4th of July Hoopla...
'Laurel' is right. The "good ole days" were not so good for many, many people. Our minds tend to forget that, maybe because thinking about pleasantries is more... well, "pleasant."
After all the 4th of July hoopla has died down, after all the holiday sales have exhausted the mercenary urge to capitalize on the consumer public's socially ingrained impulse to "buy".. "buy".. "buy"... It's important to remember that america is very much like every other country...
Hell, americans COME from every other country. As such, and like people everywhere, we are flawed but mostly lovable.... and full of promise. That's how one might describe us.
A brilliant thinker & organizer once noted:
"Philosophers have only described the world; The point, however, is to change it."
And as Sheryl Crow sings, "I think the change... would do you good."
'Laurel' is right. The "good ole days" were not so good for many, many people. Our minds tend to forget that, maybe because thinking about pleasantries is more... well, "pleasant."
After all the 4th of July hoopla has died down, after all the holiday sales have exhausted the mercenary urge to capitalize on the consumer public's socially ingrained impulse to "buy".. "buy".. "buy"... It's important to remember that america is very much like every other country...
Hell, americans COME from every other country. As such, and like people everywhere, we are flawed but mostly lovable.... and full of promise. That's how one might describe us.
A brilliant thinker & organizer once noted:
"Philosophers have only described the world; The point, however, is to change it."
And as Sheryl Crow sings, "I think the change... would do you good."