Pete53

If you are worried about taxes in Texas the more important election is Lt Governor as nothing happens without the Lt signing off on it. Republicans have screwed up a good thing our electric rates are second highest only lower than Maines but Maine can make a summer without A/C and I can't, Perry's promised tax reliefe never happened just more taxes being collected. My Property taxes are 15% higher than last year. I had 3 electric bills over 500 and my insurance cost more in Texas than anywhere except maybe Florida. Foreclosures are up 40% in Dallas and yet I keep hearing what a great economy we have. Maybe you should ask the Lap Banders who have to pay cash what they tink of our Medical Insurance?

I think that most of Kinky's voters will be people who usually don't vote. Carol Strayhorn will suck a lot of votes from Chris Bell. We should have a runnoff if someone does not get 50% or we are going to have a lot of independents running as straw dogs.

I like Bell and will vote for him

Went to see Cardio Doc today and although checkup is good and some adjustments in meds he said I have an issue. My angioplasty on September 13th used the old type of stent metal that requires intensive therapy of plavix a blood thinner and this will put me in the penalty box for at least 6 months. I guess that I will just have to tough it out. I am not giving up on this. He also assured me that probably in 4 months he will be able to make a decision to proceed or wait longer. He said once stable he could stop plavix and use something injectable to stop bleeding so I can have the lap band surgery done.

Great News!!!! Congrats!!!!!

If you or your school think there is even a slight possibility that your child has problems with dyslexia than they should be tested and diagnosed. With some help it can be treated and your child can learn other ways to process information. In Dallas the Scottish Rite Hospital will test and it used to be free. If there is a problem they will make some recommendations for how to treat it and in some cases they will provide free resources. Good Luck

Teaching to a specific test is not teaching children to learn or think for themselves. With the resources available kids should know a lot more than they do. Learning shortcuts and tricks to take a test is not useful in real life. Just my opinion.

Gayle: You are so upbeat and helpful. I really appreciate your kindness and compassion. Its hell being new but I am learning a lot and also what to ask the Doctors. What I have learned so far as the Docs are not always good at eplaining what is going to happen but for me knowing makes it easier to deal with.

I plan to vote for whoever is highest in polls besides Perry. Chris Bell supposedly is 5 points behind in polls right now. Whenever the Republicans in Texas promise something it ends up costing Consumers big time. My electric bill is almost as high as my mortgage, my property taxes are disgusting and Insurance has doubled and tripled under Perry. He has done nothing to earn my vote and he won't get it.

We went to Iraq for the wrong reasons and we will stay there for the wrong ones also. If we leave Iraq tomorrow it will be better for US and also the Iraqi's. Supporting puppets has never worked and probably never will. We left Viet Nam in 1975 and they did not send people to harm us. If we leave Iraq now it will probably be the same. Drafted 14 Nov 1968

Good Luck!!!!

I don't think that you can get rid of your sister's boyfriend but the advice so far has been good. Hard as it seems sometimes its best to just ignore the boyfriend and let the sister know you love her. As a Father of four sons and an older brother of 5 I learned a long time ago that its very difficult to convince family that a relationship is bad for them.

Ann: Good Luck I am new and in Dallas waiting for Insurance Approval. Pete

I am waiting for approval on Lap Band from Insurance and am sure it is what I need. Its still just a tool and something to help me lose the weight that I need to lose to be healthy. Good Luck as I think it is very important that you are very sure its the road you want to take.

Went to see my Primary Doc and brought him up to date about my Lap Band. He was very supportive and assured me he would fight for me if needed. He also seemed genuinely happy that I had found Doctors in the system and told me that he has new resources for his patients. All and all I am very positive and it seems so far that my progress has been smooth even though it started out a little bumpy. The Internet is the greatest think ever invented in my opinion.