A Generation of Traitors

The other night I had the pleasure and honor of sharing dinner with my family and my dad's best friend. He's a great guy, I've known him since/before birth, and I appreciate him very much. He's very sick, cancer of the everything, and has outlived expectations with a fantastic attitude, healthy living and plenty of TLC, radiation and chemo.

That night he turned 60, but he's young for 60. He looks great, and if you didn't know he was invaded by hostile cells of rampant division you'd swear he was going to be 100.

During a rather somber and tear-jerky dinner, he reflected upon his life and how he contributed to the movement known as "The Baby Boomers". I don't remember exactly what he said, but it was something like this...

We built this country. We took it from our working parents and we worked... we built the roads, we built the cities. We created suburbia, malls and even a working guy could raise a family that could go to college. We advanced medicine, we revolutionized the computer industry. We were the ones that made this country great!

Gosh, it stung me in the pit of my little black heart to burst his bubble, but I had to do it. I chimed in...

You are the generation in charge now, you are the generation that has elected failed president after failed president and lousy representatives for 30 years. You are the generation that got your money, got your benefits, got your healthcare and pensions. You are the generation that emptied Social Security, you are the generation that will bankrupt the Medicare system. You are the generation that loves war, loves to invade soverign nations, even at the expense of America's future. You are the generation that will happily destroy the earth and mortgage the financial well being of your children and grandchildren so you can drive a bigger SUV. You made the world hate us for our excess and our politics. You brought us Wonder Bread, Cheeze in a Can, New Coke, designer jeans, the pet rock and the Bee Gees. You might be the generation that made the America great in the short term, but at what expense? You made it great, but you made it big, irrelevant, stupid and broke. You call yourselves patriots, but you sold out America's future for your selfish motivations. You destroyed this country, all of you just will never see what you did. I get to pay for your lack of vision.

The table was quiet for a bit and my mom ordered dessert. We talked about the weather and plans for the new year.

I guess I made a point.