Michael Vick...

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CNN's Headline News had some video footage from Houston Texas this morning about dog fights and training to go along with the Vick story. Most of the dogs used in the video were pit bulls and many of them didn't want to fight when presented against another dog, they would rather smell and lick each other. It was then that they were punished for not fighting. Kind of goes along with the thread on the pit bulls from earlier in the week. Most of the pits had to be trained or forced to fight and that is where they get some of the bad rep on the breed.

You know, I used to think that his brother may have been an anomaly. Now we know that this sort of thing runs in the family.

Dog fighting is one thing; I don't condone it, like it, or support it... but electrocuting and hanging dogs is the next level of animal cruelty. I don't even wanna wear my Vick jersey anymore

I hope the NFL hands out a lifetime ban to Vick. It's about time that dipshit athletes be held responsible for their actions. :banhim:

I don't even wanna wear my Vick jersey anymore
I'm willing to bet a lot of people might be thinking the same thing.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,290061,00.html

Vick's legal troubles prompted Nike to suspend the release of its latest product line named after him.
Nike told retailers it will not release a fifth signature shoe, the Air Zoom Vick V, this summer. Nike spokesman Dean Stoyer said the four shoe products and three shirts that currently bear Vick's name will remain in stores.
That news comes on the heels of a statement from the Humane Society of the United States (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,290061,00.html) calling upon Nike to pull its Vick clothing and shoes from retailers and from its Web site. It also called upon NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to suspend Vick.

Law enforcement seems to have a strong indictment on Vick and his associates. If he’s guilty, he’s looking at some special time in club fed.

It's already got the Senate's attention. Watch at your own risk (***congratulations West Virginia***). Keep in mind this is only part one of this rousing speech. The rest can be found on Youtube for anyone looking for a laugh or having trouble falling asleep.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy5UanXCrxM

He reminds me of Senator Palpatine

It's already got the Senate's attention. Watch at your own risk (***congratulations West Virginia***). Keep in mind this is only part one of this rousing speech. The rest can be found on Youtube for anyone looking for a laugh or having trouble falling asleep.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy5UanXCrxM

Almost looks like he has the beginning stages of Parkinson's disease. :frown:

Dog fighting is one thing; I don't condone it, like it, or support it... but electrocuting and hanging dogs is the next level of animal cruelty. I don't even wanna wear my Vick jersey anymore
I completely agree. That's what really pissed me off. Well, that, and hearing him say he didn't know it was going on. :shakehead

Guess his brother learned a lot from him, it just took longer for big Vick to get caught.

For once I can agree with PETA on something, the NFL needs to suspend MV for the time being. Nike was very smart for putting the brakes on.

For once I can agree with PETA on something, the NFL needs to suspend MV for the time being. Nike was very smart for putting the brakes on.
eh, Nike missed a good marketing opp. "Nike: clothing line of choice for discriminating dog killers everywhere."

Stylin' while fryin' :eek7:

Almost looks like he has the beginning stages of Parkinson's disease. :frown:

Don't feel bad for him, the guy is a hypocrite and a fucking racist. He was a recruiter and Grand Kleagle in the KKK. You wonder how a Democrat was elected in West Virginia. I guess it's OK to lynch blacks, but don't fight dogs...unless you're white.

Seriously??? Sources?

Sources abound- it's common knowledge. Here's a segment of one article by the Washington Post:

washingtonpost.com
A Senator's Shame
Byrd, in His New Book, Again Confronts Early Ties to KKK

By Eric Pianin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, June 19, 2005; A01

In the early 1940s, a politically ambitious butcher from West Virginia named Bob Byrd recruited 150 of his friends and associates to form a chapter of the Ku Klux Klan. After Byrd had collected the $10 joining fee and $3 charge for a robe and hood from every applicant, the "Grand Dragon" for the mid-Atlantic states came down to tiny Crab Orchard, W.Va., to officially organize the chapter.

As Byrd recalls now, the Klan official, Joel L. Baskin of Arlington, Va., was so impressed with the young Byrd's organizational skills that he urged him to go into politics. "The country needs young men like you in the leadership of the nation," Baskin said.

The young Klan leader went on to become one of the most powerful and enduring figures in modern Senate history. Throughout a half-century on Capitol Hill, Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.) has twice held the premier leadership post in the Senate, helped win ratification of the Panama Canal treaty, squeezed billions from federal coffers to aid his home state, and won praise from liberals for his opposition to the war in Iraq and his defense of minority party rights in the Senate.

Despite his many achievements, however, the venerated Byrd has never been able to fully erase the stain of his association with one of the most reviled hate groups in the nation's history.

Wow, I never heard that. Glad I don't live in WV

Sources abound- it's common knowledge. Here's a segment of one article by the Washington Post:

washingtonpost.com
A Senator's Shame
Byrd, in His New Book, Again Confronts Early Ties to KKK

By Eric Pianin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, June 19, 2005; A01

In the early 1940s, a politically ambitious butcher from West Virginia named Bob Byrd recruited 150 of his friends and associates to form a chapter of the Ku Klux Klan. After Byrd had collected the $10 joining fee and $3 charge for a robe and hood from every applicant, the "Grand Dragon" for the mid-Atlantic states came down to tiny Crab Orchard, W.Va., to officially organize the chapter.

As Byrd recalls now, the Klan official, Joel L. Baskin of Arlington, Va., was so impressed with the young Byrd's organizational skills that he urged him to go into politics. "The country needs young men like you in the leadership of the nation," Baskin said.

The young Klan leader went on to become one of the most powerful and enduring figures in modern Senate history. Throughout a half-century on Capitol Hill, Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.) has twice held the premier leadership post in the Senate, helped win ratification of the Panama Canal treaty, squeezed billions from federal coffers to aid his home state, and won praise from liberals for his opposition to the war in Iraq and his defense of minority party rights in the Senate.

Despite his many achievements, however, the venerated Byrd has never been able to fully erase the stain of his association with one of the most reviled hate groups in the nation's history.

Holy hell. I had no clue either. :eek:

And this animal cruelty stuff is just disgusting and dissapointing. Totally gone off Vick forever. :shakehead