AP:
Michael Vick has pleaded guilty to a federal dogfighting conspiracy charge.
The suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback arrived at the downtown court building in a sport utility vehicle and walked into court flanked by his attorneys. His supporters erupted in a roaring cheer drowning out his opponents, silently holding signs.
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All is forgiven Mr. Vick.
No go off to prison and comeback with colon cancer. Have nice day.
You are one of those left-wing loons Billo kepts talking about. Maybe u shouldn't B such a vindictive dickhead!
Thank you! I have seen the light. You have truly inspired me to turn over a new leaf...
Michael, enojoy your time in prison getting gang raped, sodomized and being forced to eat shit for wasting the opportunities that had been bestowed upon you. I am "betting" that the other inmates will come to find that you are just another convict and will get bored with you after a year or two. P.S. you can get on the library computer after Celldumceen is done responding to me regarding this most recent post.
I wish no physical harm on anybody. And I'm NOT a liberal.
Oh...He found Jesus.....so he is O.K.now....
I just read the story reporting his apology, his repudiation of his own bad acts, and his miraculous finding of redemption through Jesus Christ.
ROFLMAO.
I think his Jesus card trumps the race card.
And all athletes and entertainers use it when they want to try to weasil out of trouble----regardless of COLOR.
nihilon_x: I understand and respect your desire to keep the debate race-free. I wish it was that easy. Now, you know the black male is always going to receive tougher scrutiny by the media. You know they're going to receive more jail time for the same crime committed by a white male. If fact, for rich white males, they often not only get any "time", their records are expunged to boot. (I know firsthand, that's the type of neighborhood I live...) Look at Tank Johnson's--who needs to grow-up for sure--crime: caught with unregistered weapons he kept for sport and protection. You would think this guy was planning to commit an act of terrorism. His last infraction proved to be a non-issue because his alcohol blood level was within limits, yet he was canned. I bet you More people know Tank Johnson and his "crime", than the man and co-conspirator who bombed the OK FBI facility that killed hundreds of people. If you ignore the race component, it gives black males, in particular, the impression the system is fair.
So, if it's a generally well-known fact the judicial system is stacked against you, it seems brutally obvious to me that you live your life accordingly. And, that is, live by a higher code of conduct than your white brethren. Don't speed. Don't jaywalk. Don't drink and drive. Don't own a gun unless you hunt. If you're a celeb, stay clear of night clubs or anywhere else where there's aven a remote possibility of drug activity. (Change the name Lohan, to Rodney King...) Hell, don't even dance when you score a touchdown, people will question your professionalism. The sooner this message is drummed into the heads of young black males, the sooner they'll transition their image, as well as bolster their chances of attaining their true human potential. This--in turn-- would strengthen the fabric of American society's fabric!
While I agree with you and I certainly understand the reality of race in this nation, I likewise feel there is no reason that I can't promote the ideal of a racism free society.
We can either move backwards, stand still, or move forward on this issue, and I prefer to move forward.
It's a noble and worthwhile promotion. At the same time we can't emulate the ostrich in the name of idealism. Truth is embolding if used wisely.
Rus, I was pulling for Tank Johnson. I'm a lifelong Bears fan. BTW, we had a good one today. Lance Briggs's (Bears linebacker) $300,000 Lambordini was found at 3:15 AM smashed v. a pole on the Edens Hwy here in Chicago. 30 yard long skid mark. Briggs wasn't there. Evidently, he got out and just left the car there. Took off. They found him at Halas Hall (Bears training camp HQ's in Lake Forest, Il) about 6 hours later....Everybody is speculating he had probably drank alot and he realized if he stuck around he'd get a DUI, so he fled the place before the police came.....Who says linebackers aren't fast (LOL)
Are all the people WHO TRAINED FALCONS to go MURDER other creatures going to STEP up to the "mic" and face responsibility and apologize like VICK?
I hear thru the TV media that they are thinking of giving him a year in prison... so if he is going to get a year for this "dog incident", what are the people who SHOCK/ZAP bulls to death going to get? What about people who manipulate COWS onto machines?
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In this specific incident the issue of APOLOGY should be directed at the DOGs, right? "I am sorry to the dogs."
JESUS ~ VEGAN, do you see the motion ... is the TRANSlation MADE or ARE there COM-BREAKDOWNS?
I hope the media can TAKE THESE WORDS and "do what you can do"...
Wait....people are training falcons to MURDER?!?!
That scares the shit out of me!
This sadistic, sick friggin moron should spend the next 3 years of his life in prison plus another 2 years of suspension from the NFL, which would leave him eligible to return in the 2013 season...case closed!
A few days ago I was thinking to my self about tall the furor this self-filled celebrity muscle-head was generating and cynically said to myself in a sarcastic voice that he would no-doubt pull a Chuck Colson, a tactic used by so many total asswipes, and claim he's found jeebus. A quick glance (about all I can stand) over at Durdge claims the same without even a hint of irony..'cept within the echo-chamber between my ears. Go figger.
Dumb is as dumb as a rock! To throw away everything beause you think your above it all, because you have some cash!
wha?
After this little example of far-left racism I think I am going actively campaign against everything liberals care about. I am in the market for a new car and I have been trying to decide between a regular car that gets 30 miles to the gallon and an SUV that gets 15 miles to the gallon. No what I think I am going to go with the SUV and pollute as much I possibly can. The environment, abortion, animals rights, the war in Iraq and everything phoney white liberals care about is now on my hitlist. Blacks should stop supporting issues that we really dont care about but liberals are pssionate about. If they secretly hate us I see no reason to help them! I have more respect for right-wing conservatives, at least their honest about who they like and dont like. Straight up honest hatred I can deal with that!
Cell-Did you forget your meds today? So blacks don't care about the environment? They don't care about the war in Iraq? We secretly hate blacks because we think Michael Vick should be punished for his crimes?
"Punished?" PLS! Have u read some of these posts? U people want him dead! If this was just a matter of punishment I would be onboard! U need to read some of what ur white liberal brothers are writing! As for ur meds comment, all I have to say 2 that is u being white person are far more likely to be a perscription drug cocaine meth addict than I am. Read ur FBI stats!
Celldumceen:
I think this is the most ignorant post I've ever seen on HuffPo (and that says a lot). Grow up.
FU liberal!
Most of the posts on this board are not about race, Cell and many focus mainly on Vick's inhumanity rather than his skin color, which is fair.
Trying to group all "white liberals" together as one entity is just as racist as trying to group all black people together as one entity.
I am beginning to agree with steamboat on this issue -- you are probably just a troll trying to incite anti-liberal sentiment in the black community.
Regardless, you are more than welcome to go and address the right-wing conservatives and post your "anti-white" feelings on their boards -- you can even try Stormfront.org if you're ready for that.
Make sure you let us know how that works out.
Holy shit dude, you can't stop talking about race, lol, it cracks me up though so, proceed.
You might as well get a SUV. All the liberals have one. The soccer moms who watch Oprah. The Hollywood stars. And all the advocates of Global Warming ( Do as I say, not as I do). Turns out Robert Kennedy, Jr. has four in his family. Hey, even Global Warming freaks like Madonna fly around in private jets. Most liberals live in expensive suburbia. Blue-collar folks are too busy just trying to make ends meet. They have other problems besides worrying about affording an SUV.
still no word of apology to the dogs, i see.
But...but...but...he's found Jesus and repents of his "immature" acts. Little does he know that Jesus raises Beagels.
I have personally rescued 3 dogs that we share our home with now.Two were abused and required literally months of care and caring to bring them to the happy healthy dogs they are now.The act of animal abuse is cruel and barbaric and seeing the results of it makes one wish these dogs could talk.That being said I also hold my human brethern as my brothers and sisters.
This is not a cultural issue or a black issue it happens all over the world so please stop that strawman argument now.Next go to the next step and wonder aloud if we can allow this person the chance to change.Can he use his status to open shelters or youth programs that intermingles petcare as an after school program?
He lied but who here has never lied about something we are ashamed of doing?I say let him serve his time and see what he chooses to do.
I offer him a chance after he serves his time.I will cheer him if he uses his time after jail to do something like I have previously mnetioned.He tossed aside an insured life of fame for a future filled with if's and it is sad.It is his turn now to chose what he does next.I cautiously hope for the best with him and yet I do so with the knowledge that other before him like Mike Tyson came out of prison and proceed to become a side show and a shadow of the personn he could have been.I hope Michael Vick forges a path that youth can look up to again.Only he knows that.
Thats awesome that you bring dogs back to a healthy state! Makes me want to do something like that. GOOD WORK!!!
Good post!! It's nice to know there's some reason among all of the cries to utterly destroy the guy.
Wow...
Just like I said...he found Jesus and this means that the world should forgive him.
I tell you that Jesus is one amazing and incredible character. Why does he always wait until after one of his flock does so much harm before he appears before them?
Is he always running late? Does he not have a watch?
Vick's apology was so weak.......and scripted, and he is no actor.
jack jett
www.yabbadabbahubbado.com
this just in: Bush to Pardon Vick!
http://blogdebogs.blogspot.com/2007/08/exclusive-bush-to-commute-michael-vicks.html
How about some current news Huff? I can't wait to see the next useless headline when he offically goes to jail. The important part of the word news is new.
Let's throw the race baiting out of the Michael Vick-dogfighting controversy.
First we White folks should stop saying stupid shit like: "Michael Vick should never play football again! Take away all his money!!"
And second, Black folks should stop saying equally stupid shit like: "When you live in the ghetto ('hood, slum, whatever) you see dogs fighting all the time. It's a cultural thing. Leave Michael Vick alone."
Dogfighting is inhumane. It is illegal for a reason.
www.hsus.org/hsus_field/animal_fighting_the_final_round/dogfighting_fact_sheet/heet/
If any good comes out of this it will be that the so-called sport of dogfighting is more prevalent than the average citizen of the US, black or white, ever thought!
This "black folk" says that Vick shouldn't play in the NFL again -- there is no one "black" opinion just as there is no one "white" opinion.
Stop with the racial generalizations and lets focus on the actions of the individual and not the color of his skin.
I'm just repeating what I hear on ESPN and what I read on HuffingtonPost.com
“It’s a cultural thing, I think,” Jamie [Foxx]said. “Most brothers didn’t know that, you know. I used to see dogs fighting in the neighborhood all the time. I didn’t know that was Fed time. So, mike probably just didn’t read his handbook on what not to do as a black star.”
http://www.accesshollywood.com/news/ah6563.shtml
So don't jump on my ass about "racial generalizations." But this is a good example of how "race" and the preception of race, poisons every discussion in the United States!
I've got family living in the heart of dogfighting territory. They're all dog lovers and hate it. But since it's a "sport" of a bunch of good, ol' boy hillbillies nothing much is said about it in the wider world.
And I strongly disagree with you, Michael Vick should be given another chance after he's paid his penality. That's the American way.
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First Posted: 08-27-07 10:47 AM | Updated: 03-28-08 02:44 AM