One thing that escaped me until recently (but seems rather obvious now) — our
generation’s tendency to cast the proverbial jaded eye on everything includes
casting that eye back on ourselves.
This Blog is dedicated to generational marketing and communications and hosted by GenerationXpert Suzanne Kart. Suzanne, who is a Gen Xer, has more than 10 years experience writing, speaking, and studying generational communications and has spoken on the local, state, national, and international level. She can be reached at generationXpert@gmail.com
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
The Icepick Cometh
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Have Babyboomers gone out of style?
Salzman says that Generation Jones-ers have very different values than people who came of age in the 1960s.
They value traditional notions of family but see men and women as equals in
parenting. They go back to older American values -- civility, community,
responsibility -- yet keenly embrace technology and use the Internet naturally.
Sounds like Generation X to me. In fact, kind of sounds like me.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Office parties and Generation X
Monday, December 22, 2008
Holiday roads: Where Gen X and the Griswolds intersect
Friday, December 19, 2008
A-ha - we're not so bad after all!
"Why don't you go outside? Climb a tree?" seemed to be a common question asked by parents.
Well, it turns out we're all hypocrites. The Matures watch more TV than the Boomers. Boomers watch more than the Xers. And Xers watch more than the Ys.
Time.com reported on the Deloitte study this week.
According to a new study from Deloitte (h/t TVTattle), "millennials" (Americans aged 14 to 25) watch 10.25 hours of TV per week—although they spend more time with "media" (including computers, videogames and music) than other age groups. Beyond that group, TV use goes up with age: 15.1 hours for Gen X (those aged 26 to 42), 19.2 hours for baby boomers (43-61) and 21.5 hours for "matures" (62-75).
Friday, December 12, 2008
How dumb are you?
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Monday, December 8, 2008
Those crazy Gen Ys...
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Good stuff: Obama & Generation Jones
I realize Obama is black. I realized that it's a big deal that he's the first black president. Yet, that's not why he is so appealing. There are many of people of color in this clip that talk about generational impact on Obama's candidacy. It's because the race and generational issues are intertwined here. Xers are more racial diverse.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Green Mullet hits it big
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Xers shop online, yet still don't care about your marketing strategy
Here's an idea: Give Xers the information they want about your product - and if it's something that meets their needs they will buy it. I know, marketing can be such a tough thing to master.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Xers are the new establishment - Not!
And I can't help but thinking - what?
Seriously. What?
Even our friends over at Brazen Careerist can be guilty of it. However, if you ask a Boomer whether Xers are like them, you will hear a resounding "Nooooooo!"
So, just for the record, Xers are not like Boomers. They're more like Ys, without all the soccer trophies. And a little bit more sarcasm. And they drive minivans (hey, we're parents now, what can I say?).
Here's my free advice to Gen Y bloggers: There are a lot of things you can rip on Xers about - our need to add our glib opinions to everything, our lack of trying to sugar-coat things so we don't hurt your feelings, our bad fashion choices in the 80s, our obsessive use of the f-word. However, we don't buy into the hierarchy either. Our cohorts are responsible for Amazon.com and Google. We're the generation of Kurt Cobain and Janeane Garafalo.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Monday, November 24, 2008
Saturday, November 22, 2008
How technology has impacted the brains of Generations X & Y
CBS News reports that technology is actually making us smarter - and they have the pictures to prove it.
Friday, November 21, 2008
Gen Y bloggers expand options at Brazen Careerist
I've been a long-time fan of the site. Well, at least since last winter when they started it. It's a great place to gauge the Gen Y mindset. And like many Gen Xers, I think it's also kind of fun to poke at the Gen Ys once in a while.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Newspapers: Are reports of their demise premature?
Murdoch says he likes the feel of newspaper as much as the next guy, but newspaper journalists need to get over it. It all comes down to people want an information source they can trust.
“I like the look and feel of newsprint as much as anyone,” Murdoch told the
Freep. “But our real business isn’t printing on dead trees. It’s giving our
readers great journalism and great judgment."
What do you think?
Monday, November 17, 2008
Smells like (middle aged) spirit
Monday, November 10, 2008
The REAL secret to marketing to Gen X
That's how Google achieved its success.
I love waxing philosophical about generational differences as much as the next gal, but I guess I'm just getting a little bored with the media trying to unlock the marketing "puzzle" which is Gen X. It's really not that hard.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
When you don't know what to say
Perreault, Lori Jo
Bay City, Michigan
Lori Jo Passed away peacefully November 6, 2008 at Brian’s House surrounded by family members and friends. She flashed across the sky like a comet, lit bright, for a while---and then was gone far too quickly. Like Elizabeth Barrett Browning, she asked the world: How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
Her family, friends and thousands unlucky enough not to have met her yet will mourn the laughing, sparkly eyed brunette who threw the mantle of her grandmother Ramona over herself and went out to conquer the world.
Orders of nuns, kids in poverty, minority scholars, honest philanthropies
needing organization, churches, schools-were all her passions through the Ramona
Non-Profit Consulting Group. Her greatest sadness is that there was still
so much to do, so many people to help, so many causes unfulfilled…At Essexville
Garber High she was homecoming queen, head cheerleader, a good scholar.
She played a great game of soccer on the field, worked at the Midland Nuclear
Plant and taught Bay City school officials the power of positive thinking as a
dynamic secretary in Communications. Off to the South, she earned a
marketing degree from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, took Texas by
storm and learned her trade in venture capital and fundraising in Fort
Worth. She studied theology and hoped for a master’s degree that will have
to wait for another college in another world and a diploma from a higher
power. Her life has been her theocratic curriculum.Back home the old St. Mary’s Convent facing the wrecking ball was her cause, and she enlisted family and friends, throwing their lives into the project of
love. Work for her was endless, her clock had no hands. Her parties
were monumental and the grand piano spread classical music over the
assemblage. The brazen cat Pumpkin interrupted executive meetings and was
never chastised. She cooked daily for a dear friend Pat Ankney and her
numerous charities will never be fully realized.She was born November 23, 1962 in Bay City. She is survived by her father and
Step-mother, Joseph Lynn and Ellen Jean Perreault, her mother, Marie E.
Perreault, and four adoring siblings; her sisters Lynn Weaver, Lois Perreault,
Lisa (Mike) Grills and one brother Ladd (Heidi) Perreault. Lori also had a
very special relationship with each and every one of her 14 nieces and nephews;
Joseph Weaver, Sarah Hunt, Daniel and Michelle Perreault, Athena, Alex, Olivia
and Carly Grills and Brittney, Sean, Nikolas, Ryan, Adam and Leah Perreault.
Funeral Liturgy and Rite of Committal will be on Monday at 10:00 a.m.
at St. Stanislaus Kostka Church. Rev. Fr. Christopher M. Coman will
preside. Private entombment will be in St. Stanislaus Mausoleum. Friends
may call at Penzien-Steele Funeral Home on Sunday from 2-8 p.m. A Rosary
service will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. and a Vigil for the Deceased will take
place at 7 p.m. She will lie in state at the church on Monday from 9 a.m.
until service time. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial
contributions to St. Stanislaus Church.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Why I knew racism would not hurt the Obama campaign
Monday, November 3, 2008
Of course Millennials are the poorest performers - but not for the reasons you may think
Friday, October 31, 2008
New site explores Millennial mindset
We are thrilled about the amazing writers - many new and several established -
who are a part of this project. We published Emma Komlos-Hrobsky, a twenty-two
year old fiction writer with a hilarious send-up of both our generation and our
parents' generation. We published Joshua Tung, a fifteen year old Singaporean boy who has written an astounding poem about 9/11. We published an interview with Lance Corporal Poole, who was injured in Iraq, thirty-two year old Anirban Acharya's poetry about cities, twenty-five year old Reuben Hayslett's essay
about loving a gay man in the military, and many, many others. Our writers are
diverse; they are gay, straight, black, white, wealthy, poor, and from every
corner of the country. But most importantly, they are outstanding voices of our
generation.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
It's a good time to be an Xer
"They know how to look after themselves. They're independent, they're
plucky, they've internalized that nobody is going to look after them, they know
they can't rest on their laurels and that they will have to be scrappy to get
any kind of career goodies."
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Gen Xers need trusted advisors
By this I mean people you do not work with, but you can talk to about the harder things you deal with at work. I have found these people to be more important to my career success than anything else.
Your trusted advisors should be people who not only could look you in the eye and say, “You’re doing this wrong, here’s what you need to do,” but also those who you could say the same to. The key is being equals.
In a mentoring relationship, the mentor is the wise one and the mentee is the empty vessel to be filled with the mentor’s wisdom. I’m not against mentoring relationships. However, the combination of a changing workplace and Gen Xers and Ys coming into prominence make peer-to-peer advising more effective. If you’re have a problem in today’s workplace, a political move from 15 years ago simply is not going to cut it.
I believe that Gen Xers really are the best at this kind of relationship building and career advising because, frankly, we’re outcomes based. Recently, JenX67 made a comment on Penelope Trunk’s blog that really sums up my feelings on the topic the best:
You forgot one major, huge glaring thing, Penelope. Generation Y will in
most cases report to Generation X, and this and this alone ensures a better
work
life for them than we have had. They will have outwardly focused bosses
who care
about their work/life balance; who will strive to give them
flexibility. Who
will let them bring their kids to work when a record ice
storm closes down all
the schools and every other business in town. They
will find innovative ways to
keep THE staff (never "THEIR" staff — gosh! How
I hated that!) happy, b/c happy
workers, they know, produce more and are
more creative.
Generation X will worry to a fault that Generation Y is
gets the credit
they deserve. Generation X will transform that helicopter
edge into mentoring.
The apathy of Gen X will be replaced by rational
discussion with Gen Y. Gen X
will seek more meaningful, authentic
collaboration with Gen Y. They know by
experience how much they had to offer
and how much was dismissed. It's hard to
say how many creative ideas
corporate America, but even more so, GOVERNMENT,
suffered the loss of,
because Generation X was so successfully silenced.
Generation X will not
inflict upon Generation Y what we have had to
endure. Generation Y will
never have to support our egoes. On the contrary, Gen
X will seek to equip
the workforce with all the tools they need, and trust that
Gen Y will
surpass them in some areas. Gen X will be OK with that, because this
great
generation does not worry about becoming irrelevant. The absence of
recognition sent us on a search for real meaning, and we found it in our
families. We'll gladly turn the reigns over to Gen Y before the sun has
completely set. As Howe and Strauss have indicated, the high for Generation
X is
in retirement, and so we won't be lingering or dying in the chair.
Thank God for
that.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Boomers not hippies, more like hippie haters
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Friday, October 17, 2008
Babyboomers drive career of the future
It turns out that the funeral industry is expecting a boom from the Boomers in the upcoming years. Just as Boomers drove the market for high-end minivans while they were in their 30s - and designer drugs like Viagra in their 50s, they will also boost the funeral business in the future.
The Associated Press reports:
Though dipping slightly over the last several years, and expected to be stagnant
for several more, the death rate of about 8.1 per 1,000 people is expected to
inch significantly upward sometime in the next decade and eventually go as high
as 10.9. The exact dates are tough to pinpoint because of the size of the
generation and medical advances.Experts say the mortality rate is the greatest
single predictor of the industry's business, estimated at about $11 billion
annually at funeral homes alone. So bottom lines are likely to bulge.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Does eating Froot Loops make you immature?
What's clear here: Some people just don't get it.
Monday, October 13, 2008
The Boomers were right...
For Americans, that means:
"Five years ago, the average American was 35.3 years old and could plan for 43.5 more years of life. By 2050, the researchers estimate it will increase to 41.7 years and 45.8 future years."
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Friday, October 10, 2008
Razor blades and needles: Halloween memories of Gen X
And yet, this is probably one of the biggest urban myths to crop up during the childhood of Generation X.
The one thing that is surprising, is that the myth wasn't directly blamed on Gen X children (like most things in the 1970s.) It was blamed on Satanic Cults. But then again, media portrayals of children in the 1970s often showed them as being demon-possessed (remember Damian? Linda Blair? Rosemary's Baby?).
You know, maybe it was our fault after all. Thirty year later, Generation Y is also jumping on board the poison candy bandwagon.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Gen X quiz
Why Xers have a hard time brainstorming with Boomers
Monday, October 6, 2008
Can retired Boomers compete in a Gen X lead workforce?
Xers are outcomes focused. Boomers like to talk process ... a lot. With Boomers in charge, Xers have learned to work with it. But when Boomers retire from their "first" career, it will be Xers who take their place. Is it payback time?
At least your day's not this bad...
Friday, October 3, 2008
Millennials want to be Xers!
What do Xers REALLY think about the election?
rosyblue now that the debate is over, I have to eat something. about 10 hours ago from web
dbrowell Okay, thanks for bearing with my debate Tweets/Status Updates again crew... about 10 hours ago from web
dbrowell I'm not trashing Palin but it's amazing everyone praising Palin for NOT being a trainwreck; like a room full of helicopter parents #vpdebate about 10 hours ago from web
dbrowell Palin's focus was to get McCain elected... Biden spoke a bit more about the whole ticket #vpdebate about 10 hours ago from web
lruettimann Retweet @jpankow: Asking a candidate what there achilles heel is is like asking a candidate "What is your biggest weakness?" about 10 hours ago from TweetDeck
dbrowell I wish Henry Rollins would moderate a debate #vpdebate about 10 hours ago from web
lruettimann I'd like to raise my own questions and answer them in my next interview. #vpdebate about 10 hours ago from TweetDeck
dbrowell Let's try it on now: "President Biden" (breath) "President Palin" how's it feel? #vpdebate about 10 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current gotta charge my battery. going to listen to wolf. need to use polar bear blood to repower computer. about 10 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current that was entertaining. about 10 hours ago from web
suzannekart Sarah did okay. Still like Joe better. Is Sarah yelling? about 10 hours ago from web
lruettimann Holy crap, it's ovah. #vpdebate about 10 hours ago from TweetDeck
dbrowell Can't wait for Tom Brokaw.... #vpdebate about 10 hours ago from web
suzannekart Are you up, Joe? Go Viagra! #current about 10 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current barack obama can outbake sarah palin, too. about 10 hours ago from web
suzannekart Jo Jo - you need to be tougher on Tina Fey. #current about 10 hours ago from web
dbrowell Joe's final line should be: "You'll never hear me say, 'doggone it'" #vpdebate about 10 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current hmm i think biden did better. but palin did a good job on her cheat sheets. about 10 hours ago from web
suzannekart Let's over pronounce our R's. RRRRRRRRR. Oh, and let's quote Tobey Keith #current about 10 hours ago from web
dbrowell Is she gonna pull out a prayer hanky? #vpdebate about 10 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current unfiltered palin makes me burp. she knows what the hurts are. like her pregnant daughter. about 10 hours ago from web
dbrowell Hey Sarah, HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE then! #vpdebate about 10 hours ago from web
lruettimann OMG, she's apologizing for her interview with Couric. #vpdebate about 10 hours ago from TweetDeck
dbrowell Closing statement.... wait, she's never met Biden? #vpdebate about 10 hours ago from web
suzannekart She could be the smartest gal ever - but with that accent, she sounds like a tard. about 10 hours ago from web
dbrowell Wait- how diverse a family does she have? The whitest person in this whole election gets to trumpet diversity? #vpdebate about 10 hours ago from web
dbrowell I'll appoint and fire anyone! #vpdebate about 10 hours ago from web
dbrowell Alaska must be ths amazing, idyllic land where everyone holds hands! #vpdebate about 10 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current alaska is up there. about 10 hours ago from web
suzannekart You know, it's like JR Ewing versus Tina Fey. They are both hard to look at. #current about 10 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current my laptop battery is dying. somebody drill for more oil. about 10 hours ago from web
suzannekart John McCain is against heat for cold people - okay I stole that from JK. #current about 10 hours ago from web
dbrowell Final question: Joe, why aren't you a woman? #vpdebate about 10 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current john mccain is against heat for cold people. about 10 hours ago from web
dbrowell Joe uncorks on the "maverick" issue, only making us drunker. #vpdebate about 10 hours ago from web
suzannekart Highway to the Danger Zone! Yeah, Maverick. #current about 10 hours ago from web
dbrowell If you're using Lieberman and Gulliani as your biggest fans, you might... um... use, like, ANYONE else. #vpdebate about 10 hours ago from web
lruettimann "Has not been a maverick on things that matter in people's lives." #vpdebate about 10 hours ago from TweetDeck
jeffkart #current does she get paid for saying maverick. is she promoting a new deodorant or something? about 10 hours ago from web
suzannekart Sarah: Yeah, he's a maverick. Just like Tom Cruise in Top Gun. But where's Goose. Oh, he's dead. Sorry, Mav. #current about 10 hours ago from web
dbrowell This debate gets you drunker on "maverick" than watching Top Gun #vpdebate about 10 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current AWWW crying joe. awesome. beautiful. thanks sarah. follow that up beeyatch! about 10 hours ago from web
lruettimann Palin just missed that tender moment. Sad. Could have been a nice moment of bipartisanship. #vpdebate about 10 hours ago from TweetDeck
dbrowell Speaking of taking shots, you guys must be sloshed with our "maverick" drinking game #vpdebate about 10 hours ago from web
suzannekart Joe: Awesome "choke" - brought a tear to my eye. #current about 10 hours ago from web
lruettimann Holy crap, Joe. You made me cry. #vpdebate about 10 hours ago from TweetDeck
dbrowell America is a nation of exceptionalism? After the last two weeks of our economy? #vpdebate about 10 hours ago from web
suzannekart @mmmoran - Cheney is alive, but he's still creepy. about 10 hours ago from web in reply to mmmoran
suzannekart Hey Sarah, don't even play the parent card with Joe. His wife and daughter DIED and he raised his two boys by himself. #current about 10 hours ago from web
timmmii Christ Sarah's numbers are going to go up. She's been trained well and stupid Americans will go for her bullshit. Sorry to say. about 10 hours ago from txt
jeffkart #current wasilla! governor of a huge state! she's a mom, concerned about a soldier, special needs, and she's got GREAT LEGS about 10 hours ago from web
mmmoran Cheney still alive? about 10 hours ago from txt
lruettimann She hated that job as a regulator and flipped the corrupt republicans to get outta that job. Am I wrong? #vpdebate about 10 hours ago from TweetDeck
dbrowell She asked about weakness people. "I think I'm just TOO dedicated." #vpdebate about 10 hours ago from web
lruettimann Did you know that Bartman worked for Hewitt? It's another example of how Human Resources ruins everything. #cubs about 10 hours ago from TweetDeck
jeffkart #current thats right joe. dangerous dick cheney. shootin people in the face. about 10 hours ago from web
suzannekart @jeffkart - I think Barry's a thong man. Thong tha thong thong thong. about 10 hours ago from web in reply to jeffkart
dbrowell I LOVE JOE BIDEN FOR SAYING THAT ABOUT CHENEY. (Sorry, but he had to get one major shot in this debate to go off) #vpdebate about 10 hours ago from web
suzannekart Hell ya, Joe! #current about 10 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current keep checking your notes sarah. stay on the notes. no ad libbing. about 10 hours ago from web
suzannekart You know, Sarah's convinced me. Change sucks. Let's pollute instead! #current about 10 hours ago from web
dbrowell Can we drill in that position? #vpdebate about 10 hours ago from web
dbrowell OMG Executive branch question #vpdebate about 10 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current every major decision ill be sittiing in the room. boxers or briefs? about 10 hours ago from web
suzannekart Sarah: Yes, I'd take down the environment for Johnny! #current about 10 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current sarah is special about 10 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current oh special needs. ! about 10 hours ago from web
suzannekart Sarah: But what is the Bush doctrine!?! #current about 10 hours ago from web
suzannekart Palin is lame! #current about 11 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current yes. we need to support education. go out on a limb baby. about 11 hours ago from web
dbrowell Three words: "President Doggone It" #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from web
lruettimann Can we officially stop the shout-outs to third graders? #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from TweetDeck
jeffkart #current joe biden is just like me. middle class. pumps his own gas. hangs out at home depot. wears $5,000 ties. about 11 hours ago from web
dbrowell NO SHE DID NOT SAY "Doggonit" #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from web
lruettimann Snap, we're in neighborhood wars. Throw up your signs! #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from TweetDeck
lruettimann I hate to say it, but I spend a lot of time at Home Depot, too. #vpdebate #laurierelocates about 11 hours ago from TweetDeck
jeffkart #current john mccain is having a heart attack right now. wasilla! about 11 hours ago from web
dbrowell What is the reality of Wasilla? #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from web
lruettimann Reality from Wassila, the meth capital of Alaska. #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from TweetDeck
dbrowell "Team of mavericks!" We're such mavericks that we don't work alone #vpdebate (sorry, retag) about 11 hours ago from web
dbrowell "Team of mavericks!" We're such mavericks that we don't work alone! about 11 hours ago from web
lruettimann RT @SHiP: Palin doesn't support early withdrawal, um, we kind of figured that since you can't seem to stop havin' dem darn kids about 11 hours ago from TweetDeck
gregoryng If you are watching in HD you know that Biden's makeup artist should be fired. #current about 11 hours ago from twhirl
lruettimann Retweet @stelzner: I'm running out of rum for the VP drinking game #vpdebate I am drinking rum, too. Great minds! about 11 hours ago from TweetDeck
dbrowell Wait- what's the Bush Doctrine? #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from web
dbrowell Is it just me or does Sarah's deference to McCain seem a little creepy? #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from web
suzannekart There she goes! Pull out the big guns! Maybe she can quote that made-for-tv movie about McCain's time in 'Nam. #current about 11 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current dick cheney might shoot him in the face. about 11 hours ago from web
dbrowell Oh those pundits... Sarah, you better hope they DON'T. #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current john mccain was lock step with dick cheney. even worse than being with bush. about 11 hours ago from web
dbrowell Biden needs to look at her more. It's only polite. #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from web
suzannekart Is that her real accent? She's making that up. Nobody talks like that. Just in movies. Like FARGO. Cohen brothers, you out there? #current about 11 hours ago from web
lruettimann I'm actually impressed with the mere mention of Darfur. Good job, Ifill. #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from TweetDeck
dbrowell "Americans are 'cravin'' that straight talk!" Just like they're cravin' the great taste of Bud Light... #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from web
lruettimann "It's so obvious that I'm a Washington outsider..." "Americans are craving straight talk." I'm not drunk enough, peeps. #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from TweetDeck
jeffkart #current AT LEAST hes got a record sarah about 11 hours ago from web
dbrowell Yeah BOY is it obvious. #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current hes been in those camps but she can see russia from her house. about 11 hours ago from web
suzannekart "I'm suckin' down beers. This is so entertaining," Jeff Kart. #current about 11 hours ago from web
lruettimann Retweet @natthedem: Fact Checking Sarah Palin: http://tinyurl.com/3r2tp3 about 11 hours ago from TweetDeck
suzannekart Palin looks like she has to pee. #current about 11 hours ago from web
dbrowell Who is in that Cylon eye piece behind them? I keep waiting for a red beam... #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from web
dbrowell Hey, how come we don't have NATO in Iraq helping us? You know, our pals? #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from web
lruettimann What? Palin is dead wrong on Afghanistan. FACTS MATTER. #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from TweetDeck
dbrowell Corri suggests we just get thos nuclear nations more maps. haha #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from web
dbrowell Gov. Palin, when is it safe to use Omega Supreme? #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from web
suzannekart Is it just me, or does Gwen look like the mom from that show Erckel was on? #current about 11 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current oh god gwen, please dont ask me about complicated stuff like nuclear weapons. she thinks nuclear weapons and power r the same. about 11 hours ago from web
suzannekart John McCain voted with George Bush 90% of the time. #current about 11 hours ago from web
dbrowell I haven't heard how "George Bush's" sounds so much like "Gerggebusses" #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from web
lruettimann Change is coming. Thank goodness. #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from web
suzannekart What's not to love about Israel? Mazel tov! #current about 11 hours ago from web
dbrowell Wait, EVERY administration has giant blunders? #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current we both love israel. let's eat some cake. about 11 hours ago from web
dbrowell Her flag pin is bigger than yours. DEBATE OVER. #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from web
dbrowell OMG- okay, so to catch up: Paula Abdul- I mean, Sarah Palin likes the term, "straight up" #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from web
suzannekart Dodge dip duck and dodge #current about 11 hours ago from web
dbrowell I think I deserve an award for resisting the urge to text while driving & listening to #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from web
suzannekart Sarah: Yes, that's what Jews like: Fundamentalist Christians. #current about 11 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current its sickening to see palin try to act like she knows about foreign policy or anything but mooseburger. about 11 hours ago from web
suzannekart Sarah - What do you think of the Bush doctrine? Let me rephrase: Have you found out what the Bush doctrine is? #current about 11 hours ago from web
suzannekart Joe: It's time to take out Sarah. Quite being such a gentleman. #current about 11 hours ago from web
suzannekart Joe: It's time to take out Sarah. Quite being such a gentleman. #current about 11 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current oooh. now were in foreign policy territory. bring it biden! make her look stoopid. about 11 hours ago from web
suzannekart Palin - women's rights? Yeah, unless it's a right to choose. #current about 11 hours ago from web
lruettimann Oh she had a very good convesation with Kissinger. Wink wink. #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from TweetDeck
jeffkart #current i think gwens questions suck. about 11 hours ago from web
suzannekart The Castro brothers? Are they one of those Nick at Night bands? #current about 11 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current cant allow folks to acquire nuclear energy? about 11 hours ago from web
timmmii I genuinely despise Sarah Palin. She makes me physically ill. about 11 hours ago from txt
jeffkart #current biden just promised an afghani attack. did you check with bush first? 9-11. about 11 hours ago from web
lruettimann DICK CHENEY. 9:44PM. #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from TweetDeck
suzannekart Most of those troops are like 18. When I was 18, I was trying to find someone to buy me beer. #current about 11 hours ago from web
suzannekart Most of those troops are like 18. When I was 18, I was trying to find someone to buy me beer. #current about 11 hours ago from web
suzannekart Most of those troops are like 18. When I was 18, I was trying to find someone to buy me beer. #current about 11 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current biden admits love for john mccain. but no gay marriage. about 11 hours ago from web
lruettimann Where's the intellectual honesty in Palin's answer on Iraq funding? Oh man. #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from TweetDeck
jeffkart #current john mccain voted to cut off funding for the troops. 9-11. about 11 hours ago from web
suzannekart If you pull out the troops, there's not funding to cut off. #current about 11 hours ago from web
suzannekart We should never have gone to Iraq. Get our kids out NOW!!!! #current about 11 hours ago from web
lruettimann WHITE. FLAG. OF. SURRENDER? omg. don't even tell me she said that. #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from TweetDeck
lruettimann Or is it Err-Rack? #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from TweetDeck
lruettimann I want candidates who say things properly. Uh-RACK, not AYE-RACK. Am I wrong? #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from TweetDeck
jeffkart #current clean coal is real. global warming is fake. just kidding. about 11 hours ago from web
chrisbrogan In the hallway of this hotel, I hear every tv listening to the debate about 11 hours ago from twitterrific
lruettimann Joe Biden's fake surprise face --> not good. #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from TweetDeck
timmmii Clean coal is complete bullshit about 11 hours ago from txt
jeffkart #current no gay marriage. jesus rode on dinosaurs. about 11 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current sarah is flubbing. about 11 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current coal with carbon sequestration and gasification is CLEANER. not clean. about 11 hours ago from web
suzannekart Obama/O'Biden '08 #current about 11 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current everyone drink when they say clean coal. about 11 hours ago from web
lruettimann NUKE U LAR 9:35PM #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from TweetDeck
suzannekart Did she just call him Senator O'Biden? #current about 11 hours ago from web
suzannekart Drill baby drill. Disco inferno. about 11 hours ago from web
lruettimann Natural gas pipeline: FAIL #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from TweetDeck
jeffkart #current sarah says drill baby drill. that is so dirty. about 11 hours ago from web
suzannekart Hey, what's a little asthma when you can lower gas prices in 10 years? #current about 11 hours ago from web
suzannekart Joe: I like my air dirty dirty dirty. #current about 11 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current this is the best part so far. biden stands up. GW is manmade. If you don't understand it, you can't solve it. biden is on top. about 11 hours ago from web
lruettimann Good solid answer on climate change, Joe. Why aren't we calling it global warming, though? #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from TweetDeck
suzannekart Can someone say "light rail"? #current about 11 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current thank you joe. it is manmade. keep denying it, not talking about sarah. yeh! score one for biden. thank god. about 11 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current thank you joe. it is manmade. keep denying it, not talking about sarah. yeh! score one for biden. thank god. about 11 hours ago from web
suzannekart Oh I believe you, Sarah. Oh, and evolution is just scientific hocus focus. #current about 11 hours ago from web
lshevock Silence about 11 hours ago from txt
jeffkart #current sarah, if dinosaurs were only here 3,000 yrs ago, how did they turn into oil? about 11 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current i dont want to talk about the causes of CC. that was the question! about 11 hours ago from web
lruettimann There is something to be said for cyclical temperature changes. And Jesus. #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from TweetDeck
jeffkart #current she hasnt read the ipcc report. dummy. about 11 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current climate change! about 11 hours ago from web
timmmii Watching the debate in a recording studio at Pyramind, where the Get Connected Summit mixer is happening. surreal. about 11 hours ago from txt
jeffkart #current hey sarah, do you support coal power? clean coal cough cough about 11 hours ago from web
suzannekart Yeah, let's drill more in Alaska! Environment Shminvironment. You go Sarah. I didn't like fresh air anyway! #current about 11 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current drill baby drill. shes trying to get people to clap. ANWR!!! about 11 hours ago from web
lruettimann Oh no, don't get Joe talking about bankruptcy. #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from TweetDeck
meanttolive Please explain to me why my ipod connects to the Internet and my Mac does not. . . about 11 hours ago from mobile web
jeffkart #current when is she going to talk about mccain being in NAM? about 11 hours ago from web
lruettimann Mainstreeters --> the new Senate acapella band? #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from TweetDeck
suzannekart @rosyblue - he does look quite smooth. Smoother than Palin - boo ya! #current about 11 hours ago from web in reply to rosyblue
jeffkart #current how about some gotchas. pregnancy. bidens plagiarism. rev. wright. about 11 hours ago from web
lruettimann REAR THE HEAD!! #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from TweetDeck
jeffkart #current legislative bill questions gwen? about 11 hours ago from web
suzannekart @jeffkart - I want to see them in a girl fight. about 11 hours ago from web in reply to jeffkart
lruettimann @suzannekart The eyebrows are unfortunate. #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to suzannekart
jeffkart #current i really want to hear them talk about their plans, not just batter each other. about 11 hours ago from web
suzannekart Is it just me, but does Biden kind of look like the head vampire? Or maybe J.R. Ewing. It's the eyebrows. #current about 11 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current ok. palin says she has five weeks experience. lub dub lub dub. about 11 hours ago from web
lshevock Is Sarah answering the ques? about 11 hours ago from txt
suzannekart Anyone playing Palin Bingo? #current about 11 hours ago from web
suzannekart Ya Margie. about 11 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current when is she going to say wasilla?!?! about 11 hours ago from web
lruettimann "I had to take on those oil companies and tell them, 'Give my husband a better job so he can fish during the summer'." #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from TweetDeck
suzannekart Sarah Palin says, "I'm tough like a hockey player!" #current about 11 hours ago from web
suzannekart Sarah Palin says, "Obama is a liar!" #current about 11 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current she is totally using cheat sheets about 11 hours ago from web
lshevock Snickerdoodles about 11 hours ago from txt
lruettimann Wait? What kind of weird snarky reference was that? #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from TweetDeck
suzannekart Joe needs to take her down. Now. Why not ask about the Couric interview? Or quote Tina Fey. about 11 hours ago from web
suzannekart What's the nickname for Sarah - is it Sally? #current about 11 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current oooh bridge to nowhere. gwen has questions she wants answered: will you buy my barack book that comes out on inaug. day? about 11 hours ago from web
lruettimann Good description of the healthcare issue, Joe. #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from TweetDeck
suzannekart @jeffkart - but no gimp hand about 11 hours ago from web in reply to jeffkart
jeffkart #current oooh biden has a pen like bob dole. bob dole has a pen. about 11 hours ago from web
suzannekart @lshevock - your hair is so much better than Sarah's about 11 hours ago from web in reply to lshevock
lruettimann SCRANTON 9:19 PM. #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from TweetDeck
lshevock Need 2 get separated bangs. Wispy chunks about 11 hours ago from txt
jeffkart #current shes doin pretty good. hope mccains heart keeps tickin about 11 hours ago from web
suzannekart @jeffkart - tag team debating! I want to see Barack put Sarah in a headlock. Now that's television! #current about 11 hours ago from web in reply to jeffkart
lruettimann Joe would be wise to link the Federal gov't recent performance to Bush & McCain. STAT. #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from TweetDeck
suzannekart Does Sarah bake cookies? #current about 11 hours ago from web
lruettimann She knows how to work a camera. #vpdebate about 11 hours ago from TweetDeck
jeffkart #current i want to see barack and john walk in and all four of them go at it. about 11 hours ago from web
lshevock She reading an outline about 11 hours ago from txt
suzannekart YEah, Joe. I'm middle class. I want some money. Lots and lots of money. #current about 11 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current biden loves to say middle class. middle class. about 11 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current im having a hard time listening and being witty about 12 hours ago from web
dbrowell Now u all drink every time she says "maverick" while I'm driving home and we'll see how drunk u are in 30 minutes #vpdebate about 12 hours ago from Brightkite
suzannekart I think Gwen is going to bitch slap Sarah #current about 12 hours ago from web
lshevock Tru dat.
jeffkart #current shes a maverick. "i will not follow your format gwen!" about 12 hours ago from web
lruettimann 9:14 MAYOR AND GOVERNOR. #vpdebate about 12 hours ago from TweetDeck
suzannekart Booo-yah Joe! #current about 12 hours ago from web
redpepper9 I think the bags under my eyes mirror those of Biden's. about 12 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current looks like palin has been studying in her igloo about 12 hours ago from web
suzannekart But Sarah, John voted with George 90% of the time! Don't you watch Barack's commercials? #current about 12 hours ago from web
dbrowell How can u have a "team of mavericks"??? #vpdebate about 12 hours ago from Brightkite
lruettimann OMG, Joey Danko. Chris Matthews just nuts with the ethnic name. #vpdebate about 12 hours ago from TweetDeck
suzannekart Do you think Palin can read? #current about 12 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current oh my god. joe biden pumps his own gas?! about 12 hours ago from web
jeffkart @redpepper9 tweet with us! about 12 hours ago from web in reply to redpepper9
lruettimann If you have the word literally, you are already drunk. #vpdebate about 12 hours ago from TweetDeck
jeffkart #current never again palin says. does she want us to vote for obama?! about 12 hours ago from web
redpepper9 You guys need a chat room about 12 hours ago from web
suzannekart Joe Six Pack? Did he go to Edsel? about 12 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current yay. im joe six pack. look at my belly. about 12 hours ago from web
lruettimann Joe Sixpack. 9:10PM. DRINK IT. #vpdebate about 12 hours ago from TweetDeck
jeffkart #current how many houses does mccain own? about 12 hours ago from web
lshevock New do sarah about 12 hours ago from txt
jeffkart #current nice butt shot o' palin about 12 hours ago from web
dbrowell #vpdebate gott aget my bag and get home... more soon! about 12 hours ago from web
lruettimann "I respect your years in the US Senate." --> you old man. #vpdebate about 12 hours ago from TweetDeck
mmmoran are his eyes open??? about 12 hours ago from web
suzannekart Git down to git business - git her done Sarah! #current about 12 hours ago from web
mmmoran Bad hair, bad teal quilted jacket...... about 12 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current git r done palin sez about 12 hours ago from web
lruettimann Did Palin just wink @ the camera? #vpdebate about 12 hours ago from TweetDeck
jeffkart #current its annoying that my dvr is behind the live broadcast. grrr. about 12 hours ago from web
lruettimann Fundamentals of the economy are strong. 9:07PM. Nice. #vpdebate about 12 hours ago from TweetDeck
suzannekart @redpepper9 - She sprung for a barrette. about 12 hours ago from web in reply to redpepper9
lshevock Soccer about 12 hours ago from txt
jeffkart #current shrink this gap gwen sez. sexual! about 12 hours ago from web
lruettimann Schwoo. First exchange is done. #vpdebate about 12 hours ago from TweetDeck
suzannekart Ya Margie. #current about 12 hours ago from web
suzannekart She sounds like that chick in the movie Fargo. #current about 12 hours ago from web
jeffkart #current she doesnt look as hot tonight. boo! about 12 hours ago from web
chrisbrogan Beautiful. @glendawh is beautiful. http://tinyurl.com/3ua842 about 12 hours ago from web
redpepper9 Where is Palin's per usual banana clip? about 12 hours ago from web
suzannekart I Betcha Sarah! #current about 12 hours ago from web
lruettimann 9:05 First use of BETCHA #vpdebate about 12 hours ago from TweetDeck