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Box A Rox
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Geezers?  Gramps?  Gray Panthers? Fossils?  Senior Citizen? Codger???


What ever you call em' America has a generation of 'boomers' rapidly aging.

Attitudes about Aging: A Global Perspective
In a Rapidly Graying World, Japanese Are Worried, Americans Aren’t





http://www.pewglobal.org/2014/01/30/attitudes-about-aging-a-global-perspective/


The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral
philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.
John Kenneth Galbraith
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Be nice to the younger generations, it is us who will be taking care of you


"In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot."
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Be nice to the younger generations, it is us who will be taking care of you


Of course my generation 'took care of you' when you were crying babies with dirty diapers,
so I am looking forward to having Henry change MY dirty diaper in about 30 or 40 years!  


The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral
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John Kenneth Galbraith
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I've been changing adult diapers for over 20years.....

where do you think most of my questions come from?

stuff THEY learned about the 'follow the rules system'........I don't think this way because I ask my peers silly....


...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......

The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.


STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
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I've been changing adult diapers for over 20years.....
where do you think most of my questions come from?


now I understand why you post is $HIT  


JUST BECAUSE SISSY SAYS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT SO...BUT HE THINKS IT DOES!!!!!  
JUST BECAUSE MC1 SAYS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT SO!!!!!  
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now I understand why you post is $HIT  


LMAO!  


The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral
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now I understand why you post is $HIT  


yup...right from the a$$es of our elderly......

p.s. and I get to feed them/drug them/walk with them/lift them and cry with them


...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......

The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.


STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
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what constitutes an 'elderly' person?

age?
disability?
how much care they need?
their mental state?
their physical state?
just askin


When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM
In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche


“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.”
Adolph Hitler
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Quoted from bumblethru
what constitutes an 'elderly' person?

age?
disability?
how much care they need?
their mental state?
their physical state?
just askin


Now you sound like Senders!!!!  


JUST BECAUSE SISSY SAYS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT SO...BUT HE THINKS IT DOES!!!!!  
JUST BECAUSE MC1 SAYS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT SO!!!!!  
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Now you sound like Senders!!!!  


only the military can give you an acceptable definition of 'elderly'?


...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......

The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.


STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
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21.4%.... that's a big voting block...commonality on issues increases with age...


"Arguing with liberals is like playing chess with a pigeon; no matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock out the pieces, crap on the board, and strut around like it is victorious." - Author Unknown
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only the military can give you an acceptable definition of 'elderly'?


Guess I'll never know then since I am not in the military!


JUST BECAUSE SISSY SAYS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT SO...BUT HE THINKS IT DOES!!!!!  
JUST BECAUSE MC1 SAYS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT SO!!!!!  
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Rodney Dangerfield said you know when you are getting old when your kids start talking about you when you are right there, "hey what are we gonna do with pops"



"In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot."
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Guess I'll never know then since I am not in the military!


your avatar indicates that you are....once semperfi always semperfi.....


...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......

The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.


STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
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your avatar indicates that you are....once semperfi always semperfi.....


the operative word is "in"...not  "in" but always a member of the brotherhood!
your avatar indicates that.....ummm...it indicates.....ummmmm.....emptiness????


JUST BECAUSE SISSY SAYS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT SO...BUT HE THINKS IT DOES!!!!!  
JUST BECAUSE MC1 SAYS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT SO!!!!!  
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