Stupidity abounds

Here's a quick rant:

NFL quarterback Michael Vick got himself in trouble again during this past week for apparently having marijuana in his system. Well, you can't fault the dude since he no longer has to conform to NFL rules and regs because he's not playing right now, but what kind of idiot is he though? The guy is already in so much trouble for his dogfighting charges and now he's in a different kind of legal trouble because of the drugs. He's really showing to us all that he wants to make a positive change in his life.

And on a similar vein of thought, what about these immigrants getting deported from a Dallas suburb? It's the same kind of stupidity. Here's why: to begin with, these folks were in jail for breaking the law in some way and the City of Irving is running checks with the U.S. Immigration department to make sure these public offenders are here in the country legally. Sounds like a good plan, right? I don't have a problem with sending law breaking, illegal immigrants back to their country of origin. Nor do I understand all the hubbub concerning this policy. There's all sorts of upheaval and protests going on because of the City of Irving's proactive stance. People feel that they are being singled out because of their ethnicity; most of the deportees are of Hispanic origin. Unless the offenders are jailed illegally and their human rights were violated, there should be no hesitation in making sure any of these folks are legal residents of this country.

You would think that if you're here illegally that you would try to stay as clean as possible so that way you won't have any chance of being kicked out. Keep your nose clean, so to speak, and maybe, years down the line, you can get some sort of amnesty to stay in this country rightfully and legally. In Vick's case, you'd think that he would steer clear of any sort of illegal activity since he's also being indicted by the State of Virginia. And there's still that issue of reinstatement back into the NFL that he has to contend with when he's completed his jail time.