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DuaneBidoux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-26-09 12:05 PM
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21st century's first decade is slipping away without leaving its name
Personally I think progressives have a unique chance to embed what a loser of a decade it was right into the name, thus, I prefer the "Oh-Ohs."

<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/25/AR2009122501672.html?hpid=topnews>
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librechik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-26-09 12:08 PM
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1. I like the oughts--we ought to prosecute Bush, we ought to stop torture
we ought to get out of the Middle East...and so on
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-26-09 12:10 PM
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2. The Naughty Aughties?
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WhiteTara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-26-09 12:27 PM
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6. naughty aughts. n/t
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dmr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-26-09 02:26 PM
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16. The Painfully Low Ohs
Low Ohs, for short
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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-26-09 12:10 PM
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3. Easy, it was the "Mission Accomplished" Decade
He said with a certain amount of sarcasm.
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HeresyLives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-26-09 12:14 PM
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4. If we MUST have a name for every decade,
altho I don't understand the need for it, let's just call it the Chaos Decade and move on.
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L0oniX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-26-09 12:15 PM
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5. Name = EPIC FAIL
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Cassandra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-26-09 12:47 PM
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7. The 00ze.
I keep posting that but no one pays attention.
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HeresyLives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-26-09 01:59 PM
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11. Actually, that's pretty cute.
Accurate too. :)
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Cassandra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-26-09 02:23 PM
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15. Thank you.
OK, I feel appreciated now.
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Dyedinthewoolliberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-26-09 12:50 PM
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8. How about
'Oh Shit they're gonna put that wannabe in office?'
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Turbineguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-26-09 01:00 PM
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9. The GOP Decade
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-26-09 01:01 PM
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10. the decade of getting away with it?
the decade of America moving backwards?
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-26-09 02:04 PM
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12. There Will Be Blood...
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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-26-09 02:19 PM
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13. The Decade Of HOLY FUCKING SHIT!
based upon The Onion's lede on September 26.
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white_wolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-26-09 02:20 PM
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14. I like the "new age of the robber-barons"
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