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This poor guy probably wasn't admiring the weather. I guess he hit a slick spot. I don't think he was hurt, but his bicycle is pretty well toast.
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The day ended beautifully as well, with the sun shining on Squaw Butte north of Emmett.
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Whatever the truth in Bakersfield, an Associated Press analysis suggests that big oil companies have been crimping supplies in subtler ways across the country for years. And tighter supplies tend to drive up prices.NPR reported earlier this week that crude prices are down, but that nationwide gasoline prices have risen an average of 5 cents since the election, as they have in Boise.
The analysis, based on data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, indicates that the industry slacked off supplying oil and gasoline during the prolonged price boom between early 1999 and last summer, when prices began to fall.
I am taking real exception to you moronic pieces of excrement passing as human beings who went to the polls today with no clear idea of the candidates' qualifications or positions on anything other than you were going to vote Republican no matter what.And
Stupid bigots dragged their knuckles to the polls long enough to pass the marriage amendmentAnd
Are you out of your minds? Just stupid? Come on. Admit it. You didn't bother to read or pay attention to ANYTHING about the candidates before you voted. Proves my point: huge numbers of Idahoans are so brainwashed, they'd vote against Jesus if you put a D after his name on the ballot. Satan would scrape out a win if he had the R after his name. It's an Idaho thing. Shame on you people. I hope the half-educated kids end up taking care of you when you're in the nursing home.As Jeremy wrote in a comment "a fine bit of in the moment inspired vitriol."
Ted Haggard sees things other people don't. He's seen angels and demons and blood on his hands. Sometimes, he sees things before they happen.I'd bet he didn’t see getting outed by a gay prostitute.
While fasting and praying 18 years ago on the side of Pikes Peak, Haggard envisioned the church that would become the largest in Colorado, where believers speak in tongues and do cartwheels because they love the Lord so much -- a place Haggard says he'll never leave.He has wrong about never leaving.
Haggard prayed for the gift of tongues. He said he received his "prayer language" sitting in a parked car listening to a Bible tape with a friend.***
Haggard came to inhabit a spiritual world where prophets and apostles still exist, where demons are real and can be dispatched with holy oil, where visions and messages are a part of everyday life, if only you listen hard enough.Is that messages or massages?
Haggard had experienced a vision in high school after he was born again. He said he saw demons hovering over newborn babies at a hospital, waiting to instill in them negative character traits such as hatred, greed, drug use and masturbation. These were the kind of spirits Haggard knew he had to fight.***
He teaches that Christians, as responsible citizens, should get involved in political issues. He's spoken out against homosexuality and abortion. He does not endorse candidates but has given a strong indication of his political leanings by saying from the pulpit he "votes a straight ticket."***
One day, Haggard rented a hotel room to pray and fast. Worship music was playing. He felt as if his hands were dirty. He wrung them, but they wouldn't come clean.
Haggard is a loyal member of the Religious Right who dials in for a White House conference call every Monday. Yet he embraces ecological concerns and says the Supreme Court made a good decision in the Lawrence v. Texas case, ordering the government out of the private lives of homosexuals.(Emphasis mine.)
Every Monday, he and other evangelical leaders join in a regular conference call to the White House. And not only this White House. "Bill Clinton's White House was the most responsive in recent history," he said. "He really wanted to please evangelical Christians. He's a Bible-believing Christian himself; his problem was, he was a sex addict."There's lots of material in the same vein on Haggard's website.
Haggard said he was referred to Jones for a massage by a hotel in Denver. The minister said he travels to Denver to write books. Haggard drew aI feel bad for Haggard's family. Not only do they have to go through the wringer on the allegations, but they're going to lose their friends, suffer a drastic reduction in status, and probably have money problems as well. I'd be surprised if the marriage survives. When you set yourself up as a moral leader, you'd better live the life. His family will never recover, it's not their fault, and that's tragic.
silent stare from his wife when he told the gathered reporters that he received a massage from Jones.