You could also refer to it as the When we had a spine era.
At least then we could afford a Band Aid if we needed one, now we are trillions in debt and can't afford a cotton ball!
Yes, indeed. Please don't forget the awesome color-coded terror alerts which were raised (according to former director of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge) for blatantly political reasons. Ridge disavows these were his sentiments, though they are found in his auto-biography.
