Baby-Boomer Women Will Change the World!
Boomers Are Back!
Remembering Who We Are
There is a discussion on the BarackObama.com web site over whether the activist baby boomer generation got stuck in the 60's.I think the boomer generation didn't get stuck...we just abandoned a lot of our principles in favor of the rampant materialism that overtook this country during the Reagan years.
Like most of the country, we joined the bigger is better, spend..spend..spend...mentality that has got us to where we are now!
Ecology took a back seat to bottled water.
Anti-war took a back seat to gated communities.
Civil rights took a back seat to 'looking out for # 1'
Education took a back seat to TV watching.
I am a boomer (52 years old) and I can tell you many activists changed as they got older, bought houses, and had kids. Many became more conservative...some stopped caring about life outside their own house!
However...Obama has reawakened this sleeping giant of activists! At his event in L.A. on Monday night, the two groups MOST represented were college kids and boomers....and I can tell you, we boomers were still there dancing to Stevie Wonder and Mavis Staples long after the college kids left!!
The boomer generation didn't get it wrong, they just forgot what they stood for. We WILL stand again. We boomers...who will NOT go quietly into the night...are still the generation that drives this country.
Thanks to Obama...we remember who we are!
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Barack Obama in His Own Words
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What Baby-Boomer Women Can Do to Elect Barack Obama
Ready to get involved or learn more?
- BarackObama.com
- This is the official campaign website. Contains information on the candidate, his background, and his views on the issues. Learn of events in your area, and how you can get more involved.
- MyBarackObama.com
- The networking part of Obama's campaign site. Join an existing group or start your own. Plan an event. Write a blog. Make a donation. Keep track of your 'friends' and send out invites. Find Obama supporters in your area.
- National Voter Registration Form and Info
- This is a PDF booklet (you'll need adobe reader) which contains the National Voter Registration Form, and information for each state.
Make sure you register and have your family members register to vote. - Eons.com
- A site for people 50+. Join the Barack Obama Supporters group on this site.
- Obama's Plan for Healthcare
- Here it is...our #1 issue being addressed. Read his positions and add your comments and suggestions.
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Boomer Women -- Rate and Discuss Your Issues
What is most important to you?
Rate YOUR concerns from highest to lowest. Add to this list if necessary.
This election is VERY important for us and our families.
Social Security
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Catastrophic Illness
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Paying the Rent
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Future Housing
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Breakdown of Traditional Families
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My Support of Obama (I'm mentioned in this article)
- A Foundation Built on Small Blocks - washingtonpost.com
- Campaign of Sen. Barack Obama relies upon a large mass of low-amount donors to pad its coffers.
- Boomer Women for Obama on barackobama.com
- Visit our link on the Barack Obama website to learn what's new!
Notes From a Cheapskate
Since my $10.00 contribution to the Obama campaign was mentioned in a Washington Post article earlier this week: (A Foundation Built on Small Blocks; Growing Internet Use Helps Obama to a Wide Base and a Money Lead; Washington Post; July 16) I have received many comments on being a cheapskate for donating so little. In addition, some assume that since I am a writer, the story was not genuine. I assure you, I have never met or spoken to Barack Obama, and never knowingly talked to anyone from the campaign.Yes....I am a writer....but I'm also a wife, mother, and Christian, who is very concerned about the direction the country is heading. I DO believe that we must use the talents we've been given for the common good. Mine is writing-so here it goes:
I am not cheap....I am just an average middle class American trying to make it. My husband and I are both self-employed and part of the disappearing middle-class in this country. These are my issues and why I'm getting involved in this campaign:
1. Our health care premiums are astronomical and keep rising!
2. It takes a lot more for me to fill the tank in my 1998 minivan, and I now have to plan my trips.
3. Heating and cooling our house is costing more as the temperatures seem more extreme, and I'm beginning to think there's something to this Global Warming idea.
4. I have a diabetic Mom who's barely getting by on Social Security, and every now and then, I like to treat her to a meal or a new dress.
5. I have elderly relatives who can't afford caregivers and I worry what will happen to them in the years ahead.
6. My son will be going to college next year and we worry about paying college tuition (which is also rising).
7. My 8 year old is in a public school system that is more concerned with test scores than learning.
8. I don't feel real comfortable with our homeland security seeing as though we couldn't rescue people from rooftops in a non-war situation.
9. I am mad at all of those Democratic leaders who didn't stand up to Bush regarding the war.... and now they want to yell about how wrong it is.
There is more, but I think you get the point.
So, yes maybe I am a cheapskate. These days I don't have a lot of disposal income and the $10.00 I gave came out of my family budget.
I am ready for a change and that's what Obama represents to me. The right candidate for the right time!
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President Obama arguments
Before we discuss the issues of Boomer Women, and why we need Barack Obama as president, let's review some of the arguments against him.1. He has no White House experience.
This is true, Obama does not have a father, spouse, or sibling who was president, so it's probably safe to say he hasn't spent a lot of time at the White House. There are probably foreign nationals and lobbyists who have spent more time at the White House than Obama.
2. He has no presidential campaign experience.
Also true. Obama has not squandered the hopes and dreams of millions of voters by running an ineffective campaign and losing to a candidate that should have been easily beaten. (TWICE!)
3. He has not planned this, he is just 'seizing the moment.'
Yes he is! This is what great American leaders do. (Think Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt, King)
4. He has a 'political machine' behind him.
True again. However, the people pushing Obama to the forefront are not the political operatives and pundits we've seen for years. His 'machine' consists of vasts numbers of people, many on the Internet, who have not given up on America and see him as the best of the candidates for president.
5. We don't know much about him.
Maybe. However, his record is there if we take the time to look at it. He's written books and spilled his guts about his background. (see the books below) He came out against the war in the beginning, and not when it was politically beneficial to do so. He graduated from Harvard Law School, and again I don't think he had a father, or spouse, or sibling paving the way for him. He's a great orator who inspires people. (we'll never forget THE SPEECH at the last Democratic convention.) He was a community organizer in tough Chicago neighborhoods. If you need more...TAKE the TIME to listen, and visit his website:
www.barackobama.com
One more thing....how much did we 'really' know about our last two presidents?
"Leadership is a combination of strategy and character. If you must be without one, be without the strategy."
Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkop
What THEY Don't Know
by Linnie Frank Bailey
The pollsters and pundits are scratching their heads. For decades THEY have 'called the shots' on U.S. elections. THEY tell us who our leading candidates are, and who will win elections. THEY gather in groups of two and four in television studios in New York and Washington, where they yell at each other and make 'predictions' based on their 'secret' knowledge of the voting habits of the American populace.Who are these knuckle-heads? THEY don't know me, my neighbors, or my community. THEY don't know the people of the world. THEY just know their small circle of pundits, pollsters, and politicians.
Now, THEY are trying to get a grip on what is going on with this election. In the meantime, THEY play the same game they have played for years: racial politics (black vs. white), gender politics (women vs. men), geographic politics (red states vs. blue states), class politics (poor vs. rich), sexual identity politics (gay vs. straight), age politics (young vs. old), population politics (urban vs. rural), and religion politics (believers vs. non-believers.) This is how elections have been written about and debated for years. This is old media and old tactics.
What THEY don't know is....it's a new day. Communication to and from Americans is no longer only in the hands of a select few. The Internet has leveled the playing field. We can talk to each other and discuss the issues THEY gloss over with spin and cutesy remarks.
So THEY continue to play old politics while trying to figure out what is going on. THEY still want to tell us who our front runner is. THEY still want to tell us we are either liberal or conservative. THEY still want to tell us what we believe. THEY still want to tell us how we'll vote.
What THEY don't know is..... this is just the beginning. This is not a Youtube movement.....it is a people's movement. We are again moving toward government by the people.... for the people. THEY need to get out of the way.
Linnie Frank Bailey (my.barackobama.com) Blog
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Naomi's Guide to Aging Gratefully: Facts, Myths, and Good News for Boomers
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Invisible No More: The Secret Lives of Women Over 50
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Boomer Babes: A Woman's Guide to the New Middle Ages
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BOOM: Marketing to the Ultimate Power Consumer -- The Baby-Boomer Woman
Amazon Price: $16.32 (as of 07/06/2009)
Women over 50: Psychological Perspectives
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SharonMcMillan wrote...
I like what you said about a time for a change and focus on hope and unity. Barack Obama has created such a wonderful sense of hope and unit in communities across the country. Excellent lens!
Posted July 26, 2007
books by Linnie Frank Bailey
God on the Job: Salvation from the 9 to 5!
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This Far By Faith : How To Put God First in Everyday Living
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by LFB
Hello world.
I am a baby-boomer woman and I support Obama for president in 2008.
I think we need a CHANGE from business as usual and he offers us Unity...
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