Great responses! I never heard of the Nestle boycott. I won't go see movies of certain actors, and there are a few products I won't buy because of causes the companies support. In my town, there is a local restaurant I no longer patronize, due to their politics and some unethical business practices. I was just curious if anyone else was as "a*al" as I am about this kind of thing. I just can't in good conscience send my dollars to a business that supports things I don't want to support. I know boycotting some actor's movies, and not movies (hollywood) in general, probably doesn't make a difference, but it is a matter of principle for me.

Any Rick Springfield or Bon Jovi video ;)

Do you boycott businesses that profess beliefs you don't agree with, or donate money to organizations you don't want to support?

OPGTR suggests each day to do "Two Review and One New." That's how we did it.

Mine is up.

Yeah, because her classroom is probably full of "normal" kids. No thanks.

:iagree::iagree:

Texas. Various small towns outside of Austin or San Antonio would meet your criteria. Austin is pretty liberal, but most of the small towns are conservative, and great places to raise kids. Homeschooling laws are awesome, and there are lots of homeschoolers. Co-ops in the Austin and San Antonio area are pretty diverse.

I am on Day 6 of Atkins Induction and have lost 7.6 pounds so far. I know it is water, but I am happy anyway. I am not feeling hungry, but I do notice that I find myself wandering in and out of the kitchen. I think because I had a habit of eating - mostly carbs - all day long. I am getting full from what I am eating and for the most part feel satisfied. I don't have any bad withdrawls, but I do find myself fantasizing about sweets that I feel I might somehow miss out on. Will I ever be able to have a cookie again? I am not sure. I feel like an alcoholic, where if I have one, it will all go down hill fast. I guess I am mourning dessert as I have known it. I did find a flourless brownie recipe, but I am not going to try it until after Induction.

Eating out, eating too much, not exercising. Too many sweets - baking at home.

So, do you all think Atkins is a quicker way to lose weight or about the same as any other diet? I plan on being mostly sugar free and low carb for the res of my life. I don't like feeling fatigued and yucky from the sugar/carb addiction. I truly think I am addicted because I literally sometimes physically feel like I migh go crazy if I don' get carbs or sweets. I want that to go away!

I am Type 2 Diabetes, and one of my motivations is to get off Metformin. In 2010 I lost 44 pounds, but gained it all back in the last year. I was only about half way to my goal, and I already felt 1000 times better. Plus my Metformin got reduced. I want to find my way back to that and then some. Thanks for sharing!

Today was my first day on Atkins. I was just wondering if anyone here has had success with the program. I like how easy it seems.

:iagree: WTM sticker with a clear background so it looks classy. As classy as a bumper sticker can be......

:lol: What was I thinking by not attending?!?

I noticed he was conservative, but I didn't notice he was banned. LOL- good to know.

Some people took him to task, but he continued to expose his ignorance. The posts following his original statement are just as amusing. He is really hung up on "professional training" and seems to think there is some 6 week homeschool training course somewhere, that we are all taking to then call ourselves "qualified" to teach our children.

Love this. I'd love to see him try and respond to that. Poor thing might contort himself into a pretzel.

There's a political forum I like to read...every now and then the topic of homeschooling comes up. Here's a little gem I just read: "I just think it's horribly irresponsible for a NON teacher to TEACH grade school level studies to a child. What's the point of going to school to major in first - sixth grade education, becoming certified/licensed, getting educated and becoming a REAL teacher, if some random "housewife" can just up and do the same thing? You can't tell me the quality of the learning will be the same. I think that it should be against the law to home school your child UNLESS you are certified as a teacher to do so. There's just too many topics covered from first - sixth grade and you can't tell me some unqualified "housewife" is going to provide all of the education that a person that has a degree in education that is certified to TEACH first - sixth grade education will provide." I don't ever post on the forum I found this on, but this is really making me want to do so. :glare:

Sorry, I am just flabbergasted by what some people will ask for. I just had someone ask me to reduce my price for something by $108. It's not overpriced either.:glare:

Roxy and Diesel

Have you looked at Lightning Literature by Hewitt Homeschooling? I just did a review of one of their courses and we really liked it.

This. She sounds like a bully. If she's not a bully, then it's her stupidity that should be exposed.

I can't agree to call that dancing. It was gyrating and simulated sex for sure, but not dancing. JMO

I saw it, and I am sorry I did. I thought it was downright creepy. It had potential to be better. It was raunchy and creepy and I wanted my money back.