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Thought For the Day: Dare To Reason And Escape Bigotry and Foolishness To Be Free
“Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.” – Lord Byron, poet (22 Jan 1788-1824)
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Tagged Bigotry, Courage, Enslavement, Foolish, Freedom, Lord Byron, Reason, Thought For the Day, Wise
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First Principles: The Most Productive Finance System Will Always Be The Least Burdensome
“There is no part of the administration of government that requires extensive information and a thorough knowledge of the principles of political economy, so much as the business of taxation. The man who understands those principles best will be least … Continue reading
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Tagged Administration, Alexander Hamilton, Burdensome, Finance, First Principles, Government, Oppression, Political Economy, Revenue, Taxation
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Na/GloPoWriMo Day 13: In A New Day’s Saying
The Na/GloPoWriMo Day 13 challenge is to stand clichés on their heads and still make poetry out of the mess. In A New Day’s Saying by Michael Romani Like an old man in the well conformed barrens He was beginning … Continue reading
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Tagged Cliche, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Poverty, Quirky, Wealth
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Glimmer
In a curtain of glimmer I was watching you Watching you shimmer In everything that you do If I was a pirate I’d be shivering my timber Going for gold, not iron pyrite Gotta keep lose, keeping it limber In … Continue reading
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Tagged Cold Heart, Daily Prompt, Fool's Gold, Glimmer, Heartbreak, Loss, Pirate, Remember, Shimmer, Timber, Winter, Wordpress
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Thought For the Day: Always Do Today What You Will Wish You Had Done Tomorrow
“If we are ever in doubt about what to do, it is a good rule to ask ourselves what we shall wish on the morrow that we had done.” – John Lubbock (1834-1913)
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Tagged Actions, Choices, Conduct, Consequences, Doubt, John Lubbock, Rules, Thougth For the Day, Today, Tomorrow
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Disrupt
I don’t really want to interrupt But, whose idea was it to disrupt The explorations of childhood Are second guessed and not understood Free range kids at risk of intervention Based on the government’s interpretation And where parents rights are … Continue reading
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Tagged Childhood, Daily Prompt, Disrupt, Exploration, Family, Free Range Kids, Freedom, Interpretation, Interrupt, Let Go, Let Grow, Nanny State, Parental Rights, Wisdom, Wordpress
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Na/GloPoWriMo 12: Pukka Shell Haibun
Na/GloPoWriMo Day 12’s challenge is to write a Haibun based on the environment we grew up in. I came up with this: Pukka Shell Haibun by Michael Romani A shark’s tooth attached to pukka shell necklace becomes replaced by a … Continue reading
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Tagged Califoria, Coastal, Culture, Dependent, Geography, Global, Haibun, Hawai'i, Military, Na/GloPoWriMo, Ocean, Poem, Poetry, Pukka Shell, Scotland
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Thought For the Day: The Founders of the United States Believed Our Leaders Would Always Be Honest and Honorable
“The drafters of the Constitution had made on simple but far reaching error. They’d assumed the people selected by the People to manage the nation would be as honest and honorable as they’d been. One could almost hear the “Oops!” … Continue reading
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Tagged Constitution, Error, Founding Fathers, Governance, Honest, Honor, The People, Thought For the Day, Tom Clancy
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First Principles: At Times, Honesty Requires the Willingness To Offend
“He who dares not offend cannot be honest.”– Thomas Paine, in The Forester’s Letters, April 24, 1776 The Forester Letters may be read here: http://thomaspaine.org/essays/american-revolution/the-forester-s-letters.html
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Tagged Courage, Dare, First Principles, Honesty, Integrity, Offend, The Forester's Letters, Thomas Paine, Truth
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First Principles: There Is A Danger In Judges Yielding To the Popular Passions of The Day
“The danger is not, that the judges will be too firm in resisting public opinion, and in defense of private rights or public liberties; but, that they will be ready to yield themselves to the passions, and politics, and prejudices … Continue reading →