Who, who, who, who,...who let the dogs out?
Apparently, or I should say allegedly, Ron Mexico did.
For those who may have missed it, Smithfield, Virginia police raided a house on an animal cruelty tip, and found evidence the dogs in the house were used for dog fighting. Later it was discovered that although he didn't live there, the house was owned by Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, aka. Ron Mexico.
Mexico claimed ignorance (which in his case isn't a stretch, so very believable at first blush). He had relatives living in the house and had no idea what they were doing. Then local convenience store workers and others in the community refuted his story, claiming they had seen Vick often in and around the hood.
Now, I'm all over people being innocent until proven guilty. The guy deserves his day in court. Just ask the Duke lacrosse team. I thought it was a little over the top that some congressman in California had to jump into the fray. He's "outraged that one of the National Football League's superstars is affiliated with such a heinous enterprise." Well, hold on, bucko. Let's get it past a jury before you go being outraged, and if it does, we can all be outraged. You're not all that special.
On the other side of the coin (and what prodded this blog entry), we have the ludicrous comments of one Redskins running back, Clinton Portis, who basically said, dog fighting ain't all that bad, and we should all back off Ronnie. In Clinton's hometown in Mississippi, there are dog fights on the back streets all the time. Oooookay then. I can just see the entire state of Mississippi cringing every time this guy opens his mouth. He's not exactly chamber of commerce material. Defending Mexico, he said if he were convicted, "You take a positive role model...and put him behind bars for no reason, over a dog fight." Now there's an exercise in brilliance. You GO Clint. We shouldn't be sending people to jail for training dogs to kill each other (and just about anything else) and turning them loose on each other for entertainment, and certainly don't persecute this positive role model...Ron Mexico....let's see. The guy showed the whole Georgia Dome he thought they were number 1 with his middle finger, he had the Ron Mexico/herpes incident, he was shown on his girlfriend's MySpace page holding a blunt on top of her head, and then there's this dog fighting allegation. On the other side of the page, there's his vast body of...ummmm...community service examples (not mandated by a judge)? Anybody? Examples of Mexico giving back? The Ron Mexico foundation for the homeless? crippled children? unwed mothers? victims' families from the Virgina Tech incident (seeing as how he's a VT alum)? photo spread of him building homes with Habitat for Humanity? working a soup kitchen? I'd mention big brothers and sisters, but that's just plain scary. Anything? Can anyone help me with this?
For those who may have missed it, Smithfield, Virginia police raided a house on an animal cruelty tip, and found evidence the dogs in the house were used for dog fighting. Later it was discovered that although he didn't live there, the house was owned by Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, aka. Ron Mexico.
Mexico claimed ignorance (which in his case isn't a stretch, so very believable at first blush). He had relatives living in the house and had no idea what they were doing. Then local convenience store workers and others in the community refuted his story, claiming they had seen Vick often in and around the hood.
Now, I'm all over people being innocent until proven guilty. The guy deserves his day in court. Just ask the Duke lacrosse team. I thought it was a little over the top that some congressman in California had to jump into the fray. He's "outraged that one of the National Football League's superstars is affiliated with such a heinous enterprise." Well, hold on, bucko. Let's get it past a jury before you go being outraged, and if it does, we can all be outraged. You're not all that special.
On the other side of the coin (and what prodded this blog entry), we have the ludicrous comments of one Redskins running back, Clinton Portis, who basically said, dog fighting ain't all that bad, and we should all back off Ronnie. In Clinton's hometown in Mississippi, there are dog fights on the back streets all the time. Oooookay then. I can just see the entire state of Mississippi cringing every time this guy opens his mouth. He's not exactly chamber of commerce material. Defending Mexico, he said if he were convicted, "You take a positive role model...and put him behind bars for no reason, over a dog fight." Now there's an exercise in brilliance. You GO Clint. We shouldn't be sending people to jail for training dogs to kill each other (and just about anything else) and turning them loose on each other for entertainment, and certainly don't persecute this positive role model...Ron Mexico....let's see. The guy showed the whole Georgia Dome he thought they were number 1 with his middle finger, he had the Ron Mexico/herpes incident, he was shown on his girlfriend's MySpace page holding a blunt on top of her head, and then there's this dog fighting allegation. On the other side of the page, there's his vast body of...ummmm...community service examples (not mandated by a judge)? Anybody? Examples of Mexico giving back? The Ron Mexico foundation for the homeless? crippled children? unwed mothers? victims' families from the Virgina Tech incident (seeing as how he's a VT alum)? photo spread of him building homes with Habitat for Humanity? working a soup kitchen? I'd mention big brothers and sisters, but that's just plain scary. Anything? Can anyone help me with this?
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