[Chi-townChief]

As they say, "liberal thinking" is an oxymoron.

[Maceman]

If you had to pick between living forever in the late '70s or the early '80s, the Carter years would be your winner.

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess that this writer was either not alive, or too young to understand what was going on, during the wretched Carter adminisration.

[Huck]

What a putz. I will say, though, the 70s beats the 80s hands down, but not because of Jimmy Carter or some pat defining of the decades. The 70s were just cooler.

[BenLurkin]

"If you had to pick between living forever in the late '70s or the early '80s, the Carter years would be your winner."

All the ganja must have shorted out this writer's memory cells. The Carter years were a very bad time - for everybody.

The election of Ronald Reagan truly was "morning in America".

[travlnmn41]

>>If you had to pick between living forever in the late '70s or the early '80s, the Carter years would be your winner.<<
Yeah, we all long for the days of long gas lines, inflation, a general malaise and being humiliated by Iran.

[The KG9 Kid]

No doubt that reading the 1977-1981 run of National Lampoon as an adolescent had a profound effect on my adult model of thinking.

I can thank the '70s and P.J. O'Rourke for that.

We'll never see the likes of National Lampoon again.

[flashbunny]

is the writer a moron?

The show is not really about being 'potheads' - it's just a sitcom set in the 70's. With one of the greatest tv dads ever - red foreman.

This year will hopefully be the last - last year was really pushing it.

[brownsfan]

Early 70s beat the heck out of the 80s.

Late 70s sucked. Carter had the country in terrible shape. It was so bad, I joined the Navy.

[cloud8]

> The early '80s was about buying stocks, lovingly conditioning the leather seats of your bitchin' Honda Prelude, and wearing argyle sweater vests.

Where was this guy? The 80s were about President Reagan and winning the Cold War and emerging from the Carter malaise and the bitter national split of the 60s. The 80s were about optimism and the return of the American Spirit, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

[TexasCajun]

Once a MeatHead, always a MeatHead!

[RockinRight]

While I love "That 70s Show" (especially bc of Laura Prepon) I'd definitely pick the 80s over the 70s-any day of the week!

The 80s were the decade of Reagan, big hair rock videos, Reagan, loud guitars, Reagan, funny teen comedies, Reagan, great TV sitcoms, Reagan...

[CFC__VRWC]

The late '70s was about mellowing out, getting laid and watching "MASH" and good movies.

I remember the late '70's being about gas lines, stagflation and 444 days of us doing nothing while the Islamonazis paraded our Tehran embassy staff in front of the world media as hostages.

[justshutupandtakeit]

No matter what is said Laura Pepron is seriously HOT. Flaming, roaring bonfire HOT.

[subterfuge]

Guilty as charged. I HAD a bitchin' Honda Prelude!

[ozzymandus]

That show is still on? I thought those were re-runs. Those "kids" must be in their 30's by now.

[GSWarrior]

Never seen an episode.

[reagan_fanatic]

I'll take the 80's, thanks. The decade of Reagan was a high point in my life and something I'll always remember fondly.

[MadIvan]

Even John Lennon said the 70's were awful.

Inflation, oil shocks, Jimmy Carter, the Iranian revolution, the Soviets on the march, and Disco. No thank you.

Regards, Ivan

[qam1]

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[RichInOC]

Early Eighties. No question.

[Semper Paratus]

And the '90s were about dot-com vapor-ware companies and their stock options, stick-your-head-up-your.. and forget about the rest of the world, contemplating the meaning of is, Black-Hawk down military engagements and redefining sexaul relations.

I'll take the 00's.