Next Time You Get a DUI Tell the Judge You Won The Punt, Pass and Kick

The Jets signed Michael Vick. Not a shock that some NFL team would offer him a contract, and I'm  glad it wasn't the Lions.

I am, however, disappointed (though again, not shocked) that people who appreciate his vastly overhyped talents insist that Michael Vick "made a mistake". 

Jets fans now seem content to repeat "he made a mistake"just like the Eagles fans did, so I am more than willing to repeat this: It was not a "mistake". What Michael Vick did was a pattern of behavior over a period of many years that claimed the lives of multiple innocent animals. This pattern of behavior was run as a business-yes, a for-profit kennel operation for the financial gain of Michael Vick. That is not a mistake. That is willful disregard for living things in exchange for monetary reward. Michael Vick was making a more than comfortable living in his day job as quarterback of the Atlanta Falcons but still found the desire to torture animals in the name of more money. That is not the definition of mistake.

Due to the fact that Michael Vick was well compensated for his exploits on the football field, he was  able to afford top of the line legal representation who expertly whittled down the charges against their client so that he would serve the minimum amount of time incarcerated possible. That is how the system works.
John Hinckley's family was loaded and even after shooting the President of the United States of America he was allowed supervised home visits with his mommy and daddy. Is that okay with you ? Well, a judge said okay, so you must be. Your tax dollars went to transport him to his parents mansion. Still okay with that?  Do you accept every judge's decision that you've ever heard of ? Or just the ones that might help your favorite football team to possibly have a better chance of winning a goddamn trophy you might see once from 400 yards away at a parade ?

Had Michael Vick been actually held accountable for the direct and indirect deaths of every single one of those dead animals, the Jets would not have had a mobile, but fragile left handed quarterback with blood on his hands to sign unless Alberto DeSalvo was still alive. Because he'd still be in jail. Had the authorities popped him before his first pro contract, he'd still be in jail.
Michael Vick's clothing line is called redemption ? How the hell has he redeemed himself ? I have no idea what he even means by that.
But I do know this: Now that Vick has a new team, he has a whole new legion of motherfuckers with selective short memories that are praising him.
 And now J-E-T-S will always stand for "Just Exonerate The Sonofabitch".