Let Freedom Ring! (No, This Is Not A Political Post)

Introducing Miss Liberty Belle... She's our new pit bull puppy. Do you luff her yet? No? How about now? What about now? She's wearing her new sweater we got in the Hanukkah aisle at Target last night. Our dog is ecumenical in that she embraces ALL religions, particularly ones that boast pretty sweaters. Okay, really, she just gets cold. On a more serious note, we adopted her from A & S Rescue and they do amazing work saving these magnificent creatures from the worst mankind has to offer. (Please also check out Don't Bully My Breed - another wonderful rescue group... and tell me if you don't recognize a certain puppy on the splash page.) Anyway, Libby and her brothers were first starved, then tossed out of a car in a box and someone was trying to run them over when they were rescued. I just feel sick thinking about what could have happened to her. Yesterday I saw that Michael Vick was a trending topic on Twitter. I clicked on the hashtag hoping that the overriding sentiment would be outrage that this thug got to slide back into his job while creatures still suffer from his ignorance and cruelty. Not so. A whole bunch of folks were really happy to see him out on the field and were pissed off that people weren't giving him a second chance. How about this? When the dog Mel forgives him, I'll forgive him. Not to bum anyone out, but this is the...