Real Deal

Kobe again!!!

Kobe with the layup in traffic, no foul called, but oh well. Can't believe we have to rely on him playing 40+ minutes and dropping 30 to beat the CHARLOTTE BOBCATS.

KOBE THREE!

Kobe ball, meaning, Kobe with the ball in his hands...not necessarily just hoisting shots. And it worked. It was getting our guys open. We aren't going to stop Kemba, no matter what. Nobody on our team can stop him, sadly.

Down to the Bobcats, halftime. What the hell. Their 11-game losing streak will come to an end tonight...I can just feel it. We need Kobe ball, right now. Besides Kobe and Dwight, our team is shooting 10-31.

The Jets are laughable.

I seriously can't stand Mark Sanchez. The dude is worthless, and so is Rex Ryan.

That's pretty crazy. I figured it was edited on there, so I went back to the movie on my computer. It's definitely real. http://i46.tinypic.com/293k3g2.jpg

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/gametracker/recap/NBA_20121216_DEN@SAC

...what the hell? LOL.

I'm not even surprised. Peyton Manning earlier in the year, and now Tom Brady...not a shocker, at all.

LOL wow...what a throw.

Ah, yeah, quakes hit the OKC area for a few days, including a pretty big one (for us) that forced me to run over to my TV and hold it, keeping it from falling forward. Like I said, I've felt quakes before, when I lived in California...but before the 2-3 days of quakes in Oklahoma/Kansas, never in this area.

If we can't get anything better for Pau (because I really don't like Derrick Williams or JJ Barea), I'd do the deal because AK has a player option for next season (not a long contract) + D-Will has a team option before the summer of 2014. However, I believe AK47 turned us down this summer because he doesn't like the organization. I heard something like that. If that's true, I'd be shocked to see this one work out. Minnesota goes for it, though, to please Ricky Rubio AND to add another big man that would have to play like one (he wouldn't have an excuse in Minnesota). May piss off Love in the process, and push Pekovic out of the starting five, but they'd do it to keep Rubio happy.

10,000+ homicides by a firearm every year, and nearly double that in suicides by gun. I'm not talking about this particular case...already stated that, I believe. I'm not saying this to stop all gun-related incidents, because that won't happen, and guns on the black market will ALWAYS exist. That's not the point. But if you can already get them illegally, why allow people to get them SO EASILY legally? At least make it tougher one direction. Well, that's more of a question to those who want to get rid of them altogether. You can start by just making it difficult to get them, simple as that...make it a process. The people that have guns, already, usually have just one for protection OR they collect them. The collectors will eventually run through the process. You're weeding out a lot of people there. --------------- About a month ago, we had a guy snap and shoot someone in my town...over $40. Sure, he could have stabbed him...but I'm pretty sure everyone here will agree that they'd rather be stabbed, and have a better chance to live, than to be shot in the head (like he was). Was that guy going to go make a bomb in five minutes, come back and threaten the guy for his $40? Doubt that. Again, guns are available on the "black market" anyway. Always will be. I see no point in letting the average Joe walk into Wal-Mart to buy a gun and ammo any time of the day, no matter who he is. Shootings may be so common where most of you live, but not in my town until this last year or so...and the funny thing is, most every shooting that happens in this area isn't coming from crazed people...it's from angry people, over money, drugs, or relationships. Even people that I have interacted with over the last five years (playing basketball, mostly). Sure, there's something not right with a guy that wants to murder, but in the process, they aren't planning it for weeks or months, and they aren't killing multiple people to make a statement...it's out of anger, in the moment. So it's not all about unstable people, planning to go nuts. There's more to it than that, just like there's more to it than having a gun in your possession. Multiple things need attention, but at least SOME form of control (better control) needs touched on as well.

Well, the 21st is an irrelevant date to me. I'm also not a religious nutjob that goes around forcing it down everyone's throats. However, I do believe in God, and that the world will see events like this take place before it's all said and done, so it does grab my interest.

And really quick...giving the stabbings, to elementary school kids, as examples of how you can do harm without a gun...it's kind of cheap. Any man can go to a playground and snap kids' necks with his bare hands. Let's go back to James Holmes (Batman shooter)...would he have had much success with a knife in a movie theater, with adults? Nope. How easy would it be for a wrestler to go into a meet and shoot up everyone in it? What if he tried killing everyone in that meet with a knife? If all of these people can act out ANYTHING, in any way, without a gun...then why is it so important that we NEED guns to go to war against a corrupt government? Can't we use crossbows, knives, and rocks? Nope...we need guns because they are simply more lethal...much easier to use to kill groups of people with, create far more separation, etc. Sure, a man will enter an elementary school with a knife, against pencil-wielding children and teachers that are usually female (at that grade level). You think that same man would be ignorant enough to walk into a frat house with a knife? Nope, he's taking an assault rifle, and people will scatter as he shoots them in their backs. Don't compare the two, ever.

Hop, skipped and jumped over that one.

Nah, but if you legalize it, and no sarcasm here, you'll see more people smoking it + those people smoking it more often (not having to worry about drug tests at their job, for instance). It works that way with most everything, too. As a diabetic, I can't eat much sugar. If my girlfriend goes to the store and buys a ton of cookies and donuts, I'm more than likely going to eat some of them. If she doesn't, I'll probably eat one or two when I'm somewhere else, but if they aren't sitting in my kitchen at 1 AM, I'll be fixing a bowl of cereal instead...not driving to Wal-Mart to get some. Make guns harder to get. Make it a long process to get a license/permit to buy and shoot. It's not going to stop Lanza from taking his mother's guns (although she may not have them if it takes more effort), but you'll see less of this going on in the long run. Few talk about this...but when the "Batman shooter" went online and ordered all of his ammo, guns and military gear...he received it within a week, I believe. What if new gun laws make it FAR tougher for him? It takes longer to get things like that, and MAYBE that extra week (or longer) gives a roommate or family member time and reason to get him checked out. Same with smoking weed. If it was tougher to get, you'd smoke it less. Logically. At one point, you may even stop. Additionally, guns and ammo would likely become more expensive, the tougher they get. Don't ban, but things need to change.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk-3MU-rc0M I never researched the noises, but when I saw this video just now, it freaks me out because... http://i50.tinypic.com/30shoj5.jpg http://www.discusshoops.com/forums/topic/9625-the-random-thread/page__view__findpost__p__288001 http://i45.tinypic.com/291g9j9.jpg http://lakernation.com/forums/index.php?/topic/51669-random-thread-80/page__st__2000#entry1004843 http://i49.tinypic.com/142bpuh.jpg http://lakernation.com/forums/index.php?/topic/51669-random-thread-80/page__st__7900#entry1151349

Point is, it shouldn't take five minutes for anyone to buy a gun and ammo. It shouldn't take a simple online order to land legitimate military gear and weapons. I don't think guns should be banned, but I also don't think everyone should have access to one so easily. I read a suggestion that teachers should have guns. Nah. I went to school with kids that went ballistic in classrooms, and that were expelled and sent to a detention center...and that was back when this wasn't so common. Having a gun in every classroom, locked up or not, doesn't sit well with me. An irresponsible teacher, leaving a drawer open, keys on the desk, etc...can unintentionally be responsible for a classroom turning into multiple funerals.

These idiots... http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/32429_478678265509446_674493791_n.png

DVR for this game...watching it later. I honestly won't watch if we lose.

http://examiner-enterprise.com/sections/news/local-news/local-teen-accused-planning-mass-school-shooting.html Got his ass. A friend of mine goes to high school there...about a 40-minute drive from where I live. What is wrong with people?

That Facebook profile was real. Facebook actually deleted my status message while I was getting my hair cut...and when I went to see if the profile was still available, it was gone as well. It had the same picture they were showing on CNN, by the way. EDIT: Who knows... Either way, profile is gone.