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Hope this gets past the Mayor's eyes. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by shais_mom
LOL! I LOVE the bad newz shirt. I may have to order that one also. :)
oh sure- I post the link and you post the shirt and I'll be the one that gets in trubble!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Cinder & Smoke
that's why I posted the link you silly goof!
*THUMPZ*
Duhhh ... :pQuote:
Originally Posted by shais_mom
Nebber happin! ;)
Anyhow - it'll be MY post that gets the Red Ink X ;)
:D
Did anyone watch CNN tonight? Paula very much supported Pitties which was wonderful. She interviewed a trainer who basically said its not the breed but they way you treat it. People need to learn that. The trainer also had a gorgeous Pit named John Henry on the show.
I'm glad that the U.S is finally beginning to see how brutal this disgusting sport is. Now hopefully they get more strict and enforce it more now since its very public.
:)
They're starting to catch on ...
Friday, July 27, 2007 >>>
Reebok suspends sales of Vick football jerseys ...
Dogfighting allegations against QB ‘too disturbing to ignore’ for company.
NEW YORK - Athletic apparel maker Reebok said on Friday it is suspending sales of jerseys of National Football League star Michael Vick, who has been accused of sponsoring a dog-fighting operation.
“While we respect the legal process, we find the allegations against Mr. Vick too disturbing to ignore,” said Reebok, a division of Germany’s Adidas, in a statement.
Reebok does not have a separate marketing relationship with Vick, but it is the official supplier of all National Football League apparel and equipment, according to the statement.
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Now if Nike would catch on ...
They did!Quote:
Originally Posted by Cinder & Smoke
More charges expected in his case...
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Now, why can't this happen when these idiot stars do something stupid?
Why doesn't MADD try to boycott or protest at movie premieres?
:D
Who's next ??
THANKS, Mr. Nike! ;)
Nike suspends endorsement deal with Vick ...
Move follows Reebok's decision to suspend sales of quarterback’s jerseys.
NEW YORK - Friday, July 27, 2007 -
Nike has suspended its endorsment contract with Michael Vick, CNBC reported Friday.
"Nike has suspended Michael Vick's contract without pay, and will not sell any more Michael Vick product at Nike owned retail at this time," the company said in a statement.
"As we've said before, Nike is concerned by the serious and highly disturbing allegations made against Michael Vick and we consider any cruelty to animals inhumane and abhorrent. However, we do believe that Michael Vick should be afforded the same due process as any citizen in the United States, therefore, we have not terminated our relationship."
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They can CANCEL his contract after he's convicted! ;)
Thanks for posting the info Phred. It made my day! :D
Had Vick not been indicted, I wonder if Nike and Reebok would still have taken the actions they did. Money talks.
Edited to ask: Did anyone see the pit bull image with the caption that says, "I'm a lover, not a fighter"? I think I saw it as a magnet on Cafe Press, but I'm not sure.
Hey Vick ~
You're a little late now ... :D
Co-defendant doesn't want trial
Taylor to have plea agreement hearing on Monday
Associated Presss article via SI.com:
Posted: Friday July 27, 2007 9:02PM; Updated: Saturday July 28, 2007 12:25AM
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- One of Michael Vick's co-defendants doesn't want to wait for trial.
Instead, a plea agreement hearing has been scheduled for TonyTaylor at 9 a.m. Monday in the federal dogfighting conspiracy case.
Taylor's hearing was added to U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson's docket Friday, a day after he and the other three defendants pleaded not guilty before the same judge. Vick and the others still are scheduled for trial Nov. 26.
Prosecutors claim Taylor, 34, found the Surry County property purchased by Vick and used it as the site of "Bad Newz Kennels," a dogfighting enterprise. The Hampton man also allegedly helped purchase pit bulls and killed at least two dogs that fared poorly in test fights.
Taylor's lawyer, Stephen Ashton Hudgins of Newport News, did not immediately return a phone message, and federal prosecutors have declined to talk about the case.
An 18-page indictment issued July 17 charged the four men with conspiracy to travel in interstate commerce in aid of unlawful activities, and conspiring to sponsor a dog in an animal fighting venture. The maximum punishment is five years in prison and fines of up to $250,000.
According to the indictment, the dogfighting ring executed underperforming dogs by drowning, hanging and other brutal means. It alleges that the fights offered purses as high as $26,000.
The gruesome details outlined in the indictment have fueled protests and public outrage against Vick, the star quarterback of the Atlanta Falcons. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has banned Vick from the Falcons' training camp while the league investigates.
Charged along with Vick and Taylor are Purnell A. Peace, 35, of Virginia Beach, and Quanis L. Phillips, 28, of Atlanta.
All four remain free without bond. When U.S. Magistrate Dennis Dohnal set the conditions for their release Thursday, he commended Taylor for admitting to using illegal drugs despite never being convicted of a drug offense. He ordered periodic drug testing for Taylor.
Peace and Phillips each have drug convictions and were ordered to submit to testing, as well as an electronic monitoring program. Taylor was spared the electronic monitoring.
Neither drug testing nor monitoring were ordered for Vick.
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Shudda spoke up a bit quicker, Vick!
;)
I bet you anything Taylor "sings" like a canary about Vick. BAD NEWZ for you Vick. :p
Do you suppose Vick is still thinking "everybody gonna love me?" ;)
I pray Taylor squels like a pig. I can't believe Vick pleaded "Not Guilty". Is he crazy!? If only I had five minutes alone with him. What a time I would have!!
:)
Vick co-defendant pleads guilty to dogfighting ...
Taylor, 34, says he wasn't promised lighter sentence in exchange for plea.
By the Associated Press via MSNBC.com
RICHMOND, Va. - One of Michael Vick’s co-defendants pleaded guilty Monday to federal dogfighting conspiracy charges in a plea agreement with prosecutors.
Tony Taylor, 34, who will be sentenced Dec. 14, said he was not promised any specific sentence in return for his cooperation with the government.
Taylor faces a maximum of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine, but likely will get less under federal sentencing guidelines. The guideline range will be determined by court officials, and U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson can depart from that range if he finds aggravating or mitigating circumstances.
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I'll bet he Luvz ya, Mickey! ;)
Can ya Feel the Love?
:rolleyes:
'Hopefully I'll see y'all again,' Vick tells fans ...
QB gives first interview since being indicted for dogfighting on July 17
From: MSNBC News Services
Monday, July 30, 2007
Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, fighting felony dogfighting charges, thanked the fans who have stuck by his side during the legal ordeal in a radio interview on WVEE-FM Monday, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported.
"Hopefully I'll see y'all again," Vick said in a taped interview with host Porsche Foxx, who added that she was advised by Vick's legal team not to ask questions about his case. "It remains to be seen, but that's what I'm working on...
Read the rest of the story on MSNBC.com >>>
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20039188/from/RS.1/
Dear Mike,
My mom has a joke about crime and criminals.
It goes, "If you are going to do something illegal, It's best to do it alone."
SUCKER!
what a schmuck vick is. and i hope the fed pen is equally bad for him. this is from cnn....Vick is really between a rock and a hard place here, because most dogfighting cases end in plea bargains that keep the defendants out of jail, they get them probation. And in normal circumstances certainly I would imagine Vick's lawyers would be looking for that kind of deal.
However Vick is not just concerned about his criminal exposure, he has to deal with his football career. How can he plead guilty and preserve his football career? Does he go to trial in a case that's going to be probably very difficult to defend? Or does he plea and try to salvage some kind of football career? Or does he go to trial and get convicted and have the worst of all possibilities?
and the cries of dog killer every time he suits up.....
It's time to buy some new chew toys for my dogs. :)
http://www.vickdogchewtoy.com/
SCLC will not honor VICK this year as planned. No honor for Vick sounds
right to me.
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/wcStory...ber=2&MSNHPHMA
this is from fox sports, and is my cut and pasting. as i read the article it seems to me that there is a quiet out of sight battle for support. it seems, also, that vicks and his defense team are doing everything they can, and it's not working all that well. ...There is no award, there is no honor for Mike Vick," SCLC spokesman David Stokes said"... "SCLC President Charles Steele said...The SCLC had reached out to Vick through his mother to invite him to the convention. The group was told he cannot travel outside of Virginia, where he has pleaded not guilty to charges of sponsoring a dogfighting operation....Steele had said his group was "in support of Michael as a human being. ... Right now, he's feeling discarded, ostracized by people who are rushing to judgment. It's our responsibility to save him."
"State Rep. Tyrone Brooks of Atlanta, once an aide to Martin Luther King Jr. in the SCLC, said he told Steele last week that the Vick case was a distraction...."I just don't think it should be discussed at the convention or as part of the black agenda," Brooks said when reached on his cell phone Tuesday. "I'm not trying to make it an issue. I just don't think it ought to be out there."...Instead, Brooks said, the SCLC should concentrate on such issues as violence and the incarceration of young black people across the country...."To talk about a superstar athlete who's got millions and millions in the bank, with the resources available to put together a defense team ... we're mixing up our priorities to the extent that it causes confusion," he said....end quotes here
confusion indeed. SCLC does have more things and better things to do, in my opinion as a previous financial supporter
Wonder when he'll catch on? :confused:
Two Vick co-defendants set for plea agreements
Peace, Phillips to appear in court this week in federal dogfighting case ...
http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/i/msnbc/C...s/sourceAP.gif Updated: 6:33 p.m. ET Aug. 13, 2007
RICHMOND, Va. - The two remaining co-defendants in Michael Vick’s federal dogfighting case on Monday scheduled hearings to enter plea agreements.
Purnell Peace is set to appear in federal court in Richmond on Thursday and Quanis Phillips on Friday.
Last month, another original co-defendant, Tony Taylor, pleaded guilty to his role in a dogfighting conspiracy he says was financed almost entirely by the Atlanta Falcons quarterback.
:D
Rest of the Story at >>> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20253462/
:rolleyes:
Vick contemplating plea deal, report says ...
MSNBC News Services on Monday, August 13, 2007
With the two remaining co-defendants in Michael Vick’s federal dogfighting case scheduling hearings to enter plea agreements, the controversial Atlanta Falcons quarterback reportedly was weighing his options Monday concerning a plea bargain.
Two of Vick's attorneys, Larry Woodward and Billy Martin, met with federal prosecutor Michael Gill and the investigators on Monday afternoon, ESPN reported Monday. The attorneys planned to speak with the quarterback in the evening to see what direction he wants to go in, ESPN reported.
A source close to the investigation told ESPN that Vick has until Friday to make up his mind whether to accept a plea agreement. Otherwise a superseding indictment will be filed and Vick will face at least two more federal dogfighting charges.
:D
Hmmmm, how about $100 million in donations to animal welfare groups and a year in jail for every dog corpse found on his property?
That sound like a fair plea deal?
A real friend will help you bury the body.
Then rat you out for a lesser sentence! :o
What's next? Can it get any worse for Vick?
Yes, it could get worse in a hurry. The federal prosecutors in Richmond are preparing a new set of charges, known in legal terms as a superseding indictment. The new charges could come any day. The new charges might include a racketeering allegation under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (known as RICO). RICO originally was designed as a weapon against organized-crime hoodlums but has been used frequently in other prosecutions. A charge under RICO would make Vick's situation significantly worse. It would make the government's case against him easier to prove, and it would increase the prison sentence Vick would face if convicted.
hurray!(mine, not from espn)
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Originally Posted by joycenalex
This was hinted at from the beginning & I'm so glad these investigaters
managed to amass so much damaging evidence in this case.Most dogfighters
hide in the shadows of society, but this Vick case was so blatant. :mad:
Just In....
Vick's looking for a deal - Guilty and one year in the pokey.
Now I want to hear all the 'pundits' talk about his innocence.
Wah, Wah, Waaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!
http://petoftheday.com/i/our_smilies/confused.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by RICHARD
I can't find this report on the news sites.
A ONE year sentence means he can slip out in about 3 or 4 MONTHS -
not nearly enough Time in the Pokey for what he's done! http://petoftheday.com/i/our_smilies/frown.gif
I'd sure HOPE the Feds hold out for MORE Pokey Time, some really BIG $$$s,
and that he plead guilty to the FELONY charges.
Now, tell us one more time, Mikey, how "innocent" you are. http://petoftheday.com/i/our_smilies/rolleyes.gif
GO, US Attorneys!!
http://petoftheday.com/i/our_smilies/biggrin.gif
Got this in an email. Was entitled "Good Dog!"
http://www.boomspeed.com/dukedogsmom/vickdog.jpg
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Originally Posted by Cinder & Smoke
I hope Vick doesn't cave for a plea. He'll get buried at trial. :mad:
One lousy year is not nearly enough for this scumbag.
:D
Hey Mikey ~~ Did'ja read THIS?
"Vick's problems don't end with the federal case.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper reported that Virginia state
officials plan to prosecute the star for animal cruelty and dogfighting.
"The execution of these animals — and the manner in which they were executed — is startlingly offensive and demanding of prosecution," Virginia Commonwealth Attorney Gerald Poindexter said."
Above from MSNBC.com / Associated Press on 8/17/2007
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20253462/
And if the Feds follow through on their rumored addition of Federal Racketeering charges;
ole Mikey may be be looking at 20 years in the slammer!
WOOF! ;)
From the WSBTV -
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ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Humane Society said they are receiving donations from across the country -- and you’ll never guess what people are sending.
More than a dozen Michael Vick jerseys have been sent to AHS, and they are putting them to good use.
“When I first saw them, I was kind of shocked. I was like, ‘Why do they have Vick jerseys here,’ said Julie Sentner.
Vick is innocent until proven guilty, but his association when men pleading guilty to federal dog fighting charges makes the number 7 jersey an unexpected find at the Atlanta Humane Society.
“At first we were like, ‘I wonder what we’re going to use this for,” said P.J. Smith with AHS.
And the jerseys kept coming. About a dozen or so jerseys were sent from people wanting to make good from a bad situation. In fact, the Humane Society is getting flooded with e-mails about Vick.
So what are volunteers doing with the jerseys?
“We discovered like any donation we get, any shirt or towel, we put it to good use here at Atlanta Humane Society. We’re always using things to clean kennels, use for bedding and stuff like that,” said Smith.
Did she say cleaning kennels?
“We’re not showing any favoritism to these jerseys, they go into our general rotation of towels,” Smith said.
One dog is using his Vick jersey as a pillow.
“As long as they’re being used for good, then that’s great. If they’re using them to make dogs more comfortable or to clean up after them, then that’s fine,” said Sentner.
Of course, the Vick jerseys being donated mean a lot more to the people than to the puppies -- they’re just loving all the attention.
This just in from CNN:
-- NFL star Michael Vick will plead guilty to federal conspiracy charges involving illegal dogfighting, one of his attorneys confirms to CNN.
buh bye!
Na Na Na Naaa
Na Na Na Naaaaa
Hey Jack A$$ Goodbye!!
I just got it....
Chris Rock can play him in the movie.
A quote from his high school coach-
"I don't worry about MV on the field, I worry about him when he closes the door."
A quote from MV about three things people do not know about him....
"One, I love animals....."