Catastrophe

I was working late when I received a queer text message..."Are you ok? Call Mom ASAP."

Not knowing what to make of it, I called my mom. I was afraid something had happened to Dad.

When Mom picked up the phone, she said "You weren't on the bridge?"

"What bridge?"

When Sam, a friend from Massachusetts sent me a text to see if I was ok, I began to comprehend how...BIG this was.

How the FUCK does a bridge collapse?

When I was a kid.....I used to hold my breath when we drove over bridges....in case it collapsed and our car plunged into the water.

Riding the bus home....I was scared. It was weird. I had received a couple of calls from friends to make sure I was ok. I talked to Kris, and he told me the bridge had collapsed from bank to bank.

I'm watching the news as I write this, they just stated 38 injuries and 1 fatality. So far. A doctor said there were probably a lot more fatalities.

It's crazy. There are shots of cars, on the bridge, in the water. The bridge is on the surface of the water, a couple of cars are just....hanging out.

More calls and texts are coming in.

There is no news on why it happened so far. There's no mention of terrorism....that's a good thing.

HOW could this have happened?

38 injuries....1 confirmed fatality, that could be a lot worse.

I don't know what else to write......God I hope no one I know was hurt.

Vick's Day in Court

By now I am sure everyone knows the details of the Michael Vick dog fighting case. On ESPN radio this morning I heard someone make a case on his behalf that I am sick of hearing. That case being "Michael Vick deserves his day in court before NFL or the Falcons suspends him". My response to that is "Bullshit".

Vick deserves his day in court before he gets fined or thrown in jail, but in terms of kicking his ass out of the NFL, we can speed up the process quite a bit. You know why? Because he is fucking guilty. There was a massive illegal dogfighting operation IN HIS BACK YARD. It's not like they found a bag of crack under his couch and he could pass off on someone else living there. There were 4 buildings, a huge fighting pit, and somewhere around 30 pitbulls 50 yards away from his back door. Do we really need the CIA to figure this one out?

Then another argument was made that bothers me..."One of Michael Vick's friends that ran the operation has stated under oath that Vick wasn't involved". Let me explain how this works. When you hang out with a rich and famous athlete, you get to sleep in his mansion, eat all his food, ride around in his Hummer, etc. The trade off for those benefits is that when he gets caught with drugs, prostitutes, or illegal dogfighing operations YOU have to take the fall. Even if it sounds rediculous, you have to deny his guilt until they give you the electric chair.

Ok, lets say that it is possible that someone could be so fucking dumb that a dog fighting ring could slip into their backyard under their nose. I might be willing to hear them out if it was someone who has a record of being a model citizen, but we are talking about Michael Vick. Is there anyone out there that is suprised that he is involved in dog fighting? Maybe we should ask Ron Mexico.

--Doohow