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Monthly Archives: January 2018
Thought For the Day: The Right To State the Unpopular Is the Essence of Liberty
“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” – George Orwell, writer (1903-1950)
First Principles: Foreign Influence Is A Baneful Foe of Republican Government
“Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful … Continue reading
Constant Flux
Constant Flux by Michael Romani Poetry finds its way to breach distance As two hearts meld into one romance This life is for the living Though often harsh and unforgiving Still, it is only death that makes life immortal As … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Abstraction, Circle, Concrete, Constant, Contradiction, Distance, Dreamers, Flux, Immortal, Living, Obliteration, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Romance, Unforgiving
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Black Was the Color
Black Was the Color by Michael Romani In a moment’s inspiration Black was the color of the evening Meant to fire up conversation As deep as its meaning In a tailoring of artful seeming There’s an artistry in this dreaming … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Black, Clarification, Conversation, Distraction, Fair Treatment, Fashion, Harassment, Meaning, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Solidarity, Structural Change, Toleration
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Sonic Gems: Taj Mahal – The Nacht’l Blues
Born May 17, 1942, Henry Saint Clair Fredericks is an American Blues musician, singer-songwriter and film composer who uses the stage name Taj Mahal. He is a multi-instrumentalist who plays guitar, piano, banjo, and harmonica among many instruments. Throughout his … Continue reading
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Al Kooper, Blues, Delta Blues, Sonic Gems, Taj Mahal, The Nacht'l Blues, West Coast Rock
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Edmund Burke – On Taste
Edmund Burke was born on January 12, 1729 Aloha Promises Forever has previously discussed the life and legacy of Edmund Burke elsewhere on our post pages. Please review these for a fuller background on this gentleman. The essay On Taste … Continue reading
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Beauty, Edmund Burke, Enlightenment, Essay, Harvard Classics, On Taste, Sublime
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Evoke
There behind all the present faces Were all the solemn traces Each serving to evoke All the words unspoken and those He spoke Memories of this family dinner Evoke deeper layers for this beginner As each year seems to swing … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Christianity, Daily Prompt, Evoke, Faces, Last Supper, Layers, Spoken, Traces, Unspoken, Wordpress, Words
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Thought For the Day: Dogma Demands Authority and Breeds Systematic Hatred
“Dogma demands authority, rather than intelligent thought, as the source of opinion; it requires persecution of heretics and hostility to unbelievers; it asks of its disciples that they should inhibit natural kindness in favor of systematic hatred.” — Bertrand Russell … Continue reading
First Principles: A Nation Should Use the Same Prudence In Finances As An Individual Would Use
“The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for unexplained projects, forbids it in the dispensation of the public moneys.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Expenditures, Finance, First Principles, Government, Personal, Private, Projects, Prudence, Public, Thomas Jefferson
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Sonic Gems: Santana – Abraxas
In 1966, the Latin music rock band Santana was formed in San Francisco, California, by Carlos Santana. The band gained prominence at Woodstock with a song called Soul Sacrifice. This led to the release of the self titled Santana which was followed … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraxas, Black Magic Woman, Gregg Rollie, Samba Pa Ti, Santana, Sonic Gems, Soul Sacrifice, Woodstock
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