"It came to naught" (or "nought")- an old saying. Naughties are another matter.
I do think "the world" has graduated from envy of the USA, don't you? Let's discuss thrift and manufacture/labor, for instance. Where do you see those promoted, rewarded and extolled in our culture? On Nov 28, 10:14 pm, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > I must say I don't care for 'Noughties' as the term we use to refer to > this decade. This is a word more suited to sexual accouterments like > french ticklers or sleazy nighties. I'm just sayin'. > > My hope is that this decade will be remembered as the decade when > America discovered it was time to begin reversing the irresponsible > spending habits and begin paying off the enormous debt we have > incurred and build our businesses and corporations back to the envy of > the world. > > dj > > On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 10:43 AM, fran the man <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Given the fact that there was no year 0 between BCE and CE in our > > calendarial system, you are formally correct; so the first century > > ended on December 31st., 100 CE and the 20th. Century at the end of > > December, 2000. > > > Nonetheless, convention normally regards a decade as beginning with > > the multiple of 10 and ending ten years later. So we regard the 60s as > > beginning in 1960 and the 80s as beginning in 1980. Thus, the > > Noughties began on January 1st., 2000 and will therefore end at > > midnight on the 31st. of next month. > > > Francis > > > On 28 Nov., 17:21, kenandkids <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The first decade of the millenium will end in one year and one month. > > >> On Nov 28, 3:51 am, fran the man <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > Towards the end of the year, reviews start to appear about the the > >> > year gone by, what had happened, and its significance. > > >> > In a month's time, the first decade of the new millenium comes to an > >> > end: Here's an interesting analysis of some of the trends which the > >> > decade saw. It has, given its source, a bit of Irish emphasis, but I > >> > find the major lines of thought interesting. The following paragraph > >> > sums it up well: > > >> > " ... For those of us who have to live with the pain of the fall that > >> > followed all this delusional pride, it is little consolation that > >> > future historians will probably regard it as a salutary shock. They > >> > will say that the illusion of American hyper-power was in fact > >> > dangerous and destabilising, that the vast power of an uncontrollable > >> > global financial system was a threat to democracy and to real > >> > economies, that the oil was running out, that endless consumption was > >> > going to destroy the world and that the emergence of a multi-polar > >> > global system was a good thing. They will see the Noughties as a > >> > period of messy transitions in which clapped-out assumptions kicked > >> > and screamed while the world dragged itself agonisingly towards a more > >> > sustainable future..." > > >> >http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2009/1128/1224259593278.html > > >> > Francis > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > ""Minds Eye"" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
