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In reply to the discussion: Don't ever under estimate Joe Biden. [View all]green for victory
(591 posts)72. No one that paid attention to drug warriors in the 80's would ever under estimate Joe Biden
Biden has sponsored more damaging drug war legislation than any Democrat in Congress.
"Hate the way federal prosecutors use RICO laws to take aim at drug offenders? Thank Biden. How about the abomination that is federal asset forfeiture laws? Thank Biden. Think federal prosecutors have too much power in drug cases? Thank Biden. Think the title of a Drug Czar is sanctimonious and silly? Thank Biden, who helped create the position (and still considers it an accomplishment worth boasting about).
Tired of the ridiculous steroids hearings in Congress? thank Biden, who led the effort to make steroids a Schedule 3 drug, and has been among the blowhardiest of the blowhards when it comes to sports and performance enhancing drugs. Biden voted in favor of using international development aid for drug control (think plan Columbia, plan Afghanistan, and other meddling anti-drug efforts that have only fostered loathing of America, backlash, and unintended consequences). Oh, and he was also the chief sponsor of 2004s horrendous RAVE Act...
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Bidens record on other criminal justice and civil liberties issues is just as bad. Opponents of the federalization of crime might note that the 1994 crime bill he sponsored created several new federal capital offenses. Biden also wants to expand federal penalties for hate crimes. He supports a federal smoking ban. His position on the federal drinking age is, and I quote, absolutely do not lower it to 18. He believes most violent crime is related to drugs (if he had said drug prohibition, hed be closer to the truth). Biden also has an almost perfect anti-gun voting record. He said last year he favors universal national service, either in the Peace Corps or the military. Sounds like conscription to me. He says hes opposed to the PATRIOT Act, but he voted for both the original bill and its re-authorization in 2005.
Foreign policy? Biden voted for the war on Iraq. Yes, hes opposed to it now (and I like the partition plan he pushed in the primaries). But he didnt vote correctly when it counted most. Biden also voted to send troops into Darfur. He wants to enlarge NATO. He voted in favor of the air strikes in Kosovo (THE FIRST PNAC WAR). He voted to strengthen the trade embargo against Cuba. His seems to be a meddling, interventionist, Clinton-esque foreign policy. His first instinct seems to be that the U.S. militarys objective include some vague notion of doing good in the world. Never mind the disastrous consequences that notion has reaped over the years..."
http://www.theagitator.com/2008/08/23/biden/
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But who is responsible for the administration's decision to prolong and even intensify the drug war, both domestically and abroad?
In a Rolling Stone article published last week, Tim Dickinson quotes a former White House official with intimate knowledge of the matter who claims that Vice President Joe Biden is a prime culprit:
"There are not many friends to legalization in this administration," says Kevin Sabet, director of the Drug Policy Institute at the University of Florida who served the White House as a top adviser on marijuana policy. In fact, the politician who coined the term "drug czar" -- Joe Biden -- continues to guide the administration's hard-line drug policy. "The vice president has a special interest in this issue," Sabet says. "As long as he is vice president, we're very far off from legalization being a reality."
The Huffington Post reached out to Biden's office for comment on Sabet's claim. It denied the request.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/11/joe-biden-drug-war_n_2279702.html
Joe Biden has already done plenty to the people of this nation. And if you want legal Cannabis but cheer Joe Biden, well... there's issues...
"Hate the way federal prosecutors use RICO laws to take aim at drug offenders? Thank Biden. How about the abomination that is federal asset forfeiture laws? Thank Biden. Think federal prosecutors have too much power in drug cases? Thank Biden. Think the title of a Drug Czar is sanctimonious and silly? Thank Biden, who helped create the position (and still considers it an accomplishment worth boasting about).
Tired of the ridiculous steroids hearings in Congress? thank Biden, who led the effort to make steroids a Schedule 3 drug, and has been among the blowhardiest of the blowhards when it comes to sports and performance enhancing drugs. Biden voted in favor of using international development aid for drug control (think plan Columbia, plan Afghanistan, and other meddling anti-drug efforts that have only fostered loathing of America, backlash, and unintended consequences). Oh, and he was also the chief sponsor of 2004s horrendous RAVE Act...
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Bidens record on other criminal justice and civil liberties issues is just as bad. Opponents of the federalization of crime might note that the 1994 crime bill he sponsored created several new federal capital offenses. Biden also wants to expand federal penalties for hate crimes. He supports a federal smoking ban. His position on the federal drinking age is, and I quote, absolutely do not lower it to 18. He believes most violent crime is related to drugs (if he had said drug prohibition, hed be closer to the truth). Biden also has an almost perfect anti-gun voting record. He said last year he favors universal national service, either in the Peace Corps or the military. Sounds like conscription to me. He says hes opposed to the PATRIOT Act, but he voted for both the original bill and its re-authorization in 2005.
Foreign policy? Biden voted for the war on Iraq. Yes, hes opposed to it now (and I like the partition plan he pushed in the primaries). But he didnt vote correctly when it counted most. Biden also voted to send troops into Darfur. He wants to enlarge NATO. He voted in favor of the air strikes in Kosovo (THE FIRST PNAC WAR). He voted to strengthen the trade embargo against Cuba. His seems to be a meddling, interventionist, Clinton-esque foreign policy. His first instinct seems to be that the U.S. militarys objective include some vague notion of doing good in the world. Never mind the disastrous consequences that notion has reaped over the years..."
http://www.theagitator.com/2008/08/23/biden/
There's More "Joe Fucking Biden"!
But who is responsible for the administration's decision to prolong and even intensify the drug war, both domestically and abroad?
In a Rolling Stone article published last week, Tim Dickinson quotes a former White House official with intimate knowledge of the matter who claims that Vice President Joe Biden is a prime culprit:
"There are not many friends to legalization in this administration," says Kevin Sabet, director of the Drug Policy Institute at the University of Florida who served the White House as a top adviser on marijuana policy. In fact, the politician who coined the term "drug czar" -- Joe Biden -- continues to guide the administration's hard-line drug policy. "The vice president has a special interest in this issue," Sabet says. "As long as he is vice president, we're very far off from legalization being a reality."
The Huffington Post reached out to Biden's office for comment on Sabet's claim. It denied the request.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/11/joe-biden-drug-war_n_2279702.html
Joe Biden has already done plenty to the people of this nation. And if you want legal Cannabis but cheer Joe Biden, well... there's issues...
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I was looking for another picture... no not that one ;) and came across this one.
jillan
Jan 2013
#5
And don't forget the Vice Presidential Debate! Grinning Joe showed us how to react to BS
pathansen
Jan 2013
#64
Look at that body language! Hahaha. Joe is so smooth while he moves right into Mitchy's space.
jillan
Jan 2013
#4
LBJ-ish, almost. Except Joe does it with a smile, man, instead of a finger in the face.
gateley
Jan 2013
#25
The perfect complement to Barack Obama. A good team. (Although Obama could use more backbone)
JDPriestly
Jan 2013
#12
I want to see Joe as VP for 16 years and set an alltime record-#1 VP of alltime
graham4anything
Jan 2013
#27
another old lady here agrees with you! That first photo, aviator shades, worn leather
CTyankee
Jan 2013
#35
I agree - but at the same time he was the one that came out in favor of same-sex marriage that
jillan
Jan 2013
#45
The msm has done a good job on him, haven't they??? I actually heard someone on CNN say
jillan
Jan 2013
#47
Ya know - when I typed it that way, I got that red line underneath it - so I separated it and
jillan
Jan 2013
#62
Joe Biden came to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And he's aaaaaaaaalllllllll outta bubblegum.
alcibiades_mystery
Jan 2013
#65
No one that paid attention to drug warriors in the 80's would ever under estimate Joe Biden
green for victory
Jan 2013
#72
I was nervous about the first 2012 presidential debate but not the second one
rocktivity
Jan 2013
#82