As this decade quickly comes to a close, I had the time to sit and reflect over the events that have occured over the last 10 years, not just in my personal life, but the world.
I am not saying we have seen more then decades before, but this past one has been full of bad and good times.
The good things we saw this decade:
1. Blogs, facebook, myspace, Second Life, etc.
2. Reality TV, American Idol and other music programs (ok, for the most part, thats a bad thing, some of them REALLY SUCK!)
3. Ipods!!
4. Green and or talking cars
5. The “Man” sticking it to Micro$oft (THE PENGUIN RULES!!)
6. Music!! OMG What an INCREDIBLE decade for music! Blues also became more popular as a lot of young ppl jumped into it feet first.
7. The identity of Deep throat was eligible to be public knowledge; former FBI agent, W. Mark Felt
8. The final Installment of the Harry Potter books hit the shelves (take that how you will… 
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9. IPHONE!!! Blue tooth, 3G, etc etc…
10. Micheal Phelps brings home the gold for the US.
11. The Detroit Redwings won 2 Stanley Cups (Ok, so this is personal for me.)
12. Nancy Pelosi became the FIRST FEMALE speaker of the US House of Representatives
13. John Kerry did NOT get elected… (I do love how he used his Army service in Nam to fire his campaign.. what he forgot to mention, and the old Soldiers remember, he is the same guy that as soon as he got back from his second tour in Nam, he threw his medals in the water in front of the White House and did press conferences with the Hippie Squad telling the Country that his brother soldiers were rapists, murderers etc.
His military service is only a “proud moment” for him when it suits his agenda, otherwise.. PHHHT the rest of us.)
The Bad Things:
1. AOL buy out of Time Warner
2. AOL Took over ICQ (I hate it now but still use it, go figure)
3. The USS Cole (I think this one needs no explanation)
4. Terrorism escalated to an all time high, we watched in horror as the towers fell, the pentagon was blown up, and cried even more when we were told about the brave passangers of United Flight 93 standing strong and brave, and downing their plane in a PA field. Madrid bombings, anthrax… I don’t think I need to continue, I don’t think any of us will forget those events any time soon.
5. Some of our own people (American Citizens) were helping the cause of the terrorists.
6. Afghanistan War
7. Iraq War
I have lost many friends in 6 and 7, but I am proud of them. They gave their lifes to defend freedom, they stood up for what they felt was right and for a cause they believed in. I miss them every day, and in my heart, they are not gone, because I will never forget them. I cherish every moment of the time they were in my life, and feel honored to have been a part of theirs.
8. Nancy Pelosi became the FIRST FEMALE speaker of the US House of Representatives (on here twice, I was glad a woman finally made it but… I wasn’t crazy about her… That’s being nice. )
9. The DC Snipers
10. Destructive Mother Nature, Katrina, earthquakes, Tsunamies…
11. Planes going down left and right
12. Deaths of many dear public figures, the ones we felt we knew personally: President Ronald Reagan, Pope John Paul II, Peter Jennings, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, President Gerald Ford, Steve “The Crocodile Hunter” Irwin, Ana Nicole Smith, Heath Ledger, Bettie Page, Ted Kennedy, MJ and Farrah.
13. Terry Schiavo’s case… I find it bad because congress butted their noses into it. They turned it into their own personal agenda. I do not feel that a person’s right to die should be a public event or decision. If I signed a DNR order, I expect it to be carried out.
14. The Democrats took control of both houses. (Bad to me being military! The Democrats are not known for thier support of the military, I mean, they were the ones who voted to send our troops to war, but then the majority of them turned around and voted to not send us supplies like oh.. BULLETS to do the job with… )
15. The Britney Spears saga
16. The capture and execution of a tyrant (This is only in the bad things section because it’s a crock it had to be done in the first place. I am still chronically stunned at times that there are people like him allowed to breath… HOOOOAH 4ID!)
17. Judicial system comes to Iraq (some what, but its better then what they had before.)
18. Pakistans’ former FEMALE Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto killed by an assassin.
19. The worst economic times in 40 years
20. Swine flu
21. The Detroit Redwings lost to the Pitsburg Penguins in a Stanley Cup final. (again, personal for me)
22. Pirates, school shootings
23. Soldiers not being cared for after sacrificing themselves to a war…. PTSD induced suicides, Ft Hood Shootings, bad hospital conditions, that list can go on and on and on… I mean, their president offered them a suicide pill so they wouldn’t “be burdens to their family or society anymore”. I have a husband that was wounded in Iraq in 2005… After the Army stated they were no longer able to help him, he had to retire. I do not look at him as a burden at all; like our other wounded soldiers, he is a hero, and they ALL deserve better then what they are getting…
24. The smoking ban in bars (I am a smoker, no I do not smoke where people are eating, or blow it in their face, etc; I have seen a lot of places go under because most people do smoke while drinking especially. I expect to see smokers in a bar. I don’t expect to see them in restaurant smoking while people are eating
but thats just me. I like to think I am a courteous smoker; I live by the principal of “I smoke, you don’t through me”.)
25. Kanye West and Taylor Swift…. (She whines too much, he deserves the chronically moronic award… Nuff said.)
We have also seen some funny things!
1. Janet’s wardrobe malfunction
2. Martha going to jail (ok, thats only funny because she always put on the MS PERFECT AIR!)
3. The Britney Spears Saga (Ok so it’s listed twice, I still find it funny…)
4. Enron gets busted and people end up in prison for fraud
5. Thomas Beattie gives birth… (the only funny thing here really is the media’s role in it…)
We also found out how stupid so many are… Bush Gore in Florida ring any bells?
With my list of events in the world this past decade, you could say that the 2000 decade really sucked. There was more bad then good.. Granted it did, but the important thing to me is what we have learned as a society from it all? I believe bad things happen for a reason. It makes you stronger mentally as a person. You can either lay down and die over it, or use it to make you wiser, and make sure they don’t get repeated.
As a society, we need to stick together, no matter what religion, race, sex, we are. Those are trivial in the grand scheme of things. If we allow these bad things to continue to happen in our future,there will be nothing left for our children or their children. We need to all learn from the tragedies of this decade, and work harder to making the upcoming one better.
I wish you all a very happy and safe New Year. I hope that 2010 is better for us all then the last decade.
Cheers!
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