As an original baby boomer, what celebrities, politicians, and businesses/businessmen do you wish to thank?

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For anyone who doesn't know, original baby boomers were born some years after the end
of The Korean War and some years before the
initial U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Opinions on
that window may vary.

"Thanking them" is a way of saying who do you give credit, or blame, for
why things are the way they are, in
your lifetime so far. If not credit or
blame then who made things the way
they are now.

You all are making me feel bad because you are so positive and upbeat, and I'm not. I dropped out for a while during the1980s, just worked and flew over American news and entertainment.

Answer 1

baby boomers, of which i am one,,,, would not be into thanking people of the establishment,,,,,,,,, but if i had to come up with a few,,,,,,, the inventors of computers,,,,, the casts of the shows that were new and took on real issues ,, such as All in the Family,,,,, the Jeffersons,,,,,Golden Girls,,, but in that case, it would more be the writers to thank,,,,
mostly, we would thank ourselves, i think
for while being global and thinking of others,, we as a group are self -centered, in a good way,,,, we decided what we think, what we agree or not agree with,,,,,, what we protest or ignore of society,,,,,,,,, so being ourselfs gives us more to give to the world and others,,,,, we, more than any of the groups you mentioned, made major changes occur in America

Answer 2

I'm not an original baby boomers, but the ones I know...

The non-Americans thank The Beatles, and often even Nixon (only Nixon could go the China).

The Americans credit Reagan and Gorbachev. There's also the Eisenhower/Clinton connection, many like one and hate the other.

As for the other guy who says it's an American assumption, the baby boom also occurred in France, Britain, and most of the world who'd be on-line (especially the English speaking world).

Answer 3

I'm a '47 boomer. John F. Kennedy made a tremendous impact on my earliest hopes for America. We would not be in the sad, vulnerable position we are now if he had lived. Also Martin Luther King, jr. Imagine what he would have continued to inspire! And Bobby Kennedy. I see much of his need to help Americans -through the work his kids are doing today. We Americans have gone down spiritually, culturally, morally, economically,POLITICALLY, and as citizens of the world. Through the eyes of a hopeful 12 yr old boomer who followed her first election in '59, I still cry.

Answer 4

Baby boomers started in 45 when the soldiers came back from WWII. I am from1947

Jonas Salk(Polio Vaccine)
Robert Jarvik and Paul Winchell(Artificial Heart)
Carl Sagan(Opened up astronomy so we could understand)
Bill Gates(Helped make computers affordable)
Steve Jobs(Designed first home computer)
Walt Disney (Entertained us for years)
Walter Cronkite(A newsman we could trust)
Richard Nixon(By resigning, proved the constitution works)
My Dad for working for so many years without a partner to raise and educate us three.

Answer 5

I, being one of the younger baby boomers, would like to thank Ronald Reagan for ending the cold war and making the world a safer place.

Answer 6

Thanks for assuming that everyone here is American.
signed,
Narcissism