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Thought For the Day: Power Without A Nation’s Confidence Is Nothing
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First Principles: Religion Is the Only Solid Basis of Good Morals; Therefore Education Should Teach the Precepts of Relgion, and the Duties of Man Towards God
“The education of young citizens ought to form them to good manners, to accustom them to labor, to inspire them with a love of order, and to impress them with respect for. lawful authority. Religion is the only solid basis of good morals; therefore education should teach the precepts of religion, and the duties of man towards God.” – Gouverneur Morris
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Thought For the Day: A Man Is Culpable In the Eyes of Society When He Escapes From the Jurisdiction of Its Mediocrity
“A man is culpable in the eyes of society when he escapes from the jurisdiction of its mediocrity.” – Edgar Varese
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First Principles: The Ear of the Leader Must Ring With the Voices of the People
“The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.” – Woodrow Wilson
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The Breath In My Lungs
The Breath In My Lungs
by Michael Doyle
God brings light to the darkness,
He brings me peace from this harshness.
I lean on His love that is spoken,
And He restores my heart that has been broken.
I join in the choir passing out praise.
On all the Earth, through all our days.
I consecrate my soul to holiness,
Filling with His love what was loneliness.
He gave His Son to save us all,
And as I listen to sermons, I recall
His breath in my lungs gives me voice.
I feel this in making every choice.
In my baptism, I felt my conversion,
Bathed by the healing waters through immersion.
I have put off the recommendations of an old man.
Now I serve the Lord every way that I can.
God knows every way I need to grow,
And He understands when my change is slow.
With all the evidence given, I daily see
How God has given me peace with the Holy.
He gave His Son to save us all,
And as I listen to sermons, I recall
His breath in my lungs gives me voice.
I feel this in making every choice.
(c) November 4, 2026 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: We Are Not Educated Well Enough To Perform the Necessary Act of Intelligently Selecting Our Leaders
“We’re an ignorant nation right now. We’re not really capable, I do not think, the majority of our people, of making the decisions that have to be made at election time and particularly in the selection of their legislatures and their Congress and the presidency, of course. I don’t think we’re bright enough to do the job that would preserve our democracy, our republic. I think we’re in serious danger.” – Walter Conkrite
First Principles: We Have A Government of Limited Power Under the Constitution, and We Have Got To Work Out Our Problems On the Basis of Law
“We have a government of limited power under the Constitution, and we have got to work out our problems on the basis of law.” – William Howard Taft
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Gary Thain
Gary Thain
by Michael Doyle
The late 60s were a psychedelic dream
Where sonic inspiration printed on silk screen.
Everything London was the aspiration
For all who dare to drive their imagination.
One man and his love of the bass
Dared to look this straight in the face.
Playing his soul for the benefit of rock,
Who knew it'd end with a rainy-day shock.
Uriah Heep shaped his destiny
As a swirling organ and on an operatic journey.
The early Seventies brought them toward success.
They were on the cusp of being among the best.
From Christ Church, Gary came on progressively
And that lifted the rhythm of his musicality.
Root notes were not enough for the harmony
And there was more to say with a good melody.
He and the others swam a turbulent ocean
Where to do music was to wear emotion.
There was a bit of magic up his sleeve
And he had enough competence to make others believe.
A sense of the melodious bred great fluidity
That delivered on promises without cupidity.
There's more than thunder in the bottom end's art,
And Thain always did his best to play his part.
Gratitude for gifts given is truly transformative
And when it comes to music, it's also informative.
Unlocking the potential of living deliverance
As if he had arrived with a direct line to providence.
Demons and Wizards had a counterpoint of delivery.
It danced armed with guitar, breeding pages of history.
Whether it is a driving pulse or complexity.
A lot extra was delivered by his dexterity.
Something old that songs might borrow
Seeking to say more seldom leads to sorrow.
Let in a semblance of circular, melodic spaces,
Magic lives in the warmth of musical graces.
(c) November 3, 2026 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: No One Expects This Nation To Become A Theocracy,…But We Do Indeed Say That the Essential Values and Founding Principles of the Nation Should Not be Ignored
“No one expects this nation to become a theocracy, where Christianity is the only value, but we do indeed say that the essential values and founding principles of the nation should not be ignored.” – D. James Kennedy
First Principles: There Is A Delight In the Hardy Life of the Open. There Are No Words That Can Tell the Hidden Spirit of the Wilderness, That Can Reveal Its Mystery
“There is a delight in the hardy life of the open. There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy and its charm. The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased; and not impaired in value. Conservation means development as much as it does protection.” – Theodore Roosevelt
