Tuesday, August 14, 2007

There's Patriotic, and There's Crazy

This is crazy, in my opinion. It would be interesting to see what the courts are making of it.

I these post-9/11 days, the Department of Homeland Security has said that American Citizens should "Report any suspected criminal or terrorist activity" to the proper authorities.

That makes sense.

Then, there's the inmate who says that Michael Vick, the football player, is in cahoots with al Qaeda, stole his dogs, and bought missiles from Iran.

You can't make this sort of thing up.

Two excerpts from the complaint:

"Plaintiff seeks 63,000,000,000.00 Billion dollars backed by gold and silver delivered via "UPS" United States Parcel Service to the front gates of FCI Williamsburg, Salters S.C., collected from Defendant MICHAEL VICK."

"MR. VICK sold my dogs on EBAy Auction, and used the proceeds to purchase missles from the Iran Government."

There's a copy of the filing in pdf format on the Fox News website, and more about this crossover between sports scandals and national security, in "South Carolina Inmate Hits Michael Vick With '$63,000,000,000 Billion Dollar' Lawsuit Alleging Al Qaeda Ties."

To be serious for a moment: screwball claims like this can take valuable time and attention away from real threats.

One more thing: The person who filed this complaint has, it seems, copyrighted his name.

I'll get back to laughing, now.

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