression of America is that it is at least as prepared for a WW2-style challenge as that other generation. That war was very clearly the right one to wage. This Iraq thing is, very clearly......NOT. THAT, gentlemen, is the difference. Not our patriotism. Not our fidelity or devotion.

You guys, impression of America is substantially more negative and critical than mine. By a long shot.

One of the most naive comments I've heard in a long time. Had to be spoken by a young guy, or someone who doesn't read much. This generation couldn't carry water for those guys.

[legion]