LoneWolf16

Breaking Benjamin - I Wish I May

All my childhood favorites are dying

On the other hand, they could...oh, I dunno, read a book about Chernobyl, and have all they need to know. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Both are easily accessed. The internet, nowadays, is more readily available to terrorists. They even have their own damn sites. And not all small islamic countries have libraries around the block. (Though the same could be argued against the internet...still, Al Jazeera has a site...so, access) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I wasn't aware one could carry out a nuclear attack on a city in the United States without ever leaving one's small islamic country. I would have thought that a terrorist cell planning on carrying out an attack would spend time living in the country they attacked. A bit like just about every other cell that carried out a major attack did. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ok, so I'm an idiot. Sorry

On the other hand, they could...oh, I dunno, read a book about Chernobyl, and have all they need to know. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Both are easily accessed. The internet, nowadays, is more readily available to terrorists. They even have their own damn sites. And not all small islamic countries have libraries around the block. (Though the same could be argued against the internet...still, Al Jazeera has a site...so, access)

It's all public domain information. Anyone determined to actually do something like that is already going to know it, and certainly doesn't need the program. As for the initial issue...I agree. Let's invade both China and Yahoo!, since we're all about spreading freedom dust over here. To tell you the truth, I'm surprised we haven't changed our policies towards China. The whole, "Do your own thing, we'll keep happily trading away with you and count on minimal influence from commerce to magically reform your entire society," approach seems a little low-speed for our illustrious leader, doesn't it? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Just, you know, on the off chance that the bastards planning to nuke an American city don't know how wind direction affects nuclear fallout...we should minimize the level of detail we put into our public information regarding the subject... Then again, its just a thought.

Why does Gromnir refer to himself in the third person?

You...you....you big MEANIE!

Breaking Benjamin "Firefly" You my friend You're a lot like them But I cut your line And you know I did Now I'm lost in you Like I always do And I'd die to win 'Cause I'm born to lose [Chorus:] Firefly Could you shine your light Now I know your ways 'cause they're just like mine Now I'm justified As I fall in line And it's hard to try When you're open wide Take my hand We'll be off and then We'll come back again To a different land Now I like this way You can go away If you guess the name You cannot replace [Chorus] Bring me your enemies Lay them before me And walk away [Chorus] **** you firefly Have you lost your light Now I hate your ways 'cause they're just like mine So you lost my friend Such a sorry end And I don't know why So I choke and smile (God, I love this band)

Breaking Benjamin "Believe" Don't tread the water Just stay still I'll not be bothered By you until I'm picking sides And pulling the strings I'm living lies And shedding the skin I'm open wide And letting you in I'm wronging rights Believe I don't care what you want I just want mine Shut up Smart little bitch I don't need lies I don't care what you want I just want mine Get up Force it to fit Confined inside Don't pull me under Into the deep I often wonder How it should be I'm picking sides And pulling the strings I'm living lies And shedding the skin I'm open wide And letting you in I'm wronging rights Believe I don't care what you want I just want mine Shut up Smart little bitch I don't need lies I don't care what you want I just want mine Get up Force it to fit Confined inside I don't care what you want I just want mine I don't care what you want I just want mine Shut up Smart little bitch I don't need lies I don't care what you want I just want mine Get up Force it to fit Confined inside My dead eyes!

I've been pondering about this stuff for years. Still doesn't make it any less mind-blowing though, no matter how many times I try to assure myself I'm actually existing. Great, now I've lost my one constant.

first, the hand over the heart thing is a little different than under god, but either way... perhaps 25 years ago things were different, i agree. there was probably more pressure in the 50s for sure (particularly since the communism scare was in full force). but like i said, even in my grade schools (23-31 years ago, politically mixed area) there was never any pressure. today, it is almost non-existent other than the danged press generated by newdow and co. taks <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm ninteen. not thirty. My first through 3rd grade education took place in the ninteys. This observation is not utterly false rather it is not necessairly true. I should say it's not so much the pressure of force that the teachers and the student's put on you it is the pressure of expectation. it is expected that you will say the pledge in uniformity without any devaition because that's how it's written. We have kids in the local districts (the ones affected by the ruling) who say that to say the pledge is to talk about the "heart of america" and to say that that is not warped is to be either blind or ignorant. So we are teaching the children that being under god (not allah not Kishrima, not even Odin or Gaia, just the christian one) is at the heart of america. And I was using the Hand over heart thing to demonstrate the lvl of pressure put on a child to conform to his peers. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> True. I love, and respect this country for what it is, but I just don't want to pledge myself to it every single morning...especially when it's done something to make me doubt its overall stability or capability to think in a rational manner. You get weird looks from peers when you stay in your seat...and staff tend to look down on it. Pressure of expectation.

I'm not the only one who thinks that's adorable, right? ^_^

Hmm...like Atreides, I haven't read much recently...the Halo books being the exception. Twilight Eyes Midnight Fear Nothing Intensity Seize the Night Whispers Cold Fire Dragon tears The Black Gryphon The White Gryphon The Silver Gryphon Several of the Dragon Lance books Every book I've read in the Xanth series The Harper Hall Trilogy The Exploits of Han Solo (Trilogy) The Lord of the Rings Trilogy The Great Book of Amber (Ten books in one) The Halo Trilogy and...um..that's all I have off the top of my head, considering I don't really keep my favorites on a shelf. I keep them in a drawer, for whatever reason. And whoever said the Starcraft books, are they any good?

Rise Against - "Swing Life Away" Am I loud and clear, or am I breaking up? Am I still your charm, or am I just bad luck? Are we getting closer, or are we just getting more lost? I'll show you mine if you show me yours first Let's compare scars, I'll tell you whose is worse Let's unwrite these pages and replace them with our own words We live on front porches and swing life away, We get by just fine here on minimum wage If love is a labor I'll slave till the end, I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand I've been here so long, I think that it's time to move The winter's so cold, summer's over too soon Let's pack our bags and settle down where palm trees grow I've got some friends, some that I hardly know But we've had some times, I wouldn't trade for the world We chase these days down with talks of the places that we will go We live on front porches and swing life away, We get by just fine here on minimum wage If love is a labor I'll slave till the end, I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand....until you hold my hand I'll show you mine if you show me yours first Let's compare scars, I'll tell you whose is worse Let's unwrite these pages and replace them with our own words We live on front porches and swing life away, We get by just fine here on minimum wage If love is a labor I'll slave till the end, I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand Swing life away [x4]

It looks great, but now I'm torn...awesome gameplay in my FPS titles, or Halo 3...or Killzone 2... So very torn. By the way, anybody else get the impression that this controller is used for more than gaming? Especially considering the rumble pack... "

Adema - "Planets (Cry Wolf)" Despite these imperfections Despite all I say Insight and recollection I'm done with yesterday I will lose my mind And make real this time To leave it all behind I won't cry wolf Show me a sign Planets will align I'm gonna blow my mind I won't cry wolf The one I trusted sold me This is overblown But I didn't want to believe Everyone I trusted deceived me I will lose my mind And make real this time To leave it all behind I won't cry wolf Show me a sign Planets will align I'm gonna blow my mind I won't cry wolf I figured out I'm holding on too tight And I can't let go I'm hiding, I'm needy, on the inside I'm bleeding I'm searching for something but it can't seem to find me On the surface there is someone who pretends to focus I'm waiting and wanting, too confused to go on Trying to live when the pain can all be gone Conforming to confusion The voice in my head Leading me here back home I will lose my mind And make real this time To leave it all behind I won't cry wolf Show me a sign Planets will align I'm gonna blow my mind I won't cry wolf

Love that song

Pearl Jam - "I Am Mine" The selfish, they're all standing in line Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time Me, I figure as each breath goes by I only own my mind The North is to South what the clock is to time There's east and there's west and there's everywhere life I know I was born and I know that I'll die The in between is mine I am mine And the feeling, it gets left behind All the innocence lost at one time Significant, behind the eyes There's no need to hide We're safe tonight The ocean is full 'cause everyone's crying The full moon is looking for friends at hightide The sorrow grows bigger when the sorrow's denied I only know my mind I am mine And the meaning, it gets left behind All the innocents lost at one time Significant, behind the eyes There's no need to hide We're safe tonight And the feelings that get left behind All the innocents broken with lies Significance, between the lines (We may need to hide) And the meanings that get left behind All the innocents lost at one time We're all different behind the eyes There's no need to hide

Does the ESRB even know what games are? Or that there are some weird people out there with too much time on their hands? It is NOT the responsibility of the developer or the publisher to monitor what types of mods are made for their games, considering that a person would have first to download said mods, and install them...basically voiding the license agreement...(or am I wrong on that?)

Okay. Btw, if the Supreme Court denies students the right to speak 'under God' or 'religiously' during the pledge in schools, you can still pledge in private. But I agree the issue of the separation of church and state should be decided by the court. The build-in check on the court would be to pass a constitutional amendment which the congress and the states' legislatures can vote on. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> True, but then again, we shouldn't have to pledge privately. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> So, I should be forced to omit part of my nation's pledge and end up never really saying the entire thing, because of religious reasons? And for the love of all things, why do people still believe in this "god" stuff?

Breaking Benjamin - "Simple Design" I live a chemical life I'm on a mission to try You went insane for a day I'll have to shove it away My only option is gone Smile as they break and they fall You want a simpler life You can't erase what was mine [Pre-Chorus:] You must be out of your mind! This was a simple design! You **** it up everytime How could you leave me behind [Chorus:] It's alright, it's alright 'cause I know what you want but you'll just have to wait If I had it to give I would give it away I'm living it up while I'm falling from grace There's no way, there's no way that I'm running away I'm used to making it worse Made up of four letter words You wanna know what it was Now isolated and gone You fall apart at the seams I'll never know what it means Try not to pull it apart Your aiming straight from the heart [Pre-chorus] [Chorus] It had to be the worst for me I don't know what to say so let me be And now I find you left me behind I don't know what to say so nevermind! You're mine! [Chorus]

How does it feel to treat me like you do When you've laid your hands upon me And told me who you are I thought I was mistaken I thought I heard your words Tell me How do I feel tell me now How do I feel How does it feel? How should I feel? Tell me how does it feel? To treat me like you do Those who came before me Lived through their vocations From the past until completion They'll turn away no more And I still find it so hard To say what I need to say But I'm quite sure that you'll tell me Just how I should feel today I see ship in the harbor I can and shall obey But if it wasn't for your misfortunes I'd be a heavenly person today And I thought I was mistaken And I thought I heard you speak Tell me now How should I feel Now I stand here waiting... I thought I told you to leave me While I walked down to the beach Tell me how does it feel when your heart grows cold How does it feel? How should I feel? Tell me how does it feel? To treat me like you do

We've now got to say it every morning, and afterwards, a thirty-second moment of silence. It's......annoying.

Halo (Overhyped...but still a fun shooter with a neat story-line) Diablo 2 (Great hack and slash "RPG") Area 51 (Another great shooter) Call of Duty + United Offensive expansion (WWII Shooter...personally, I think it's the best in the genre.) Homeworld 2 (Excellent 3d space RTS game) Republic Commando (Yet another decent shooter) Starcraft (Just in case, through some strange, unfortunate occurance, you haven't played it...) Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (Adventure game, with puzzles...and...time stoppage.) LOTR: The Battle For Middle Earth (RTS set in the LOTR world) On a side note...yay, 200 posts.

Good luck. All three of you, good luck.