Comments on: A Difficult Decade

By: Ty Webb

Ty Webb — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:14:19 +0000

Wait until 2020 when we will be ready to turn the chapter on this coming decade…….Obama has screwed us for generations with his irresponsible spending, national debt, health care reform, etc….There will be no prosperity only steps towards socialism.

By: Mar Mar

Mar Mar — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:29:50 +0000

Not to mention personal tragedies….

By: John S.

John S. — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:40:41 +0000

Hi Clint,

Once again. Great job in todays paper, “A Difficult Decade”

This will be a great point of discussion when we return to school next week.

Thanks again

John S

By: Decloedt

Decloedt — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:48:07 +0000

Wow. It’s like a bad recession followed by the electoral equivalent of Watergate, then Pearl Harbor, simultaneous Korean & Vietnam wars, the 1906 SF earthquake and the Great Depression, all rolled into one. Bring on 2010…

By: melinda maginn

melinda maginn — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:23:36 +0000

It was a truly awful decade. I can’t help but think that the deluge of misery brought this country to some important realizations that hopefully will blossom further;such as:

1. Igniting a new generation to political action and hope with a change in politics. I think many of our young people were inspired by Obama’s message of change. Without Bush’s nightmare we may not have come to this kind of change.
2. Boomers in particular seem to be gaining insights into spirituality and seeking compassion. I believe there is a rise in spirituality and a lovely new organization started by Karen Armstrong, Charter for Compassion. http://charterforcompassion.org/share/the-charter/ is a great example. Seems as though the fundamentalist take over of religion and spirtituality is effectively being challenged.
3. The dot com bust and current financial crisis may help center our nation back to our core values and escape the rancid materialism of our recent past.

I am looking forward to a new decade and while this one was hard, perhaps it served some good purpose in putting us on a road of realignment which we sorely need.

By: Tommy Bowman

Tommy Bowman — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:44:18 +0000

Couldn’t have said it better myself. It’s easy to forget how much has happened to this country in the last 10 years. We tend to only focus on the latest thing in the news. When the history books are written, it will look like the 2000′s were a political, economic and social tsunami for the United States.

Thanks for tying it all up as we steam into the 10′s. It’s good for people to be reminded of exactly what we’ve been through so we can prepare for the next decade a little better.