[RKC]

Boomers also want to hold on to money, power, etc., at almost any cost - see Mr. & Mrs. Clinton & Bush II, and contrast how they act with Bush I and previous presidents, Nixon excepted.

On 9/12/2001, my Merrill Lynch broker (a Boomer) called ME (GenX), to tell me that my assets were safe. Was appalled at his cold bloodedness. But see we need that quality if we are attacked again.

Problem is I look at the openess of our Society, and think that either the terrorists suck at their jobs, or that they aren't really as large a threat as they've been made out to be. Why can't they do better? Maybe the reality is that they CANNOT do any better than be killing little pests. Maybe with a little thought and defense, we are largely safe from them already....

WWII is often mentioned as a golden age when everyone agreed. It was close to that for awhile. But the "Greatest Generation" was vowing never to fight for America under any circumstances just a few years before WWII, as were Lindbergh, Sen. Vandenberg and other conservatives. Things change when circumstances change.

Don't write off the Democrats just yet. Just have to wait until the war starts. A battle has begun, but they're not sure it is a war.

And who's to say it IS a war, and not simply a battle? 9/11 may be all there ever is; it may the the USS Panay - a disaster we just don't have the will to fight about; or it may be the Invasion of Poland. Can't say which it is from 12/21/2005 with perfect certainty, so we must hedge a bit - would hate to see America be destroyed by terrorists, so we must fight them. But would also hate to see America spent into servitude by fighting phantoms....