8/18/09 NFL.com blog
Yea, like many of you I also believe that Michael is a changed man. In fact, he didn't know what he was doing was wrong. It was something in his upbringing that caused him to take a minor detour in life. He's really a sweet guy, very compassionate and loving, wouldn't hurt a flea kind of guy. All this dog fighting stuff is really just not his fault. I think it was something in his past that caused him to veer off the right path. I've got it, yes I've got the explanation. His father didn't take him to a ball game when he was a youngster. No, maybe his mother didn't read him a bedtime story. Yeah that's it. Ok, I saw the 60 minutes interview. I also remember seeing Vick deny that he had any involvement with dog fighting before his conviction. I heard stories that he pointed the finger of guilt at his own family member rather than take the heat himself. But through it all, I like many of you believe that this is an upstanding guy, someone who deserves our support. Hey, here's one for you. Anyone can say anything. Let's say a really evil person rapes, maybe kills your family member. Ouch! Well that person "serves their time" and they come out to say they've remorsed - they're really sorry. They say on TV and with a very long face. They even admit to crying over it while in prison. Now what's wrong with you for still hating them. What's wrong with you for not forgiving them, after all they're really sorry --- and they've changed. They've really changed.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
8/17/09 Eagles contact
It's all very unfortunate if Michael Vick did these terrible things. These are things normal people would never contemplate much less act on. To torture and kill; to not only join in , but to promote and celebrate such a torturing says everything about the constitution of this man. By constitution we're not talking about learned behavior, we're talking about the soul a person is born with, their core. It's unfortunate if Vick is so flawed at his core. It's unfortunate that dogs were abused in such a hideous manner. It's unfortunate that Philadelphia will be the place to welcome this behavior. It's most unfortunate that such a great franchise as the Eagles will overlook the moral character of its player. I haven't heard of any other Eagles players who have done such terrible things and for that matter I believe Vick will not play out well for the Eagles. Why? Because Vick has deep inner troubles. Ask yourselves, isn't that obvious? If not, ask yourselves how many people you know who would enjoy watching dogs tear flesh from flesh; blood splattering everywhere, howls of pain and anguish long into the night and the smell of blood permeates the air. Or how many do you know who would electrocute or drown a dog. Who do you know who would do these things? Not one single person, right? That's because it's just not normal behavior. You can't wish it didn't happen, you can't make statements of remorse, you can't spin a good marketing campaign to make it all go away and performance on the field won't change any of the underlying problem. My point is that Vick may speak about remorse and change, but he has no control over these deeply troubled regions inside himself. It is truely unfortunate that the Eagles have chosen to align with this person. It's poor judgement which over time will almost certainly prove to degrade the Eagles image and become known as a poor business decision.
It's all very unfortunate if Michael Vick did these terrible things. These are things normal people would never contemplate much less act on. To torture and kill; to not only join in , but to promote and celebrate such a torturing says everything about the constitution of this man. By constitution we're not talking about learned behavior, we're talking about the soul a person is born with, their core. It's unfortunate if Vick is so flawed at his core. It's unfortunate that dogs were abused in such a hideous manner. It's unfortunate that Philadelphia will be the place to welcome this behavior. It's most unfortunate that such a great franchise as the Eagles will overlook the moral character of its player. I haven't heard of any other Eagles players who have done such terrible things and for that matter I believe Vick will not play out well for the Eagles. Why? Because Vick has deep inner troubles. Ask yourselves, isn't that obvious? If not, ask yourselves how many people you know who would enjoy watching dogs tear flesh from flesh; blood splattering everywhere, howls of pain and anguish long into the night and the smell of blood permeates the air. Or how many do you know who would electrocute or drown a dog. Who do you know who would do these things? Not one single person, right? That's because it's just not normal behavior. You can't wish it didn't happen, you can't make statements of remorse, you can't spin a good marketing campaign to make it all go away and performance on the field won't change any of the underlying problem. My point is that Vick may speak about remorse and change, but he has no control over these deeply troubled regions inside himself. It is truely unfortunate that the Eagles have chosen to align with this person. It's poor judgement which over time will almost certainly prove to degrade the Eagles image and become known as a poor business decision.
Friday, August 7, 2009
8/7/09 to Whitehouse website contact
I'm concerned about what's transpiring around Health Care Reform. It's becoming a mob environment and it's not healthy. Debate and information sharing is healthy. Don't just blame the right, because that sounds like you're saying it's not real. Maybe it's not completely genuine, but believe me it's real. And I'm concerned that you, Mr Obama, are losing your mojo. I'm asking you to regroup now and remember how you got to the Presidency. If there's a time you'd like to get back to campaigning, I would say it's now, RIGHT NOW! Let's take a look back and rediscover how you won the American heart. First, Bush was a miserable failure, and then you shared a message with Americans. You reached out in a grassroots effort to get into the lives of Americans, to meet them in their homes, streets, schools, churches, text messaging,... You and they seemed to simultaneously discover that government didn't have to separate. Note well, the miracle for many was that discovery and that we seemed to go through it together, you and us. Let's do that again (and again and again).
Health Care Reform isn't reaching the people. It's not a process that we're discovering together. We're divided and it's getting worst and I know that's not what you want.
Let's do something really crazy. Let's put the HCR to a vote. No, not a Congressional vote, an American popular vote. I know. It's risky at best, but if it's voted down then you'll have to run another campaign, and maybe another before it's passed by the people. Can you imagine the impact of that? Can you imagine just how empowered Americans will feel. Can you imagine how creative your folks will have to be as they once again put on their campaign shoes like they mean it!
I'm concerned about what's transpiring around Health Care Reform. It's becoming a mob environment and it's not healthy. Debate and information sharing is healthy. Don't just blame the right, because that sounds like you're saying it's not real. Maybe it's not completely genuine, but believe me it's real. And I'm concerned that you, Mr Obama, are losing your mojo. I'm asking you to regroup now and remember how you got to the Presidency. If there's a time you'd like to get back to campaigning, I would say it's now, RIGHT NOW! Let's take a look back and rediscover how you won the American heart. First, Bush was a miserable failure, and then you shared a message with Americans. You reached out in a grassroots effort to get into the lives of Americans, to meet them in their homes, streets, schools, churches, text messaging,... You and they seemed to simultaneously discover that government didn't have to separate. Note well, the miracle for many was that discovery and that we seemed to go through it together, you and us. Let's do that again (and again and again).
Health Care Reform isn't reaching the people. It's not a process that we're discovering together. We're divided and it's getting worst and I know that's not what you want.
Let's do something really crazy. Let's put the HCR to a vote. No, not a Congressional vote, an American popular vote. I know. It's risky at best, but if it's voted down then you'll have to run another campaign, and maybe another before it's passed by the people. Can you imagine the impact of that? Can you imagine just how empowered Americans will feel. Can you imagine how creative your folks will have to be as they once again put on their campaign shoes like they mean it!
Thursday, August 6, 2009
8/6/09 to squawk@cnbc and powerlunch@cnbc
Hey guys, what do say we break this story wide open!
For wide release: CNBC is not a financial news reporting medium.
They've been infiltrated by Fox, and we all know what kind of reporting that mentality leads to. On July 23, 2009, a blogger at gawker.com writes about "How CNBC Dennis Kneale Begged For Blogger Bile". The article isn't important except to say that in that article Ryan Tate writes, "After Kneale's repeated on-air outbursts against bloggers, ..., Kneale told our sources who spoke privately with him that the crusade [to beat up on bloggers] was dreamed up by his [CNBC] producer, former Fox News man Jerry Burke ..."
First of all, isn't NEWS as in fox news really a quite a euphemism? I'd prefer to think of news as in unbiased reporting of the facts. Therein I suggest we at CNBC stop hiding in the shadows and just come out.
I've been writing on occasion to complain about the likes of Larry Kudlow and his tainted partisan ranting. I've never questioned his intelligence, but he's about the farthest thing from a reporter and he's a very poor facilitator. While interrupting and even shouting over his guests, I say he's down right rude. He'll cut them off and cut to his final comments when he doesn't like their point of view, which is distastefully similar to Bill O'Reilly's behavior.
So, if we're not reporters at CNBC and we're really just sounding boards for the far right, then let's be honest about it. I don't ever feel quite this way about Bloomberg, hmmm.
In fairness, there are plenty of very good reporter/anchors at CNBC. Becky, Carl, Joe, Rick, Steve, Bill and Sue are among them. These folks aren't there to push a political agenda. A hint of their bias may peek through, but that would be done tastefully and I've NEVER heard any of these aforementioned rudely interrupt a guest! Check my facts for yourselves, just run the tapes. Do it, because your program's success depends on it. You can take your choice, do you appeal to the intelligent investor or some other class of viewer. I can tell you that many of us are way too busy to be fed partisan garbage. Get off it and get back to providing real information to your viewers.
Hey guys, what do say we break this story wide open!
For wide release: CNBC is not a financial news reporting medium.
They've been infiltrated by Fox, and we all know what kind of reporting that mentality leads to. On July 23, 2009, a blogger at gawker.com writes about "How CNBC Dennis Kneale Begged For Blogger Bile". The article isn't important except to say that in that article Ryan Tate writes, "After Kneale's repeated on-air outbursts against bloggers, ..., Kneale told our sources who spoke privately with him that the crusade [to beat up on bloggers] was dreamed up by his [CNBC] producer, former Fox News man Jerry Burke ..."
First of all, isn't NEWS as in fox news really a quite a euphemism? I'd prefer to think of news as in unbiased reporting of the facts. Therein I suggest we at CNBC stop hiding in the shadows and just come out.
I've been writing on occasion to complain about the likes of Larry Kudlow and his tainted partisan ranting. I've never questioned his intelligence, but he's about the farthest thing from a reporter and he's a very poor facilitator. While interrupting and even shouting over his guests, I say he's down right rude. He'll cut them off and cut to his final comments when he doesn't like their point of view, which is distastefully similar to Bill O'Reilly's behavior.
So, if we're not reporters at CNBC and we're really just sounding boards for the far right, then let's be honest about it. I don't ever feel quite this way about Bloomberg, hmmm.
In fairness, there are plenty of very good reporter/anchors at CNBC. Becky, Carl, Joe, Rick, Steve, Bill and Sue are among them. These folks aren't there to push a political agenda. A hint of their bias may peek through, but that would be done tastefully and I've NEVER heard any of these aforementioned rudely interrupt a guest! Check my facts for yourselves, just run the tapes. Do it, because your program's success depends on it. You can take your choice, do you appeal to the intelligent investor or some other class of viewer. I can tell you that many of us are way too busy to be fed partisan garbage. Get off it and get back to providing real information to your viewers.
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