The Noughties
Posted on 05. Jan, 2010 by Creasy in Politics, World
The decade has flown by, and yet so much has happened.
We have experienced war, our city gates have been breached with attacks to our blood vessels that happens to be london transport. We have experienced a presidency that will go down in history, for all its faults, starting with a controversial count in Florida, through the introduction of Osama Bin Laden (Tim Oshman) to a quiet exit, whilst a new landmark has been etched in the history of man. Which was greeted by jubilation for all the barriers that were crossed, in the appointment of Barack Obama.
The phenomenom that is hip hop has gone from the supposed highs of Blueprint, A Gangster and a Gentleman, College Dropout, to losing credibilty due to its demonic and illuminati connotations and word play! It still conjures up a following with the emergence of 50cent, Lil Wayne and more recently Drake, P.Diddy still pays the industry visits when he can, but it will never be the 90’s.
The world of sports has also seen History re-written with superb performances by the homosapien looking fish that happens to be 14-time olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps and the road runner Usain Bolt at the landmark Beijing olympics. We have experienced the dominance of all time great Roger Federer which in turn has brought us legendary matches like his loss in the epic 2008 Wimbeldon Final, and his countless breath-taking shots and tournaments wins, which has led to 15 Grand Slams and a remarkable 22 consecutive Grand Slam semi-finals.
The world of football has seen a few modern greats like Ronaldinho and Henry, and all time greats grace our screens like Zidane, Messi, Ronaldo De Lima and Ryan Giggs to name a few players that will be spoken about for decades to come! This was also the decade we saw England win a world tournament, Rugby World Cup 2003, 1966 can now take a back seat.
You cannot talk about the noughties without talking about the Recession. The economic depression that even the Lehman Brother’s couldn’t survive. Last but not least we experienced the death of Michael Jackson, not enough can be said about this.
The sixties had Marilyn Monroe, some would say we gad Beyonce….The fifties had Marlon Brando we had George Clooney….Different Decades had the Sugar Ray Robinsons, Mohammed Alis and the Mike Tysons, the noughties had Floyd Mayweather and Joe Calzaghe.
The thirties had organised crime, the eighties had cocaine and we had internet fraud
Technology took over, Apple & Microsoft went on to new levels with faster and more reliable software. We swapped discmans for ipods and Big Monitors for Flat Screens and Laptops.
The thirties had the great depression we had the 2008 Economic recession, the thirties had a war started under the deception and false pretences of Adolf Hitler, the noughties had Bush start an unnecessary war for oil, The sixties had Kennedy, we got Barack Obama
I’d say this decade had enough stories and memories for years and years to come, what can the next decade bring?
