Ron Cusano

This meeting is almost 1-year old. Our last meeting had about 15 folks. We are expecting more next week. Will you be joining us?

MARK YOUR CALENDAR The Next Long Island Lap-Band Support Group Dinner Meeting Will Be Next Wednesday, July 11th at - Panera Bread 1258 Deer Park Ave. N. Babylon Time: 7:00 PM If you have been banded, are waiting to get banded or just considering being banded, then this is the place for you. You are cordially invited and most welcomed. Come and meet fellow "Bandsters", many of whom you may already know from the OH Support Board Online, and other forums. This is a great time of fellowship, learning, sharing, making friends and "breaking bread" together! Please RSVP so we know how many are coming!! For more information or to RSVP, please e-mail me, Ron, at info@shilohgraphics.com ** Note: Our e-Mail list is getting long. If you do not want to keep receiving these announcements and/or do not plan on attending any future events, please drop me an e-mail and we will remove you from our list. Thanks for your cooperation!

MARK YOUR CALENDAR The Next Long Island Lap-Band Support Group Dinner Meeting Will Be Next Wednesday, July 11th at - Panera Bread 1258 Deer Park Ave. N. Babylon Time: 7:00 PM If you have been banded, are waiting to get banded or just considering being banded, then this is the place for you. You are cordially invited and most welcomed. Come and meet fellow "Bandsters", many of whom you may already know from the OH Support Board Online, and other forums. This is a great time of fellowship, learning, sharing, making friends and "breaking bread" together! Please RSVP so we know how many are coming!! For more information or to RSVP, please e-mail me, Ron, at info@shilohgraphics.com ** Note: Our e-Mail list is getting long. If you do not want to keep receiving these announcements and/or do not plan on attending any future events, please drop me an e-mail and we will remove you from our list. Thanks for your cooperation!

MARK YOUR CALENDAR The Next Long Island Lap-Band Support Group Dinner Meeting Will Be Next Wednesday, July 11th at - Panera Bread 1258 Deer Park Ave. N. Babylon Time: 7:00 PM If you have been banded, are waiting to get banded or just considering being banded, then this is the place for you. You are cordially invited and most welcomed. Come and meet fellow "Bandsters", many of whom you may already know from the OH Support Board Online, and other forums. This is a great time of fellowship, learning, sharing, making friends and "breaking bread" together! Please RSVP so we know how many are coming!! For more information or to RSVP, please e-mail me, Ron, at info@shilohgraphics.com ** Note: Our e-Mail list is getting long. If you do not want to keep receiving these announcements and/or do not plan on attending any future events, please drop me an e-mail and we will remove you from our list. Thanks for your cooperation!

Has anyone with the 10cc Band maxed their out without reaching permanant restriction? I posed that question to a surgeon and was told he never saw it in guys, but has seen it a few times with gals! Has this happened to anyone on this board?? Ron :guess

Has anyone with the 10cc Band maxed their out without reaching permanant restriction? I posed that question to a surgeon and was told he never saw it in guys, but has seen it a few times with gals! Has this happened to anyone on this board?? Ron :guess

I am almost 1-year out and have 7cc in my 10cc band. The last few fills gave me really great restriction, but after a couple of weeks, it looses back up and I don't stay full between meals. My question is, at what point do you have permanant restriction and not need frequest fills?? I am concerned about maxing out my band! Ron

Iraq was a major threat to the stability of the Middle East, the flow of oil to our country and was a safe haven for terrorist training camps. Sadam committed genocide against his own people, was unstable and a terrorist to his own country. The best intelligence available indicated that he was producing weapons of mass destruction and had nucular ambitions. He had previously used chemical weapons against the Kurds, and there was not reason not to believe that he was stockpileing these weapons and could make them available to our enemys. The fact that these weapons were not located is of little consequence since he had ample time to export them to another Arab neighbor. This intelligence not only came from the CIA, but from the British and other western governments. Regardless of weather or not he was connected directly to 911, he needed to be dealt with. Fortunately for us, President Bush took descisive action, and has managed to keep the war on terror away from our shores. I had a discussion with a person who is part of a government agency that tracks and exposes terrorists within our country, and from his professional experience and based upon the facts he works with, the policys in place now, under Bush, are directly responsible for the prevention of attacks here at home. Those who are so overwhelmed and possessed with their hatred for Prrsident Bush and the Liberal Socialist agenda, have their heads up their butts and have lost touch with politically reality with regard to the terrorist threat against out country. Perhaps if they were to actually support their own nation and government, we would only have to deal with one enemy.

I see you have set yourself up as a kind of wacky, radical "Judge Judy" here and have appointed yourself as the judge of everyone's thoughts and opinions, with a new-found toilet tongue and sewer mouth. Seems to me that since you don't seem to have anything of value to contribute to the topic, you delight in name calling and putting yourself up on a pedastel. Now you are even refering to yourseld in the third person as if that impresses anyone. I for one, and I am sure that I am not alone, don't have the slightest idea what you are trying to say.

Anyone who says that there is NO Biblical case against abortion has either never read the Bible or has no clue what it means!

Green, You just made three lengthly posts and said absolutely nothing! So what else is new. These people don't need technology to cause terror. They blow themselves up in crowds of innocent people, plant roadside bombs, fly plane into buildings and will do anything to kill all they can. Since you seem to take so kindly to them, maybe you wouldn't mind if they start in your town! And it's too bad that we irritate poor Green because it doesn't like someones grammar. I mean, some of his post sound like they are coming from a drunk falling off a bar room stool, but he must be politically correct now, and not point that out!!:mad:

I could not agree with you more! The Liberals are so blinded by their raw hatred for President Bush that they have lost sight of the reality of what's going on in the world today. The war on terror is against religious fanatics that believe they must kill and destroy any non-muslims that won't embrace Islam. Their blind hatred for Israel, the US and all "People of the Book" will only be satisfied with our blood. As you said, if we are not fighting them in their own backyard, you will see blood running in our streets and Malls. They can think what they want about President Bush, but he had the guts to take the fight to them where they live, and we havn't experienced a single major attack on our homeland since 911 under his watch. God help us is we have a Hillary Clinton (Bill in a skirt) or a Nancy Pelosy at the helm when the next wave comes. We could have camels in the Thanksgiving Day parade, and the women will be wearing birka's!

Bill & Hillary Thought you would enjoy reading this... Bill Clinton registers for the draft on September 8, 1964 , accepting all contractual conditions of registering for the draft. Selective Service Number 326 46 228. Bill Clinton classified 2-S on November 17, 1964 . Bill Clinton reclassified 1-A on March 20, 1968 . Bill Clinton ordered to report for induction on July 28, 1969. Bill Clinton refuses to report and is not inducted into the military. Bill Clinton reclassified 1-D after enlisting in the United States Army Reserves on August 07, 1969 , under authority of Col. E. Holmes. Clinton signs enlistment papers and takes oath of enlistment. Bill Clinton fails to report to his duty station at the University of Arkansas ROTC, September 1969. Bill Clinton reclassified 1-A on October 30, 1969, as enlistment with Army Reserves is revoked by Colonel E... Holmes and Clinton now AWOL and subject to arrest under Public Law 90-40 (2)(a) registrant who has failed to report...remain liable for induction.' Bill Clinton's birth date lottery number is 311, drawn December 1, 1969, but anyone who has already been ordered to report for induction is INELIGIBLE! Bill Clinton runs for Congress (1974), while a fugitive from justice under Public Law 90-40. Bill Clinton runs for Arkansas Attorney General (1976), while a fugitive from justice. Bill Clinton receives pardon on January 21,1977, from President Carter. Bill Clinton FIRST PARDONED FEDERAL FELON ever to serve as President of the United States . All these facts come from Freedom of Information requests, public laws, and various books that have been published, and have not been refuted by Clinton . After the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, President Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished. After the 1995 bombing in Saudi Arabia, which killed five U.S. military personnel Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished. After the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia , which killed 19 and injured 200 U.S. military personnel; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished. After the 1998 bombing of U.S. embassies in Africa , which killed 224 and injured 5,000; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished. After the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, which killed 17 and injured 39 U.S. sailors; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished. Maybe if Clinton had kept those promises, an estimated 3,000 people in New York and Washington, DC that are now dead would be alive today. AN INTERESTING QUESTION: This question was raised on a Philly radio call-in show. Without casting stones, it is a legitimate question. There are two men, both extremely wealthy. One develops relatively cheap software and gives billions of dollars to charity. The other sponsors terrorism. That being the case, why was it that the Clinton Administration spent more money chasing down Bill Gates over the eight years in office, than Osama bin Laden? THINK ABOUT IT! It is a strange turn of events. Hillary gets $8 Million for her forth coming memoir. Bill gets about $12 Million for his memoir yet to be written. This from two people who spent 8 years being unable to recall anything about past events while under oath. Sincerely, Cdr. Hamilton McWhorter USN (ret)

My Attorney After living what I felt was a "decent" life, my time on earth came to the end. The first thing I remember is sitting on a bench in the waiting room of what I thought to be a courthouse. The doors opened and I was instructed to come in and have a seat by the defense table. As I looked around I saw the "prosecutor." He was a villainous looking gent who snarled as he stared at me. He definitely was the most evil pe rson I have ever seen. I sat down and looked to my left and there sat My Attorney, a kind and gentle looking man whose appearance seemed so familiar to me, I felt I knew Him. The corner door flew open and there appeared the Judge in full flowing robes. He commanded an awesome presence as He moved across the room. I couldn't take my eyes off of Him. As He took His seat behind the bench, He said, "Let us begin." The prosecutor rose and said, "My name is Satan and I am here to show you why this man belongs in hell." He proceeded to tell of lies I told, things I stole, and in the past when I cheated others. Satan told of other horrible perversions once in my life and the more he spoke, the further down in my seat I sank. I was so embarrassed, I couldn't look at anyone, even my own Attorney, as the Devil told of sins even I completely forgotten about. As upset as I was at Satan for telling all these things about me, I was equally upset at My Attorney who sat there silently not offering any form of defense at all. I know I was guilty of those things, but I did some good in my life - couldn't that at least equal out part Satan finished with a fury and said, "This man belongs in hell, he is guilty of all I have charged and there is not a person who can prove otherwise." When it was His turn, My Attorney first asked if He might approach the bench. The Judge allowed this over the strong objection of Satan, and beckoned Him to come forward. As He got up and started walking, I was able to see Him in His full splendor and majesty. I reali zed why He seemed so familiar; this was Jesus representing me, my Lord and my Savior. He stopped at the bench and softly said to the Judge, "Hi, Dad," then He turned to address the court. "Satan was correct in saying this man sinned, I won't deny any of these allegations. And, yes, the wage of sin is death, and this man deserves to be punished." Jesus took a deep breath and turned to His Father with outstretched arms and proclaimed, "However, I died on the cross so this person might have eternal life and he accepted Me as his Savior, so he is Mine." My Lord continued with, "His name is written in the Book of Life and no one can snatch him from Me. Satan still does not understand yet. This man is not to be given justice, but rather mercy." As Jesus sat down, He quietly paused, looked at His Father and said,"There is nothing else that needs to be done. I've done it all." The Judge lifted His mighty hand and slammed the gavel down. The following words bellowed from His lips... "This man is free The penalty for him was already paid in full. Case dismissed" As my Lord led me away, I could hear Satan ranting and raving, "I won't give up, I will win the next one." I asked Jesus as He gave me my instructions where to go next, "Have you ever lost a case?" Christ lovingly smiled and said, "Everyone that comes to Me and asked Me to represent them, received the same verdict as you, "PAID IN FULL."

This is how HE identified HIMSELF!!!

I am going to allow the Word of God to answer all of the above . . . "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of they ministry" 2Timothy 4:3-5 These passages were never more true that what has been happening on this thread. Do with this scripture what you want.

All of these rants coming from a self-professed Socialist/Communist that hates our government, hates our president, and claims to worship a god that he says is imperfect and fallible that he made up without believing the only records that give accurate information about God, the Bible. Yeah, there is a lot of credibility there so we all better pay attention.

You can all think what you want! It's a free country and God gave us a free will for which we will all have to answer for someday. You are in for a rude awakening! It is interesting to note that those mocking the authority of the literal, infallible scriptures, and me personally, are athiests, ultra liberals, liberal Christians which does include Catholics, and an old man who is a socialist/Communist, hates the government and country he lives in and worships a God of his own imagining that is admittedly imperfect and fallible. Why should I be suprised! In fact, this raging is exactly what the vWord of God describes in the first verse of the 22nd Psalm. Jesus said we shouldn't be surprised if "the world hates us for His names sake, because the world first hated Him"! You all just prove Him and the scriptures to be 100% correct, literal and true!

For someone who claims to know the Bible intimately, those statements show you don't have a clue.

Yes, my God is perfect. I can't say much for the God you worship. If he's in imperfect, I want no part of him!

Jesus tried to convert everyone, didn't He??

Can I be your friend too??

As a former farmer, I can tell you that animals do experience discomfore during giving birth!

That's one way to change the subject, avoid having to answer questions and get real! Go on yet another tirade against the government, Conservative Christians, social injustice and everything that's wrong with this country. :faint: :notagree :help: SOS = Same Old Story!!

That is your opinion! No one told you to leave the country. As usual, you are twisting my words and making things up. I listed three choices that we all have. I didn't tell you to do anything. And, no, you don't have to explain your lifestyle to me. I just thought since you are always yelling about social injustice and the down trodden, that you would be going to great lengths to change the world unless it's all just talk. Regarding you religious conviction, let me see if I understand you correctly. Your beliefs are off limits to discuss, you can tear apart mine, is that what you're saying? That's not a discussion, thats like Socialism, which is another name for liberalism isn't it? Now who's the reall bully here??