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Michael Vick's cruelty to animals made him more famous than football alone could have [Sept. 3]. As a veterinary student who has worked in emergency rooms, I can say that the sight of a dog after a fight is horrific. These dogs are missing ears, are covered in excrement and sawdust and are in a state of shock, with a core body temperature that puts them closer to death than to life. Vick deserves everything he gets and more...
...picture that ran with the article showed Vick sporting his thug jewelry, thug dog, thug clothing and thug stance. That said...
...economy rebounded this decade, many executives began to wonder if they had gone too far. Introducing dog-eat-dog values into corporations that continue to prize the organization over the individual generated worker dissatisfaction. Trying to rebuild loyalty and decrease turnover, companies like Canon, Kintetsu and Fujitsu have altered or scrapped performance-based pay and reinstated seniority as a determinant of salaries. Trading house Mitsui last year reopened five dorms for single employees--at a cost of nearly $1 million annually. "We're hoping that group residence will nurture communication and interpersonal skills in our new young hires," says Mitsui...
While $12 million may not sound like much to you and your hedge-fund bonus, remember that in dog dollars that's $84 million. People are calling me the Bill Gates of dogs, but that doesn't even begin to capture it. Yes, I'm the richest dog in the world, but the second richest dog in the world has zero dollars...
Second, I'm starting a very small production company so we can finally get some decent dog movies out there instead of this junk with Cuba Gooding Jr. If I see one more mutt that overcomes the odds to become a firehouse dog or a shepherding dog, I'm going to barf up my food and not eat it afterward. I've got some feelers out for some scripts with dog antiheroes, someone cool who loves his pups but has to kill people who harbor the pirated DVDs he sniffs out. Because it's what he's been trained...