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In reply to the discussion: Joe Biden's Son Hunter Kicked Out of Navy for Cocaine [View all]Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)22. I give him credit for being intelligent
Any intelligent person can look at the lesson of Alcohol Prohibition and see that banning mind altering recreational substances causes many more problems than it solves.
Joe Biden is smarter than that, he just knew it wouldn't make any real differences to his progeny, they have connections.
Bear in mind this son has a high powered and very well remunerated job in the oil bidness he got right after getting discharged, I would say he landed on his feet quite well.
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Pointing out that a drug warrior's son has now run afoul of the very same laws is a bad thing?
Fumesucker
Oct 2014
#17
As I see it, the irony is that VP Biden's stern words on drug use seemed to
rhett o rick
Oct 2014
#27
The point is that many people who use drugs do end up with criminal records
Bjorn Against
Oct 2014
#26
I've never known any addict who would be helped by 10 or 20 years in a state prison.
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2014
#38
It has been reported elsewhere that Hunter Biden needed a waiver to join the Naval Reserve
amandabeech
Oct 2014
#33
Biden has been supporting the drug war for decades. Long before junior started snorting.
Comrade Grumpy
Oct 2014
#37
Well isn't this ironic, considering daddykins was the biggest D drug warrior that ever existed
nationalize the fed
Oct 2014
#3
I guess the lesson here is "Them that gots, ain't gots to worry about gettin' in trouble."
cherokeeprogressive
Oct 2014
#39
Whatever anyone else thinks, I think his response was honest and mature. Hope he gets help. nt
kelliekat44
Oct 2014
#16