In response to this opinion column in the Wisconsin State Journal today:
Sunday’s Local section feature “At Issue” asked the question “Should ultimate fighting competitions be regulated?”
The press has missed the boat on this issue. Michael Vick went to prison for training and sponsoring dog fighting, yet ultimate fighting and cage fighting is even more repulsive. Those sponsoring such types of fighting should be in jail, too.
It’s hypocritical to have a law against dog fighting, while sponsors around the country are making big bucks off the same insane activity between humans.
Unfortunately many newspapers are now so dependent on advertising that the investigative role they used to play has been lost. Expose ultimate fighting for what it is – dog fighting with humans.
The complainer misses many key differences between dog fighting and “human fighting”:
These people agree to fight each other, while dogs are forced to.
Ultimate fighters choose to train to fight, while dogs are forced into training and fighting.
Ultimate fighters get compensated (with money) for their fights. Dogs do not.
Ultimate fighters do not fight to the death, whereas dogs do.
I should point out that I am fully against any kind of dog fighting and personally think Michael Vick should have received a harder punishment for his crimes, (He was let of the hook, in my opinion.) but I reiterate that humans are not dogs. The differences start popping up after the mammal part.
Some thoughts and observations from earlier this week:
A cyclist nearly hit the bus I was on going to work on Monday. The cyclist ran a red light and almost collided directly with my bus. If anyone remembers my old blog, you would know that I have a certain disposition towards some of our two-wheeled “pedalers” out there. Some of them have this smug “holier than thou” attitude. I’m talking about those who break traffic laws (without their safety being threatened, obviously that would be an exception), ride on busy sidewalks full of pedestrians, ride down malls without any regard, and even, and even beat up other cyclists out there for stupid stuff (note: he was arrested shortly after).
You may not like motorists, and that’s fine. But don’t take your smugness out on pedestrians, public transportation, or fellow cyclists (full disclosure: I ride my bike from time to time to work as well). Today, this Earth Day, think about how you can help reduce emissions and make everybody else breathe a little more easy. More importantly, be responsible, especially if you’re riding a bike. Ride on the designated bike path or on the street if no path is available; try to avoid the sidewalk, especially busy sidewalks, if at all possible as you can injure pedestrians by running them over.
Oh, and finally, wear a bike helmet!!!! Here’s an old Public Service Announcement off YouTube showing what happens when you don’t wear a bike helmet:
Look at this quite from the Wisconsin Wrestling Forum at this URL (Even though the subject is apparently football and now much to do with wrestling, it does have much relevance.):
The other clincher – we were about to win our first game in the end of year tourney when my son ran a kick-off back for a TD late in a game. One of the opposing kids pulled my son’s jersey out by grabbing his shirt instead of the flag. The opposing coach protested to the referee that my son’s shirt was untucked. The referee (15 year-old kid) was basically badgered into calling the penalty and called back the TD. We lost by a point. What was worse was that I wasn’t there because I was working pulling piers and my co-coach was this super-mild mannered guy who didn’t say anything to the official at all. He just shrugged and accepted it while the referee basically caved into the adult who more or less, bullied him into calling the penalty……
That further proves to me that you either have to be an AARP member or a Jew to be a referee in anything nowadays. (If someone be willing to accept me into Judaism, please let me know; otherwise, go fuck yourself.)
Yeah, I saw you assholes vandalize the street right behind you at 1:45am just now. You punks think you are all so priviledged. You all got mommy and daddy paying everything for you, which apparaently gives you college punks (what I saw was two guys and one girl, so this issue is also cross-gender) free reign to do whatever the fuck you want.
Dead fucking wrong.
You college punks think you are all tough right now because you all have a blank check from your mommies and daddies. Wait until you get out into the real world where you deal with real people who demand real results. Let’s see if mommy and daddy can save you assholes then. Fucking vandals.
It’s been one of those weeks where my choice to stop believing in God three years ago has been further justified.
I made myself look like an ass last night. A. Complete. Fucking. Ass. In front of many people. I need to get help because I feel so powerless, insecure, and unsure of myself right now, it’s debilitating. And it’s one of those things you can’t even talk to your loved ones anymore about because they are so sick and tired of hearing the same old shit.
I suppose that’s what you get for being born and raised in a wine bottle.
A little callout to Clinton fanatics who cry sexism and to Obama fanatics who cry racism:
Do you support Clinton because you’re a racist, or do you support Obama because you are a sexist?
-Jon Stewart, on The Daily Show a couple of days ago.
So, to all Democrats out there, as famously put in Full Metal Jacket:
It’s a huge shit sandwich, and we’ll all gonna have to take a bite!
Oh, my gentle Jesus on a pogo stick! I just realized Leonard Lawrence aka Gomer Pyle on Full Metal Jacket was played by ,Vincent “Det. Goren” D’Onofrio!
