Say Anything Blog

If you’ll scroll down on the front page of this blog you’ll find a video of Obama saying that America just ain’t what it used to be. And guess what?

He’s right.

Just a short while back it would have been impossible for a black man or woman of any color to have been serious contenders for the office of President of the United States. Now it’s not only possible - it’s now history. It just happened, and will happen again.

Not too long ago people had to march by the thousands to ensure that minorities got the right to drink out the same water fountains, sit at the same lunch counters, be educated, and vote like the rest of the folks.

Just two generations ago diseases like polio crippled thousands.

Once upon a time pollution was unchecked. Industries and private citizens dumped chemicals and waste into the water without a thought. The Cuyahoga River even caught fire.

Fifty years ago being a black senator or mayor or general or governor would have been an impossible task.

Anyone over the age of forty can remember when a woman running a major corporation or doing something like, oh, being the Secretary of State, would have been an nearly impossible dream.

The standard of living in America is truly incredible for the vast majority of people. Nearly everyone has a cell phone, and if they don’t personally have the internet they have access to it through, of all places, the public library.

And the list goes on and on and on. So...Obama, when he says it just isn’t the same country as it used to be, is right. 

He just doesn’t seem to know how right he is.