That perennial death-cult, socialism, looks even uglier when advocated by Americans.
Can Dan Burton really be this vicious and stupid?
I know the answer.
Burton has shown compassion to at least one drug offender.
DAN BURTON II--Son of U.S. Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN): In January 1994, Dan Burton, Jr., was arrested in Louisiana for transporting nearly eight pounds of marijuana in the trunk of his car. Rep. Burton is the chairman of the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee. Six months later, Burton was arrested again, this time at his Indianapolis apartment, where police found thirty marijuana plants and a shotgun with ammunition. Federal prosecutors declined to prosecute the case; Indiana prosecutors recommended dismissal of the charges against Burton; and a Louisiana judge sentenced him to community service (Associated Press, "Congressman's Son Arrested With 7 Pounds of Marijuana," GARY POST-TRIBUNE, January 14, 1994, p. B5; Eric Schlosser, "More Reefer Madness," ATLANTIC MONTHLY, April 1997, pp. 90-102).
Especially when advocated by Americans that claim to be conservatives.
Especially when advocated by Americans that claim to be conservatives.
I thought that name sounded familiar...you can add "hypocritical" to the terms "vicious and stupid".
Dan Burton, II (18), son of Representative Dan Burton (R-IN), was busted in January of 1994 on charges of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.
Allegedly, Burton II was transporting seven pounds of marijuana in a car from Texas to Indiana when he was caught in Louisiana.
Burton II plead guilty to felony charges of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.
Rather than face ten to sixteen months in federal prison, Burton was sentenced to five years probation, 2000 hours of community service, three years of house arrest and random drug screening.
Five month later police found 30 marijuana plants and a shotgun in Burton's apartment in Indianapolis. Under federal mandatory minimum rules, Burton should have received at least five years in federal prison, plus a year or more for arrest while on probation.
State prosecutors decided that the total weight of marijuana from the 30 plants was 25 grams (about one ounce), thus reducing the charge to a misdemeanor.
The Indiana prosecutor threw out all the charges against him saying, "I didn't see any sense in putting him on probation a second time."
Politicians' Children's Encounters with Marijuana Prohibition