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^ Top   #1   01.04.2009

Baack Trucker Forum STAFF   Last Seen: 1 Minute Ago 04.22 PM Member Since: May 2007 Location: Wisconsin Trucker? Trucking Industry Posts: 15,985 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 9,885 Thanked: 7,289 Times

"Future historians will note that American society peaked in the late 1960s" I think the theory of peaking in the 60's has more to do with the TV and expansion of peoples paradigms Before the TV people lived such isolated lives Quote: We are people of this generation, bred in the most hedonistic society the world has ever known, housed now in over-mortgaged tract homes, and looking uncomfortably to the world we leave to our children. We were born in the days when the Soviet Union was the Evil Empire, a college degree was the ticket to the middle class, and being born American meant that unlimited opportunity was your birthright. We saw the Soviet empire fall, and realized that we had geared our entire society to prepare for a war that no one had dared fight. Our college degrees hang on our walls, but though our mental horizons have been expanded, our economic opportunities have not. We were told that success does not matter if you are black or white, male or female, and while the political successes of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and even Sarah Palin seemed to vindicate this philosophy, it does not obviate the fact that opportunity for all does not change the fact that most of us are doomed to lives of obscure mediocrity. The dot-com boom and bust, the current depression, the unwinnable wars in Asia, all have convinced us the truth of the anthems of our youth. We are here now, and we are not entertained. Future historians will note that American society peaked in the late 1960s. Culturally, this is a foregone conclusion. We listen to our parents’ music and call it "classic rock," a canon that can be approached but never surpassed. When we think of art, we think of Warhol and Rothko. Our top-selling cultural products have names like "Star Wars" and "Star Trek"—nostalgic Baby Boomer dreams that one day man will dance amongst the heavenly spheres, whereas in reality we have come crashing down, Icarus-like, in fiery debris. After the sun-bright Baby Boomer generation flared into supernova, it collapsed into a black hole. http://corporatemofo.com/society_and...ity_bites.html __________________ Forum Rules The Thanks! button Spelling and the TTR How to insert a picture Using our search feature Copying and pasting articles TTR Advertising opportunities

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^ Top   #2   01.04.2009

Big Don "Old Fart"   Last Seen: 2 Hours Ago 01.24 PM Member Since: Sep 2007 Location: Utah's DIXIE! Trucker? EX-11 Years Posts: 3,024 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 1,022 Thanked: 1,689 Times

OH WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH! What an incredibly ignorant article. Yes, there may be a few truths to it, but that writer needs to wake up and realize that the world DOES NOT OWE HIM ANYTHING. He can get off his own dead butt and try to correct the things he is whining about, or he can just pull the covers over his head, stick his thumb back in his mouth, and keep whining. . . SHEESH! __________________ Until one has loved an animal, part of their soul remains unawakened. Anatole France

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heysteveh Light Load Member   Last Seen: 3 Days Ago 09.20 AM Member Since: Nov 2008 Location: MI Trucker? 1 Year Age: 50 Posts: 63 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 34 Thanked: 9 Times

"We were told that success does not matter if you are black or white, male or female, and while the political successes of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and even Sarah Palin seemed to vindicate this philosophy, it does not obviate the fact that opportunity for all does not change the fact that most of us are doomed to lives of obscure mediocrity." I would say 80% of the people in this country are HAPPY with lives of obscure mediocrity... which usually includes 2 cars in the garage, at least 1 TV in the house, a computer, a cell phone, a microwave (besides a regular oven), washing/drying machines, multiple grown-up toys, etc. Materially speaking we are privileged. Beyond material things there is opportunity around every corner for those who are willing to strive for more then "obscure mediocrity". The people who are happy, are so because of what they DO have in their lives. The people who are not happy, are not, because of what they WISH they DID have in their lives. Be thankful for what you already have in life.

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Calumet1tsp Light Load Member   Last Seen: 01.10.2009 09.22 AM Member Since: Oct 2008 Location: Hopwood, PA Trucker? 0-1 Year Posts: 326 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 9 Thanked: 53 Times

I am thankful that I live in a country where I have the ability to aquire the things that I have, and to go after the things that I want. I don't feel that I am living a mediocre life. I have so much potential as a lady truckdriver. I am grateful that I don't live in a third world country where they don't even have wells or running water, let alone trucks.

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