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First Principles: Power In Our Republic Is To Be Bound By the Chains of the Constitution
“In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” – Thomas Jefferson (1798)
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Tagged Bind, Chain, Confidence, Constitution, First Principles, Man, Mischief, Power, Question, Thomas Jefferson
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Kill Buzz
Life is funny, right? Kill Buzz by Michael Romani I don’t mean to constantly over analyze But, I don’t find it compassionate to criticize Every thing that a person says or does It’s actually kind of a kill-buzz That someone … Continue reading
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Tagged Analyze, Big Heart, Blind, Compassion, Critic, Difference, Heart and Soul, Kill Buzz, Kills, Love, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Preference, Recall, See, Shatter, Sight, Taught, Words of Love, World, Wrong
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Thought For the Day: In the Math of Love, One Plus One Is Everything; Two Minus One Equals Nothing
“In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing.” – Mignon McLaughlin
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Tagged Arithmetic, Equal, Everything, Love, McLaughlin, Mignnon, Nothing, One, Thought For the Day, Two
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First Principles: Public Fund Expenditures Must Be Fully Accounted For
“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)
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Tagged Dispensation, First Principles, Forbid, Money, Pay, Private, Projects, Prudence, Public, Thomas Jefferson, Unexplained
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To Begin As It Began
Like the sea many of the best things in life ebb and flow, in and out and expanding just to contract back into its depths. https://flic.kr/p/udMBaZ To Begin As It Began by Michael Romani Like two ships adrift and at … Continue reading
Sniper’s Sight
Was thinking of how it is for snipers out there serving our country… Sniper’s Sight by Michael Romani Hail Mary, full of grace She counts the beads of her rosary Holding to the faith she embraces Praying for the protection … Continue reading
First Principles: Free Government Consists of the Rule of Law and the People Are Party To the Law
“Any government is free to the people under it where the laws rule and the people are a party to the laws.” – William Penn, Frame of Government (1682)
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Tagged First Principles, Frame of Government, Free, Government, Rule of Law, The People, William Penn
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Thought For the Day: When You Reach the End of Your Rope, Tie A Knot In It and Hang On
“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Tagged End, Franklin D Roosevelt, Hang On, Knot, Rope, Thought For the Day, Tie, You Reach
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Pig Faced Penelope
Inspired by a movie shared with someone very special to me as a movie that is very special to her… https://flic.kr/p/hzjmyP Pig Faced Penelope by Michael Romani A slap on the face to high society Trapped on trappings of notoriety … Continue reading
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Tagged Audacity, Care, City, Distraction, Embrace, Escape, Expose, Faces, False, First Edition, Hate, High Society, Indignity, Integrity, Life, Lights, Missed Point, Night, Notoriety, Penelope, Photograph, Pig Faced, Plastic Veneer, Playroom, Poem, Poetry, Pretty, Priceless, Run, Secret, Self-Love, Shallow, Shame, Slap, Surface, Tale, Test, Trap, Truth, Vain, Youth
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Humbled To the Stumble
The thing about prayers is that while God answers them all, it is not always with a “yes”. Sometimes it’s wait. Sometimes it’s an outright no. At all times, we need to trust that the answer that works for God’s … Continue reading
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