Useless Talent

Today was a unique day in the world of sports, Michael Vick (Quarterback of the Atlanta Falcons) pleaded guilty to a number of stupid crimes. The most widely known and published throughout the country was his funding of an illegal dogfighting syndicate in the state of Virginia. Dogfighting is a cruel and unfathomable "sport" that has been thriving in the underground for years. Hopefully with this bust the Fed's can get a grip and get this hanious act of animal cruelty stopped for good all over the country.

Now many of you are going to say this idiot, he had the world by the balls and screwed it up. And I would agree with you, but aside from these charges of dogfighting, Vick is facing gambling charges, transporting dogs across state lines for the benefit of gambling, as well as Racketeering. Yes you heard me correctly, racketeering. These charges have given the Fed's the ability to do a RICO trial on Vick (Basically pin him if there is any link to him at all). Something that was made famous by the Fed's during the hey day of the mafia is coming back to bite this moron in the ass. The dogfighting is probably the most dispicable by far, but the Fed's are more interested in the other charges than they are the dogfighting and cruelty to animals.

What makes this whole situation make you want to stop and say "Seriously! What were you thinking?" is that Vick just recently signed a $130 million dollar contract, the largest in NFL history! $44 million of that has been paid to him, and he blows it by doing something stupid and hanging out with the wrong "Friends", and I use that term loosly as they turned long before Vick did to the Fed's. Obviously these guys were not "friends", however Vick is no longer classified as a human being to me. To me he is no more than a useless gathering of molecules that had all the talent in the world, but the mentality of dumb ass. The most ironic thing about this whole situation is that dogfighting is still LEGAL in Georgia. So if Vick had done his homework and set up shop in his resident state of GA, this would be a non-issue. Dogfighting is disgusting and everyone who participates in it should be malled by the pit bulls themselves, but the other charges of gambling, transportation and racketeering? Null in Void in GA, but not in VA.

Enjoy jail Michael Vick, you deserve it.

Splitting and Planting

Well where to start on this topic? The recent letting go of a good friend of mine and the youth pastor at the church I was a member of has left me in quite a pickle to say the least. One, I do not feel comfortable in the church anymore, and without getting into the details I am not happy with the way it was managed financially or in the business sense. There is a lot of ways that a church can grow, but with no leadership, it is destined to grow no where. So this leaves me without a home to worship my God...what do I do? Find another church? Anyone who knows me knows that is easier said than done, for the love of everything holy my Grandfather passed away in a church. That's enough for me to never want to step foot in another one, however this was the first church that I have ever felt "comfortable" in, and to see it so poorly managed just breaks my heart. There is so much potential with the right leadership in place, however this is not the case. I wonder what God is thinking about this situation right now? Anyways I have been left a void in my life where church once stood firm, what next?

Planting is an option, someone once told me that God wants you to use what you know best to help worship him, and what I know best is business. So maybe it is time to really start thinking about planting a church and trying my hand at that, granted I know I am in no way, shape or form someone to be preaching. However I think with the right people surrounding me it could be extremely successful. Not in the monetary sense, but to bring people to Jesus Christ and God would be reward enough. Maybe this is not the right time, or the right place for such a large undertaking...but what if it is? Will I be able to find the right people to surround myself with? The best thing I can do is to ask God, he will lead me the right direction, either here and now, or away and later. But when it happens...I'll know it.