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Best Decade in American History?
1910's-before
6%
 6%  [ 2 ]
1920's
3%
 3%  [ 1 ]
1930's
3%
 3%  [ 1 ]
1940's
12%
 12%  [ 4 ]
1950's
15%
 15%  [ 5 ]
1960's
6%
 6%  [ 2 ]
1970's
3%
 3%  [ 1 ]
1980's
27%
 27%  [ 9 ]
1990's
18%
 18%  [ 6 ]
2000's
6%
 6%  [ 2 ]
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 5:18 pm    Post subject: Best Decade in American History?

Let's face it, we all are a little partial to the decade we grew up in and I understand that. But let's try to be a little impartial with this one. I grew up in the 90's. Good economy, crazy rise of the intarnetz, cell phones, and great movies. But I think I would mix in a bit of the 50's with my choice. You gotta admit, people looked (bleep) good during the 50's. Cool cars, cool clothes, sexy women and the birth of rock n roll music.

But of course, each decade didn't come without it's issues. The 90's saw the rise of (bleep) grunge music, mullets, Cross Colors clothing,riots, rise in crime and the Chicago Bulls hogging up all of the rings. And I don't know if things would've been great as I think they were growing up as a Latino American in white suburbia in the 1950's
So, I wanna know what you guys think the greatest decade this country experienced.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 11:16 am    Post subject:

The 50's. Pure Americana.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 11:41 am    Post subject:

Didn't know American history began in the 20th century??? There goes the 1890s.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 12:25 pm    Post subject:

Give me the '80s
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 12:55 pm    Post subject:

mike_dee23 wrote:
Didn't know American history began in the 20th century??? There goes the 1890s.


look at the first option.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 11:16 pm    Post subject:

I'd go with the 1770's. Without them, there is no American history.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 5:09 pm    Post subject:

mike_dee23 wrote:
Didn't know American history began in the 20th century??? There goes the 1890s.


This board is too homophobic to vote for the Gay 90s.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 1:44 pm    Post subject:

I'm going with the 60's and the social change that occurred during that decade.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 1:14 am    Post subject:

24 wrote:
I'd go with the 1770's. Without them, there is no American history.


you beat me to it 24.

It's not even close.

Jefferson, Adams, Washington, Henry, etc changed the world.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 10:38 am    Post subject:

Theodore Roosevelt literally made America. Biggest Racist but greatest

Leader Since Genghis Khan ........
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 2:47 pm    Post subject:

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Theodore Roosevelt literally made America. Biggest Racist but greatest

Leader Since Genghis Khan ........


How did TR (no doubt a great President) make America ?

Without Jefferson (via Louisiana Purchase), the US doesn't go West of the MIssissippi. Biggest single decision in US history outside of Declaration and Constitution.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 3:15 pm    Post subject:

babyskyhook wrote:
Great One wrote:
Theodore Roosevelt literally made America. Biggest Racist but greatest

Leader Since Genghis Khan ........


How did TR (no doubt a great President) make America ?

Without Jefferson (via Louisiana Purchase), the US doesn't go West of the MIssissippi. Biggest single decision in US history outside of Declaration and Constitution.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal

LP was a steal , but with the fall Napoleon Empire made the purchase

inevitable. Besides, the "Compromise of 1850" and the Alaskan Purchase

were a bigger beneficiary than the Louisiana Purchase.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 9:20 pm    Post subject:

minorbravo wrote:
The 50's. Pure Americana.


After reading a lot about the 50's, I find the rosy mythology around them puzzling. Korean war, huge uptick in racist violence, antisemitism, Sexism galore, McCarthyism, fear of nuclear war with Russia (hiding under desks at school), among a whole host of others. I can't really think of any group besides conservative protestant white males who had any kind of a decent time in that decade...
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 3:43 pm    Post subject:

Great One wrote:
babyskyhook wrote:
Great One wrote:
Theodore Roosevelt literally made America. Biggest Racist but greatest

Leader Since Genghis Khan ........


How did TR (no doubt a great President) make America ?

Without Jefferson (via Louisiana Purchase), the US doesn't go West of the MIssissippi. Biggest single decision in US history outside of Declaration and Constitution.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal

LP was a steal , but with the fall Napoleon Empire made the purchase

inevitable. Besides, the "Compromise of 1850" and the Alaskan Purchase

were a bigger beneficiary than the Louisiana Purchase.


We can agree to disagree, but the Panama Canal is not in the same league as the LA Purchase.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 4:47 pm    Post subject:

babyskyhook wrote:
Great One wrote:
babyskyhook wrote:
Great One wrote:
Theodore Roosevelt literally made America. Biggest Racist but greatest

Leader Since Genghis Khan ........


How did TR (no doubt a great President) make America ?

Without Jefferson (via Louisiana Purchase), the US doesn't go West of the MIssissippi. Biggest single decision in US history outside of Declaration and Constitution.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal

LP was a steal , but with the fall Napoleon Empire made the purchase

inevitable. Besides, the "Compromise of 1850" and the Alaskan Purchase

were a bigger beneficiary than the Louisiana Purchase.


We can agree to disagree, but the Panama Canal is not in the same league as the LA Purchase.


Fair enough. But just take into consideration how important ,at the time,

to get from the Atlantic to the Pacific in One day. Something people have

tried to accomplished since the 1500's and compare that to anything west

of the Mississippi river.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 2:41 pm    Post subject:

The 1940s. What defined the time was our idealism which pulled the country together. Despite the modern cynical rewrite of what we achieved, the US spared little expense and risked many lives in a titanic effort that rescued the world from genocide and enslavement.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 3:29 pm    Post subject:

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The 1940s. What defined the time was our idealism which pulled the country together. Despite the modern cynical rewrite of what we achieved, the US spared little expense and risked many lives in a titanic effort that rescued the world from genocide and enslavement.



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 11:01 am    Post subject:

Film - 70's
Music - 60's
TV - 2000's

I would like to have been about 25 years old, in Los Angeles during the 1960's. Basically whatever the Beach Boys were singing about, thats what I want.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 9:14 pm    Post subject:

vanexelent wrote:
Film - 70's
Music - 60's
TV - 2000's

I would like to have been about 25 years old, in Los Angeles during the 1960's.


Tell me about it. The bands you could have seen in small clubs from 65-72 would have been awesome.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 9:59 pm    Post subject:

vanexelent wrote:
Film - 70's
Music - 60's
TV - 2000's

I would like to have been about 25 years old, in Los Angeles during the 1960's. Basically whatever the Beach Boys were singing about, thats what I want.


I said this exact same thing to someone earlier today.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 12:14 am    Post subject:

80s. Blacks were integrated. Girls were slutty and it was cool for them to be slutty. Manhood hadn't yet been attached to the length of the shorts you wore. Mullets were an extension of coolness, not repellent of it. Michael Jackson's biggest problem was Pepsi. Ghostbusters. Max Headroom. The NES. I could still get into places for free.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 2:00 pm    Post subject:

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80s. Blacks were integrated. Girls were slutty and it was cool for them to be slutty. Manhood hadn't yet been attached to the length of the shorts you wore. Mullets were an extension of coolness, not repellent of it. Michael Jackson's biggest problem was Pepsi. Ghostbusters. Max Headroom. The NES. I could still get into places for free.


Despite what you say, it's still cool for a girl to be slutty. Also, my manhood would be exposed if I wore too short of shorts.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 12:59 pm    Post subject:

Definitely 80s'
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:03 pm    Post subject:

ReaListik wrote:
Give me the '80s


I wish I grew up in the 80's.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 10:08 pm    Post subject: Re: Best Decade in American History?

frijolero01 wrote:
Let's face it, we all are a little partial to the decade we grew up in and I understand that. But let's try to be a little impartial with this one. I grew up in the 90's. Good economy, crazy rise of the intarnetz, cell phones, and great movies. But I think I would mix in a bit of the 50's with my choice. You gotta admit, people looked (bleep) good during the 50's. Cool cars, cool clothes, sexy women and the birth of rock n roll music.

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So, I wanna know what you guys think the greatest decade this country experienced.


Actually, crime fell in the 90's.
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