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Monthly Archives: June 2018
Maddening Ambiguity
In the world of language and things said, context is everything. Isolated bits are more often confusing than factual. Maddening Ambiguity by Michael Romani It doesn’t take a lot of ingenuity To see that language has a lot of ambiguity … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged AI, Ambiguity, Context, Human, Lanaguage, Maddening, Photograph, Plain Meaning, Poem, Poetry, Slieght of Hand
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Daily Prompt – Angel
Somewhere in the eternal an angel silently shrieks There in the infinite loss of which we seldom speak The horror of it all is probably worse than thought When we’ve forgotten what really should be sought I’ll hold you close … Continue reading
First Principles: Universal Ignorance and Lack of Virtue Will Sink This Nation Faster Than Any Foreign Invader
“No people will tamely surrender their liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffused and virtue is preserved. On the contrary, when people are universally ignorant, and debauched in their manners, they will sink under their own … Continue reading
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Tagged Conquest, Education, First Principles, Ignorance, Impure, James Warren, Liberty, Samuel Adams, Self Destruction, Surrender, Virtue
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Daily Prompt – Justice
There is a story in prudence, justice and the other sister It’s one to be listened to very well if you care, mister Without prudence there is no justice for any to be had That leaves us with pure mischief … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Constitution, Daily Prompt, Fallen, False Claims, Fiefdoms, History, Justice, Lawless, Merit, Mischief, Path, Progressive, Prudence, Regressive, Republic, Rule of Law, Rule of Men, Self Proclamation, Supreme Court
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First Principles: The Composition of the Federal Judiciary Makes or Breaks Our Constitution and Therefore Our Nation
“It has long, however, been my opinion, and I have never shrunk from its expression … that the germ of dissolution of our federal government is in the constitution of the federal Judiciary; working like gravity by night and by … Continue reading
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Tagged Federal Government, First Principles, Judical Branch, Judiciary, Republic, Rule of Law, Thomas Jefferson
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Thought For the Day: Mankind’s Highest Accomplishments Are Those Which Bring Us Together
“Transport of the mails, transport of the human voice, transport of flickering pictures — in this century, as in others, our highest accomplishments still have the single aim of bringing men together.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery, author and aviator (29 … Continue reading
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Tagged Anotine de Saint-Exupery, Communications, Mankind, Postal Service, Thought For the Day, Together, Video, Voice
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Daily Prompt – Handicap
It might well be said That decisions made Inside my head Exist with a shade Of handicap from the past All the die cast Offer percentages Considered hinderances I have not forgotten All the things begotten From your temperament And … Continue reading
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Tagged Daily Prompt, Decisions, Dice, Handicap, Heartbreaks, Hinderance, Memories, Mistakes, Past, Percentages, Said, Shade, Temperament
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First Principles: Those Who Go Borrowing, Go Sorrowing
“He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing. “ – Benjamin Franklin (1758)
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Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Borrow, First Principles, Loan, Money, Sorrow, Value
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 