When I moved to the Twin Cities in the mid-90s, I immediately became a fan of Kevin Garnett (& the T-wolves by extension); barely out of his teens, the Kid was raw, spidery athleticism and passion at its most intense. Of course, the other players on the team at the time were rather pathetic, so he/the team watched the playoffs from home.

Then in '97, the Kid - joined finally by a stellar supporting cast in Stephon Marbury (pre-"Starbury") and Tom Gugliotta - transformed into the Big Ticket: a game-defining player who could impose his will any time he wanted...or so it seemed.

But Garnett's spectacular overall stats and level of play hid a nasty flaw: for some reason in the 4th quarter, KG could never step it up. This didn't seem to hurt the team when they had a megalo Jordan-wannabe like Marbury ready to sink game-winners...

Yet once Marbury and Gugliotta left, it was clear that Garnett was doomed to be the Ewing of the T-wolves: a superstar that for some reason couldn't be transcendental when needed. WHo couldn't single-handedly will his team to victory.

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I will always respect KG for his service with the Wolves, and the excitement he brought to post-Kirby Puckett Minnesota sports. Yeah, he was paid a shitload of money...but he put in more effort that many other ridiculously compensated NBA players combined. Furthermore, he is without a doubt a first-ballot future Hall of Famer.

He just didn't have what it takes took to bring home a championship. Thus the existence of KG serves to put an even bigger spotlight on Kobe's will...his je ne sais quois ability to utter dominate - and win.

Sorry for all the typos in that post...

Also, driving is not a right, but a privilege. The automakers should make all cars ridiculously expensive to own, maintain and keep fueled (already doing the last one)...that way much less poor people will be able to drive, fuel will be saved, and global warming will go away!

Does Mr. fat stupid Yankee in a Hawaiian shirt want to visit Grandma in Kansas? Walk it, you non-wealthy, middle-class son-of-a-bitch.

Also, heating and electricity are not rights, but privileges. If the electric, coal, natural gas and other energy companies priced their utility costs so that only the rich could afford them as luxury commodities, all the poor people would not be able to waste the fuel used to create these energy sources! This would save fuel and reduce global warming.

Does Mr. Poor Trash in a Hawaiian sweater and his family want to stay warm in a Snow Belt winter? Build an igloo and make blankets out of deer hides, you non-millionaire, fuel-grubbin' son-of-a-bitch.

Use of petroleum-based products such as plastic is not a right, but a privilege. The Plastics manufacturers should price their products so that only the rich can afford them. This means all the poor people will not be able to use plastics...thus saving fuel and reducing global warming.

Does Mr. Barely-Living-Wage worry that Junior might break a glass baby bottle and cut himself, because the plastic bottle was just too expensive? Shouldn't have had kids, you non-yacht-owning, non-flying, non-driving, hypothermic-in-winter son-of-a-bitch.

Global food shortage? High food prices? How to solve it?

C'MON: Say it with me now, PEOPLE!!! Access to food is not a right, but a privilege...

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...well, once she breastfeed them only in ladies' restrooms, and not out in public where she might offend innocent people.

(.....I'm kidding, I'm kidding! Just poking fun at the nursing--is-obscene/gross crowd. =)

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Nine babies?? Or ten, presuming she's still nursing her own child(ren)??

Wow. Just wow. Any nurses of physicians out there have any idea how much milk a woman can produce in, say, a day?? I'm guessing that breastfeeding 9+ hungry mouths is pushing a maximum there...or is it?

Jesus, Patrick Morgan - what the f*ck is your dysfunction? Seriously?

Where on Earth is all this irrational rage coming from? Mommy never hugged you? Some girl made fun of you in grade school? Debbie Gibson or Julia Roberts never responded to your love letters?

You make Brightstar seem calm, rational and feminist in comparison.

Seriously, man...you've got some deep-seated issues. Do you spit on puppies if they are female? Does being in the general presence, building, zipcode or planet with members of the female gender just make you quiver with anger?

Jeez Louise...

This "social agenda" she's pushing is not exactly nationwide castration; she's simply saying that this story of a heroic Chinese policewoman should give some perspective on the right/ability of a woman to breastfeed her child in a quote-unquote public setting.

I guess the joke I made in my first letter - about how the policewoman had better have breastfed all those orphan babies in an enclosed ladies' restroom - either went over your head...or you actually agreed with that sentiment.

And as for a nursing mom "whipping out her breasts" - can you tell me one instance of that EVER actually happening?!?! Almost all moms out there who breastfeed in public tend to be very discreet about it.

From 3:30 to 7:30, turn on a chainsaw, blast some speed metal (speakers aimed toward your neighbors' house), or play a looped tape of a Rottweiler barking its ass off. Try to keep the volume of your activity roughly on par with the "thumP' of the b-ball

If the kid and/or his parents come over to complain, explain that you are not violating any ordinance by performing your activity during daytime hours....

Just let that chainsaw / rabid Rott barking tape rip along; meanwhile, put on some noise-canceling headphone and enjoy a cocktail!

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To all the utopian feel-gooders out there preaching neighborly love: your idealism blinds you the reality that neighbors are usually your enemy.

And what do you do with an enemy? You fight 'em.