This is not necessarily the case. I move my 360 around about once every six months and my 2nd one just went bad on me this weekend. The reason? Both had begun to scratch discs after playing for about 30-60 minutes. I lost two discs in a week the first time, and lost another just a few days ago with the 360 they sent me with the warranty program. My three year warranty has since expired and now I'm faced with getting it repaired or buying a new one and hoping that one too doesn't decide to start scratching discs a year from now.

It's pretty common for members of the US military to have the American flag and/or their service's branch displayed behind them in portrait photos like that. As for Americans surrounding themselves with flags, that's not really true. You only really see them every once in a while.

It's a relief to see that someone else has had a similar experience to my own. I was always pressured into college and to pursue a technical degree. While math and science classes have never been much of a challenge, I've never outwardly enjoyed them and it wasn't until I'd already been in college for a year that I discovered an aptitude and love of art. Now, after four years and nearly failing out, I've managed to avoid the situation by taking a paid internship and am now facing the choice of just finishing school for the sake of being done or going deeper into debt to do something I enjoy.

They could even start spending some of that money the government keeps giving them to upgrade their infrastructure.