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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 09:49 PM Original message |
Poll question: Michael Vick makes 12 cents an hour in prison. How do you feel about that? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. I guess I don't expect people in prison to earn money. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'd be perfectly happy if Vick and all other animal abusers never saw freedom again |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. how much does it cost to keep him in prison? He's not paying rent and food there. nt |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
4. I feel sorry for the dogs.... |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Oh please |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 10:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. The animals that suffer don't care why you're brutalizing them. |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 10:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I don't eat meat. |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Okay, so you're consistent. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 03:26 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. I eat meat and am fine with him being in prison. |
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MN Farmer (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 05:09 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Same Here |
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WillieW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
65. I don't eat animal flesh either - Juck |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:10 AM Response to Reply #6 |
23. I eat animals, and I oppose animal torture. |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
45. OK, so we're not allowed to think Vick is scum if we enjoy a good steak |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #45 |
63. Do you think slaughterhouse workers are scum? |
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123infinity (276 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 04:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
60. The prison system didn't accuse, try or convict him. |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Good to know you support slave labor. n/t |
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123infinity (276 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 06:50 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Just a guess here...you skipped school the year they taught school...? |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 08:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
70. Vick had a choice....the dogs didn't |
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geomon666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
9. I feel just fine with his current situation. n/t |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
10. He was prosecuted in federal court because he is Black. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 09:12 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. He was prosecuted in court because he was running an interstate gambling operation |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:51 AM Response to Reply #10 |
25. He is black? Really, he just looks like an asshole to me. |
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4ward thinking (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
37. Black had nothing to do with it, Oil Executives (propably repugs) busted in Largest dogfight ring |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 03:28 PM Response to Reply #37 |
53. we'll see if these people get the same sentences vicks got |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 07:51 PM Response to Reply #37 |
69. Harris Co. is one of few Dem strongholds in Texas. And WTF? Gov't sanctioned dogfight????? |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
46. Ted Stevens - Original Thug |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
52. Shhh. Just wait until they bring out the scoop on Obama and Larry Craig must be a closet black dem. |
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123infinity (276 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 04:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
61. Bullshit. |
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Winnipegosis (233 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
11. Al Davis |
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Yukari Yakumo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 03:21 AM Response to Original message |
12. Other -- 12 cents an hour? |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 05:05 AM Response to Original message |
14. Is he getting 12 cents an hour butchering dogs for meat? Cause that would be irony |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
17. That "12 cents an hour" is a major reason the war on some drugs continues. |
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uncle ray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
36. criminals housing criminals. |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
18. How do I feel about it? I feel sorry that |
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Bravo Zulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
19. vick is lucky he's not in Louisiana, |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
20. Same way I do about people like Duke Cunningham or a fallen Wall Street executive |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
21. How do I feel about it |
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ogneopasno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
22. Other: Prisoners who get paid are an excellent resource for "insourcing" jobs. I hate it. |
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Shardik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
24. I once took my daughter to see Vick play. |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
26. It's non union. What do you expect? |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
27. I feel sorry for Whoopi Goldberg and Jaime Foxx... |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Um, Newport News has some pretty rough neighborhoods. |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Rough neighborhoods now, or when Vick grew up there? |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #30 |
48. No, they're not. |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #48 |
64. And? |
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NaturalHigh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
28. I read this story early this morning. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
29. 12 cents is better than the 11 cents they used to make. |
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demokatgurrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
32. He did a bad thing, but I still feel for him |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 02:37 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. I hope they go after animal abusers of all races. |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 07:29 PM Response to Reply #40 |
68. In Georgia they do. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
33. *Points and laughs* That's how I feel about Vick's current finances. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
34. When he had big money...did he take care of the People out there? |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #34 |
51. he hired friends, gave away money and cars, gave $300K for his mom to build a church bldg |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
35. Did the punishment fit the crime? I think so. Of course, it would be better |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
38. I voted both because of the hypocrisy. Sarah and others |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. agreed. But here is detail from case so we dont feel too sorry 4 him : Don't read if sensitive |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
41. I'd be much happier if he was joined by some bankers, hedge fund managers, CEOs, thuggish cops, etc |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. keep dreaming! lol. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
43. I don't feel anything about it. |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
44. Fuck that POS dog torturer.... |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
47. MIchael Vick could be burning in hell... |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
49. I can't feel sorry for Michael Vick |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
50. Well, last I recall what he did is legal in countries whose typical wage IS 12 cents per hour... |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
54. I feel sorry for the dogs and the horse... |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
55. Why bother paying them at all? |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
56. I think that's more than he's worth. |
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booley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
57. I take no pleasure from Vick's troubles |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
58. I feel that he is overpaid. |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
59. Every penny should be donated to the Humane Society! |
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MN Farmer (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #59 |
67. That would just be cruel and unusual punishment |
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