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Obama got elected because he was the well-mannered, well-meaning, cerebral, inclusive guy who cared about people and played nice with others. Now we say he has no balls and the winners are the mean-spirited, devisive, hypocritical, red-in-the-face loudmouths, angrily spinning their lies and shoving their agenda of self-interest down our throats. Funny how Americans reject the former and embrace the latter. I guess facts just aren't as entertaining as drama. It's like the Roman coliseum where the masses were distracted by the spectacle while the empire's problems went unsolved and the rich and powerful grew their stockpiles when no one was really paying attention.

I had surgery late February 2010 and by June had lost about 30 pounds. Goal was 65. Didn't lose anything from June to date and have gained 5 pounds. I'm eating junk food and not exercizing. The band does help with portion control but not the willpower to quit the junk and exercize. I wish there was a support group in Helena Montana. If anyone can help me get back on track and lend their support I sure would appreciate it.

LBob, we saw the same thing when Clinton was the president. Whenever the repubs are not in control they throw a tantrum like a bunch of spoiled brats. They refuse to do their jobs and cooperate to better our nation and its people. How much more unpatriotic can they be? We may have once been a great nation, but so long as this kind of devisiveness and pandoring to extremistist government haters and religious fanatics is the republican game plan, we're sure to go down the tubes. Civilized nations must be laughing at the ignorant Americans.

Joe the Plumber joins the teabaggers in opposing Missouri's puppy mill anti-cruelty legislation. Americans should have the right to torture and abuse animals for profit. Just another right our government wants to take away. Geez, where will it end. Gosh, they've made it so little children can't work in my coal mine, I have to give jobs to blacks and and women and let them vote, I have to serve them at my business establishment. Shucks, they're takin' all the fun out of being a white anglo saxon male Jesus lovin' racist chauvenist. If I can't abuse women, children and blacks by god I'm not giving up the right to abuse breeding dogs. Heck, I'd treat 'em just as good as my wife.

I looked at the red and blue election map this morning and felt sick. Can it be true that so many people got in line yesterday to sign up to be pawns of the greedy and powerful? That so many people are that ignorant or that hateful? What have we become? If we want to consider ourselves a great nation based on our values and beliefs then we'd better take a good look in the mirror. We hate gays. We hate non-Christians. We hate non-whites. We hate poor people. We hate our government. We hate our environment. We hate our schools. We hate intellectuals. We hate science. We hate the truth. We love huge corporations. We love our guns. We love our Xbox. We love our 52" flat screen. We love our cars and trucks. We love our sports teams. We love our movie stars and rock idols. We love our cell phones. We love our quarter pounders. We love our lies. I love my country and we could be such a force of good here and around the world. Yet we choose this. I'm sad and ashamed.

Looks like the repubs will get the house. It will be interesting to see how fast jobs and the economy grow, and how their policies will make all the angry people so happy, and how quickly they'll solve the illegal immigrant problem and the energy problem and the war, and how they'll improve our education, infrastructure, and health systems. I can't wait to see how wonderful everything will be now that they'll be back in control. The middleclass will be so much better off just as they were under the last repub rule when your 401ks tanked while Wall Street licked it's chops and the blood of your sons and daughters flowed on the streets of Bagdad while Cheney's friends got rich. The fat cats are grinning as they prepare to grow their bank accounts. They rode the coattails of racism, greed and that ol' time religion right back into the halls of Congress. If only there were boxes of IQ points stored in a warehouse somewhere that could be handed out at election time. My poor country -- I weep for you.

I lost 30 pounds since late February but haven't lost a pound all summer. It's completely my fault. I am at my sweet spot I think but have found that of my two bad habits, overeating and eating junk food, the band has only helped with overeating. It doesn't take a lot to make me feel full. That's why I haven't gained it all back, in spite of the junk food. The junk food problem is a willpower thing and I need to re-commit to changing that habit. I also don't seem to be able to motivate myself to exercize and need to work on that too. I'm going to Costa Rica in March so I plan to use that to motivate myself to get back on track. Good luck to you all.

Sharon checking in: Was down 29 pounds but gained two back this past month. I've been a bad girl and found the joy of ice cream this summer. I've stopped though and am re-committing to eat properly. In the past my binging would have resulted in gaining lots of weight, but with the band my mini-binge didn't set me back too far. Though the band doesn't prevent me from eating fat and sugar it sure does limit the amount of food I can eat. Still need to work on willpower to avoid fat and sugar and to exercize. Good luck everyone!:thumbup:

The presidency of Obama is God's plan. He wants us to see how harmful the rich and greedy republicans have been to his children. Obama is God's message to them and to the hateful and the hypocrits. His policies are part of God's plan to make our country a more loving and fruitful place. God has called out the evil speakers to tell the truth like right wing talk show hosts and religious leaders who preach hate. God doesn't make mistakes so this was meant to be. Why not be on God's side and help Obama carry out his plan instead of rejecting Obama and God out of selfishness?

Banded late February. Have lost 29 of the 62 pound goal so far. Slow but sure. Have found my sweet spot at 6.5 cc in 10 cc band. Cholesterol down considerably and no more GERD. Feeling wonderful! Hope you are all doing well. :cool:

Anyone who takes the bible literally is suspect of having mental health issues. Anyone who pushes it down the throats of others is a pest. Anyone who uses it to hurt others is a jerk.

The majority of people are of average intelligence. The problem with that is the issues are so complex that the average person can't really understand them well enough to make an informed decision at election time. Instead they get their "information" from entertainers like Rush and Glen who use the lowest common demoninator to appeal to the average person in order get high ratings for their shows. They use inflamatory language rather than presenting difficult facts and concepts in order to get the average person to listen to them. People are frustrated that things aren't as easy as they seemed to be in the "good 'ol days." Right wing media gives people a convenient scapegoat to blame it on -- the poor, the liberals, the immigrants, etc. It's a lot like Germany in the 30's. In fact, there is no easy answer to our problems. If politicians used their time and energy to solve problems instead of only doing what's necessary to beat their political opponents our country would be a better place. Our political system has failed us all -- that's what we should be most angry about.