Most Memorable of 2004: I'm looking for a top ten list of the most memorable...
New additions
Private spaceship launch
Outsourcing Jobs
Blue/Red polarization
Warren Pease, religiousosity overtaking civic mindedness in politics, and the usual, I'd say...
The Sox, Pats, and Cal at #4; feel free to move Cal ahead of the Sox
Olympics
?Peak Oil, or at least the, now, serious discussion of it.
Ice melting where it shouldn't
Emergence of China as an economic powerhouse, with its attendant effect on commodities and the environment.
US becomes net food importer.
Return of the King wins umpteen oscars, comes out in extended version, and causes a boost to the economy (of Taiwan) by at least one big screen TV. Real hobbits found on some island somewhere
The Media, which would include the rise of FOX, Rathergate, the Liberal/Conservative media wars, the rise of the internet as a media and check/balance mechanism, and the resulting decline of the major network media power.
Here are a few nominations:
Michael Jackson trial
Peterson trial (I hope not)
Gay Marriages / bans
Thousands of priests accused of abusing children.
Events in Iraq
Martha Stewart trial
Hurricanes
Bush/Kerry battles
Terrorist bombings
Terrorism in Russia
Abu Graib Prison scandal
The economy/jobs
Clinton book, Clinton heart procedure, Clinton library
Flu Vacine
Anti-War, anti-Bush administration
Stem Cell research |
