While a cross-section of America is attending the healthcare town halls, senior citizens who are participating and speaking out against the proposed healthcare reforms dominate. While most of the greatest generation still alive would probably not be physically able to attend a town hall meeting, much less be an active participant, I have to think that some of the participants are indeed part of the greatest generation. Many WW2 veterans joined the military when they were fifteen and 16 years old. A fifteen or sixteen year old that joined up in 1943 would be in his or her early eighties and many folks stay active well into their eighties.
The greatest generation saved this country from the Nazis, the Fascists, and the Imperialists. Now it looks like they just might save us from the socialists that have been elected to power in this country.
The only negative thing that I can say about the greatest generation is that they spawned people like me. I look at myself and think, “I’m not fit to wipe their boots.” When I was growing up, I depended on my parents, my aunts and uncles, and other members of the greatest generation for guidance and protection. Now that so many of them are gone, I find myself totally lost. I’m the adult and supposed to be responsible. What a scary thought!
They lived through the great depression and fought for our freedoms in WW2. Now they are fighting once again to preserve the American way of life. When the next crisis rolls around, they’re probably not going to be around. What will we do then?
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