Hey, kids! So Michael Vick signed with the Eagles this week after serving 2 years in prison for running a dogfighting ring in Virginia (which we all agree is a douchebag move). There's of course an uproar from PETA and some Eagles fans and that's understandable. A lot of Eagles players have come to Vick's defense (as opposed to Vicks Defense, which I believe is a cough medicine) stating that everyone deserves a second chance. While I agree with that statement for the most part, I do have some trouble with it in this scenario.
Now, everyone who knows me knows I love dogs (and bears, great white sharks, raccoons, parrots who curse, Miley Cyrus who I believe is a lemur, and pretty much any grossly overweight house pet). I'm also a firm believer in rehabilitation because, if for no other reason, someone in this country should be. But even that wains at times. I mean, you don't have to trust ex-cons but I do think they deserve a shot to change. And getting back to Michael Vick, I'm pretty sure that he won't be starting another dogfighting ring ever again.
My problem with the idea of a second chance for him is that it's not just a second chance at life. It's a second chance at making millions of dollars. Most inmates get released and struggle to get work and a lot of times poverty causes them to fall back into bad habits (i.e. stabbings and shit). But Michael Vick walked out of jail, stepped into a Range Rover, and drove home to his mansion. As you can see, that's atypical.
I think we should hold pro athletes and other million dollar makers to higher standards because they've already gotten really lucky or worked hard, and chose to throw that away because it meant so little to them (apparently). How are the rest of us supposed to feel when we work hard, pay our taxes, and mind the laws and don't come remotely within that stratosphere and here's a guy who did, fucked up royally, and gets a do-over? It can't feel good.
So, if you ask me (which I'm aware you didn't), it's not about whether or not Michael Vick is sorry, it's about those with the most to lose not making decisions that scoff at the life that most others dream about. I suppose I could live with Vick making less in another league and working his way back up to the NFL and proving that he's a better person, but I think by signing immediately in the NFL, he may lose that sense. Not that I care that much about Michael Vick's feelings. Something about drowning and electrocuting dogs pulls me out of the caring business.
So there you have it, kids, a somewhat serious blog from your old pal Aaron. Don't get used to it!
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Sunday, August 16, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Many Villages
are missing their idiots.
Hey, kids. Have you been watching the news lately? A lot of people in this country are going fucking nuts. There are town hall meetings being held all over the nation where citizens are flat out yelling at their congressman (yes,their congressman). People are bringing props and crying and making no sense. It makes me sick to think that folks are getting this upset at Obama's policies after having maintained radio silence during the Bush administration. It's fucking bizarro. If ever there was someone to get wildly upset about it was our yokel former president.
A lot of the people are yelling about wanting their country back and/or referring to the America that "they know." What country is that exactly? The one that they grew up in? That Nixon was president of? Really, you want that back? The man bugged his own office! You want the Reagan years back then? Selling guns to terrorists, a booming cocaine epidemic, and a ground swell of greed? You can have it: Somewhere else. Go away. Try Russia.
There's a massive misinformation campaign going on too, completely funded by insurance and drug companies, about the idea of "death panels." They falsely claim that a committee will decide whether to care for the sick and the old or to let them die. There is no such item in the Obama plan. But the point that most of these people are missing is that that already exists in every private insurance company. Maybe not literally, but the idea that a beaurocrat standing between you and your doctor isn't new and just now being proposed. If you have an HMO, you always have to cross your fingers that your insurance will cover whatever you need. Think about the dentist as an example. There's always some insurance guy who decides whether you need a procedure or it's purely cosmetic. You never know what they'll cover and what they won't. It's a racket.
So no one's out to kill Sarah Palin's retard baby. Except the eskimos. It's not their fault. They think it's a seal.
But I just don't get the level of outrage people are showing (and that's why I started this blog). And guess who it always is? Old white people. Did somebody forget to eat their bran this morning? What the fuck do you have to complain about? Did they cancel Murder She Wrote again?! And people are even bringing guns to protests. What the fuck! What for??? You gonna shoot somebody if you don't get your way? You exercising your rights? Just because the 1st and 2nd Ammendents are next to each other sequentially doesn't mean they go together.
Late Thought: Could somebody please taze these motherfuckers?!!!
People are going nuts, man, at least 4 years too late. After all the bullshit we've been through as a country, and I've written plenty about it already, people are getting this upset about someone trying to fix health care. Obama's trying to do something good. You can argue the here's and there's but in a sane and logical way. But if you take your cues from Glenn Beck and Faux News, then you're fucked anyway.
I don't have all the answers, kids, but neither do those assholes. I think as long as you keep that in mind, you'll end up doing the right thing in the end. You'll be forced to think. A wild idea indeed. Could get some people in trouble. Especially when they realize they've got shit for brains. And you thought the Scarecrow had it bad...
:-P Pbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbth!!!
Hey, kids. Have you been watching the news lately? A lot of people in this country are going fucking nuts. There are town hall meetings being held all over the nation where citizens are flat out yelling at their congressman (yes,their congressman). People are bringing props and crying and making no sense. It makes me sick to think that folks are getting this upset at Obama's policies after having maintained radio silence during the Bush administration. It's fucking bizarro. If ever there was someone to get wildly upset about it was our yokel former president.
A lot of the people are yelling about wanting their country back and/or referring to the America that "they know." What country is that exactly? The one that they grew up in? That Nixon was president of? Really, you want that back? The man bugged his own office! You want the Reagan years back then? Selling guns to terrorists, a booming cocaine epidemic, and a ground swell of greed? You can have it: Somewhere else. Go away. Try Russia.
There's a massive misinformation campaign going on too, completely funded by insurance and drug companies, about the idea of "death panels." They falsely claim that a committee will decide whether to care for the sick and the old or to let them die. There is no such item in the Obama plan. But the point that most of these people are missing is that that already exists in every private insurance company. Maybe not literally, but the idea that a beaurocrat standing between you and your doctor isn't new and just now being proposed. If you have an HMO, you always have to cross your fingers that your insurance will cover whatever you need. Think about the dentist as an example. There's always some insurance guy who decides whether you need a procedure or it's purely cosmetic. You never know what they'll cover and what they won't. It's a racket.
So no one's out to kill Sarah Palin's retard baby. Except the eskimos. It's not their fault. They think it's a seal.
But I just don't get the level of outrage people are showing (and that's why I started this blog). And guess who it always is? Old white people. Did somebody forget to eat their bran this morning? What the fuck do you have to complain about? Did they cancel Murder She Wrote again?! And people are even bringing guns to protests. What the fuck! What for??? You gonna shoot somebody if you don't get your way? You exercising your rights? Just because the 1st and 2nd Ammendents are next to each other sequentially doesn't mean they go together.
Late Thought: Could somebody please taze these motherfuckers?!!!
People are going nuts, man, at least 4 years too late. After all the bullshit we've been through as a country, and I've written plenty about it already, people are getting this upset about someone trying to fix health care. Obama's trying to do something good. You can argue the here's and there's but in a sane and logical way. But if you take your cues from Glenn Beck and Faux News, then you're fucked anyway.
I don't have all the answers, kids, but neither do those assholes. I think as long as you keep that in mind, you'll end up doing the right thing in the end. You'll be forced to think. A wild idea indeed. Could get some people in trouble. Especially when they realize they've got shit for brains. And you thought the Scarecrow had it bad...
:-P Pbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbth!!!
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