Dumbing down was about the only thing to accelerate in this decade. On 29 Nov, 05:20, kenandkids <[email protected]> wrote: > all things are cyclical and i see america declining for a bit. we are > late to the "spread the wealth" party and so will be one of the last > to leave it. i expect germany or britain to come to their collective > senses sooner and begin advancing technology and industry before > america can again. i very much would like to see a space industry in > europe develope, and that is likely where the sciences will make a > comeback...presuming that no more ridiculous psuedo-museums spring up > like the monstrosity of aborted intellect in kentucky.... > > On Nov 28, 8:14 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.
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