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Monthly Archives: May 2018
WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Laughter
Free Tibet said the laughing eyes of the Buddha To that unwelcome guest, China, the intruda’ While around the globe in a thousand points of lights Advocates spoke up on the solemn issue of human rights The occupation has caused … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged China, Daily Prompt, Free Tibet, Human Rights, Laughing Buddha, Laughter, Occupation, Parasites In Paradise, Tibet, Wordpress
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First Principles: Nations Told What To Do Have Independence Yet To Seek
“But if we are to be told by a foreign power … what we shall do, and what we shall not do, we have independence yet to seek, and have contended hitherto for very little.” – George Washington (1796) … Continue reading
WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Rapids
Smoothly flowing along the soft run Flowing breathless in the morning sun Along this flowered, sweet dream I take in the view on this silken stream Approaching the whitewater’s froth Drank in like nature’s rapine broth Reveling in the exhilarating … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Aeration, Beach, Cascade, Daily Prompt, Flow, Inspiration, Rapids, Reach, Run, Stream, Sun, Whitewater, Wordpress
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Thought For the Day: It’s Better to Have Half A Loaf of Bread Than None At all
“There are some people who would have you so stand on principle that if you don’t get all that you’ve asked for … you jump off the cliff with the flag flying. I have always figured that a half a … Continue reading
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Compromise, Democratic Process, Loaf, None, Principle, Ronald Reagan, Some, Thought For the Day, Uncompromising
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First Principles: We Must Not Allow Our Nation To Be In Perpetual Debt
“We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.” – Thomas Jefferson (1816)
Posted in First Principles
Tagged First Principles, Government, Independendence, Perpetual Debt, Preserve, Public Debt, Thomas Jefferson
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Journalistic Contradiction
Jou Journalistic Contradiction by Michael Romani With opinions come views Often dressed up as news It’s comical to discuss trust When trustworthiness is a bust The truth is in this contradiction That objectivity is lost in nuance and projection Basing … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Anxiety, Battle Flags, Capability, Egocentric, Facebook, Hostile, Journalism, Nation, News, Objectivity, Opinions, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Polarization, Real News, Responsibility, Society, Trust, Undemocratic
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Jump On In
Based on John 3:14-15 Jump On In by Michael Romani Jump on in, the water’s fine It purifies you with every line Whosoever lives as a believer Stands firm against the deceiver Living life fully and ever lasting Redeemed we … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Belief, Believer, Book of John, Cross, Deceiver, Depravity, God's Face, Human Race, Jesus, Narrow Gates, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Price, Purity, Redemption, Understanding
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Flaunt
Larger than life, it seemingly taunts The dangling light the angler flaunts As he draws smaller fish in rather cunningly By pretending to swim somewhat sunnily There in the darkness of the deep sea abyss Though quite creepy, we wouldn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Abyss, Accident, Angler Fish, Biology, Creation, Daily Prompt, Empricism, Evidence, Flaunt, Intelligent Design, Light, Scientific Inquiry, Taunts, Wordpress
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