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Barack Obama

IrishAyes

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19. What I've been trying to relate

Reply to No Vested Interest (Reply #17)

Fri Jun 21, 2013, 05:47 PM

Jun 2013

is how the bad guys don't know how they've strengthened me by their abuse. That's the karmic joke of all time. I've pitched plenty of big fits in public and private and I don't appreciate the assault, but it has worked to my advantage. And it is my personal moral challenge to try to love them what little I sometimes can, because as Dorothy Day, the hardest but most just taskmaster I ever knew, said correctly: "I can tell you exactly how much you love God. You love God as much as you love the person you love the least."

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Please help - I've lost a certain photo [View all] IrishAyes Jun 2013 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Politicalboi Jun 2013 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author sheshe2 Jun 2013 #2

Thank you for the explanation Politicalboi! sheshe2 Jun 2013 #4

Before I get locked out of my own thread, IrishAyes Jun 2013 #9

You're welcome sheshe2 Politicalboi Jun 2013 #11

I suggest you delete you post and then sheshe2 Jun 2013 #13

Boy that site is a dumptruck full of batshit crazy! NYC_SKP Jun 2013 #5

Agreed. I meant what I said to him/her/it in my reply, too. IrishAyes Jun 2013 #8

Yup! sheshe2 Jun 2013 #10

LOL! Politicalboi Jun 2013 #12

If you HAD made that clear, I wouldn't have taken ANY offense. IrishAyes Jun 2013 #16

Every time you write about the verbal attacks, etc. No Vested Interest Jun 2013 #17

Well, the anti-Obama venom has worsened dramatically IrishAyes Jun 2013 #18

It's not easy to move to a new area, where many have lived for generations No Vested Interest Jun 2013 #20

You've doubtless heard the story IrishAyes Jun 2013 #21

Beautifully told. No Vested Interest Jun 2013 #22

Thanks IrishAyes Jun 2013 #23

What I've been trying to relate IrishAyes Jun 2013 #19

Please keep your garbage outside this group - we don't want it here. IrishAyes Jun 2013 #6

This? sheshe2 Jun 2013 #3

Sorry, that's not it. But thanks anyway. Good post, btw. IrishAyes Jun 2013 #7

Sorry it was not the pic you wanted sheshe2 Jun 2013 #14

Your help in locating the picture will be deeply appreciated. IrishAyes Jun 2013 #15