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Monthly Archives: January 2019
Thought For the Day: A Life Has Value As Long As One Values the Life of Others
“One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.” – Simone de Beauvoir, author and philosopher (9 Jan 1908-1986)
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Tagged Attribute, Compassion, Friendship, Indignation, Life, Love, Simone de Beauvoir, Thought For the Day, Value
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Free Fall Into Action
Anyone like to skydive? Show of hands? Freefall Into Action by Michael Romani Fanciful impressions of Halloween Ten seconds to decompression The impossible mission is on All cause for delay.. now… gone Free falling from high altitude Doesn’t allow for … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized
Tagged Action, Bad Landing, Belong, Break, Decompres, Deploy, Distinct, Freefall, Gone, Halloween, Heartbreak, High Altitude, Impression, Latitude, Lead, Live Another Day, Mission, Mistake, Mythology, Percision, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pristine, Reaction, Recall, Ride, Rodeo, Sake, Satisfcation, Say, Standing, Strategy, Stride, Time, Wrong
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Moth To Flame
It’s dangerous world out there. But, it is filled by those who love as well. Moth To Flame by Michael Romani The nightmares that we live by Are enough to make brave men cry Fate whispers and a man answers … Continue reading
First Principles: National Defense Is A Cardinal Duty of A Statesman
“National defense is one of the cardinal duties of a statesman.” – John Adams (1815)
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Tagged Cardinal, Defense, Duty, First Principles, John Adams, National, Statesman
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Thought For the Day: Replying To Nasty Remark With Another Is Like Using Mud To Remove Dirt
“To reply to a nasty remark with another nasty remark is like trying to remove dirt with mud.” – Michael Catt, in Courageous Living
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Tagged Courageous Living, Dirt, Michael Catt, Mud, Nasty, Remark, Remove, Reply, Thought For the Day
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Strange & Eternal
Not a law firm but a continuing theme…. Strange & Eternal by Michael Romani Strange and eternal We walk into the infernal Nightmare of crimson skies Mist rising before our eyes Walking alone down a dirt road Remembering lessons learned … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Abraxas, Absrasive, Alone, Believe, Blasphemy, Crimson, Cruel, Dark, Death, Deceive, Demons, Deserve, Dread, Eternal, Haunted, Hope, Infernal, Lessons, Light, Mist, Mock, Other, Panpipe, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Red Skies, Ritual, Secret, Serve, Silence, Solitude, Strange, Strories, Violence
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Static Memories
Do you remember long ago when television station programming would end with snow and static on the screens? This has less to do with that than the late night movies that would come on just before. Static Memories by Michael … Continue reading
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Tagged Certain, Conscious, Duel, Eternity, Eyes, Fantasy, Fire, Fish, Galaxxy, Gift, Infinite, Late Night, Memory, Misty, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reality, Recall, Shadow, Small Talk, Smile, Starless, Static, Sunrise, Tears, TV, Walls of Sound, Years, You and Me
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First Principles: Man’s Wickedness Will Only Increase Without Religion
“If men are so wicked with religion, what would they be if without it?” – Benjamin Franklin
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Tagged Benjamin Franklin, First Principles, Mankind, Men, Religion, Wicked
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Thought For the Day: Government Does Nothing As Well Or Economically As the Private Sector
“Public servants say, always with the best of intentions, ‘What greater service we could render if only we had a little more money and a little more power.’ But the truth is that outside of its legitimate function, government does … Continue reading
Darkness In Sight
In the end times, there will be shadows that walk among us whose sight will inspire fear, hopelessness and much darkness by their mere sight. Are you ready to take this test and come out alright? I hope so. … Continue reading
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Tagged Afraid, Banality, Black, Breaking News, Canary, Catastrophe, Chorus, Dark, Endgame, Eyes, Float, Forgiver, Holy, Humanity, Ignore, Lack, Lonely, Lunch, Mock, Paint, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Ravage, Real, Right, River, Run, Sacred, Savage, Self Pity, Shadow, Sight, Snark, Strung Out, Surrender, Tear, Truth, Walk, Wine, Wisdom
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