Where 3 Are Gathered

For those of you who are trying to lose weight using the South Beach Diet, I've started a new Message Board called "Where 3 Are Gathered" to continue one that is on the South Beach Diet Web page that requires a fee to be paid. Understandably, some people would not want to have to pay forever, once they have the diet, so here will be a free version for the same and for new friends to use. It's a Christian oriented group where one can receive encouragement about the diet program as well as swap recipes and ideas they've tried.

Get in on the beginging and have fun with us!

Bob

http://p079.ezboard.com/bwhere3aregathered

You need to use the global user setting to get online and I have to approve you, which can take a few hours, unfortunately. Email me if you've registered so I can get you approved as fast as possible. Just keeps out spammers.

Oh, my back

Been out of commission since graduation with a bad back. I'm sure I've got a ruptured disc. I've had them before. Slow to heal. So far just using medicine left over from the last bad back. Doctors never do much else but subscribe the same.

All of Me, Why not take all of me!

Two weeks ago this Sunday, I started the South Beach Diet. It is certainly the best diet I have ever tried. No calories to count, no portions to weigh. The list of allowed food is long and the disallowed food is pretty obvious stuff that is bad for you anyway. In less than two weeks, I've lost 12 pounds! Tomorrow is the first day I get to eat fruit again. That will be nice.

The good thing about this diet is that it is designed for diabetics and people who have high cholesteral. That would be me! So, I should see those areas improve in time. (Don't get spastic about the diabetic thing. I'm what is known as a prediabetic. If I don't behave, I'll end up there, so I have to watch the sugar a lot.

Bob

Margaret Thatcher Foundation

Margaret Thatcher Foundation: "President Reagan was one of my closest political and dearest personal friends.

He will be missed not only by those who knew him and not only by the nation that he served so proudly and loved so deeply, but also by millions of men and women who live in freedom today because of the policies he pursued

Ronald Reagan had a higher claim than any other leader to have won the Cold War for liberty and he did it without a shot being fired.

To have achieved so much against so many odds and with such humour and humanity made Ronald Reagan a truly great American hero."

Ronald Reagan's Passing

A friend reminded me that I hadn't posted anything about Ronald Reagan. His passing was a flood of memories for me. I saw him in person at the Nixon Library opening. He was my favorite president, though most think that was Nixon. But Reagan really held my heart and I shared his philosophy more than any other President's. Pretty happy with GWB too.

I feel so sad for Nancy. Their marriage was an incredible example to all about devotion and selfless love. I hope she can find peace now and rest some.

My favorite RR story tells what a fanatical young Republican I was. When my little sister Robin wanted to go trick or treating one year, nobody wanted to take her. I told her I would take her if she would yell at every house, "Trick or Treat. Vote for Ronald Reagan!" She did and I had a great time.


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Power Line

Power Line: "The boom continues. The Labor Department's May report estimates that that the economy added 248,000 jobs last month. Consistent with recent experience, that number is likely to be adjusted upward when the final numbers are in. Current job increase numbers for March and April are 353,000 and 346,000 respectively, meaning that the economy has added nearly 1,000,000 new jobs in the last three months.


The Associated Press notes that the jobs report 'was good news for President Bush.' But the AP wouldn't want anyone to draw the wrong conclusions, so it can't resist adding:

Still, the economy is far from the booming 1990s. Last month, 8.2 million people remained unemployed.


It's always fun when liberals do statistics. Current unemployment rate: 5.6%. Average unemployment rate during the 'booming 1990s': 5.76%.


UPDATE: The Bush campaign has lost no time incorporating these data into a new television ad. See it here. The main statistic they're using is 1.4 million new jobs since August. The current job creation rate is, of course, much better than that."

Fluval

Ha! Got my Fluval installed today. Let's see who can be the first to tell me what a Fluval is. It wasn't easy, either.