A cargo ship which has been linked to anti-drug Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell was stopped and searched before departing from Colombia recently, with approximately 90 pounds of cocaine found on board by the Coast Guard. But now, Senator McConnell is doubling down on his reputation as an Anti-Drug Senator by railing against legalized marijuana.
The Senate Minority Leader said that he is firmly against legalizing marijuana, even while this has put him at odds with his Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes.
McConnell acknowledged that marijuana is not in the same category as heroin, even if it is treated as such by the DEA. Still, he said that legalizing the plant could completely transform your society in a way that I think certainly most Kentuckians would not agree with.
I dont think an answer to this, honestly, is to go in a direction of legalizing any of these currently illegal drugs, McConnell explained. This whole movement in various parts of the country is a big mistake.
Free Thought explained that this connection is not only relevant because of the family connection, but also because the Chao family has often made large donations to McConnells campaigns.
In fact, they continue, the Chao family has been funding McConnell since the late 1980s. Years later, in 1993, McConnell married Elaine Chao and secured the Chao family as one of his primary sources for investments.
A gift worth somewhere between 5 and 25 million dollars from the Chao Family made McConnel one of the richest senators in the country in 2008.
The Foremost Maritime Corporation is currently operating 16 dry bulk cargo ships, most of which are currently still in service.
What makes this case even more interesting is that McConnell is well known as a staunch prohibitionist. In 1996, McConnell sponsored The Enhanced Marijuana Penalties Act, a bill designed to increase the mandatory minimum sentencing for people caught with marijuana.
Luis Gonzales, an official with the Colombian Coast Guard in Santa Marta told The Nation that the Ping Mays crew were questioned as part of the investigation, but that they have yet to file any charges in the case.
Do you think there is anything strange about McConnells war on weed, considering his familys link to smuggled, black market cocaine?
Perhaps those who deal in black market, unregulated drugs are trying to keep drugs illegal to make sure they maximize their black market profits?
#1: misterwhite To: Deckard (#0)
Nope. Two different drugs.
If he was for marijuana and against cocaine, you'd have no problem with that stance, would you?
Didn't think so.
misterwhite posted on 2017-01-07 12:30:11 Reply Private Reply
#2: Hondo68 To: Deckard, Elaine Chao McConnell DOT (#0)
So Donaldo Trump made Elaine Chao McConnell the Secretary of the Department Of Transportation (DOT).
He's not not letting the failure of that one 90 pound cocaine shipment to cloud the reputation of the D&R drug and illegal alien, smuggling operation.
Hondo68 posted on 2017-01-07 12:43:51 Reply Private Reply
#3: Deckard To: misterwhite (#1)
Two different ILLEGAL drugs.
That you fail to see the hypocrisy here is par for the course.
It's kinda like the Clinton and Bush crime families, importing tons of cocaine and still being pro-drug war.
Deckard posted on 2017-01-07 12:52:32 Reply Private Reply
#4: Gatlin To: Deckard (#0)
Recently?
August 2014 is recently to you idiots?
Gatlin posted on 2017-01-07 13:38:05 Reply Private Reply
#5: Deckard To: Gatlin (#4)
Oh - is there a statute of limitations on McConnell's involvement with cocaine smuggling?
Typical Gatlin - deflect, deflect, deflect and dismiss any government involvement in the world-wide drug trade.
Deckard posted on 2017-01-07 13:42:18 Reply Private Reply
#6: Deckard To: hondo68 (#2)
Another one of his horribly bad choices.
Trump isn't stupid, he knows EXACTLY what he is doing.
He's not not letting the failure of that one 90 pound cocaine shipment to cloud the reputation of the D&R drug and illegal alien, smuggling operation.
I wouldn't discount the possibility of him receiving some timely "donations" from the drug-running Chao family in exchange for the DOT job.
Deckard posted on 2017-01-07 13:45:25 Reply Private Reply
#7: Gatlin To: Deckard (#0)
Lying yellow journalism headline.
The family was not caught with smuggled cocaine on cargo ship.
The captain and crew were detained after cocaine was found on board the cargo ship.
The family was not onboard the vessel.
Gatlin posted on 2017-01-07 13:49:28 Reply Private Reply
#8: Deckard To: Gatlin (#7)
The family OWNS the vessel.
Funny that they didn't seize the ship as part of asset forfeiture - you know, like they would with a mere mundane.
Deckard posted on 2017-01-07 13:53:25 Reply Private Reply
#9: Gatlin To: Deckard (#0)
officials with the Colombian Coast Guard have yet to file any charges in the case.
hmmm okay ???
Gatlin posted on 2017-01-07 14:06:18 Reply Private Reply
#10: Gatlin To: Deckard (#8)
I hate YELLOW JOURNALISM with a passion
Gatlin posted on 2017-01-07 14:12:51 Reply Private Reply
#11: Gatlin To: Deckard (#5)
There is no statue of limitations on your displaying your ignorance.
There is no evidence whatsoever that McConnell had any involvement with cocaine smuggling!
Typical Deckard Imply, suggest, insinuate, hint, indicate to support a fraudulent claim.
Gatlin posted on 2017-01-07 14:18:55 Reply Private Reply
#12: Deckard To: Gatlin (#9)
Must likely, cocaine smugglers like the Chao family have some major connections inside the Colombian government.
Kinda like how the Bush and Clinton crime families have never been prosecuted for importing tons of cocaine.
Deckard posted on 2017-01-07 14:21:09 Reply Private Reply
#13: Deckard To: Gatlin (#11)
His in-laws certainly have plenty of involvement.
A Foolish Faith In Authority Is The Worst Enemy Of The Truth
Deckard posted on 2017-01-07 14:25:24 Reply Private Reply
#14: Gatlin To: Deckard (#13)
You want me to believe that James Chao, Mitch McConnells father-in-law, who is a highly recognized leader in international shipping and finance, an entrepreneur as well as a philanthropist who gave $40 million in one year alone to the Harvard Business school, a man who has never been arrested or charged with any crime during his entire life joined with Mitch McConnell to perform a one-time smuggling operation and try to smuggle some cocaine out of Columbia over 2 years ago on one of the hundreds of ships owned by Chao, when Chao has no arrest or criminal charges ever made against him in his entire life .is suppose to make me think there is anything strange about McConnells war on weed, considering some trumped up family link to smuggle black market cocaine.
Thats not gonna happen, Princess.
You creeps are clearly obsessed and extremely desperate when you try to troll people with this flimsy story composed completely from a bunch of weakly concocted insinuendos.
Jesus H Christ, man .get a fucking life.
Gatlin posted on 2017-01-07 15:24:14 Reply Private Reply
#15: Deckard To: Gatlin (#14)
It's not a stretch to consider that he may be up to his eyeballs in cocaine smuggling.
But to you, that's unthinkable.
Which is why you will always be a drone and not a free-thinker.
Deckard posted on 2017-01-07 15:28:26 Reply Private Reply
#16: Gatlin To: Deckard (#12)
I am to believe something because you think something is most likely?
Dont waste my time with your most likely.
Come back at me when you have some hard evidence.
Oh, wait, you never have any evidence .only yellow journalism innuendos.
I want no part of those.
So long
Gatlin posted on 2017-01-07 15:31:28 Reply Private Reply
#17: Deckard To: Gatlin (#16)
Have you ever come up with an oringinal thought in your entire life?
Deckard posted on 2017-01-07 15:40:54 Reply Private Reply
#18: Deckard To: Gatlin (#16)
Deckard posted on 2017-01-07 15:46:57 Reply Private Reply
#19: Hondo68 To: Gatlin, Panama Juan McCain (#7)
Panama Juan McCain, friend to illegal aliens, ISIS, and drug smugglers
McCain
Hondo68 posted on 2017-01-07 15:47:55 Reply Private Reply
#20: Deckard To: hondo68 (#19)
Gatlin's idea of an "ethical" politician. He voted for him as "The lesser of two evils"
Deckard posted on 2017-01-07 16:05:33 Reply Private Reply
#21: A K A Stone To: Deckard (#0)
No irony here. Mitch isn't his inlaws.
Mitch is being consistent.
A K A Stone posted on 2017-01-07 16:13:31 Reply Private Reply
#22: A K A Stone To: Deckard (#3)
Tell us how one can be a hypocrite because of someone elses actions?
You can't and you are lying.
A K A Stone posted on 2017-01-07 16:14:53 Reply Private Reply
#23: A K A Stone To: Deckard (#5)
How was McConnl involved? He wasn't you're lying.
A K A Stone posted on 2017-01-07 16:15:55 Reply Private Reply
#24: Deckard To: A K A Stone (#23)
He's not directly involved but it's clear that he is the beneficiary of millions in "gifts" from the cocaine-smuggling Chao family.
In fact, they continue, the Chao family has been funding McConnell since the late 1980s. Years later, in 1993, McConnell married Elaine Chao and secured the Chao family as one of his primary sources for investments.
A gift worth somewhere between 5 and 25 million dollars from the Chao Family made McConnell one of the richest senators in the country in 2008.
You know that at least part of that "gift" came from proceeds of the criminal enterprise being run by his in-laws.
Deckard posted on 2017-01-07 16:53:14 Reply Private Reply
#25: goldilucky To: Deckard (#0)
They are not trying to keep drugs illegal, they are keeping drugs illegal so there is no threat of competition to their profits.
goldilucky posted on 2017-01-07 17:19:47 Reply Private Reply
#26: GrandIsland To: Deckard (#24)
Funny, when shitbirds with vast criminal histories lose their car, civily, through asset forfeiture, you don't espouse that ideology
You hypocritical Kook sucker
GrandIsland posted on 2017-01-07 17:46:13 Reply Private Reply
#27: misterwhite To: Deckard (#3)
My post was to point out the hypocrisy of those who want to legalize marijuana but keep cocaine illegal.
misterwhite posted on 2017-01-07 19:34:37 Reply Private Reply
#28: A K A Stone To: misterwhite (#27)
What about beer and cocaine?
A K A Stone posted on 2017-01-07 20:40:57 Reply Private Reply
#29: misterwhite To: A K A Stone (#28)
You can, but sometimes the cocaine makes the beer taste funny.
misterwhite posted on 2017-01-08 11:26:25 Reply Private Reply
#30: buckeroo To: misterwhite (#29)
buckeroo posted on 2017-01-08 11:33:35 Reply Private Reply
#31: misterwhite To: buckeroo (#30)
Funny you should bring that up. I'm going to have a long talk with my ... friend about that.
misterwhite posted on 2017-01-08 12:16:49 Reply Private Reply
#32: A K A Stone To: misterwhite (#29)
A K A Stone posted on 2017-01-08 12:52:24 Reply Private Reply
#33: buckeroo To: misterwhite (#31)
buckeroo posted on 2017-01-08 13:16:36 Reply Private Reply
#34: misterwhite To: A K A Stone (#32)
That depends. Do you believe legality of recreational drugs should be based on how many people are killed?
Like if heroin kills fewer people than alcohol, heroin should be legal?
misterwhite posted on 2017-01-08 13:37:30 Reply Private Reply
#35: misterwhite To: buckeroo (#33)
Nah. I like women.
misterwhite posted on 2017-01-08 13:38:18 Reply Private Reply
#36: Roscoe To: misterwhite (#34)
And bathtubs kill more people in America than cobras.
Legalize pet cobra ownership! Freedom!!!
Roscoe posted on 2017-01-08 13:41:35 Reply Private Reply
#37: buckeroo To: Roscoe (#36)
Strange to see you make a post exclaiming "Freedom!!!" .... very weird.
buckeroo posted on 2017-01-08 13:57:22 Reply Private Reply
#38: misterwhite To: Roscoe (#36)
Legalize tigers!
misterwhite posted on 2017-01-08 15:56:13 Reply Private Reply
#39: misterwhite To: buckeroo (#37)
You think that's weird? He used to post "Incarceration!!!"
misterwhite posted on 2017-01-08 15:57:55 Reply Private Reply
#40: Gatlin To: hondo68 (#19)
This is a scientific fact. It has been proven 100% accurate. People who do this are officially categorized as mentally ill dimwitted retards.
What is it?
It's posting an idiotic picture in a thread without anything supporting or illuminating the poster's position.
A variation on this deranged type of posting are posts that contain nothing but personal attacks and name calling, lacking any substance and failing to actually promote critical thinking or to promote or defend a sensible and sane position.
Mentally ill retards use this technique because they became exhausted trying to write something sane and sensible, or they were so proud of having finally written something that wasn't totally retarded they find themselves compelled to keep reposting it.
Why, you might ask, is this a sure sign of mentally ill retards?
Because these people don't have the mental horsepower to articulate a cogent statement. They have to rely on pictures to do their speaking. Because they're mentally ill retards. 97% of mental health experts agree.
Strange but true
Its basically impossible to exchange intelligent comments with a Paultard. They either have to post some meme not relevant to anything, Idiotic cartoonish picture or copy and post a comment unrelated to the topic. it will only be memorize rhetorical tidbits which they repeat ad nauseam.
Gatlin posted on 2017-01-08 16:29:21 Reply Private Reply
#41: Hondo68 To: Gatlin (#40)
4 libertarians ready to kick Gatlin's ass!
Hondo68 posted on 2017-01-08 17:26:17 Reply Private Reply
#42: Roscoe To: misterwhite (#39)
Roscoe posted on 2017-01-08 19:14:15 Reply Private Reply