The Pendleton Panther

Being from Rhode Island there is nothing better than having my “home” teams in basketball and hockey in the playoffs. However when the two previous series started I was more optimistic about the Bruins future than I was about the Celtics future. The Bruins had a lot of momentum and the Celtics were playing one of the best teams in the NBA in the Cavaliers. However, the Bruins just lost the series after being up 3-0, and they were up 3-0 in the 7th game and lost 4-3. The “Bruin Nation” was extremely shocked and disappointed. However, the boston fans have something to be extremely excited, as the Celtics just beat one of the best teams in Basketball in six games, and have a ton of momentum going into the Orlando Magic series. Even though this is not the way I would have imagined things would have gone, I couldn’t be happier as I love watching NBA playoffs, especially when my team is in the race. This should be a great series, which I believe the Celtics will win in 6 games once again.

The Celtics had a year filled with ups and downs, and were not as successful from a record standpoint as they have been in past years, but were still abel to win the division.  They are taking on the Miami Heat in the first round of the playoffs and with players

The Big Three

with as much experience and passion for the game as Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, and Kevin Garnett you always have a chance to go deep in the playoffs. They were able to take game one from Dwayne Wade and the Heat at home by 9. It was not pretty when a fight broke out towards the ladder half of the game, and Garnett was ejected, but when someone with as much pride and a sense of team as Garnett gets disrespected you can expect nothing less. Hopefully his loss in the next game with not hurt them in their quets for the championship.

WNBA is one of the biggest jokes in sports today. I would honestly rather go to a pre-season men’s NCAA basketball game, then go to a WNBA championship game. I support the fact that women go out and try to be successful in sports. In addition to this, I

WNBA

completely respect the talent that these women have shown the world since their debuts. However, I just feel like when you put it all together and watch the WBNA, it’s some of the most ridiculous moments in sports. I truly do not think I could sit through more than a minute and a half of any WNBA games, no matter what team. Not that the NBA is any better sometimes, but there is something about women running around trying to play basketball that annoys me. I mean they are talented and all, but they are not even close to the Larry Birds and Paul Pierces of the NBA.

Pretty much everyone who is anyone has a facebook now a days. While we all talk about how pathetic it is, and how much of a time waster it is, we all continually maintain ours over and over again. I personally believe that it is no big deal to have a facebook, but I absolutely can’t stand when I am trying to get something done and facebook gets in my way. Sometimes nothing will even be

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interesting or going on, on facebook and I will still resort to looking at it in order to ignore my homework or whatever else I have to do. I don’t know why I do this, and it is really annoying and sometimes it makes me want to delete my facebook, but I never actually end up doing it. Maybe I should just start trying to focus enough where I don’t even have to think about facebook while I am doing something of more importance, but I think I’ll remain just like everyone else and let facebook be one of my biggest distractions.

An economics professor told a class one day that he has never failed anyone, except for one time he failed an entire class.  This class insisted President Obama’s socialism plan would work, so he decided to put it to the test.  He decided to average the tests out, so that no one would be “rich” and no one would be “poor,” an idealistic way of socialism.  On the first test the average was a B, on the second test the average was a D, and on the third an F.  Now, this article goes on by saying that the people who studied hard no longer studied as hard and the people who hardly studied, studied even less.  Not to be argumentative with this but, I disagree with the way the experiment is looked at.  For example, there are thousands and thousands of hard working Americans who simply cannot pay their bills.  The single mom who’s working 3 jobs or the teacher who is trying to offer an education for our youth who is also trying to raise

Professor Gericke

2 kids.  Much like not being able to pay off your bills, some kids are simply not able to get good grades.  Therefore, in some instances those kids that are failing and are working harder are getting worse grades than those who are not studying as hard, and don’t have to work as hard because they have been given a blessing; a talent.  A Major League baseball player can get paid millions of dollars for his talent, but a plumber makes no where near that even if he is just as talented in his field.  Instead of realizing “Hey, wow I’ve been blessed,” it’s “Hey, wow I want more.”  Sadly enough, it is always looked upon as those people, the plumbers, are not hard workers, because of the few bad examples that are out there.  Those “good” students simply stopped studying hard because it wasn’t about them anymore, they were put into a situation where they had to do something for the betterment of a group of people and it wasn’t all about them, and instead of continuing to work hard, they proved how selfish and greedy they were.  The good students, in my opinion, are clearly representing a group of people who belong to a certain party.  I’ll let you make that call.

Although we are not a socialistic government, and we never will be, it amazes me how much a little help could go a long way.  Our President isn’t asking for anything too ridiculous, all he’s saying is if you’re blessed why can’t you help those that are not as not as fortunate as you are. If you’re making $250,000 is it really that bad to give a little more to the government and country which has provided you with the opportunity to be successful?  Is it really going to hurt you financially?  Instead a fit is thrown by those who claim they shouldn’t have to give up any of their money that they’ve worked hard for.  From recent polls, 66% of republicans say that they hold religion close to them.  Close to 100% of religions in this country are based on having good morals and giving to others.  Hypocritical?

I also repsect those that have worked extremely hard to be wealthy.  One of the greatest thing about living in this country is we have the freedom to do what we please.  And, for those who say that they don’t want to give their monmey to those people who are the “slackers” and those that don’t work hard, why let those who do suffer.  It’s like if you go to a school and a couple of the kids are smoking pot and the rest of the kids in the school go to jail with them.  We know that the majority of those kids are not smoking pot, and therefore they should not suffer because of those few kids’ action.  Those people who truly don’t work hard or do anything with their lives, cannot be “happy” people.  If they’ve coasted through life being given everything they cannot be satisfied with themselves as people, and a few extra bucks is not going to chaneg that.

Christmas and Break!

My break was the best break I had in years. I spent a lot of time with my family and friends. My dad had some parties at our house and we partied hard! I went out ever night with my friends. I had such a great time with my family as well; we went to the movies and went out to eat a few times. My mom and dad spoiled me I had gotten a lot of stuff for Christmas. Along with that my Grandma gave me 500 dollars in cash so I could go shopping. I spent it all on cloths I miss home and I am kind of ready to go back. I got to see all of my old friends and hang with them! I went back to my old school to watch my old bball team play and my old friends gave me a lot of love! I also got to are a lot of my ex’s there at the game, and it was weird having them all there in the same spot But it was still cool. I got to see some of some family members I hadn’t seen in 10yrs so that was also pretty cool I had missed my sister and uncle very much because we use to stay up all night and talk and watch movies. I had an amazing break!

In one of the science classes, they are dissecting a pig.  So Julia’s article, “Men Are Pigs!” was written at the right time.   But to go with this article, I agree girls can not do anything or they are called major whores.  But if they do not do anything at all  they are considered worse.  But men, if they get some, all give them props.  So a girl can look at two ways –  one screw it and have fun or the other not do anything at all and stay away.  But in the end we all get screwed, guys or girls.  Guys just want props so they tell their guys friends.  Ggirls do not want any one to know anything because of judgment. Then if you do not do anything at all, people wonder the worst of all. So in the end, we all get screwed no matter what you do. But honestly it is better to be screwed together !

There are so many  regular people that smoke pot in America. Smoking pot clearly has far less dangerous effects on other people and on us than legal drugs like alcohol. The prohibition of pot has failed to reduce the production and use of marijuana.

The government has tried to use criminal penalties to prevent marijuana use for over 75 years but that obviously has not helpe. Statistics show marijuana is now used by over 25 million people annually and cannabis is currently the largest cash crop in the United States even though marijuana is grown all over the planet. Marijuana is a lot safer than alcohol and it is an established scientific fact that marijuana is not toxic to humans like alcohol or cigarette are. Marijuana overdoses are almost impossible. Also a very important thing is that  Marijuana is not nearly as addictive as alcohol or tobacco. And for these reasons i think that  it is unfair to treat marijuana users more harshly under the law than the users of alcohol or tobacco. Smoking tobacco is worse than smoking marijuana and alcohol intoxicates our bodies. Marijuana does not have any affects in our bodies like alcohol and tobacco do so that is why it should not be illegal when far more harming products are available to us everywhere.

Men = Pig

In my opinion all men in one form or another are selfish pigs. Men have no idea how to keep it in their pants. They are all only interesting in one thing. They treat woman like a piece of meat and assume themselves superior than everyone else. Men can be so fake; they seem to care so much more of what other people think even more so then woman. They will never admit when they are wrong, and insist that everything has to revolve around them. Men have it so easy! The worst part is that if a man gets with a woman he gets a pat on the back, a good job from his buddies. But, if a woman has a one nightstand with a guy she’s considered a whore, and if she’s doesn’t “put out” she’s considered a bi*** (female dog) or a prude. For women it’s a lose, lose situation.

Protesters who want assisted suicide to be legalized.

Assisted suicide is a big debate in the medical world.  It is an issue close to many peoples hearts.  Every year sadly to say, thousands of people are diagnosed with terminal illnesses.  At some stage, these illnesses become virtually intolerable and painful for the patient.  At this stage, not only is the patient suffering but the family is also suffering.  Many patients have asked doctors for assisted suicide; around 57% of doctors have admitted to being asked to assist patients in suicide.  Because it is illegal, not only does this put the doctor in a difficult position it makes the patient feel uneasy.  Many patients with terminal illnesses want to stop the pain and suffering that they are going through.  I think that people should have the right to decide wether they want to live or not when they are in extreme pain.  It is a tough call in which both sides of the argument cannot win.

In the article, it is clear that giving under aged people driving licenses, is a bad idea.  As an analogy, a journalist said ” giving a drivers license to a teenage child under age 18 was like giving the kid a revolver with ten thousand chambers, only one which is loaded with a bullet, and telling him to point it at his head and pull the trigger.”  The 16-year-old driving privilege was established in the early years of time, when the vehicles held less power, roadways were less congested, and 16-year-olds were considered mature at the time.  During those years, they were only given to teens for work purposes in the farms.  On the other intent of issuing licenses, parents would be relieved to assign them with licenses for driving younger siblings.  Plus, the teens must be responsible and mature in driving privileges.  In conclusion, it still stands that risks can take advantages over teens and under aged teens.

Hello, I am a student here in America. I go to school and have lived a pretty average life. The reason I write this is because I have seen hypocrisy within our country. Too often we here of countries using military propaganda, and too often our media demonizes them for this. If you are American or visited our country chances are you have seen first hand what our media is like. While I lived in this country I have seen hundreds of military ads. In movie previews there are military glorifying music videos; on billboards, poster, and busses alike. All countries glorify their militaries through strategies like propaganda. “War is when the old trick the young into doing horrible things.” So when the recruiters come for your child and use programs like the ROTC, just be sure that they are aware of what the sign up for.