Justice for Truth

The short answer: I don’t know.

Part 1

Dr Pepper is like duct tape, it fixes everything.  Are you tired? Dr Pepper.  Stressed? Dr Pepper.  Thirsty? Dr Pepper.  Need inspiration to finish that paper that is due in the morning and you just finished ’skimming’ the book? Dr Pepper. 

I am convinced that if Thomas Jefferson had survived to taste Dr Pepper, he would have thrown his hands up and exclaimed, “I have pursued happiness, and now I have found it!”  Because after all, Dr Pepper is the American Dream.

However, I recently discovered that there are people in this world who do not drink Dr Pepper.  And shockingly, quite a few of these people live in our nation’s capital.

I do not know why Washington D.C. doesn’t drink Dr. Pepper, but here are a few possibilites:

1. It’s from Texas. 1885 in Waco, Texas, a legend was brewed. 

I have found that Washingtonians don’t think very highly of the midwest.  By virtue of it being from Texas, it is associated with conservatives and guns and pro-lifers and those sticky things we call rights.  A true Washingtonian wouldn’t be caught dead drinking a Dr Pepper, because politics governs everything in this city.

2. Supply and Demand.  Even in this city, it still works.

Washington D.C. is in constant flux, with people coming and going.  And when people want something, it comes with them.  A story is told about a Tennesse Congressman who couldn’t find a decent BBQ place in town, so he founded his own, very successful, chain.

The people in this city come from across the country and around the world.  And each of them brings a part of their history, their culture, and their past with them- just like I brought my love for Dr Pepper and those sticky things we call rights.

3. It’s different.  And ‘change’ isn’t for soft drinks.

What is Dr Pepper?  It isn’t a Coke or Pepsi product, and there really isn’t another drink like it.  It’s radical, it’s different.  It stands apart. And people don’t know what to do with it.  In this town, the political scene is much like the Coke or Pepsi question.  And when people say they want ‘change,” they really mean they just want the other option. 

People in Washington D.C. like to try old things and call them new, but they make no use of truely unique ideas.

P.S. I hope you picked up by the end, that I’m not talking about a drink anymore.

Read Part 2.