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Peoria bishop compares Obama's actions to Stalin, Hitler! (Original Post) yortsed snacilbuper Apr 2012 OP
I will never regret getting the Hell out of Peoria. Nt xchrom Apr 2012 #1
Me neither! Although I was a tiny bit south in Pekin... Cooley Hurd Apr 2012 #2
It's a strange place isn't it? xchrom Apr 2012 #6
I felt odd the entire time I was in the midwest... Cooley Hurd Apr 2012 #7
My whole life growing up was - June - september xchrom Apr 2012 #8
Oh yeah because the child molesters throughout the church are oh so heavenly... MichiganVote Apr 2012 #3
These Bishops think they are Ayatollahs HockeyMom Apr 2012 #4
Take away the tax exemption of the church for taking a political stand.... WCGreen Apr 2012 #5
 

Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)
2. Me neither! Although I was a tiny bit south in Pekin...
Thu Apr 19, 2012, 06:53 PM
Apr 2012

...I worked/played in Peoria. Yes, I DID "play in Peoria".

One of my least fond memories is getting in a scuffle with noted white supremecist Matt Hale on the streets of Pekin. I won.

xchrom

(108,903 posts)
6. It's a strange place isn't it?
Thu Apr 19, 2012, 07:38 PM
Apr 2012

It's certainly not the south - but the pressure to conform is extraordinary.

 

Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)
7. I felt odd the entire time I was in the midwest...
Thu Apr 19, 2012, 07:45 PM
Apr 2012

...a fish out of water, so to speak. I'm a northeast kid - born and raised in Central NY. The midwest, its flatness, ultimately got to me. I just HAD to get back to the NE...

xchrom

(108,903 posts)
8. My whole life growing up was - June - september
Thu Apr 19, 2012, 08:30 PM
Apr 2012

In the bay area California and October through may in Peoria.

I know how you feel.

 

MichiganVote

(21,086 posts)
3. Oh yeah because the child molesters throughout the church are oh so heavenly...
Thu Apr 19, 2012, 07:14 PM
Apr 2012

When are people going to wake up to what a bunch of self serving hypocritical peacocks these Bishops are?

WCGreen

(45,558 posts)
5. Take away the tax exemption of the church for taking a political stand....
Thu Apr 19, 2012, 07:22 PM
Apr 2012

Fuck 'em all...

Living on my dime and dissing the president. Not in my book....

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