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Remember remember the Fifth of November.

Every night is a bonfire night in Wisconsin unless it's raining.

I was sick last night and threw up for the first time in ages and the first time from drinking. I drank a water bottle full of Ron Diaz then decided to make the trek to the gas station with my buddy to get a tin of chew. We chewed half the tin then went to the last minute and a half of a high school football game that was being played on campus. Went back to the house and I smoked about a bowl to myself out of a bong. Went back to my dorm, messed up as hell and decided that I should eat 3 Nutty Bars and 2 mini Butterfingers. Bad move after chewing (it makes me want to throw up, but is good when you're drunk). The nice chocolate aftertaste when it was all coming back up was lovely.

This is what I was getting at in my post.

Hooker With a Penis by TOOL. Great song.

I think that IF Obama wins, and IF he does a good job bringing this country out of the hole that it is in, you might see that number drop significantly.

Wisconsin will own your souls for pretty snow pictures. Just wait until I go home for break in December.

Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.

There is no way to be a 100% Atheist... There is no way that any of us can prove that god exists or does not exist. However, that doesn't mean that both of those statements are in equality. It is certainly much more improbable that a god does NOT exist than for a god to exist. We cannot not know for sure that there is no god, but what we can do is say that there certainly is a very high probability that there is no god. Agnostic we all are, many of us at the closest we can be to Atheism.

Haha it's kind of funny, I couldn't tell the difference before I stumbled upon the "Earbuds" thread in MM&TV forum, but now after reading it, I can really tell the difference. I have a pair of KOSS surround sound headphones and some extremely nice Bose speakers that I have for my laptop. When I go out with my iPod, I use the normal 'buds that came with it and I can tell the difference. I can't justify listening to half of my music on there because they really don't do it justice for sound quality.

The reason Twain uses the "N" word so often in the book was to show how ignorant racism was. Twain was absolutely against racism and oppression and felt that this was a way of poking fun at it. A lot of uneducated people nowadays think that Twain was being racist and that all of Huck Finn was about promoting racism. They're dead wrong and need to do some research. I read this book my junior year of high school and every time we came upon the "N" word, we just replaced it with "slave", which is was the applicable term in the time period the book takes place.

You. Rule.

As much as I think that it's doubtful, it is a possibility, and right now, it looks like Iran might be the next North Korea. I just do not like the way Bush dealt with the American public on his misinformation even after we all found out there weren't any WMDs in Iraq. Alliances with other countries: absolutely. What I was really trying to stress was that I don't believe we should be intervening on smaller world issues (Vietnam, Iraq, Korea, etc.). Our country is definitely capable of intervening, but it is not in our best interest to intervene and create tension around the world and future tension with that country.

Well first off, I'm going to trust a RAND survey over your teachers. Yes the United Nations has messed up and not completed the job on certain occasions, but so have we (Vietnam comes to mind). The comment about the WMDs is irrelevant. Iraq was being monitored for years after the Gulf War, and even after we captured Saddam, we have found no WMDs. 5 years of occupying every part of a country and there are no WMDs. You'd think that a collective U.S., UK, and UN effort would yield some WMDs if there really are any. Now the the Neutrality Proclamation. The Proclamation of Neutrality only came about because of the French Revolution. All of the founders agreed that neutrality was an American stance that needed to be kept. Some even thought it was so obvious that it didn't need to be written down. But because of the recent American Revolution, ties with Great Britain needed to be severed completely. Congress decided that they should establish that they remained neutral in the French Revolution to the rest of the world. Also, Washington is credited with the stance on being non-interventionist, but it was actually Thomas Paine who first came up with the idea in his famous work, Common Sense. The United States is not trying to achieve an isolationist view, but rather a non-interventionist policy. This does not mean we sit by ourselves and forget the rest of the world, but instead, we have trade and commerce with other countries. The only time we should be involved in a militaristic way would be if we were attacked. There were many protesters to America's involvement in World War 2 prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Americans as far back as this country has been around have been striving for non-interventionism. In my opinion, in the last half of the 20th century and into the 21st century, America has gotten away from that perspective and I believe that is why we are having so many international problems lately and in our near past.

I'd have to agree that Aenima is their best. The change from Undertow and Opiate to Aenima is absolutely groundbreaking. Although Aenima has some of my favorite songs, some of my favorite themes definitely come from Lateralus. Hell what am I saying, I could never pick a favorite album. I like all of their stuff, but Aenima is definitely the best place to start.

That's plenty of people. My band was 69 members my senior year which included at least 10 front ensemble (pit percussion), 8 color guard, and 7 battery line. This year they were 80 kids strong. You don't need a big group to play that music, especially not the Phantom show. If you guys can get the money, having a show like that will not only improve your musicianship, but it will improve your whole program. My band started marching for the first time competitively in the fall of 2003 and earned a 58 total score and dead last at state. By the time I was a senior we hit 75 and were State Champions. This year, nearly 80 points. I've seen bands with 50 members or less put on a good show. The two shows I put out there for you are pretty solid shows for small bands. I'm just suggesting that you stay away from rock shows as much as you can. They might be fun for in the stands, but they have no place on the field ;)

I understand perfectly well what "entangling alliances" meant. It is quite obvious if you read into it a little bit. Now for me posting articles, I can really see where you're coming from. I get that you think that I'm just being a copypasta. I'm not. I argued for nearly 4 pages of this thread without using any links or quotes from outside sources. It was when you came in and tried to throw out all my arguments by simply dismissing them as being liberal and biased that I started to post links. Also, you assume that I go out and type in "Iraq War waste of time lol" and paste the first site. That's not what happens. I read the stuff that I post. Just like maybe you should re-read some of your posts to catch some glaring holes in your arguments. But you can rattle on and on about how the media is biased or how my links to reputable news organizations are completely fake (go figure :roll: ), but when the consensus of the nation is that Bush is a bad president and the Iraq war was a bad idea, you just have to come to terms. CNN is one of the most UNBIASED news stations, that's why I took the last poll I used from there. And are you really going to try to tell me that because I have a different opinion than you, that all my sources are false? I don't know if I should really post this, but you're extremely wrong about the UN, and here is why. You've completely forgone the original argument (which was about Iraq) and have dropped to criticizing my credibility after I post countless sources that prove you wrong. Please, I beg you: Find any news article or any Wikipedia article that proves anything I have said about the Iraq War wrong.

Well my marching band (Baldwin-Woodville High School) was a big deal. We do competitive field shows and my senior year we won state in best drumline, musical performance, and overall state champion. This year, they won again. As section leader and center snare of the the drumline, I can honestly say with years of marching experience, stay AWAY from rock shows. Rock stuff is good for pep-band, but if you want to actually impress a crowd, do a concept show. My senior year we did "The Rise and Fall of Rome" by Key Poulan (who writes brass for the Blue Devils) and this year they did "Elements". Now I realize that those shows would be expensive (Rome being nearly $5,000), but there are a lot better shows out there for your money. I would recommend the following for good shows that actually get the crowd's attention. The Mask of Zorro: http://www.msconcepts.com/shows/show-detail.asp?showid=366 This is the show that I did my Sophomore year which got us 3rd place in state. The music is actually fairly difficult for a Movie show. Percussion arrangements are pretty easy for the most part, but they can always be beefed up for the skill level of your line. This was my favorite music to play, and the best part is that you can listen to all three songs online. The Phantom of the Opera: http://www.msconcepts.com/shows/show-detail.asp?showid=30 Another solid show. This was the show we did my Junior year and it got us 2nd place in state and missed best drumline by .05 points. You can listen to 3 of the 4 songs online. Percussion is very easy in this show. Take a watch of this AMAZING performance by Santa Clara Vanguard in 1989 of nearly the same Phantom of the Opera show. It gives me chills every time I watch it. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4346242620404039862&ei=pT0GSYWsM4fq-gGs-O2DCA&q=santa+clara+phantom+of+the+opera&hl=en If you have ANY questions regarding marching band, please ask. I have a huge background in music and marching.

He's coming to St. Cloud State on November 1st. Not gonna see him, but I didn't know anyone really listened to him :?

[hide=] No. Iraq has never attacked the United States of America and Saddam Hussein also did NOT harbor or help Al-Qaeda. Link: http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/003/033jgqyi.asp You know what is fact? That most Americans think that invading Iraq was a dumb idea. Obviously you're not one of them. Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/07/AR2005060700296.html After September 11th, Americans felt like they needed to strike back on something, anything. Going to Afghanistan was justified, to me. It was the home of Osama Bin-Laden, but the Iraq war is ridiculous. There was not sufficient evidence. Here's some reasons why: You know what that means? The UN did NOT find evidence for WMDs. Only the United States and United Kingdom's intelligence agencies did. If you're having trouble connecting the dots, unlike most Americans today, here's another quote that has been hammered at you already, but you choose to keep ignoring. So in your opinion, since the United States has a powerful military, we have to take out crazed dictators every time they pop up? No, I think that there were other reasons for going into Iraq. Why aren't we occupying Darfur? Surely you know of the genocide being committed there. What about Hitler and the Jews? We remained neutral until we were attacked. No, the reason we went into Iraq is because it benefited our country. Darfur doesn't benefit us because Africa is a lost cause and after Somalia, I think our country knows better. We need to leave the policing of the world to the United Nations, not the United States. It's what it was designed for. So does George Bush, in fact, he told him to go in there. I'm not debating the facts of what happened. Every American knows them (or should). What I'm trying to say is that George Bush treated it as if nothing happened. I didn't hear an address to the nation on the fact that he got bad information and that he made a mistake, and like I have stated twice now, to me, that means he doesn't care and that is as good as lying to the American Public. We're pouring billions of dollars into the Iraq black hole every year when everyone knows that once we leave, it's just going to go back to the way it was. History shows that that area of the world will NEVER have any form of democracy or peace. [/hide] Most of my quotes and links, I got from Wikipedia. Want another source that says the same thing? http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/21/iraq.poll/index.html This was from 2006 and still it was 61% disapproved. Imagine what the rate is 2 years later. Our job is not to police the world. According to our founding fathers we should not engage in "entangling alliances". In other words, WE SHOULD MIND OUR OWN BUSINESS. It is not our job. Regardless of the fact that 60% of our country is not below the age of 30 and older than the age of 18 (which is what percentage disagrees with the War in Iraq and is allowed to vote in polls maintained by the government and news stations), since when does it matter what age a person has to be for their opinion to be voiced? Are you really questioning the UN's competence? They have served as a world peace-keeper for 63 years, yet somehow you doubt their competence to solve an issue. Right, so in all your infinite wisdom, you have come up with such unrefutable evidence to compel me to completely give up my arguments to the likes of "I'd bet $50 that all those 'Iraqi war hating Americans' are below the age of 30." I have yet to see you post ANY links or articles related to your argument. The most you do is rant (with many curses and spelling mistakes present) on your own uneducated, extremely biased opinions. And no, citing your dad as a reporter does NOT count as a credible news source. I can't even begin to address your arguments because they make absolutely no sense. You address none of my points except by asking me pointless questions. Are you done yet?

You know if you limit your swearing, maybe people would be able to take your argument as educated and serious, but I'll just take it for what it's worth: ranting. Greatest place to live and greatest place are two different terms and should not be mixed. I don't think that you should be 'proud to be an American'. There was just as good of a chance that you would have been born in Venezuela or Jordan. We all are genetic accidents. We did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to be in this country. I think we need to re-title it 'Happy to be an American', because that I definitely am. Pride implies you did something. You didn't. You and everyone else in this country were LUCKY to be Americans.

I'm able to learn a select few Tool songs on drums (Jambi, Schism, Lateralus, Stinkfist, Eulogy) and my band covers Jambi and Schism. When we nail them live, it is the most rewarding thing to play. It's so easy to just get lost in the music.

No. Iraq has never attacked the United States of America and Saddam Hussein also did NOT harbor or help Al-Qaeda. Link: http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/003/033jgqyi.asp You know what is fact? That most Americans think that invading Iraq was a dumb idea. Obviously you're not one of them. Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/07/AR2005060700296.html After September 11th, Americans felt like they needed to strike back on something, anything. Going to Afghanistan was justified, to me. It was the home of Osama Bin-Laden, but the Iraq war is ridiculous. There was not sufficient evidence. Here's some reasons why: You know what that means? The UN did NOT find evidence for WMDs. Only the United States and United Kingdom's intelligence agencies did. If you're having trouble connecting the dots, unlike most Americans today, here's another quote that has been hammered at you already, but you choose to keep ignoring. So in your opinion, since the United States has a powerful military, we have to take out crazed dictators every time they pop up? No, I think that there were other reasons for going into Iraq. Why aren't we occupying Darfur? Surely you know of the genocide being committed there. What about Hitler and the Jews? We remained neutral until we were attacked. No, the reason we went into Iraq is because it benefited our country. Darfur doesn't benefit us because Africa is a lost cause and after Somalia, I think our country knows better. We need to leave the policing of the world to the United Nations, not the United States. It's what it was designed for. So does George Bush, in fact, he told him to go in there. I'm not debating the facts of what happened. Every American knows them (or should). What I'm trying to say is that George Bush treated it as if nothing happened. I didn't hear an address to the nation on the fact that he got bad information and that he made a mistake, and like I have stated twice now, to me, that means he doesn't care and that is as good as lying to the American Public. We're pouring billions of dollars into the Iraq black hole every year when everyone knows that once we leave, it's just going to go back to the way it was. History shows that that area of the world will NEVER have any form of democracy or peace.

Man if you can get that feeling off "The Pot" I can't wait until you listen to the likes of Forty Six & 2 or Lateralus. Just listen to their latest 3 albums front to back and prepare to be blown away with knowledge and insight you've never had before.

I've studied Sociology for 2 years now and have witnessed enough of it in person to know that it is just being an American sometimes.