In my lifetime, I'd have to agree ethat the 90's were the best decade: During the ’90s, the only American-led war in the Middle East was the one that drove Saddam Hussein’s invading army out of Kuwait with a ground campaign that lasted a mere 100 hours .... Peace, prosperity, order — and American culture was vibrant and healthy as well .... What is the most remarkably successful literary creation of the last several decades? The Harry Potter novels, the first three of which appeared in the ’90s .... The quality of television radically improved. “Seinfeld” and “The Simpsons” had their premieres in 1989 ...then with “The Sopranos,” it proved that episodic television could accommodate major ambition and actual brilliance, ushering in an enduring new (cable) TV era. More here from the NY Times. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ny...best-decade-ever-the-1990s-obviously.amp.html National Review has a similar appraisal of the 90's. The 10's = ww1, 20's I guess were good, 30's = depression, the 40's = ww2, 50's was Korea and the arms race, 60's = race riots and Vietnam, 70's = stagflation and Iranian hostages, 80's = Iraq war, 00's = Afghanistan. Now we are in a soft civil war. All of us hate about 50% of our co-citizens. We did have a bad scare in the 90s with the .com crash, but other than that, pretty great.
For better and for worse, I've lived more in the last 7 years than in all that came before. So this is the best decade of all. As for the arms race, that was in the 50, 60s, 70s, and 80s. In the 90s, we began to worry about the former Soviet coming unglued. Nuclear weapons sites were abandoned by guards in search of food. There was a serious threat of terrorists getting a nuke.
Yeah, you know I've been thinking it sucks we can't have an extended period of peace, like a Pax Romana, which no doubt sucked for slaves. I've been uneasy about the world situation my whole life. The early 70's were pretty idyllic for me personally, but even then kids were getting killed and maimed in Vietnam. That wasn't over until '75. Now that firearms and bomb making technologies are plentiful and pervasive and everybody's really pissed off about something, except in China and North Korea, where they can't own guns or protest, we are maybe destined to suffer periodic disasters. I'd like to believe things will get better, but .... One really successful guy I know reads nothing but the sports pages and what he has to read for work. I can't fix Syria or Yemen or Israel or Washington DC anyway, so maybe that's the best approach.
I'm really enjoying the technology we have now, and hope to see much more positive technology to be developed.
I dont use it as much as millennials, and I complain about it, but I was in Guatemala for 3 weeks and was miserable without it, LOL.
Just after 1970, I believe, we still had public air raid tests and drills in school. Even as a little kid I understood the futility of hiding under our desks if there is a nuclear attack. And all hell could have broken loose at any moment quite a number of times. So the threat was very real. The drills were at 10:00 AM, the last Friday of the month. One day I was home alone for a time. I was thinking it was a Saturday and my mother had run to the store or something like that. Suddenly, at about 9 AM, the air raid sirens started screaming. Immediately I had the realization that this was no drill! I was outside at the time and had run into the garage to check the time. When I saw it was about 9 AM, and not 10 AM, I knew it was only a matter of 20 minutes or so before the Soviet missiles would hit. So I sat on the washing machine and was waiting to die. I was terrified and all alone. But then, after a minute or two, the sirens started winding down. And before long, it was silent. No boom, no blinding light, no rushing wind. I could only hear birds tweeting away. Only then did I remember that it wasn't Saturday, it was Friday and we had a special Holiday. And it wasn't 9 AM, it was 10 AM but the garage clock had not been moved ahead for DST. That is definitely one of the more memorable moments of my early childhood. More than not, most people figured it was just a matter of time before one of us started WWIII. And we all lived with that awareness every day.
In the 1970s we had two episodes of gasoline and diesel shortages. This had a huge impact on me and helped to determine the course of my career and my life. Even long before we knew about climate change, the vulnerability of the US to petroleum shortages made petro an unacceptable fuel source. The risk was far too great to tolerate. It was a threat to national security and our way of life. Of all people, Carter actually authorized the use of tactical nukes in the field when the Soviets were poised to sweep across the ME. It was the only time since WWII that the use of nukes were authorized by the President. And he was forced to do this to protect our oil supplies. It was clear that sooner or later, the need for energy would lead to a nuclear war. As a result of this, I spent a great deal of my life to date working to help solve the energy problem - to find a clean option to petro. And I finally did find the solution. Carbon-neutral fuels derived from algae will make petro products obsolete.
The 90s Presidency of George H. W. Bush[edit] 1990 — Hubble Space Telescope launched during STS-31, a Space Shuttle Discovery mission 1991 — The Gulf War is waged in the Middle East, by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from thirty-four nations, led by the U.S. and United Kingdom, against Iraq. 1991 — The World Wide Web publicly debuts as an Internet service. 1991 — The Cold War ends as the USSR is dissolved. 1992 — Los Angeles riots result in over 60 deaths and $1 billion in damage, spurred by the acquittal of four Los Angeles Police Department officers accused in the videotaped beating of black motorist Rodney King 1992 — Hurricane Andrew, a Category 5 hurricane, kills 65 people and causes $26 billion in damage to Florida and other areas of the U.S. Gulf Coast, and will be the costliest natural disaster until Hurricane Katrina in 2005. 1992 — Hurricane Iniki is the strongest hurricane ever to hit Hawaii. 1992 — U.S. presidential election, 1992: Bill Clinton elected president, Al Gore elected vice president Presidency of Bill Clinton[edit] 1993 — Bill Clinton becomes the 42nd President, Al Gore becomes Vice President. 1993 — A truck bomb explodes in the parking garage under the World Trade Center in New York City, killing six people and injuring over a thousand. 1993 — Branch Davidians standoff and fire near Waco, Texas, resulting in the deaths of 81 people including their leader, David Koresh. 1993 — The "Storm of the Century" strikes the Eastern Seaboard, with blizzard conditions and severe weather, killing 300 people and causing $6 billion in damage. 1993 — Massive flooding along the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers kill 50 people and devastate the Midwest with $15–$20 billion in damage. 1993 — President Clinton signs 'Don't ask, don't tell' into law which prohibits openly gay or bisexual people from serving in the military. 1994 — North American Free Trade Agreement goes in effect. 1994 — 1994 Northridge earthquake kills 72 and injures 9,000 in the Los Angeles area and causes $20 billion in damage. 1994 — Former Arkansas state employee Paula Jones accuses President Clinton of sexual harassment 1995 — Oklahoma City bombing kills 168 and wounds 800. The bombing is the worst domestic terrorist incident in U.S. history, and the investigation results in the arrests of Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols 1995 — Retired professional football player O. J. Simpson is acquitted of two charges of first-degree murder in the 1994 slayings of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman. The nine-month trial receives worldwide publicity. 1995 — A heat wave kills 750 in Chicago, bringing to attention the plight of the urban poor and the elderly in extreme weather conditions. 1995-1996 — A budget crisis forces the federal government to shut down for several weeks. 1996 — TWA Flight 800 explodes off Long Island killing all 230 aboard. 1996 — Khobar Towers bombing leaves 19 U.S. servicemen dead in Saudi Arabia 1996 — Centennial Olympic Park bombing at Summer Olympics in Atlanta kills 1 and injures 111 1996 — U.S. presidential election, 1996: Bill Clinton is re-elected president, Al Gore is re-elected vice president 1997 — President Clinton and Vice President Gore begin their second terms. 1997 — Sparked by a global economic crisis scare, the Dow Jones Industrial Average follows world markets and plummets 554.26, or 7.18%, to 7,161.15 1998-1999 — Clinton-Lewinsky scandal: President Clinton is accused of having a sexual relationship with 22-year-old White House intern Monica Lewinsky. This leads to the impeachment of Clinton later in the year by the U.S. House of Representatives. Clinton is acquitted of all impeachment charges of perjury and obstruction of justice in a 21-day Senate trial 1999 — The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark for the first time, at 10,006.78 1999 — Teenage students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold murder 13 other students and teachers at Columbine High School, sparking an international debate on gun control and bullying. 1999 — A violent tornado outbreak in Oklahoma kills 50 people and becomes the first to produce a tornado that causes $1 billion in damage. 1999 — The first officer deliberately crashes EgyptAir Flight 990 south of Nantucket, Massachusetts, killing 217. 1999 — Along with the rest of the world, the U.S. prepares for the possible effects of the Y2K bug in computers, which was feared to cause computers to become inoperable and wreak havoc. The problem isn't as large as theorized, preparations are successful, and disaster is averted. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States_history_(1990–2009)
America has always been energy independent, there was a recession from carters socialism and creating a fuel shortage was the only way to make Americans spend for a better economy. the best decade came shortly after that under Ronald Reagan's capitalism. it will take a decade to fix the last train wreck of socialism that ended in 2016, so around 2026 will be the beginning of the next best decade.
Duck and cover worked very well at my school. Not a single kid was killed by an atomic bomb ... as far as I know. I like this one guy at a picnic who ducked and covered with a piece of newspaper.
My thoughts keep returning to the days { decade } of my childhood. The 1950's.Arguably the most American and wholesome period in Modern History.It also provided us with Color TV's and TV shows that stood out.Movies were great but the 60's were best.Moms and Dads were in top form and didn't act weird let alone trendy. Music did make a difference as Rock n Roll was making inroads. The Beatniks of the late 50's were doing their artsy fartsy best to get noticed.Science Fiction Movies were great.Even the cheesy ones. I mean,Stephen King also thought so.There was No Fast Food. Just honest to goodness real whole foods.Moms were cooks and Dads cut the lawn and worked around the garage fixin' stuff. You'd never catch a father out in public unshaven with dirty shoes and clothes.Actually not even around the house.most often. Kids joined the Cub Scouts then the Boy Scouts.Had paper routes. Came home for supper when called.No back sassin' was allowed as to what was served for dinner.You ate yer vegetables or couldn't leave the dinner table w/o eating most everything on yer plate. Sodas were not allowed at dinner.It was Milk for the Kids or Iced tea or coffee for the grown-ups.Maybe beer for pops in the summer. Moms of the 50's did not drink beer.It was very unfeminine.And if they did it was just sipping on a beer at a picnic. There's a reason fuddy-duddy Archie and Edith Bunker sang : - Those Were the Days - to start each sitcom.
I remember that. And you're right! I don't remember a single person being killed by an A bomb. I guess it did work! In the cub scouts, I got to tour a then decommissioned, previously secret, underground Nike Missile base. It was right there in our back yard for two decades, and we never knew. It just looked like rolling hills. But those rolling hills opened up. We had marked fallout shelters at the local high school. But I never saw inside of one.
During my Grade school { Catholic Parochial } we had Air Raid drills. Which encompassed basically getting on the ground behind your wooden desk and maybe Praying while the loud bell blasted. We also had eraser fights in school before class.I once got caught in an eraser fight with a classmate and had to stay after school. The Nun who ran the class decided we should finish the eraser fight. However,I'll never forget what happened.The kid I had the eraser fight with just so happened to be the Teacher's { Nun's } pet.He had problems at home with an absent father.He was also the biggest brat in class. Yet this New Nun { her first year teaching } decided to take sides in the after school eraser fight.She was joining sides with her pet and was throwing erasers at me.I kid you not. Right there could a been,grounds for therapy in later life.
I take it back, that was in Boy Scouts. The missile silos were next to a military base and we were allowed to pitch our tents on the beach, on the base. Because of the tour we had to pitch our tents on the beach after it was dark. The next morning, we all awoke to scorpions in our tents and even in some sleeping bags. We had pitched our tents on a giant scorpion nest - or a community of nests.
that sounds like heaven filled with lily white Christian angels who ruined America's decade of utopia?
that was because the nun is not allowed to fornicate, so it made them sadistic and the catholic men masochistic. in the Protestant religion it is the direct opposite, which is why America was able to defeat england for freedom.
Yes I can remember all the warning signs We even had this posted on the wall of my fathers shop. Loads of people read it seriously until they got to the last line
Yeeek! And you lot think Australia is full of venomous critters! ;P Though I do confess to taking a tent down and finding an Eastern Common Brown snake curled up underneath!
decrease supply, increase demand. What Is the Law of Supply and Demand? https://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/law-of-supply-demand.asp