Comments on: One Boomer’s Difficult Rite of Passage http://www.boomercafe.com/2008/11/15/one-boomers-difficult-rite-of-passage/ The online magazine for baby boomers with active lifestyles Thu, 17 May 2012 01:17:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Laurence http://www.boomercafe.com/2008/11/15/one-boomers-difficult-rite-of-passage/#comment-2149 Laurence Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:14:08 +0000 http://www.boomercafe.com/?p=1294#comment-2149 I would like to say this was a very good piece and would like to see if you would consider writing for our website referenced above. I would like to say this was a very good piece and would like to see if you would consider writing for our website referenced above.

]]> By: TrendWatcher http://www.boomercafe.com/2008/11/15/one-boomers-difficult-rite-of-passage/#comment-1929 TrendWatcher Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:29:30 +0000 http://www.boomercafe.com/?p=1294#comment-1929 Thought-provoking post and blog. Relevant to your comments is the fact that many experts have argued these days that there are five, not four generations in the U.S., including Obama's generation: Generation Jones…the heretofore lost generation between the Boomers and Generation X, now 42-54 years old. I’ve noticed quite a bit of buzz about GenJones in the context of this election; I saw several discussions on national TV about Obama being a Joneser, as well as about GenJones voters being a key swing vote. You may find this link interesting, my friends and I have been linking people to this page because we think it matters: it has a bunch of print excerpts and videos of big time publications (e.g. The New York Times, Newsweek, etc.) and pundits (e.g. David Brooks, Clarence Page, etc.) all talking about Obama’s identity as part of Generation Jones: http://www.generationjones.com/2008election.html Thought-provoking post and blog. Relevant to your comments is the fact that many experts have argued these days that there are five, not four generations in the U.S., including Obama’s generation: Generation Jones…the heretofore lost generation between the Boomers and Generation X, now 42-54 years old.

I’ve noticed quite a bit of buzz about GenJones in the context of this election; I saw several discussions on national TV about Obama being a Joneser, as well as about GenJones voters being a key swing vote.

You may find this link interesting, my friends and I have been linking people to this page because we think it matters: it has a bunch of print excerpts and videos of big time publications (e.g. The New York Times, Newsweek, etc.) and pundits (e.g. David Brooks, Clarence Page, etc.) all talking about Obama’s identity as part of Generation Jones: http://www.generationjones.com/2008election.html

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