The Decade Will Be Remembered By....

[Glenn]

What event, invention, or fad will the decade be remembered by?

[lazeebum]

September 11, 2001.

[fish-fighting-illini]

September 11, 2001.

x2

for inventions maybe the Ipod? is it more than10 years old?

[Dan:]

9/11

Iraq/Afghanistan

Election of a black President

Going "green"

"Googling"

Social networking

[5bass]

September 11, 2001.

Sept 11th is #1 by far and affected everyone in some way.

And although this pale's in comparison to the terrorist attacks, Earnhardt's death was a big event here in the South.

I'll always remember both.

And how could I forget...traveled to and roomed with Burley for a whole week at Kentucky Lake and lived to tell about it.

[fathom]

September 11, 2001.

agreed.

the pearl harbor of its day.

[skunked_again]

September 11, 2001.

this and Katrina. ill never forget where i was and what i was doing 9/11.

[-HAWK-]

1. Sept 11th, 2001

2. Iraq and Afghanistan Wars

3. Osama bin Laden

4. Stock Market/ Economic Crash of 2008

5. Barack Obama

6.The Iphone (and the Beginning of the cell phones conversion from a Phone to a multimedia tool)

7.The Hybrid Vehicle

8. Gas prices shooting to $4+ a gallon.

9. Bernie Madoff

10. Hurricane Katrina

Almost forgot

11. Skinny Jeans and shaggy haircuts. :D

12. The death of Micheal Jackson :'(

[Fisher of Men]

You know the first mention of this being the end of a decade really surprised me. It just doesn't seem that another one has passed. Time moves so fast. My daughter was born in '98 and I guess her first 11 years have been just about the greatest time of my life. 9/11 is definitely the tragic event of my lifetime. I'll always remember that day. As far as products/inventions go, I don't know. Did anyone mention Wi-fi? :-/  (at least for cell phones)?

[Fat-G]

1. Sept 11th, 2001

2. Iraq and Afghanistan Wars

3. Osama bin Laden

4. Stock Market/ Economic Crash of 2008

5. Barack Obama

6.The Iphone (and the Beginning of the cell phones conversion from a Phone to a multimedia tool)

7.The Hybrid Vehicle

8. Gas prices shooting to $4+ a gallon.

9. Bernie Madoff

10. Hurricane Katrina

Almost forgot

11. Skinny Jeans and shaggy haircuts. :D

12. The death of Micheal Jackson :'(

x2, and Captain Chesley Sullenberger landing an aircraft in the Hudson River. That's still unbelieveable.

[Long Mike]

With the exception of the death of Michael Jackson (just a slimy bug on the windshield of history) I agree with most all that has been said above.  Being totally selfish, what I will remember most about this decade is that I joined BassResource and became an active participant.  Due to this board and the Road Trips, I have made three life-long friends.  A man of my temperament does not make friends easily, so I cherish each of them and thank BassResource for providing such a priceless opportunity.

[Hookemdown.]

I hate to say this, but...

There is no doubt 9/11 was the most traumatic, widespread, unifying, etc event of the decade. However, it seems to me that a lot of people have already forgotten about it. It seems as though the misadventures following it in Iraq/Afghanistan have overshadowed it.

But the most important event?  The event that changed the most lives?  I'd have to give that to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1990, the symbolic end of the  Cold War.  This decade can be remembered as a decade in which two superpowers were not trying to blow the hell out of each other...and take the rest of the world with them.

This got me thinking...I was trying to come up with something that impacts society for long periods of time...but I couldn't think of anything. Our world today heals itself and changes so quickly. Remember 1990? The Cold War almost means nothing now. I'm not trying to undermine things like 9/11, etc. I'm just making an observation.

[SirSnookalot]

1. Historic U.S 2008 Presidential election.

9/11 is up there but since there have been other terrorist and sneak attacks, it gets my second spot.

Skinny Jeans and shaggy haircuts.  You missed the 60's, this is old stuff, lol

[Mattlures]

the resession

[fourbizz]

9/11 and my last bm, but we have another year to go.

[Dan:]

I hate to say this, but...

There is no doubt 9/11 was the most traumatic, widespread, unifying, etc event of the decade. However, it seems to me that a lot of people have already forgotten about it. It seems as though the misadventures following it in Iraq/Afghanistan have overshadowed it.

But the most important event? The event that changed the most lives? I'd have to give that to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1990, the symbolic end of the Cold War. This decade can be remembered as a decade in which two superpowers were not trying to blow the hell out of each other...and take the rest of the world with them.

This got me thinking...I was trying to come up with something that impacts society for long periods of time...but I couldn't think of anything. Our world today heals itself and changes so quickly. Remember 1990? The Cold War almost means nothing now. I'm not trying to undermine things like 9/11, etc. I'm just making an observation.

what does the Cold War have to do with the decade between 2000 and 2010?

9/11 has changed US foreign policy, domestic policy (including restructuring of the fed. gov with the addition of DHS), and changed worldviews in the US and around the world. I do not concede that people have forgotten about it, but even if they have, the repercussions of it are still evident and will be for a long time.

[LCpointerKILLA]

I hate to say this, but...

There is no doubt 9/11 was the most traumatic, widespread, unifying, etc event of the decade. However, it seems to me that a lot of people have already forgotten about it. It seems as though the misadventures following it in Iraq/Afghanistan have overshadowed it.

But the most important event? The event that changed the most lives? I'd have to give that to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1990, the symbolic end of the Cold War. This decade can be remembered as a decade in which two superpowers were not trying to blow the hell out of each other...and take the rest of the world with them.

This got me thinking...I was trying to come up with something that impacts society for long periods of time...but I couldn't think of anything. Our world today heals itself and changes so quickly. Remember 1990? The Cold War almost means nothing now. I'm not trying to undermine things like 9/11, etc. I'm just making an observation.

What do you (or I ) know about 1990. What you learned from school and wikipedia? Or just memories from when you were an infant? You know a decade is ten years right? Wikipedia that one.

[LCpointerKILLA]

the resession

x2 that's what really affects all of us.

[SirSnookalot]

Berlin wall fell Nov 9, 1989........different decade.

[Grey Wolf]

9/11 and the recession with the fat cats getting bailed out at the tax payers expense.

[-HAWK-]

1. Historic U.S 2008 Presidential election.

9/11 is up there but since there have been other terrorist and sneak attacks, it gets my second spot.

Skinny Jeans and shaggy haircuts. You missed the 60's, this is old stuff, lol

'What event, invention, or fad will the decade be remembered by?'

This is a Fad that has reemerged. Therefore I included it into my list. Seems like all the youths have resorted back to a Hippie/Hobo look. I guess thats whats "IN"  ;D ;D ;D

[Grey Wolf]

I hate to say this, but...

There is no doubt 9/11 was the most traumatic, widespread, unifying, etc event of the decade. However, it seems to me that a lot of people have already forgotten about it. It seems as though the misadventures following it in Iraq/Afghanistan have overshadowed it.

But the most important event? The event that changed the most lives? I'd have to give that to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1990, the symbolic end of the Cold War. This decade can be remembered as a decade in which two superpowers were not trying to blow the hell out of each other...and take the rest of the world with them.

This got me thinking...I was trying to come up with something that impacts society for long periods of time...but I couldn't think of anything. Our world today heals itself and changes so quickly. Remember 1990? The Cold War almost means nothing now. I'm not trying to undermine things like 9/11, etc. I'm just making an observation.

The fall of the Berlin wall was not in this decade , you had better brush up on your history.

[ohioriverrat]

Aside from folks pointing out that 1990's were not of this decade, 9-11 has absolutely NOT been forgotten. A few country bumkins may not keep it in the forefront, but most people have NOT, and will NOT forget that horrific event... and the wars are tieing right into it as well.

I was just in NYC, and I assure you, it is not forgotten. Every time an airplane flies overhead, MOST eyes turn to it, even if just for a fleeting moment.

[roadwarrior]

On a serious note, 9/11 and the global fight

against terror.

On the fun side, the rebirth of Country Music

and living in The South!

Merry Christmas

[Matt Fly]

I sit here and think back to the 60's and 70's and so on.   Ask your self that question 20 years from now!   

It will vary from most folks as to what is remembered.

  My first thought of the 60's was NASA and space .   Some might  remember the Cuban Missile Crisis, Woodstock, JFK assasination, civil rights movements, and Nam to name a few.

      I thought someone would mention the Red Sox curse was lifted.   That was big news in Bean Town. 

  First decade without a Cowboys playoff win.     ;D

  This decade will mark the first black president being elected.