diff --git a/application/config/application.php b/application/config/application.php
index 1f86469b..f02bc76a 100644
--- a/application/config/application.php
+++ b/application/config/application.php
@@ -146,13 +146,13 @@
 		'Hasher'     => 'Laravel\\Security\\Hasher',
 		'HTML'       => 'Laravel\\HTML',
 		'Inflector'  => 'Laravel\\Inflector',
-		'Input'      => 'Laravel\\Facades\\Input',
+		'Input'      => 'Laravel\\Input',
 		'IoC'        => 'Laravel\\IoC',
 		'Lang'       => 'Laravel\\Lang',
 		'URL'        => 'Laravel\\URL',
 		'Redirect'   => 'Laravel\\Redirect',
 		'Redis'      => 'Laravel\\Redis',
-		'Request'    => 'Laravel\\Facades\\Request',
+		'Request'    => 'Laravel\\Request',
 		'Response'   => 'Laravel\\Response',
 		'Session'    => 'Laravel\\Session\\Manager',
 		'Str'        => 'Laravel\\Str',
diff --git a/laravel/bootstrap/core.php b/laravel/bootstrap/core.php
index 850bf667..03b3b690 100644
--- a/laravel/bootstrap/core.php
+++ b/laravel/bootstrap/core.php
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
  */
 require SYS_PATH.'arr'.EXT;
 require SYS_PATH.'config'.EXT;
-require SYS_PATH.'facades'.EXT;
 
 /**
  * Load some core configuration files by default so we don't have to
diff --git a/laravel/config/container.php b/laravel/config/container.php
index 291bd73a..a0284e0e 100644
--- a/laravel/config/container.php
+++ b/laravel/config/container.php
@@ -2,69 +2,6 @@
 
 return array(
 
-	/*
-	|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-	| Various Laravel Components
-	|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-	|
-	| Many of the Laravel classes are resolved through the inversion of control
-	| container to maintain a high level of testability and flexibility.
-	|
-	| Most of them are also accessible through a "Facade", which simulates the
-	| class being usable via static methods for convenience. Facades allow the
-	| framework to keep a convenient API, while still having a testable core.
-	|
-	*/
-
-	'laravel.input' => array('singleton' => true, 'resolver' => function($c)
-	{
-		require SYS_PATH.'input'.EXT;
-
-		$input = array();
-
-		$request = $c->core('request');
-
-		switch ($request->method())
-		{
-			case 'GET':
-				$input = $_GET;
-				break;
-
-			case 'POST':
-				$input = $_POST;
-				break;
-
-			case 'PUT':
-			case 'DELETE':
-				if ($request->spoofed())
-				{
-					$input = $_POST;
-				}
-				else
-				{
-					parse_str(file_get_contents('php://input'), $input);
-				}
-		}
-
-		return new Input($input, $_FILES);
-	}),
-
-
-	'laravel.request' => array('singleton' => true, 'resolver' => function($c)
-	{
-		require_once SYS_PATH.'request'.EXT;
-
-		return new Request($c->core('uri'), $_POST, $_SERVER);
-	}),
-
-
-	'laravel.uri' => array('singleton' => true, 'resolver' => function($c)
-	{
-		require_once SYS_PATH.'uri'.EXT;
-
-		return new URI($_SERVER);
-	}),
-
 	/*
 	|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 	| Laravel Routing Components
diff --git a/laravel/form.php b/laravel/form.php
index 8c991ffd..bf9feea1 100644
--- a/laravel/form.php
+++ b/laravel/form.php
@@ -82,9 +82,7 @@ protected static function method($method)
 	 */
 	protected static function action($action, $https)
 	{
-		$request = IoC::container()->core('uri');
-
-		return HTML::entities(URL::to(((is_null($action)) ? $uri->get() : $action), $https));
+		return HTML::entities(URL::to(((is_null($action)) ? Request::uri()->get() : $action), $https));
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/laravel/input.php b/laravel/input.php
index 38275515..ad888782 100644
--- a/laravel/input.php
+++ b/laravel/input.php
@@ -7,14 +7,7 @@ class Input {
 	 *
 	 * @var array
 	 */
-	protected $input;
-
-	/**
-	 * The $_FILES array for the request.
-	 *
-	 * @var array
-	 */
-	protected $files;
+	public static $input;
 
 	/**
 	 * The key used to store old input in the session.
@@ -23,19 +16,6 @@ class Input {
 	 */
 	const old_input = 'laravel_old_input';
 
-	/**
-	 * Create a new instance of the Input manager.
-	 *
-	 * @param  array  $input
-	 * @param  array  $files
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public function __construct($input, $files)
-	{
-		$this->input = $input;
-		$this->files = $files;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Get all of the input data for the request.
 	 *
@@ -43,9 +23,9 @@ public function __construct($input, $files)
 	 *
 	 * @return array
 	 */
-	public function all()
+	public static function all()
 	{
-		return array_merge($this->get(), $this->file());
+		return array_merge(static::get(), static::file());
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -56,9 +36,9 @@ public function all()
 	 * @param  string  $key
 	 * @return bool
 	 */
-	public function has($key)
+	public static function has($key)
 	{
-		return ( ! is_null($this->get($key)) and trim((string) $this->get($key)) !== '');
+		return ( ! is_null(static::get($key)) and trim((string) static::get($key)) !== '');
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -78,9 +58,9 @@ public function has($key)
 	 * @param  mixed   $default
 	 * @return mixed
 	 */
-	public function get($key = null, $default = null)
+	public static function get($key = null, $default = null)
 	{
-		return Arr::get($this->input, $key, $default);
+		return Arr::get(static::$input, $key, $default);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -89,9 +69,9 @@ public function get($key = null, $default = null)
 	 * @param  string  $key
 	 * @return bool
 	 */
-	public function had($key)
+	public static function had($key)
 	{
-		return ( ! is_null($this->old($key)) and trim((string) $this->old($key)) !== '');
+		return ( ! is_null(static::old($key)) and trim((string) static::old($key)) !== '');
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -109,7 +89,7 @@ public function had($key)
 	 * @param  mixed           $default
 	 * @return string
 	 */
-	public function old($key = null, $default = null)
+	public static function old($key = null, $default = null)
 	{
 		if (Config::get('session.driver') == '')
 		{
@@ -134,9 +114,9 @@ public function old($key = null, $default = null)
 	 * @param  mixed   $default
 	 * @return array
 	 */
-	public function file($key = null, $default = null)
+	public static function file($key = null, $default = null)
 	{
-		return Arr::get($this->files, $key, $default);
+		return Arr::get($_FILES, $key, $default);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -153,9 +133,9 @@ public function file($key = null, $default = null)
 	 * @param  string  $path
 	 * @return bool
 	 */
-	public function upload($key, $path)
+	public static function upload($key, $path)
 	{
-		return array_key_exists($key, $this->files) ? File::upload($key, $path, $this->files) : false;
+		return array_key_exists($key, $_FILES) ? File::upload($key, $path, $_FILES) : false;
 	}
 
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/laravel/laravel.php b/laravel/laravel.php
index ee7579ac..d4d61cc0 100644
--- a/laravel/laravel.php
+++ b/laravel/laravel.php
@@ -37,12 +37,52 @@
  * Manually load some core classes that are used on every request
  * This allows to avoid using the loader for these classes.
  */
+require SYS_PATH.'uri'.EXT;
+require SYS_PATH.'input'.EXT;
+require SYS_PATH.'request'.EXT;
 require SYS_PATH.'response'.EXT;
 require SYS_PATH.'routing/route'.EXT;
 require SYS_PATH.'routing/router'.EXT;
 require SYS_PATH.'routing/loader'.EXT;
 require SYS_PATH.'routing/filter'.EXT;
 
+/**
+ * Gather the input to the application for the current request.
+ * The input will be gathered based on the current request method
+ * and will be set on the Input manager.
+ */
+$input = array();
+
+switch (Request::method())
+{
+	case 'GET':
+		$input = $_GET;
+		break;
+
+	case 'POST':
+		$input = $_POST;
+		break;
+
+	case 'PUT':
+	case 'DELETE':
+		if (Request::spoofed())
+		{
+			$input = $_POST;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			parse_str(file_get_contents('php://input'), $input);
+		}
+}
+
+/**
+ * The spoofed request method is removed from the input so it is
+ * not unexpectedly included in Input::all() or Input::get().s
+ */
+unset($input[Request::spoofer]);
+
+Input::$input = $input;
+
 /**
  * Route the request to the proper route in the application. If a
  * route is found, the route will be called with the current request
@@ -51,13 +91,13 @@
  */
 Routing\Filter::register(require APP_PATH.'filters'.EXT);
 
-$request = IoC::container()->core('request');
+list($uri, $method) = array(Request::uri()->get(), Request::method());
 
-$request->route = IoC::container()->core('routing.router')->route($request);
+Request::$route = IoC::container()->core('routing.router')->route($method, $uri);
 
-if ( ! is_null($request->route))
+if ( ! is_null(Request::$route))
 {
-	$response = $request->route->call();
+	$response = Request::$route->call();
 }
 else
 {
diff --git a/laravel/paginator.php b/laravel/paginator.php
index 06de3136..2f9669c0 100644
--- a/laravel/paginator.php
+++ b/laravel/paginator.php
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public static function make($results, $total, $per_page)
 	 */
 	public static function page($total, $per_page)
 	{
-		$page = IoC::container()->core('input')->get('page', 1);
+		$page = Input::get('page', 1);
 
 		// The page will be validated and adjusted if it is less than one or greater
 		// than the last page. For example, if the current page is not an integer or
@@ -250,11 +250,11 @@ protected function element($element, $text, $page, $disabler)
 			// We will assume the page links should use HTTPS if the current request
 			// is also using HTTPS. Since pagination links automatically point to
 			// the current URI, this makes pretty good sense.
-			$request = IoC::container()->core('request');
+			list($uri, $secure) = array(Request::uri()->get(), Request::secure());
 
 			$appendage = $this->appendage($element, $page);
 
-			return HTML::link($request->uri().$appendage, $text, array('class' => $class), $requst->secure());
+			return HTML::link($uri.$appendage, $text, array('class' => $class), $secure);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/laravel/request.php b/laravel/request.php
index e6620f80..c9103b9b 100644
--- a/laravel/request.php
+++ b/laravel/request.php
@@ -2,33 +2,19 @@
 
 class Request {
 
-	/**
-	 * The route handling the current request.
-	 *
-	 * @var Routing\Route
-	 */
-	public $route;
-
 	/**
 	 * The request URI for the current request.
 	 *
 	 * @var URI
 	 */
-	protected $uri;
+	public static $uri;
 
 	/**
-	 * The $_POST array for the request.
+	 * The route handling the current request.
 	 *
-	 * @var array
+	 * @var Routing\Route
 	 */
-	protected $post;
-
-	/**
-	 * The $_SERVER array for the request.
-	 *
-	 * @var array
-	 */
-	protected $server;
+	public static $route;
 
 	/**
 	 * The request data key that is used to indicate a spoofed request method.
@@ -38,28 +24,13 @@ class Request {
 	const spoofer = '__spoofer';
 
 	/**
-	 * Create a new Request instance.
+	 * Get the URI instance for the current request.
 	 *
-	 * @param  URI    $uri
-	 * @param  array  $post
-	 * @param  array  $server
-	 * @return void
+	 * @return URI
 	 */
-	public function __construct($uri, $post, $server)
+	public static function uri()
 	{
-		$this->uri = $uri;
-		$this->post = $post;
-		$this->server = $server;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Get the current request's URI.
-	 *
-	 * @return string
-	 */
-	public function uri()
-	{
-		return $this->uri->get();
+		return (is_null(static::$uri)) ? static::$uri = new URI($_SERVER) : static::$uri;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -71,9 +42,9 @@ public function uri()
 	 *
 	 * @return string
 	 */
-	public function method()
+	public static function method()
 	{
-		return ($this->spoofed()) ? $this->post[Request::spoofer] : $this->server['REQUEST_METHOD'];
+		return (static::spoofed()) ? $_POST[Request::spoofer] : $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'];
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -85,9 +56,9 @@ public function method()
 	 * @param  mixed   $default
 	 * @return string
 	 */
-	public function server($key = null, $default = null)
+	public static function server($key = null, $default = null)
 	{
-		return Arr::get($this->server, strtoupper($key), $default);
+		return Arr::get($_SERVER, strtoupper($key), $default);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -95,9 +66,9 @@ public function server($key = null, $default = null)
 	 *
 	 * @return bool
 	 */
-	public function spoofed()
+	public static function spoofed()
 	{
-		return is_array($this->post) and array_key_exists(Request::spoofer, $this->post);
+		return is_array($_POST) and array_key_exists(Request::spoofer, $_POST);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -106,19 +77,19 @@ public function spoofed()
 	 * @param  mixed   $default
 	 * @return string
 	 */
-	public function ip($default = '0.0.0.0')
+	public static function ip($default = '0.0.0.0')
 	{
-		if (isset($this->server['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']))
+		if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']))
 		{
-			return $this->server['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'];
+			return $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'];
 		}
-		elseif (isset($this->server['HTTP_CLIENT_IP']))
+		elseif (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP']))
 		{
-			return $this->server['HTTP_CLIENT_IP'];
+			return $_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP'];
 		}
-		elseif (isset($this->server['REMOTE_ADDR']))
+		elseif (isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']))
 		{
-			return $this->server['REMOTE_ADDR'];
+			return $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
 		}
 
 		return ($default instanceof Closure) ? call_user_func($default) : $default;
@@ -129,9 +100,9 @@ public function ip($default = '0.0.0.0')
 	 *
 	 * @return string
 	 */
-	public function protocol()
+	public static function protocol()
 	{
-		return Arr::get($this->server, 'SERVER_PROTOCOL', 'HTTP/1.1');
+		return Arr::get($_SERVER, 'SERVER_PROTOCOL', 'HTTP/1.1');
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -139,9 +110,9 @@ public function protocol()
 	 *
 	 * @return bool
 	 */
-	public function secure()
+	public static function secure()
 	{
-		return isset($this->server['HTTPS']) and strtolower($this->server['HTTPS']) !== 'off';
+		return isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) and strtolower($_SERVER['HTTPS']) !== 'off';
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -149,11 +120,11 @@ public function secure()
 	 *
 	 * @return bool
 	 */
-	public function ajax()
+	public static function ajax()
 	{
-		if ( ! isset($this->server['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH'])) return false;
+		if ( ! isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH'])) return false;
 
-		return strtolower($this->server['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) === 'xmlhttprequest';
+		return strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) === 'xmlhttprequest';
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -161,9 +132,9 @@ public function ajax()
 	 *
 	 * @return Route
 	 */
-	public function route()
+	public static function route()
 	{
-		return $this->route;
+		return static::$route;
 	}
 
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/laravel/response.php b/laravel/response.php
index 041356c7..7c87e4d3 100644
--- a/laravel/response.php
+++ b/laravel/response.php
@@ -261,9 +261,7 @@ public function headers()
 			$this->header('Content-Type', 'text/html; charset='.Config::$items['application']['encoding']);
 		}
 
-		$request = IoC::container()->core('request');
-
-		header($request->protocol().' '.$this->status.' '.$this->statuses[$this->status]);
+		header(Request::protocol().' '.$this->status.' '.$this->statuses[$this->status]);
 
 		foreach ($this->headers as $name => $value)
 		{	
diff --git a/laravel/routing/router.php b/laravel/routing/router.php
index be601e47..50f83fb6 100644
--- a/laravel/routing/router.php
+++ b/laravel/routing/router.php
@@ -102,13 +102,12 @@ public function find($name)
 	/**
 	 * Search the routes for the route matching a request method and URI.
 	 *
-	 * @param  Request  $request
+	 * @param  string   $method
+	 * @param  string   $uri
 	 * @return Route
 	 */
-	public function route(Request $request)
+	public function route($method, $uri)
 	{
-		list($method, $uri) = array($request->method(), $request->uri());
-
 		$routes = $this->loader->load($uri);
 
 		// All route URIs begin with the request method and have a leading
diff --git a/laravel/url.php b/laravel/url.php
index 37fa2080..60e8d3a9 100644
--- a/laravel/url.php
+++ b/laravel/url.php
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public static function to_secure($url = '')
 	 */
 	public static function to_asset($url, $https = null)
 	{
-		if (is_null($https)) $https = IoC::container()->core('request')->secure();
+		if (is_null($https)) $https = Request::secure();
 
 		$url = static::to($url, $https);
 
diff --git a/laravel/validation/validator.php b/laravel/validation/validator.php
index 0124d75c..bd808139 100644
--- a/laravel/validation/validator.php
+++ b/laravel/validation/validator.php
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ protected function size($attribute, $value)
 		{
 			return $this->attributes[$attribute];
 		}
-		elseif (array_key_exists($attribute, IoC::container()->core('input')->file()))
+		elseif (array_key_exists($attribute, Input::file()))
 		{
 			return $value['size'] / 1024;
 		}
@@ -529,9 +529,7 @@ protected function message($attribute, $rule)
 		// type of attribute being validated, either a file or a string.
 		elseif (in_array($rule, $this->size_rules) and ! $this->has_rule($attribute, $this->numeric_rules))
 		{
-			$files = IoC::container()->core('input')->file();
-
-			$line = (array_key_exists($attribute, $files)) ? "file" : "string";
+			$line = (array_key_exists($attribute, Input::file())) ? "file" : "string";
 
 			return Lang::line("validation.{$rule}.{$line}")->get($this->language);
 		}