I usually try to only post positive, uplifting thoughts. But, today may be different. I think I am going to vent a little. Maybe his bothered me because I woke up with a horiffic headache. Maybe this bothered me because I dislike politics. Maybe... okay those are just ways of my brain denying the reality of why this offended me. The reality is that it hit too close to home. I know firsthand just how much this is a problem in our country.
This morning I awoke and was listening to the Today show while getting ready for work. They were talking about politics, which I usually tube out. But a phrase catches my ear - a reporter made the statement that one Senator told "Obama to tackle the problem with a pill." That grabbed my attention! As I listened on, I heard Sen. Pat Roberts say that "Obama needs to take a Valium and come talk about...." I intrepreted this to mean that Prsident Obama just needed to get over his anger, anxiety or whatever feeling he was having by taking a "Valium" and get back to work.
That hit me on so many levels. These are the same group of individuals who make laws, make DRUG LAWS, yet here they are telling the LEADER OF OUR NATION to take a DRUG to DEAL with his emotion/feeling and get on with it - get back to work. What happened to the "War on Drugs?" Maybe the "war" should be fought first with ourselves, then extend it to others.
I am not offended because of a "holier than thou" attitude. I just want to go on record saying that addiction is addiction. Drug abuse is drug abuse. There is no chemical solution to a spiritual problem. There is no discrimination about whom this disease affects. Senators and politicians included. I just don't think that we will ever win the "war on drugs." I am ready to cut out the denial and get to the truth. If we all lived by the truth, then I think that we could begin making forward progress.
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