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Posted: **Thu Jan 14, 2010 7:36 pm**

There is a reason the 80's were called the "Decade of Decadence" and the 90's were the most depressing decade ever.

Wha..huh?!?

That doesn't even make sense. Aside from the easy rebuttal that 1860-69 and 1930-39 were far worse, what was so bad about the 90's?

It started out with the victory in Iraq, which was a redemption for the Armed Forces after the calamity of the Vietnam War, then the Cold War ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union.

The economy was solid after the early recession and the US ended the decade as the Global Hyperpower. Democracy was taking hold in nearly all the former Soviet States, and terrorism was virtually ignored in favor of Presidential sex-scandals.

While we paid dearly for it in the first decade of the 21st Century, I don't see what you're talking about when you claim that the 80's were so much better than the 90's.

Aside from Star Wars, Back To The Future, The Breakfast Club, Transformers and GI Joe, of course.

Posted: **Fri Jan 15, 2010 8:39 am**

Sibirsky wrote:
Grave_n_idle wrote:
Sibirsky wrote:All valid. However please note, that since the March lows the stock market has increased in value by $7 trillion. Typically...

See, there's your problem, without having to read any further.

'Typically' is a slightly shorter way of saying "not always".

You just dismissed the opinion of an investment professional, who has 13 out of the 30 biggest hedge funds as clients, whom all agree with him. I would say 13 out of the 30 biggest hedge fund managers, and someone providing a service for them know what they're talking about. Perhaps typically was not the right word to use.

Argument from authority

Posted: **Fri Jan 15, 2010 8:41 am**

Neu Leonstein wrote:
Sibirsky wrote:The 1920-1921 Depression, which was deeper in it's first year than the Great Depression resulted in the government doing nothing. And lasted 18 months. The Great Depression resulted in the New Deal, and lasted 12 years.

Different causes and effects, dude. You're comparing apples and oranges.

It also did not result in the government doing nothing, so it's more like comparing beef to oranges.

Posted: **Fri Jan 15, 2010 8:44 am**

Autumn Wind wrote: ...Aside from Star Wars, Back To The Future, The Breakfast Club, Transformers and GI Joe, of course.

Either you're being nostalgic or you're providing evidence why the 90s were better.

Posted: **Fri Jan 15, 2010 8:47 am**

Kobrania wrote:He's better than McCain at least.

How do you know? though being in a POW camp probably does some things to you

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