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Hi there, KMCD. I love, love, love Austin. I went to school in San Marcos (like 130 years ago, when it was still called Southwest Texas State University) and fell in love with the hill country. Like how I turned everything around about me?? lol. Here's hoping that the whole process goes smoothly for you. *Fingers crossed*

Hey Amanda, you have my sympathies. Bandster hell sucks. Unfortunately, there's not a lot that can be done. Personally, I found (depending on where you are with your dietary limitations) that eating higher-protein stuff helped me curb my hunger to a degree.

Hey amanda, what up? The length of the wait varies greatly from person to person (and from doc to doc). I personally only had to wait like 10 days from the day my surgery was approved by insurance until I was on the table. I hope you get in quick. Good luck!

Hi Billy. Welcome to lapbandtalk. It's cool that your band date is coming up. Good luck!

Well, see we're taking up space on the Obama thread with Bush, but I don't care, heehee. I think that Bush and / or Cheney would find it difficult to mislead foreign governments' intelligence agencies. They all bought into the same lie about the WMD (which was Saddam's lie, BTW). I read once (but cannot recall where) that even the higher ranking members of the republican guard (Iraq's elite corp) were asking for permission to use the chemical weapons against the invading forces......even they believed such things existed.

I'm thinking about changing my name to : The Winner

The Damnwells. Love those guys.

Oh, and I love all types of movies, Roadhouse notwithstanding. I love old movies too.......but I prefer either the comidies of the 50's / 60's or more "noir" films. I saw Kiss Me Deadly this weekend and it was interesting.

Glouc, that's why I <heart> you. Also, that's why we WILL rule TBL when we eventually team up. Bob weeping too much? *Throat Yank* I drink your milkshake! Really, I just couldn't get into it. I kept waiting for the payoff, but......nothing. Maybe the novel was better? I cruised past "Eyes Wide Shut" on HBO the other night. I think it was one of the worst movies ever (again, I'm tempted to read the book, just to see if the content or the adaptation sucked). The wife and I saw it in the theaters when it came out......when the lights came up, it was dead quiet, and then one lone voice said "What the hell was that?" I think that voice said it all.

I think it might be a generational thing? People are apt to be overly polite here in my East Texas area.....except for the teens (now I sound like my grandparents). Damn those rowdy teens and that Elvis they listen to!! Sure you don't want to go to Betancourt (mod joke)? Seriously, good luck. Will you be twittering during that time? lol. I'm starting to gray around my temples. The wife like it, but.....I can't be the temple-gray dude and smoke a pipe. Then I'd have to change my name to "Ward Clever". Suck it up! I work 4 12's a week, ya baby!! Of course, I do get every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday off. How was it? *Geek alert* I read the comic books in the late 80's, when I was in college. It was kind of a heavy storyline in the comic.....was it in the movie? Heehee.....I had a little dally with a monster hangover this weekend too. Went to downtown Dallas and drank too much. Apparently, being banded interferes with my ability to throw up the next day, because that's what I needed, yet was unable to do. Lolz @ ur pwndage Tap, I already referenced the "naughty schoolgirl" outfit. 60% of the time, it works every time.

LMAO @ Donna!!! "Additionally, he's a bastard".... lolololololol

I wasn't trying to "lump in" your position, as such (By that, I mean that I know you didn't say Bush invaded for oil. Your post would indicate that you think Bush invaded for reasons that pertain to Bush Sr). I included the most-recited reasons that I hear for the US invasion of Iraq, but it was certainly an error for me to state oil first and revenge in parenthesis. I should have done the inverse. But my point remains that you criticize Bush in looking for WMD. Not all governments believed there were such weapons, but the governments of Japan, England, Italy, Israel, Australia, and Spain certainly did. So......if Bush is indeed the stupidest man ever in American government, how did he snow the intelligence agencies of these countries? Or is it possible that Bush made a legit mistake?

But he has not made any prideful statements, patty. Therefore, you can't be reasonably certain that President Obama is not a humble man.....you can only speculate that he may not be.

It's a very slippery slope, that's for certain.

But every other government believed they were too. Or do you think Bush was such a statesman that he "conned" British and Israeli intel agencies? This is one thing that I don't get from the Bush haters: Did Bush engage in a conspiricy of lies to invade Iraq for the oil (or money, or revenge, or....pick your theory) or was he the stupidest man in American government? Moveon - yeesh. Remember when they were just an apologist website that wanted everybody to move on from the activities that Clinton did in the oval office? Worked for Reagan. He turned around the double-digit inflation that the Carter administration caused. He ushered in a fantastic economy that lasted (one could argue) into the 90's. So everybody should be taxed 40% of their income? The current governments (in both Afghanistan and Pakistan) don't want the taliban to have any more power.....but they can't openly "root out" the terrorists because the taliban claims they doing the work of Allah. Therefore, Pakistan and Afghanistan are more than happy to let us "evil" westerners fight for them, while they straddle the fence. It's not an ideal situation, but what else can Obama do? He cannot risk Pakistan's nukes falling into terrorists' hands. See my above post. We pay Pakistan an assload of money....simply for them to let us risk our troops fighting terrorists. Green, if your new leader doesn't think Afghanistan is winnable, why does he still commit troops? It sounds like he may be doing a little political fence-sitting of his own? Respectfully, Green, I don't want my country to turn into Canada....much like you wouldn't want your country turning into America, no? Ah, but capitalism is what America is founded on. The percieved change from capitalism is what has much of the conservatives and moderates so stirred up right now. And capitalism is not really a bad thing. The quote from Jesus about the rich man is not that he won't get into heaven because he's wealthy, but because he valued his wealth more than he valued God. Uh-oh....I smell propaganda. And the mention of any of Michael Moore's movies seals the deal. Cleo's mom, you can't really use an example from Sicko to illustrate the ills of American care. If you believed Moore, then Cuba's medical system is much better than ours. Do you think that's true? Except that the conservatives were the ones that squealed the loudests about the bailouts. Yes, even though Bush first proposed it. And for the record, bailouts are NOT the free market. The free market says that only the strongest survive.....and the competition to be the strongest drives down costs to consumers and creates jobs. Really? That's in the position papers? I'll have to read the fine print...I might have to choose between espousing conversative values and hating cancer. :thumbup: It's kind of hard to rail too loudly against Texas though, when we're one of only a handful of states that aren't begging for federal dollars vs. bankruptcy. Can you provide a link to this? Is this really true, or are you exaggerating? I've not heard of republicans accusing Obama of any crimes (unlike the democrats and Bush)....but I've not had the chance to catch the news in about a week.

Hi Lisaann. Welcome to lapbandtalk! There is soooooo much information here. Let your fingers do the walking and check it all out! Sometimes there are experienced bandsters in the chatroom as well, so you might want to give that a look. Good luck!

Well I know my anxiety level rose as my surgery date loomed closer and closer, lol. The thing to remember at this stage is that you're still only getting information.....so no worries, mate! You can walk away at any time. Good luck!

Hi there samamm. Sounds like you already have a very positive attitude. Fantastic! I will will keep my fingers crossed that you will soon join the ranks of the banded. Welcome to the site.....take a look around. There is a lot of information to be read, and a lot of nice people to meet. Good Luck!

Hello kurns. First off, congrats on your weightloss. For many of us, it takes several fills before we really get restriction, so try to be patient (I know it's difficult). Exercising will help a great deal. Also, now is the time to start working on the games our heads can play with us: Put small portions on your plate, take small bites of them, chew throughly (even more than you think you need to), and eat slowly. Remember, the goal is not to continue eating until you feel stuffed, but until you feel "not hungry". Hang in there kurns....with more fills it will get a little easier. Good luck!

It would probably be annoying if I weren't so dang lovable!!

Nah. There are several moderate democrats that are politically appealing to me. Again, we disagree here, and I could challenge, but that doesn't advance our new topic. That's true. They did what they said they weren't going to do: earmark the budget and increase the size of government. And they're paying the price this political cycle. And they should. But dang.....Obama's bill (and it is his, no matter what his spokesmen say this is not carryover spending from Bush) is a bitter pill for me to swallow. It's a huge gamble. It would be a shame if you had to consider outsourcing your computer work because your increased taxes meant you couldn't afford to hire Americans to do the job. Gee, just think if the taxes weren't so high, maybe you could afford to hire that American dude to do the computer work. That American dude would then use his salary to buy stuff and stimulate the economy. That's exactly how a lower tax model works. And, despite the hype about "having the rich pay their fair share", that's why raising taxes on businesses will hurt our economy in the long run. Actually, it's a longstanding tradition for the president to have somebody from the opposing party sit in his cabinet. Carter did it, Reagan did it, HW Bush did it, Clinton did it, and W Bush did it. Not directly, but keeping the Taliban from seizing control of a very unstable Pakistan (and its nuclear warheads) is pretty vital to our economy!! That's exactly the reason to send troops to Afganistan. Exactly.

I guess that would depend on the man, Shonda. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

No pun intended, right Glouc?

I think that dude in the pic was also having an "O".

Fox news alert! This just in! The "check" that Mango recieved has been proven to be a forgery. Close examination of the document reveals that it is actually a grocery list. Rereading the bylaws clearly shows that, in the case of a flawed award, the real award goes to plain. So....I win.