Could this be the last great decade for America??

[4dsc]

Given peak oil is coming, given global warming is coming, given resourse depletion is happening everywhere, could we be living in the last great decade this country will ever see??

What does a future hold for our children and grandchildren??

[phantom power]

1. We already lived thru the last great decade. The 1990s.

[jpak]

10. Agreed

n/t

[htuttle]

14. I hope you all partied like it was 1999 in 1999

Cuz two thousand zero one, party over, oops out of time...

[madame defarge]

2. I refuse to give up the fight or hope...

What it is is up to us. We have to all do our best to save our country, our world for our children/grandchildren.

[tularetom]

3. Um this decade is "great"?

I think we've already seen the last great decade in Amurka.

[AX10]

4. 1990-2000: The last great American Decade.

More may come, but not anytime soon.

[KurtNYC]

8. I second that

you beat me to it

[Poll_Blind]

12. Indeed! n/t

PB

[skids]

17. My thoughts too -- this one doesn't measure up. n/t

[AX10]

20. KICK

[Double T]

5. Possibly.........

if we don't get these damn corporate and political neocons out of power and control

[cyclezealot]

6. All thru the 90's, America lost manufacturing jobs.

Yes, the 90's are nostagelic compared to today. But, I feel the US has really been on the decline since Nixon in the 70's.

[panader0]

7. Nothing'll beat the 60's LOL, but the real great decade has yet to come

Not just for the USA, but for the world. Never give up. There are good things waiting to happen. new, clean energies, peace and prosperity for all when countries stop behaving like spoiled brats.

[enigma000]

9. People said that about the 1970s too

They said the Japanese would be running this place by now.

Or, if we were lucky, the Soviets.

[Pharaoh]

11. How could you possibly

call this the last great decade with numbnuts in charge?

Can I have some of what your smokin?

[phantom power]

13. I think he's saying it may seem great compared to what's coming.

But I think history will judge that this current decade was when the wheels really started to come off the cart for America.

[Pharaoh]

16. your right

no doubt about it, what is coming in the next few years is going to be truly horrific..........

But Clinton was the last truly great decade,

[cyclezealot]

19. There are elements calling for a 'sustainable economy.'

but, no one is listening to their ideas.

[Poppyseedman]

15. given resourse depletion is happening everywhere

Got a link for that comment or a general idea of what resources you mean? It is a very broad and open ended statement. We actually could be on the cusp of some really interesting and terrific times for our children and grand children

[NNadir]

18. This is the worst decade since the American Civil War.

If the country is to survive, it will need a President of tremendous stature.

The only saving grace is that great men and women are made by difficult times. One imagines that elected in 1890 rather than 1860, Lincoln would have been an ordinary President.

But without someone who rises to Lincoln's stature, we don't have a very good shot.