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The problem with "The Path to 9/11" is that it is a docuDRAMA. NOT a documentary. Some of it is based on facts, and some of it is made up (dramatized). Unfortunately for most of us, it is virtually impossible to know exactly what is true and what is false. The vast majority of Americans seem to assume that if they see it on TV or read it in the papers that it is TRUE - 100% true. "Spin" is everything... Look into your everyday lives and everyday conversations. I will bet you have heard the same story told by two different people, and it sounds like two totally different events - and yet they are reporting on the same occurence. It doesn't take much to misrepresent facts, or to completely make them up. The worst part about this movie is that there is no reason to docudrama anything - 9/11 is such a recent occurence that the TRUE history and facts are easily available, and yet the movie chose to dramatize certain events. http://www.cnn.com/US/9607/30/clinton.terrorism/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/08/AR2006090801949.html http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/05/clarke-blasts-abc/ http://www.dailyhowler.com/dh090806.shtml http://mediamatters.org/items/200609060007

I'm still waiting for enlightenment about the Democrats=bigger government vs our current situation... Better to send $317 billion (and counting) overseas and increase the size of government to limit civil liberties = smaller/better government? My brother cited that same reason that he (now) votes Republican. He asked me "Whatever happened to working hard and getting ahead?" I agreed with him - yes, whatever did happen to working hard and getting ahead?? I know of lots of double income families who are working hard but unable to get ahead - incomes have not matched inflation. People with lower incomes are penalized with higher interest rates. They are unable to buy homes in the current market, so their meager means is thrown away in rent, which often rises more often/quickly than their wages. How many of us are TRULY more than one or two disasterous events away from financial devastation? My income is well above the poverty line, and it would not take much to topple my house of cards. http://costofwar.com/index.html http://database.nationalpriorities.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/nppdatabase.woa/4/wo/tZYlnK1ETkKjGvkCFdzxxM/0.0.1.1.6 http://database.nationalpriorities.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/nppdatabase.woa/2/wo/GPNb7uPu5k5T21T1u6jBy0/0.0.1.1.6 http://database.nationalpriorities.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/nppdatabase.woa/3/wo/roMWSdFGqZ2vhIWvmaCReg/0.0.1.1.6

See how DIM I am??? Here I thought TOM was being sarcastic... Sheesh... And I'm not even blond...

My doctor didn't require a pre-op diet - nothing by mouth after 9pm. And I resisted the temptation to take anything by means other than my mouth... lol Do they really need to add the "by mouth" instruction?!?! Anyway - a goat leg??? ROTFLMAO!

CAKE!!! Moist, rich, HEAVY chocolate cake... mmmmm... lol Disney or WB?

Don't overeat - never underestimate them! LAUGH

Another Pisces cusp - 2/19. I am SO Pisces - could never claim Aquarius... (love the aquariam-ditzi blonde joke earlier... lol) My soulmate is a libra, but my S.O. is a scorpio. We get along pretty well, but his secretive ways are hard on my openness and wanting to be "one" with someone (like I felt with my soulmate)... lol My scorpio love is surprisingly tender and gentle with me, which does my tenderhearted overly emotional Pisces spirit good...

Liberal Democrat - big surprise. :heh: What I don't understand... How is it that Republicans say they're republican because they're against big government - and yet, we have the biggest government EVER. Biggest deficit EVER. Are republicans really okay with spending 100 billion dollars overseas, but begrudge a helping hand to fellow less fortunate Americans? How many social programs for Americans could we have run with 100 billion dollars? I'm not for supporting anyone who can support themselves, but believe it or not - sometimes bad things happen to good people, and being on the down and out doesn't necessarily mean you did anything to deserve it. And if you did make a few bad decisions and you need a hand back up - I don't mind helping out. Heck - if people with degrees in finance can't keep the savings and loan atrocities from happening, how can we expect more from plain ol' regular folk??? Anyway, I'm confused about this D=bigger government assumption, because as far as I can tell, it seems to be just the opposite under the current R administration...

Being banded makes a difference like night and day for most people. Once that hunger and "endless pit" feeling is removed, you will probably be shocked at how easy it is. For ME, I know 100% absolutely positively that there is a physical component to my obesity that the band fixed. Because while I was banded I was finally at peace with food and hunger. Since it's been removed my physical symptoms have returned just like before. So being banded is completely different from not being banded - for most people.

I'm so dense I probably wouldn't have realized he was talking about my weight, particularly if his answer seemed earnest and helpful, and not snide. I would have thought he meant 35 would only be for someone really pushing the envelop, a real speed demon, and that I obviously wasn't one of those... ROTFLMAO

IAGVS Imagine a great voice silenced... FMIDI

Alexandra - I hate to break it to you, but you will NEVER be a "normal" person - you're just too extraordinary!! Congrats on your successful journey, and your positive outlook! xxoo Donali

Night person! First thing in the morning - pee or coffee?

FLOGS Fly low over golden skies. WYLMT

My S.O. is a paleontologist, so we fossil hunt regularly. We were driving north on the 101 and just about every other exit had a name, and then "Cyn" after it. I keep seeing this word "Cyn", and I'm thinking to myself, "Swan babies? Cygnet? Cyn, Cyn, Cyn.... What the heck could that mean??" Finally I turn to S.O. and say in exasperation, "Do you have ANY idea what the Cyn on the exit signs mean??" He looks at me weird, and says, "Uh, I think it means "Canyon"." :doh: We were, after all, looking for the Topanga CANYON exit!!! Here's MY sign... LOL

SPICY! Snakes or spiders?

I don't think anyone said they have all the answers. That's why people discuss things - to formulate ideas, touch base, rant, rave, gripe, moan, educate themselves... That's one of the great things about being able to think... Sharing those thoughts with others. There is only so much room for public officers - there is not a public office job for every person that has an opinion. That's what voting is for.

Kelly - What are your new letters?!?!

Emo - I'm so sorry you're in such pain. I can't believe your surgeon is so unconcerned. Okay, I believe it, but what a jerk! Anyway, you should definitely have the scope just in case, although if you've been having pain all along it's unlikely that erosion is causing it. However, if the pain is due to irritation from the band, it is possible that has made a weak place for erosion to start, so a scope wouldn't hurt, and would set your mind at ease on that part. What's your fill level like? I had a sharp pinching sensation a day or two before one of my fills, but luckily my doc is in the habit of letting all the Fluid out before putting any in, and that seemed to fix that pinching feeling, as I never felt it again. If you have some fill, you may want to try having some fill taken out, or all of it, to let the band be a little looser for a while and see if that helps. As far as your port pain goes... Is it really pain, or just discomfort when you bend or wear certain types of pants? Perhaps you just need a different surgeon?? What happens without the band? Well, everyone is different. I can tell you that I still have a narrowing at the top of my stomach which is enough to occasionally get "stuck" breifly (and painfully!), but not enough to affect my appetite. I have regained almost all of my weight, as my hunger returned a month or two after my band was removed. If I were you, I would definitely look for another surgeon - someone who shows a little more interest and care in how you're feeling, and can try and address your pain. Good luck!

Brown eyes. English or Western?

Some of those stories are doozies!! The most common stuff I get: Are you going to eat that? Are you going to wear that? I did work with a girl who claimed that eggshells were man-made packages for eggs. She appeared to be serious... ???

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REPLN Restrict everything, people learn nothing. SWWIT

Many times there are no symptoms. Being asymptomatic does not guarantee there is no erosion. When there are symptoms, these are the most common ones: 1. loss of restriction 2. reflux 3. stomach pain 4. port infection Unfortunately, the above are also common symptoms of lesser problems. Probably the most telling for erosion would be #4 - but as a result of erosion, that would happen only after the bladder of the band had been eaten through with stomach acid, and the bacteria traveled up the tube to the port where it causes infection. Sometimes the person just feels "different." I had what felt like an intense gallbladder attack one day - I still don't know if my erosion had anything to do with that. But other than that one episode (my erosion was diagnosed the next week, and the band was removed a couple weeks after that) I had no symptoms. I still had good restriction and felt good.

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