Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (451834)	1/28/2009 12:10:12 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575301

Wife tells Oprah Winfrey that Haggard told her of struggles with same-sex attraction years ago By The Associated Press \| Associated Press \| Jan 27, 09 8:25 PM CST in US Former evangelical pastor Ted Haggard's wife says she knew about his struggles with same-sex attraction for years and felt he was "winning the battle" before a scandal involving a male prostitute triggered his downfall in late 2006. Gayle Haggard makes the remarks in an appearance with her husband on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" to air Wednesday. She said she was shocked when Haggard first told her the truth about the allegations against him. "The first words out of my mouth were, 'Who are you?'" she said, according to a publicity release issued Tuesday by Harpo Productions. However, Gayle Haggard also said her husband told her early in their 30-year marriage that he "struggled with some thoughts." "I felt it was the thing that could destroy Ted if he gave in to it," she said. "So I prayed for him and I felt as though he was winning the battle." Haggard, 52, resigned as president of the National Association of Evangelicals and New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colo., after the male prostitute went public. Haggard confessed to "sexual immorality." The scandal widened in recent days with disclosures that Haggard also admitted to an "inappropriate" relationship with a church volunteer, Grant Haas, who was 22 at the time. Haas told KRDO in Colorado Springs that Haggard performed a sex act in front of him and sent him illicit text messages. He informed New Life Church shortly after the scandal broke, and the two parties reached a settlement in 2007 that included a confidentiality agreement. Haas went public as Haggard is heavily promoting an HBO documentary about his time in exile. Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (451834)	1/28/2009 12:19:38 PM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575301

I am talking cures here. I dont mean to say we should suddenly return to high taxes or other stuff that kills investment. What i am saying is the housing collapse caused credit collapse caused stock market collapse and now jobs collapse. Nothing will get sold if there is a buyers strike underway. So we need to get people working, markets rising, housing stablilized and banks solvent. Obama plan, though imperfect my necessity, will work to some extent to reverse this falling knife. You may not see it but GOP looks like obstructionists to the average american. Their only plan seems to be more bush tax cuts for what is seen as the wealthy. Obama has tax cuts too and they are for the middle class. And obama being as smart as he is wont raise taxes on wealthy by ending bush cuts early. They will just expire in 010 and be dealt with then when the current crisis has been ameliorated to some extent.