The Worst Generation

[Donnachaidh]

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_worst_generation_20111027/?ln

Looking at the newspapers this morning, I noticed that Tom Brokaw was making a speech in New York. It made me wonder if he was working on a sequel to his books on "The Greatest Generation." This one might be called "The Worst Generation."

Us.

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We have stood by—and our representatives in Washington have betrayed us—while the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, bringing the country’s wealth distribution to where it was in the 1920s. History might record that we brought our troops home from far places to control their fellow citizens—shoot them. Perhaps we will have another Boston Massacre to complement the Tea Party.

We have started at least three wars we could not win, with a volunteer military dying for us—to say nothing of tens of thousands of foreigners killed on their own land—and shielding the American people from the reality and the shame of what we have done, beginning with torture of suspected adversaries. I don’t remember being taught in school that torture was an American weapon of choice.

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[iscooterliberally]

1. I remember being taught that America was the good guys.

Sadly, this just isn't the case anymore. Now we are the greed guys. Government by the money and for the money. People be damned.