For The Dogs

Once again, it has been awhile. Quikstop has been really busy moving down to Va. Tech and starting my new job, so hopefully you can excuse me. Well I'm back because there is just so much going on right now, I just couldn't resist blogging it up.

Let's see, what should I talk about? Well, in honor of my being at VT, I think I will discuss the Michael Vick dog fighting investigation. It looks as if Michael Vick may never play for the Atlanta Falcons again because his house in Virginia was the center of a huge illegal dog fighting ring. As the former owner of an awesome German Shepherd, the fact that innocent dogs were electrocuted, hung and killed is nauseating. PETA has threatened to protest the NFL if Commissioner Roger Goodell does not severely punish Vick for his alleged actions (if I recall people were innocent until proven guilty in this country, but oh well). This brings me to my major problem with this "scandal" and PETA people in general. Michael Vick's actions were certainly questionable at best and deplorable at worst, but at least he didn't harm any PEOPLE. Should the FBI really be investigating dog fighting instead of terrorism or organized crime?

I'm not at all a fan of cruelty to any animals, (excepts cows and calves, they are just too tasty) but seriously people. Considering the deplorable things happening to actual human beings these days, should Michael Vick be a front-page story or the subject of a federal investigation? I don't think so. Almost two years after Hurricane Katrina, people in New Orleans are still living in a 3rd World situation (but it's cool because the Saints drafted Reggie Bush). Thousands are meaninglessly slaughtered in Dar Fur on a daily basis. Jews are still murdering Palestinians and vice versa. 190,000 American Veterans are homeless on the streets. These are real problems that mean the death of millions of innocent people every year, and yet Michael Vick's dead dogs are what everyone seems to care about.

What sickens me most about Vick-gate '07 is that if Michael Vick wasn't a $100 million athlete and the starting Quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons, no one would give a damn about the dead dogs. Have we become such star fuckers in this country that crime only matters if done by or to the famous? Dog fights go one everyday somewhere in America, but when Michael Vick runs it it becomes a national scandal. People don't give a shit about the dogs, they care about getting their faces on television. So PETA, the FBI, the NFL, ESPN are all dogs, because a dog likes nothing more than getting attention.