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Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 02:51 PM Original message |
Michael Vick just conditionally reinstated into the NFL |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. Good. Fuck those who think a man should do his time, and then be left without a career. |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. ditto |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. It'll be fun watching whatever team signs him get hammered. Plenty of Americans have had to reinvent |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
33. I'll be stocking up on dog biscuits to pelt him with if a team signs him & they play the Panthers. |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. He has a college education |
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Naturyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 10:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
72. Are you aware that football stars tend to skate through college? |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 12:27 AM Response to Reply #72 |
80. And this is our problem why? |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. It's done everyday. What about people (black of course) |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 08:11 PM Response to Reply #24 |
60. And yet you were advocating for the incarceration & forced sterilizaton of the mentally ill. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 10:17 PM Response to Reply #60 |
66. Get a grip. Two different subjects entirely and not even remotely |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 11:41 PM Response to Reply #66 |
78. Yup. You just discounted the reality of mental illness. I shudder to think of your "final solution" |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 09:52 AM Response to Reply #78 |
83. My final solution stands at hospitalization and sterilization. That |
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Naturyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #60 |
73. What? You've gotta be kidding. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 10:59 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. The ones advocating the death penalty are still here, too! n/t |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 11:37 PM Response to Reply #73 |
77. poster discounted postpartum psychosis and admits to advocating eugenics/IE forced sterilization |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 10:10 AM Response to Reply #77 |
84. And you need to stop hijacking threads. n/t |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 09:50 PM Response to Reply #24 |
63. They don't want to hear about that. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
26. agreed. |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. trust me, if he was never again let into the nfl, someone would offer |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
41. I couldn't agree more. n/t |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
46. He went to college, but didn't finish. He has that to fall back on. |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 05:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
49. I sure hope there's a CFO job waiting for Andy Fastow. |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. Chris Rock questioned Vick's conviction while Palin shoots animals from helicopters. |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
34. How can you compare a clean shot on an animal to torturing one in a fight |
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pecwae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. You can't. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 04:46 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. How do you call chasing an animal down until its exhausted then shooting it |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #34 |
48. You can make a "clean shot" on a wolf from a helicopter or airplane? |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. He has paid his debt to society. Let him play football. n/t |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
6. I don't really have a problem with that |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Wow! The only two options left for Vick, playing professional football in the League or Burger King |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Hello Strawman, How you Been? |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. You were the one who made it seem like an either/or situation |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
7. That was the correct decision. |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
8. Millionaires taking care of other millionaires. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. +1 |
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pecwae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
38. Money talks. |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
52. Vick is no longer a millionaire. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 11:52 AM Response to Reply #52 |
85. What? Michael Vick isn't rich anymore? |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 06:42 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. Several million dollars in debt, in bankruptcy |
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VMI Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
9. Good, although I don't like the suspension. |
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abbeyco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
11. I think it's pretty telling that some teams don't want him |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Won't know that until after this announcement. Teams wouldn't make a move... |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. The article says some teams have already said no... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 03:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Point taken. After a few hours, not every team is interested. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. I took this to mean teams that had signaled their intent to say NO |
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davidpdx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #28 |
51. So far Dallas, NY and Atlanta (of course) |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:42 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Good for the Falcons. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:58 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. ditto... |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Trust me on this. Some team that badly needs a quarterback will sign him. |
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abbeyco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. I don't disagree at all |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
32. Baseball bans for life those caught gambling... |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 08:03 PM Response to Reply #32 |
58. Thank you. Look what happened to Pete Rose's career |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
36. I imagine his 53.7 completion percentage |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 05:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
50. I bet Al Davis has already called him. n/t |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
13. As an animal lover and activist -- |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. EXACTLY - I wouldn't care if he went out an earned another $50 million |
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Flaneur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
14. Fine with me. Vick has done his time. |
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Bleacher Creature (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
20. Unlike health care, this is one case where I'm happy to let the market sort it out. |
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SleeplessInAlabama (341 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
21. Fine, but don't have a symbolic BS "suspension" in the first place. n/t |
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GreatCaesarsGhost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
23. i wonder, if he evers plays a game in Cleveland, |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
25. Vick is a cruel person. He sets a bad example. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #25 |
43. Set a bad example? |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Two wrongs don't make a right. |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 05:14 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. +1 n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #45 |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 08:21 PM Response to Reply #43 |
62. Should not be an either/or |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 09:53 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Well until women are as valued as these dogs |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #64 |
69. I AM a woman. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 05:43 AM Response to Reply #69 |
82. That's fine. But to pretend that Vicks is the worst person on the NFL is fuckery. That's |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 11:25 PM Response to Reply #62 |
76. EXCELLENT FREAKIN' POST, and way to rip off this poster's beard. |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 12:06 AM Response to Reply #76 |
79. Thank you! |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 05:41 AM Response to Reply #79 |
81. Persecute being the key word in your post. |
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Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #43 |
68. Which convicted rapists are playing in the NFL? |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
30. Whatever--I never doubted it. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
39. for the number of dogs harmed and killed -- i didn't think it was much of a book |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
40. My not believing in violence is the only thing keeping |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #40 |
61. If it's any consolation, I think enough football fans are also dog lovers that he won't have much of |
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fishbulb703 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
47. Oh to have been that judge. I'd make sure he was too old when released. nt |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
53. I absolutely couldn't care less and it really annoys me |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
59. I don't have a problem with this |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
65. I get reinstatement and paying his debt to society. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
67. I would be pleasantly surprised if there was any real outcry from NFL fans. |
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williesgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
70. I for one will boycott any NFL advertiser who's ads appear during ANY game he plays in and I'll let |
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Naturyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
71. Fine. He should not be stopped from playing football, BUT... |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
75. His sentence was a lot lighter than I'd've liked. |
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