Submitted from NASCAR Eclectic

I am suffering from a bit of writer’s block this morning. I came across the quill image and it made me think of Mark Twain of all people. He was once quoted as saying

“If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man. “

Mr. Twain was many things, but his brutal honesty was his best friend. I think of the recent allegations against Michael Vick as purely horrendous crimes against dog’s, our best friends. Now I realize that Twain’s statement is not about dog brutality, but it says a lot about what some men are capable of. I just cannot imagine stealing someones beloved pet right out of their yard for the pure enjoyment of watching it get murdered by another dog. Vick’s plea of not guilty is a given, but if the evidence is true, the trial will make a mockery out of him and if in the end he his found guilty I hope the Federal prison term includes raising pups that become service dogs. But on the other hand this would allow him to feel his ego as he makes a statement in his own simple mind… “Look at me, I love dogs!!” Better yet… put him in a boxing ring with Hannibal Lecter.