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Just checking in! We are approaching our one-year and I am still losing. Slow. But that is okay because I am comfortable with what I am eating, etc. I can keep this up long term.
I have found that I can go weeks without losing anything and then one day,boom! 5 lbs gone. But I have always been weird that way. Sometimes, I can count like clockwork, 1 lb per week and other times, nothing or even a gain of a pound or two.
I also notice that every couple of weeks, there may be a few days in a row where I can't eat much at all from constant PBs and a disinterest in food. On those days, I drink or eat soft foods. I seem to be going through one of those today.
PBs are slowing down but increase when I am stressed out. I absolutely cannot eat on the run or in a stressful environment. I am trying to teach my husband and son that mealtimes are to be quiet and relaxed. :thumbup:
I try to resist the urge to say, HEY! It's been a year, you should be further along! Because the truth is, I am better off than where I was when I started and, as long as its coming off, I am proud.
When I first got my band, one of the first things I noticed was the nearly-instant relief from the guilt I had been carrrying about the damage I had done to my body by being so fat. I had a running dialogue in my head of arguments about my weight, imagining what people were saying about me and how I would respond. It's a lot quieter in my head now and, even if I never lost another ounce, that would be reward enough.
I still haven't gotten on a good exercise program. Recently, I bought a BodyBlade but am so tired all the time, I have only used it once. Its pretty cool though.
Meanwhile life goes on. My husband has been gone for most of our marriage and is leaving on another deployment soon. We moved. And my son is growing like a weed. I am working again and that has done wonders for my depression and attitude.
I am still shopping in the Plus Size section. I had told myself I would not buy another plus sized outfit but things change. I am kind of a fashion whore and finally gave in because I like to wear cute clothes. I am faithfully rotating them out when they get too big, however.
That reminds me, I was able to shop in Old Navy and can wear 1X in stretchy pants and 1 or 2X in most shirts. Before surgery, I was edging up to the 26-28 3-4X section. I am also wearing a size 16 jean right now....they are DG2 stretch jeans, but still..I consider it a victory especially since I had not worn jeans at all in decades.
All in all I am still very pleased with my band and think it was the best thing, I ever did for myself.
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I am approaching my one-year anniversary and notice that when I am stressed out, I PB more and its harder to eat. Has anyone else here experienced this?
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Im here! I'm at 43 1/2 pounds lost. It seems to be coming off faster now.
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I have Tricare south and they were awesome! I got in for surgery within weeks of my seminar. Tricare paid for all but about a hundred bucks. My doctor thought I had to pay more but ended up refunding me later. Anyway, call Tricare and ask for help finding a provider. You may be able to find one in a nearby town. Or just start making calls to other lapband surgeons within driving distance. It's worth it even if you have to drive an hour or two.
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Well, crap. I thought I was doing very well, having lost 20 lbs. But I have read some of the posts on this thread and feel like I am behind the curve! I just had my first fill a few days ago. Before that, I didn't have much restriction.
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Man, I have missed you guys! ha ha I have been out of the country for the past 2 1/2 weeks on vacation. To answer the question, I post here because being silent has not been good for our country. Our apathy and fear has let Patty Green's people and their agendas become the vocal majority and it must stop now. I am tired of having to explain to people outside of America that we are not ALL like that.
Too many people read these controversial posts because they are designed to get attention. I never ever ever expect PG to learn anything from what I write. But I would rather waste hours responding and pointing out these nonsensical statements than have one innocent person believe Patty's rhetoric.
And NOW for the Sarah Palin statement of the week...
Earth saw clmate chnge4 ions;will cont 2 c chnges.R duty2responsbly devlop resorces4humankind/not pollute&destroy;but cant alter naturl chng
Yeah. The woman that PG wants to become President of the United States posted that message on a public forum (LOLspeak, errors and all)
Here's more:
Fresh off the heels of the Copenhage climate change summit, former governor of Alaska Sarah Palin sent a tweet on the fallacy of climate change. Palin called Copenhagen the "arrogance of man".
"Copenhgen=arrogance of man2think we can change nature's ways.MUST b good stewards of God's earth,but arrogant&naive2say man overpwers nature," said Palin in her Tweet. The comment is posted on her Twitter page.
According to The Hill's Blog Briefing Room, Palin is called a 'denier' by some and had urged U.S. President Obama not to attend the summit.
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Is anyone else getting frustrated??? I was banded on Dec10 and im down only 10lbs. I can eat everything and anything, I thought I would some sort of restriction. I dont go for my first fill til Feb12th :smile2: I started excercising this week so Im hoping that will help but Im just getting worried that this isnt going to work for me. Anyone elso feeling like this??It hasn't even been a month since your surgery. You are supposed to lose 1-2 pounds a week. If you have lost 10 pounds, you are ahead of schedule :thumbup: 10 pounds is a LOT. I know it doesn't seem like it when you have a lot to lose but go look at a bag of potatoes and imagine how big that would be attached to your body. 10 pounds is a great loss!
I had my surgery on Nov 31. I have started eating food and while I haven't had much of a problem keeping food down, I do feel full faster but feel like I could eat anything without a problem. Carbonation made my tummy burn. I also notice that some foods feel like glue in my mouth and don't break down (some breads). When I feel it, I just spit it out, rather than risk a PB or a STICK. I have gotten stuck twice, both were times that I probably didn't chew well and the food was either too dry or too doughy.
What I have noticed most since being banded is a freedom from my weight obsession. I don't beat myself up for being hungry anymore. And when I start to hate on myself for being fat, I remind myself that I have a lapband now and I AM losing weight and the thought disappears so I can go on with my business.
I have lost about 15 pounds to date. I am losing about 2 pounds a week. My biggest hint to all of you is to stay off the scale! It will only freak you out. I have been visiting a friend for the past couple of weeks and she had a scale. I couldn't stay away from it and I let what it said determine my entire day. It's silly. I happen to be one of those people who won't show a loss for long time and then lose several pounds at once. This is why I can't keep a scale at my house. Look and listen to your body instead. It is something we all have to learn anyway.
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true dat! It'll be better than laughing at Fox News har har
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That is awesome TDSLF. I agree 100%. A Palin campaign may be the only thing that saves Saturday Night Live and Late-Night TV. You rock!
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What name did I call her again? Ohhhhh "sweetie pie". That's just plain evil! Ha ha.
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Extremism in Connecticut - Summary
Extremism in Connecticut
Summary
The public often associates extreme anti-government or hate groups with remote, rugged states in the Pacific Northwest or the rural South. Despite these perceptions, extremism in America is spread far and wide. New England is home to its share of extreme groups and movements, just as are the Pacific Northwest and the South.
Connecticut -- despite its small size -- has witnessed some of the most intensive and varied forms of extremist activity. From anti-government "sovereign citizens" and tax protesters to virulent hate groups like the World Church of the Creator and the Klan, extreme ideologies have taken root in Connecticut's soil.
In recent years, Connecticut has experienced a breadth and scope of extremist activity surprising for its size. While some formerly popular extremist groups are now on the decline, others are growing, and are becoming increasingly active and vocal within communities throughout the state. The impact of the Internet and other new media will make Connecticut, like other states, even more vulnerable to new extremist movements that originate elsewhere.
Extremist Groups in Connecticut
Hate Groups
Council of Conservative Citizens
Other Groups
The Ku Klux Klan
Of the different extreme groups or movements that have operated in Connecticut, perhaps the most visible over time has been the Ku Klux Klan.
The Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (IE) had the greatest impact. At its peak in the early 1980s, it was the largest Klan group in the country, with the Connecticut unit, one of the most active IE chapters.
1986, in a major departure from Klan tradition, James Farrands, a Connecticut Klan leader, was named Imperial Wizard.. Farrands was not a typical Klan leader; for one thing, whereas the Klan was historically anti-Catholic, Farrands himself was Catholic and openly recruited other Catholics. Farrands maintained other Klan traditions, however, especially regarding confrontations and violence.
The Invisible Empire finally collapsed in the early 1990’s but a new group, the Unified Klan emerge. Connecticut's Unified Klan (UK) conducted itself like the Klan of old.
By 1993, right-wing extremist groups across the country were becoming larger and more militant, in part as a reaction to the controversial standoffs at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, in 1992, and Waco, Texas, in 1993. Connecticut became one of the first states in the country to experience this resurgence in January 1994 that local, state and federal law enforcement agents arrested six members of the Connecticut UK on a variety of conspiracy and weapons charges.
The 1994 arrests caused Klan activity in Connecticut to decline significantly, but it never disappeared entirely. Near the end of the decade, in fact, the Klan showed signs of life once more. Klan activity picked up in 1999 and 2000
It is difficult to estimate accurately the membership of Connecticut Klansmen today. The Klan in Connecticut as elsewhere has suffered from the trend by many would-be members or supporters to move toward more "fashionable" racist groups such as the World Church of the Creator
Yet while their numbers are small, the threat posed by the Klan remains real
World Church of the Creator (WCOTC)
One of the most publicized white supremacist groups in the United States in recent years has been the World Church of the Creator (WCOTC), led by Matt Hale, the Church's "Pontifex Maximus." Over the years, Church members have also been linked to a number of violent crimes around the country. The WCOTC thus entered the new century with a deserved reputation for hate and violence.
The exact number of WCOTC members in Connecticut is not known, although WCOTC members and publications have claimed at different times several different chapters,
Just as Connecticut Klansmen engaged in illegal acts, members or supporters of the Connecticut WCOTC chapter committed several crimes during the group's brief history in the state.
The most brutal crime to date in Connecticut attributed to a WCOTC member.took place in August 2000, when WCOTC member John Barletta, an inmate, serving a life sentence for murdering his cellmate, brutally attacked and disfigured the warden of the Northern Correctional Institution at Somers, with a knife made out of a razor blade.
Barletta's case illustrates not only the propensity of WCOTC members for violence, but also the attraction that WCOTC has for people who may have a propensity for violence. "Creativity," which bills itself as a "warrior religion" and adopts the slogan "Rahowa" (for "racial holy war"), may easily be used to rationalize violent acts or tendencies.
For the WCOTC, as for many other extremist groups, prisoners may be potential recruits; Iimprisoned WCOTC embers may actively engage in a variety of propagandizing or proselytizing activities. It is through such efforts that prisoners such as Barletta learn about and become attracted to groups like WCOTC. Once a member, he helped form and lead a chapter made up of other inmates.
National Alliance
The National Alliance, an openly revolutionary neo-Nazi organization one of the largest and most well-established of all hate groups has recently established a foothold in Connecticut.National Alliance cells (called "units" or "proto units," depending on their size) are usually better organized and more disciplined than other white supremacist groups.
Connecticut currently has few National Alliance members--only enough to qualify for "proto unit" status, as opposed to full unit status. The creation of a Web page for Connecticut members suggests there may be increased activity in the future.
'Refined' Racism: The Council of Conservative Citizens
Not all hate groups operating in Connecticut are crudely or blatantly racist as the World. Since the 1990s, perhaps the most prominent of these groups has been the Council of Conservative Citizens (CofCC).
The Council co-opts both the language and issues of conservative causes in order to camouflage its true aim, which is to solidify what it believes to be the eroding power base of white Americans
Connecticut is served by the Tri-State Chapter of the CofCC. The majority of the tristate CofCC's membership is from New York and New Jersey, but there is an active contingent of Connecticut members within the organization, and it appears to be growing.
Militia groups and paramilitary organizations
New England states have played a role in the militia movement since its inception. Connecticut itself was a militia trailblazer of sorts for having had one of the earliest groups that could credibly be called a militia. Currently, the state harbors the “51st Militia,” which maintains close ties to the racist and anti-Semitic World Church of the Creator. Connecticut is also home to the Connecticut Survival Alliance (CSA), an online militia think-tank and discussion forum.
Sovereign Citizens in Connecticut
The “sovereign citizen” movement is a network of groups and individuals who have adopted a right wing, essentially anarchist ideology that has its origins in the beliefs of a group called the Posse Comitatus, which first emerged in the 1970s. Often those people who have suffered financial or other personal reverses are most susceptible to the lure of extreme antigovernment ideology. This has proven true for many of Connecticut’s anti- government extremists.
In Connecticut, as in the rest of the nation, bogus liens have been one of the sovereign citizen movement’s most popular harassing tactics for more than two decades. Bogus liens are placed not because there is any money owed, but rather simply as a way of punishing anyone running afoul of a sovereign. The placing of bogus liens became a popular tactic for anti-government activists who wanted to retaliate against law enforcement officials or other authorities.
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Right Wing Extremism: A Clear and Present Danger by Faithful Progressive
Whether they admit it or not, the hate speech on talk radio and Fox News helps to create the climate of anti-government hysteria that feeds extremism. It's time for decent conservatives to distance themselves from Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly and the hostile misinformation and intentional deceit of Fox News. They are a danger to the Republic.
From Judith Warner's piece in the NY Times:The Wages of Hate: A lone gunman takes a life in a hate crime. Law enforcement officials describe him as acting alone.
But he’s not alone — not in spirit, at least....Hate group membership had been expanding steadily over the course of the past decade — fueled largely by anti-immigrant sentiment. But after Barack Obama’s election, it spiked. The day after the election, the computer servers of two major white supremacist groups crashed, because their traffic went through the roof, Mark Potok, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project, which tracks right-wing extremists and hate groups, told me this week.
As the former Klansman and Louisiana state representative David Duke predicted last June, the face of the first black man in the White House was a “visual aid” for white supremacists, spurring a rapid rise in recruitment and radicalization.
“Rightwing extremists have capitalized on the election of the first African American president, and are focusing their efforts to recruit new members, mobilize existing supporters, and broaden their scope and appeal through propaganda,” the U.S. Department of Homeland Security reported this past April.
Paul Krugman: The Big Hate
..Now, for the most part, the likes of Fox News and the R.N.C. haven’t directly incited violence, despite Bill O’Reilly’s declarations that “some” called Dr. Tiller “Tiller the Baby Killer,” that he had “blood on his hands,” and that he was a “guy operating a death mill.” But they have gone out of their way to provide a platform for conspiracy theories and apocalyptic rhetoric, just as they did the last time a Democrat held the White House.
And at this point, whatever dividing line there was between mainstream conservatism and the black-helicopter crowd seems to have been virtually erased.
Exhibit A for the mainstreaming of right-wing extremism is Fox News’s new star, Glenn Beck. Here we have a network where, like it or not, millions of Americans get their news — and it gives daily airtime to a commentator who, among other things, warned viewers that the Federal Emergency Management Agency might be building concentration camps as part of the Obama administration’s “totalitarian” agenda (although he eventually conceded that nothing of the kind was happening).
But let’s not neglect the print news media. In the Bush years, The Washington Times became an important media player because it was widely regarded as the Bush administration’s house organ. Earlier this week, the newspaper saw fit to run an opinion piece declaring that President Obama “not only identifies with Muslims, but actually may still be one himself,” and that in any case he has “aligned himself” with the radical Muslim Brotherhood.
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Has anyone noticed that Pattygreen has posted over 1600 messages here, yet only a handful (less than 10 maybe) have been band related?
Still praying for her...
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I noticed that patty does not respond to my factual posts or even to the biblical list. It's hard to argue facts isn't it patty? Even your own bible has a message for you which contradicts your views. You DID make personal attacks against people here. I guess it's to be expected that when your rhetoric doesn't work, you will hit below the belt and run and hide behind the cross. Ignorant fool. Your poor children! Teaching these views is abusive in my book. I hope your foster kids' CASA or GAL paying attention here.
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More zealots using the Bible to preach hatred:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgJFcJjgPbk
And some Bible verses (these are for Patty because I wouldn't want her to ignore what god has to say)
[ Laws of Justice and Mercy ] "Do not spread false reports. Do not help a wicked man by being a malicious witness.
A perverse man stirs up dissension, and a gossip separates close friends.
Besides, they get into the habit of being idle and going about from house to house. And not only do they become idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things they ought not to.
Matthew 23:27
...You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men's bones and everything unclean. 28In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
Luke 11:17
...Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall.
Now swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or my descendants. Show to me and the country where you are living as an alien the same kindness I have shown to you."
I do not sit with deceitful men, nor do I consort with hypocrites;
[ Prayer ] "And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full.
You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
ESV Galatians 6:1 ¶ Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. 2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. 3 For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Isaiha 65:5
Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.
1 Timothy 2:12
And I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she is to keep silent
1 Corinthians 14:38
If any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.
Therefore speak I to them in parables ... lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
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[cheers for TDSLF] It is an arrogant and ignorant man who thinks he knows the will of God.
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Oh I am not posting for Patty! She's clearly a fool. This information is for anyone else reading this thread who has a brain cell or two. :thumbup:
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There is a difference in self proclaiming to be a Chritian and really being one. "by their fruits you shall know them."Well, then you should LOVE Obama. Here are a list of his "fruits":
So to inform you, please note the following articles that sum up some of what Barack has “done” in his last 11 years in public office. Considering that Obama may be the Democratic Nominee, I believe that it is important for you, as a public voice, to be informed:
His bold legislative work on the Illinois Death Penalty, and how he made a difference between life and death:
http://www.icadp.org/page236.html
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/12/obama.death.pena... /
His sponsorship of a bill that brought health insurance to 150,000, including 70,000 uninsured Children, again, during his time serving in the Illinois Statehouse:
http://factcheck.barackobama.com/factcheck/2007/12/14/f...
His work on both the Immigration bill during his time in the US senate and his sponsorship of Ethics legislation (something he did both while in the State House, and in the Senate) that called for some of the most impactful reform regarding lobbyists since Watergate (as he likes to term it):
http://factcheck.barackobama.com/factcheck/2007/12/14/f...
http://feingold.senate.gov/~feingold/releases/07/01/200...
Here’s a chart of many of his accomplishments during his 8 years in the Illinois state house -
and his sponsored and co sponsored Bills in the U.S. Senate.......which include worthwhile bills dealing with a wide range of issues, from Election reform bills to the Cooperative Proliferation Detection reduction Act (w/t Sen. Lugar) to Internet database transparency Act.
PolitiFact | Obama sponsored a bill that became law /
http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2005/Novembe...
http://obama.senate.gov/press/060908-senate_passes_c /
POST-ELECTION FRUITS:
A week before he was sworn in, Obama jammed part two of the bank bailout down the throat of his own party — a $350 billion accomplishment.
Two days after he was sworn in, Obama banned the use of "harsh interrogation" and ordered the closing of Guantánamo.
A day later, Obama reversed George W. Bush's funding cutoff to overseas family planning organizations — saving millions of lives with the stroke of a pen.
Three days after that, Obama gave a green light to the California car-emissions standards that Bush had been blocking for six years — an important step on the road to cleaner air and a cooler planet.
Two weeks after that, Obama signed the stimulus bill — a $787 billion accomplishment.
Ten days after that, Obama formally announced America's withdrawal from Iraq.
A week later — we're in early March now — Obama erased Bush's decision to restrict federal funding for stem-cell research.
In April and June, Obama forced Chrysler and GM into bankruptcy.
In June, Obama reset the tone of our relations with the entire Arab world with a single speech — an accomplishment that the Bush administration failed to achieve despite a series of desperate PR moves (anyone remember Charlotte Beers?) and a "public diplomacy" budget of $1 billion a year.
Also in June, Obama unveiled the "Cash for Clunkers" program, a "socialist" giveaway that reanimated the corpse of our car industry — leading, for example, to the billion-dollar profit that Ford announced on Monday.
I haven't even mentioned Sonia Sotomayor, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the order to release the torture memos, Obama's push for charter schools, his $288 billion tax cut, or the end of Bush's war on medical marijuana. Or the minor fact that he seems to have — with Bush's help, it must be said — stopped the financial collapse, revived the credit markets, and nudged the economy toward 3.5 percent growth in the last quarter.
Oh, and one more thing: President Obama is now a month or two from accomplishing the awesome and seemingly impossible task that eluded mighty presidents like FDR, LBJ, and WJC — health-care reform.
Obama's early returns also include a host of remarkably cautious and prudent national-security decisions that seem, these days, to have been completely forgotten:
Appointing a conservative Bush holdover like Robert Gates as Secretary of Defense.
Appointing an establishment centrist like Leon Panetta at CIA.
Appointing a hard-ass like Stanley McChrystal to head up our military forces in
Afghanistan, despite McChrystal's dubious involvement in torture and the cover-up of Pat Tillman's death.
Increasing the number of drone attacks on Al Qaeda — more in the last year than all the Bush years combined.
Reinstating, with tweaks, Bush's military tribunal system for Guantánamo prisoners.
Fighting, in another unexpected defense of a controversial Bush policy, lawsuits against the "warrantless wiretapping" program — as recently as this weekend with a decision that a leading civil liberties group called "extremely disappointing."
Sending, way back in February, seventeen thousand more soldiers to Afghanistan. As Fareed Zakaira recently pointed out, this was just three thousand fewer soldiers than Bush sent to Iraq for his famous "surge."
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Well said TDSLF.
Patty, you cannot compare Palin and Obama because there is no comparison. She is an unemployed politician. He is the President of the United States of America.
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Well, I am one week out and feeling good! I am still a little sore but I have more energy and the gas pains are lessening. I am very happy with the choice to get this band and I feel more control over food than I ever have!
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More Sarah Goodies from Factcheck.org:
Sarah Palin appeared on conservative Rusty Humphries’ radio program last Thursday and the topic of Obama’s birth certificate came up. Humphries asked if she thought it was a fair question to be looking at, and she said she did.
Obama is an American citizen. Our archive is filled with reporting about all the different ways this false allegation has popped up. But if you are still interested or unsure, you can always view the short form birth certificate with our original dispatch here.
Even Palin ultimately agrees. She posted a note to her Facebook profile late Thursday night, writing, "at no point – not during the campaign, and not during recent interviews – have I asked the president to produce his birth certificate or suggested that he was not born in the United States."
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For the interested, here is a list of sites that have copied and pasted Patty's 100 list---all conservative, conspiracy-style, fear-mongering sites. It's just rhetoric and propaganda.
1. Obamas Laundry List of Lies, page 1
2. The First 100 Days of Obama’s Lies, Blunders, Gaffs, and Abuses of Liberty | America's Re-Tea Party
4. The National Republicrat - OMG What have We Done!
And here are what REPUTABLE media outlets have to say about Obama's first 100 days:
Time Magazine
CNN
Special Reports - The First 100 Days of the 44th President Barack Obama - CNN.com
CBS News
Poll: 100 Days In, High Marks For Obama - CBS News
The Independent
Obama's 100 days: A dazzling debut? - Americas, World - The Independent
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I just got a reply to this topic in my email and thought I would update you. I just found out this week that I was NOT in menopause after all. Turns out, my Mirena implant affected my hormones and mimicked the signs of menopause. I still have had a period in a couple of years and I was FINE with that. But, this means I have to go through menopause all over again some time in the future! Ugh. For those of you going through it, hang in there.