Top nine stories of '09

I'd put the rise of the Teabaggers up there, maybe throw the partycrashers in there.

 

"Don't you... forget about me. Don't, don't, don't don't!"


I'd also have to ad Iranian election unrest.

 

How could I forget Sully!?!? And the pirates!

Also, I should have included the contested Iranian elections and subsequent protests. That was high drama for a couple of weeks, and still isn't dead. Obviously, the list is a work-in-progress.

 

He included the smiley face. That makes it OK.

 

The Beer Summit.
TARP funds being repaid.
Auto industry steps back from the brink.
The Dow moves up.

 

Jon and Kate (with the finger down my throat)

Oprah announcing retirement (personally, I don't give a damn)

Obama's inauguration as the first non-white president of the U.S.

 

Chrysler and GM entering bankruptcy plus actions those companies made (i.e. GM killing off divisions like Pontiac) would have to be on the list.

 

1.) Obama's election.
2.) Michael Jackson's death (More so the death of a ton of celebs)
3.) The emergence of social media sites Twitter and Facebook.
4.) Health Care Reform
5.) The Death of Ted Kennedy
6.) The Yankees win the World Series (Top Sports Story)
7.) The beginning of the end of the recession (Maybe)
8.) The rise of unemployment
9.) Jon & Kate Plus 8 (Like it or not, it was a huge story).

 

Good call in Kennedy's death. That one hasn't been mentioned. Obama's election was in 2008; not 2009.

 

In no particular order:

1. Obama's inauguration
2. Iranian election/protests
3. Afghanistan war/election/escalation
4. Health care reform
5. Kennedy dead
6. Teabaggers
7. Sully
8. Clinton rescues journalists in North Korea
9. Economy catchall