The Shrine

Major Nelson's page has a post where you are baited to tell the head of services at microsoft why they are idiots. Here's a couple links to help you out if you want to join in the fun.
Major Nelson's site (good for general 360 update news)
Destructoid's article on the situation

XBox Live should be free. Trying to suck even more money out of the public is a lame move, especially when every other company has a free live service.

Also, some of the demos simply aren't worth the $8-10. Frogger and other older games should be $2-3.