Michael Vick


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I have to confess: I did not watch the entire CBS 60 Minutes interview with Michael Vick, because I don’t care to hear about the cruelty to animals. However, I did watch a few segments online, and what I saw was contradictory. Vick seems to be saying whatever comes to mind at the moment.

Read moreOne minute, Vick tells 60 Minutes, “The first day I walked into prison, and they slammed that door, I knew, you know, the magnitude of the decisions that I make, and the poor judgment and what I allowed to happen to the animals….”

Another time, James Brown asks (above), “Why couldn’t you understand what you were doing and what you were allowing then versus now?” Listen how contradictory Vick’s answer is. In the middle of his answer, Vick says, “You know, your mom teach you right from wrong from day one so you know, and I didn’t have the strength to move on or say, ‘This is not me. This is not what I want to do.’ You know, I continued to let it happen and you know, for certain reasons, I don’t know, or for what reasons, I don’t know.”

Does that answer make any sense? He flat out admits he knew right from wrong from day one!

Much of what Vick says, if you want my opinion, is just ramble, not his true feelings, and hence why I see the contradictions. If Vick knew right from wrong from day one, the only “magnitude” that would hit him when the prison door slammed wasn’t what he “allowed to happen to the animals”, it was that he was caught and being held accountable! It doesn’t take any talent to see this.

I also don’t think Vick feels sorry for the “animals” either, as they come as an afterthought it his sentences. And he uses the word “animal”, too, which is removed from the “dogs” he is responsible for killing.

I am sure many of you also noticed that Vick has this smile throughout. It’s downright arrogant, if you want my opinion. It feels as if Vick thinks he is getting away with it again–perhaps because the NFL is handing him another contract after he was indefinitely suspended from the NFL?

I also find it ridiculous that Vick says he doesn’t know why he continued to let it (the dog fighting) happen. Give me a break! He bankrolled the whole operation. There was obviously a handsome payback for Vick or he wouldn’t have risked the millions he made, but he obviously doesn’t want to admit THAT.

Vick just wants to skirt the issue and ramble on about rubbish. If Vick was sincere, he would admit he knew it was wrong all along, but didn’t want to stop it. He thought he could get away with it. It was profitable on some level for him. Period. But that wouldn’t go over so well, would it?

The Millionaire Fraud

Johana posted this on my Topic Suggestion page and I thought you might enjoy it, if you haven’t seen it.

Johana wrote:

Charles Ingram

This isn’t the usual type of suggestion, but I thought you might find it as fascinating as I did 🙂 Back in 2001, a man named Charles Ingram won a million pounds on the British version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire.You can watch the video of the whole episode on YouTube, starting with http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUHz2RSsS1k&feature=related. The actual episode starts at 5:00 (before that, it’s documentary footage concerning the situation), and he starts answering questions at 6:40. It starts getting really interesting in the next section (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q0K_I4DMX4&feature=related). The whole thing is on the long side, unfortunately. You might want to just start with the second-to-last segment (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYJuxC1TDro&feature=related) and the end (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLm-oL-LuQA&feature=related), which are by far the best parts!

You’ve said before that people give the most clues to deception when under pressure, and this is by far the best example of that I’ve ever seen.

Thanks, Johana!

My Thoughts: Darlie Routier

I’ve seen Darlie Routier years ago on 48 Hours or Dateline, and while I always had an opinion, I wanted to see video of her again before I made my opinion public. Seeing this video of Darlie confirms my original beliefs: I do not trust Darlie Routier.

Her emotions are chilling and cold. When Darlie talks to the reporters eight days after her two boys were murdered, she talks without an ounce of sadness in her. She is truly happy from the inside out, which defies logic for her situation, if a stranger killed her children. More than that, you would think Darlie would have been scared to go on TV, if an unknown stranger/killer lurked out there, but she obviously had no fear of that, either.

In the video, Darlie says, “If you knew Devon and Damen……you would know that they are up in heaven…and their up there having the biggest birthday party… that we could ever imagine, and they wouldn’t want us being down and being sad, even though our hearts are breaking.”

What is fascinating about her speech here is that you can clearly see she is thinking as she speaks. She isn’t talking from her heart, likely I suspect, because she feels no emotions. Then when she talks about their “hearts breaking”, Darlie tries to act sad, but clearly it comes across as an act, not genuine emotion. It’s interesting that when people fake sadness, they often do it when they talk of sadness, as Darlie does her. It’s like the words remind them that they are supposed to react in certain ways. People who feel genuine sadness do not do this. The grief is written all over their face throughout their conversations. It typically does not come and go like it appears to with Darlie. Darlie does it again below at the end of her next statement, too.

Darlie continues, “I didn’t feel anything because I was in shock. But I wasn’t thinking about me. All I could think about was trying to save the babies, and Darren and I tried to save the babies…but it was too late, my babies were gone, but we tried. We tried and we have to live with that forever.”

I find it fascinating how on the worst night of Darlie’s life, she says she didn’t feel anything, because she was in shock. What is her excuse for not feeling anything eight days later in this interview?

Ironically, her mugshot shows that she is feeling a lot of emotion when she is arrested. Did she finally wake up that no one was buying her story? Is she feeling sorry for herself all of the sudden? Why the sudden expression of emotion when Darlie’s neck is on the line?

I also find it interesting how she says, “But I wasn’t thinking about me.” Who would think of this unless they do think of themselves first all of the time? This was very intriguing to me.

I personally think the jury got this case correct.

Off Topic: Vacation Rental

I was just curious if anyone has had any experience with renting a house in Florida for a vacation. I am just shocked at the lack of rights they give people these days. Every owner or agent that I have contacted to rent a house wants cash or check for payment and they want everything paid immediately to hold the place and most don’t give refunds, if you cancel. Some will take 50% down and expect the other 50% 30 days before you arrive.

If you cancel, all the agreements I’ve seen to date say they get to keep the whole rent. It’s utterly ridiculous. Some vary in their refunds if you cancel 90 days out, but most don’t give you anything back if you are closer in than 90 days. On a home rental, that means a cancellation can cost you upwards of a couple of thousand per week.

I am just stunned and I am curious what other people’s experience is… The customer is a lowly bug these days with no rights, it seems. You are to sign your life away on the dotted line and hope for equity. I just don’t like it!

I even check with major hotel chains and they are the same way.

Darlie Routier Interview

*Thanks for the link and suggestion on my Topic Suggestion Page.

I will share my thoughts later this week.