America’s Decade from Hell Indeed
I read the article Time Magazine put out “The Decade From Hell” where they sat down and chronicled the last decade in America. I must confess, I didn’t even realize there were only weeks left in this decade. The article was a great one. It starts from the moment of the Y2K madness when we thought all our computers would crash and brought us through all that had happened this last decade.
When I look back at what happened to all of us from 9/11 to Hurricane Katrina and everything else, I must admit Time Magazine is right. I hope the name “Decade From Hell” sticks, because that is just what it was.
It was hands down the worst decade that America has had since the World War and Time Magazine’s optimistic assertion that we have no where else to go but up, might be misplaced. Thinking things were so bad that they can only get better seems more of a fairytale or wish one would make blowing out birthday candles. A more pragmatic lens might be........Read more
http://americaspeaksink.com/2009/12/americas-decade-from-hell-indeed/
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