Comments on: Generation Gasp http://billogs.net/generation-gasp The Blog of Christopher Billows Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:35:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Christopher Billows http://billogs.net/generation-gasp#comment-694 Christopher Billows Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:57:45 +0000 http://www.billogs.net/?p=1032#comment-694 Thanks for sharing. That is quite a contrast with the snarly, in-your-face punk bands from the late 1970s. The punks saw that everything was getting worse with such thinking. That cynical attitude has carried on with the various indie bands. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editors" rel="nofollow">Editors </a> is easily one of my favorite bands to come out in the past five years. They have a bunch of great songs, but this one is particularly relevant: "When Anger Shows" How can you know what things are worth If your hands wont move to do a days work? This chorus summarizes how so many people expect something for nothing. We expect government to fix all of our problems, yet are surprised that we spent all this money and the problems remain. Thanks for sharing. That is quite a contrast with the snarly, in-your-face punk bands from the late 1970s. The punks saw that everything was getting worse with such thinking. That cynical attitude has carried on with the various indie bands.

The Editors is easily one of my favorite bands to come out in the past five years. They have a bunch of great songs, but this one is particularly relevant:

“When Anger Shows”

How can you know what things are worth
If your hands wont move to do a days work?

This chorus summarizes how so many people expect something for nothing. We expect government to fix all of our problems, yet are surprised that we spent all this money and the problems remain.

]]> By: Markus Buchart http://billogs.net/generation-gasp#comment-689 Markus Buchart Mon, 31 May 2010 16:19:45 +0000 http://www.billogs.net/?p=1032#comment-689 In 1967 the Young Rascals sang "Let's Live for Today": Sha-la-la-la-la-la, live for today Sha-la-la-la-la-la, live for today And don't worry 'bout tomorrow, hey, hey, hey That's a nice concise (and honest) statement of Baby Boomer "slash and burn" economics and environmental policy. As a generation, most are quite prepared to spend as much money and consume as many resources as they can now, individually as consumers and collectively through government, without much consideration for the future. In this respect, Gary Doer and his Finance minister Greg Selinger, with their $600 million deficit, were the Ultimate Hippies. Can you picture Canada's ambassador to the U.S. and Manitoba's present premier singing: "Sha-la-la-la-la-la, live for today . . ." In 1967 the Young Rascals sang “Let’s Live for Today”:

Sha-la-la-la-la-la, live for today
Sha-la-la-la-la-la, live for today
And don’t worry ’bout tomorrow, hey, hey, hey

That’s a nice concise (and honest) statement of Baby Boomer “slash and burn” economics and environmental policy. As a generation, most are quite prepared to spend as much money and consume as many resources as they can now, individually as consumers and collectively through government, without much consideration for the future.

In this respect, Gary Doer and his Finance minister Greg Selinger, with their $600 million deficit, were the Ultimate Hippies. Can you picture Canada’s ambassador to the U.S. and Manitoba’s present premier singing: “Sha-la-la-la-la-la, live for today . . .”

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