Monday, November 13, 2006

Baby Boomers and John Wayne


Quote of the day:
“It’s not going to stop till you wise up.”
--Aimee Mann

Follow-up of the day:
For more on "The Most Amazing Story of 2006?",
go to "The Christian Century," the October 31, 2006 issue--christiancentury.org.

Demographic observation of the day:
“Contrary to the usual understanding, the baby boomers didn’t create the culture of the sixties; they didn’t even inspire it. They consumed it. In 1968, the climax of the decade politically, the oldest baby boomer in America was just turning twenty-two. To the extent that baby boomers participated in protests, took drugs, and practiced ‘free love,’ they were responding to slogans, tastes, and fads dreamed up and promulgated by people much older than they were.”
--Louis Menand

Why airports get names, quote of the day:
“There is no better demonstration of the power of movies than [John] Wayne’s impact on American life.

“Wayne on the screen was nothing but image--lit, moved about, costumed, made up, photographed. Where the politicians had speechwriters, he had scripts. Only the superficial will think that these artistic means have a superficial impact on ‘real life.’ They are the tools for making the myths that go into our self-understanding as a people.”
--Garry Willis, in "John Wayne’s America"

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