Howdy!

As I work carefully at crafting my comments for my annual best/worst of list-I thought it would be cool to put it out to everyone to submit your favorite/least favorite thing of 2009. Get creative, it can be a movie, game, person, music, event, anything you can think of-nothing is off limits. I would do a HUGE list but it would take forever.

In regards to the list-it is complete, I am just preparing my comments. Put it this way, we have for the first time THREE songs by the same artist in the WORST OF category!

Until December...

Howdy,

Retirement rocks, I do miss folks around here but I am doing what I can to get the word out.

This isn't my announcement that I am returning to GS, I will continue to post reviews and post on blogs, but that is about it.

The purpose here is to say for old time's sake and for fun, I will be publishing my best and worst of 2009 list come December. To give you a taste, here are the categories and a state of the deliberations.

Best Song of the Year: Sadly, there is only one, but it is epic.

Worst Song of the Year: Once again, far too many and once again history may be made.

Worst Person of the Year: It was so bad I had to create a new category...

Most Annoying Person: No brainer here

Best Person: Will probably elicit no response

Best Movie: Will be tough, didn't see too many this year

Time for shameless self promotion, if you want the truth, if you want deep insight, if you want to step outside your comfort zone, visit me at www.takeitasyouwill.blogspot.com

That is my new home for speaking my peace as I have given up on CNET, politics are my game now. They have to be, we are at the crossroads of history.

Well, that is all until December, until then have fun! If you should wish to read my other musings, you know where to look.

The Watchman.

Howdy:

All things good and bad come to an end-given that TV.com and Gamsepot are sites devoted to entertainment, I have decided to sign off and pursue what I feel to be more important.

Though I would love to stay and irritate the hell out of left-leaning liberals who think Barack Obama is the greatest thing since sliced bread, I figured it would not be fair to the many of you who sadly could care less. Thanks to Helostwin for raising a convincing argument about fighting the good fight around here, but as I see it-there is no point in talking when nobody is listening. Besides, these sites are for fun-what I speak of is hardly fun.

I would like to say again, that I truly feel ideologies are pointless, stupid, dangerous and damaging. That is why I spend a great deal of time researching the facts and giving honest opinions based on the evidence.

I am leaving because I feel that I need to address the pressing issues facing our world. The USA is in trouble because of a corrupt government and an opportunisitic leader who wants all the power for himself. As many of you have seen, the public is speaking out against this and I am a proud member of that group. My voice may not be much, but when added to the millions of people who support small government and despise socialism, my voice makes that roar of the crowd that much louder.

As such, I have moved on to another site to post my musings about what is going on. All of you are welcome to comment should you wish.

http://takeitasyouwill.blogspot.com

The name says it all-take it as you will, believe what you want as long as it is the truth.

I would like to thank all my friends here for posting and for the memories. Thanks for making life a little less boring, who knows, maybe I will return one day, but while things are the way they are-I cannot do so. Even if I make no difference, at least I know I tried.

Happy Trails,

Regulator0013...now The Watchman

Hello:

Think of this what you will, this might be my final blog. I am just so fed up anymore and I must get it out to a public forum. If you wish to stop tracking me, speaking to me, teaming up on Xbox-no hard feelings, thanks for the memories, and fare thee well. I have held back out of fear of alienating others. I had an experience with a good friend who was most upset by comments I made once. I still respect this man for his courage in telling me his thoughts, but I can no longer hold my tongue while this nation rots. I know this is a place devoted to gaming, which I love and always will, but each blog is a place where we can get on our soapbox if needs be, well I am exercising that right-while I still have it.

I am a conservative-not a Republican, not a Democrat, but Conservative and Independent. I believe that this nation is best served by being fiscally prudent and by encouraging others to help each other out. The US Government has NO BUSINESS handing out money to anyone or anything other than itself. The purpose of Government is to defend the nation, levy taxes, operate itself, negotiate treaties, and levy tarriffs (taxes on imports). If people want welfare, go to a charity, no government has the right to take from one to give to another...period.

Our media is crooked, you can no longer believe what you hear or see anymore. They have become puppets of the government with the sole purpose of deceiving you, if you want the truth, you will have to find it for yourselves. Take the march on 9/12 on Washington DC. By several accurate accounts including a study by the University of Indiana roughly 1.7 million people showed up-more than who appeared for Obama's inauguration. People do not agree with him, but you would never know from the media.

Our Government is corrupt. They no longer stand for the ideals upon which this REPUBLIC was founded and built. The Republicans and Democrats both have become power loving, money craving, despots who could care less about what you think. Look up her quote, Nancy Pelosi said she doesn't care what her constituents think-she is voting her own way. THAT IS NOT WHAT OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE TO DO! They are our voice in Washington, WE ARE THEIR BOSSES it is not the other way around. If you don't believe me, go in to your job and tell your boss how you want to do things, I guarantee you will get fired. Look at the health plan-they will never use it because it is inferior to what they have yet they are willing to forgo what the voters want and pass it by using reconciliation to avoid having to vote on it-is this democracy?

Finally (here it comes) Barack Obama does not care about you and he does not have your best interests at heart. He is reshaping the government to do whatever he sees fit-why else would he appoint people that answer to nobody but him? Why else would he allow the congress to blatantly defy the wishes of the people? Why else would he endorse a health plan that cannot be paid for or an energy plan based on faulty science that will tax people to death. Why else would he stand by and let the media and his cronies label people as racist for disagreeing with him. Racism is defined as the belief that one race is superior than other (look it up)-since when did disagreement constitute racism? Either this president is so dumb he has no clue of the damage he is doing, or else he knows all to well and is doing it anyway-my guess is that he knows what he is doing.

Wake up everyone, remember your history and remember why this nation is so great. It is because we are free, because we help one another, and because we had the brilliant idea of having government as the structure-not the nanny who gives us everything. If you continue to let this madness continue, you will eventually have nothing. For my friends in European and other nations-this same lesson applies to you. The last time I checked European nations and Austrailia can BAN movies, games, music, etc. because they are "offensive." If things weren't offensive at times, nothing would get done.

Let me have it, or not. Agree or disagree, or not. I've said my peace-I wish you all well.

I don't think anyone of us will forget 9/11/01, history changed for better or worse that day and the horrific images of the attack will forever be etched in our minds.

We must never forget those who died, why we were attacked, and that we as a nation and as a people are not invincible. Though our bodies may be able to be broken, our spirits are indestructible and as long as we fight for truth, justice, and freedom we will never be overcome.

Those who attacked us are cowards in every sense of the word, they are savages who are mindless enough to be misled to their own deaths by puppet masters who use God as a pretense for war.

The most horrible thing we can do is to forget what we learned on this day 8 years ago-we cannot become complacent, we must be ever vigilant, and we must expect our government to defend us properly. This means fighting our enemies in the way that they will never forget-we must be as vicious and nasty as they are-remember there is a difference between not winning and losing. We cannot worry about offending our enemies, after all they already hate us so much they wish us dead-what happens if we offend them, will they kill us twice?

Many of you know I am displeased with our government, that is very true and the fact that we have not finished this fight is but one of many reasons I am angered. This is not the time to express my disgust with them, this is a time to remember those who perished in a senseless act of war.

I wish that the world could live in peace, as long as this world is run by mortal beings that will never happen. All mortals are flawed, as such our actions will always be flawed-the best that we can hope for is that sense and justice will prevail in this dark and wicked world. We must look at whatever light there is, after all there is plenty of it. The bright spots in this dreary world matter most for it is the shadows which are chased away by the light and not the other way around.

I urge you all to take stock of today, remember it, and remember what was lost and what still could be lost. Cherish what you have, after all there are thousands who have less because of the selfishness and cruelty exhibited by the cowardly pigs who saw fit to attack our nation for no good reason. Life is what you make of it, and that which you hold dear makes it so much better.

God Bless America

RRT