Here’s the touching story of Patrick Kennedy, who possibly votes on issues that affect your life while high:
I was not drinking that night. I got — actually I was with several of our folks here in the other room, Charlie Maynard, Rich LeClair, Liz Uhrls (ph), many others from the Rhode Island mental health community that actually were there. We worked together that evening.
Then I went to vote. My votes ended around 9:15. I called up a friend. We spoke for about 15 minutes. She came over and visited me around approximately 10:30 and I was with her the rest of the night. And, you know, she told me, I got up at around 2:45 because I said I had to go and vote. And that’s what happened.
You can read the rest of his ramblings here.
What’s important about Kennedy is that he is an example of American hypocrisy. The man is obviously a rambling drug addict, but he’s addicted to alcohol and prescriptions, so that’s OK. Meanwhile, we treat people who abuse non-prescription drugs like subhumans. We seize their property and throw them away.
A man who doesn’t know where he is shouldn’t be writing and voting on legislation.
So this is about a whole real transformation for me. It’s not just about drugs and alcohol. I mean, this disease involves a lot of parts of your life, and it’s actually a program to recovery that involves trying to tackle, you know, other interpersonal challenges that you have every day so that you don’t slip back, maybe not to drinking or drugging, but into an old mindset that makes you very unhappy.
Yes, Mr. Kennedy, it is possible to recover from a lifetime of abusing drugs and alcohol, but it takes years, and the older you are when you quit, the harder it is to recover. Luckily, you’ve spent a lifetime trying to manage Americans’ lives, so I’m sure you’ll do a dandy job of managing your own “recovery” while you continue the wonderful work you’ve been doing to improve America.
Considering Kennedy’s problems, it’s surprising how many of his votes I agree with. Take a look for yourself. The important thing to remember is most of the crap Congress votes on isn’t authorized by the Constitution in the first place.