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First Principles: If the Freedom of Speech Is Taken Away Then Dumb and Silent We May Be Led, Like Sheep, To Slaughter
“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep, to slaughter.” – George Washington
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Tagged Dumb, First Principles, Freedom, George Washington, Led, Sheep, Silent, Slaughter, Speech, Taken Away, We
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Thought For the Day: This Liability Shield …Has…Given These Internet Platforms the Ability To Control, Stifle and Censor Content In Whatever Manner Meets Their Respective Standards
“This liability shield … has been pivotal in protecting online platforms from the endless and potentially ruinous lawsuits, but it has also given these internet platforms the ability to control, stifle, and even censor content in whatever manner meets their … Continue reading
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Tagged Ability, Censor, Content, Control, End, Free Pass, Internet, Liability Shield, Online Platforms, Pivotal, Protect, Roger Wicker, Ruinous Lawsuits, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, Standards, Stifle, Thought For the Day, Time Has Come
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Thought For the Day: Those Who Can Make You Believe In Absurdities Can Make You Commit Atrocities
“Those who can make you believe in absurdities can make you commit atrocities!” – Voltaire (1694-1778)
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Tagged Absurdities, Atrocities, Believe, Commit, Those, Thought For the Day, Voltaire
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First Principles: No Man Is Allowed To Be A Judge In His Own Cause, Because His Interest Would Certainly Bias His Judgment, and, Not Improbably, Corrupt His Integrity
“No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause, because his interest would certainly bias his judgment, and, not improbably, corrupt his integrity.” – James Madison (1787)
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Tagged Allow, Bias, Cause, Corrupt, First Principles, Improbable, Integrity, Interest, James Madison, Judge, Judgment, No Man
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Thought For the Day: Socialists Desire To Practice Legal Plunder, Not Illegal Plunder. Socialists…Desire to Make the Law Their Own Weapon
“Socialists desire to practice legal plunder, not illegal plunder. Socialists, like all other monopolists, desire to make the law their own weapon. And when once the law is on the side of socialism, how can it be used against socialism? … Continue reading
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Tagged Abetted, Courts, Desire, Frederic Bastiat, Illegal, Law, Legal Plunder, Monopolists, Police, Practice, Prison, Socialists, Their Own Weapon, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Without Freedom of Thought There Can Be No Such Thing As Wisdom; and No Such Thing As Public Liberty, Without Freedom of Speech
“Without Freedom of Thought there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and no such Thing as Public Liberty, without Freedom of Speech.” – Benjamin Franklin (1722)
I’ll Always Take Your Call
I’ll Always Take Your Callby Michael DoyleRipped apart deep inside my DNAFinding the scary part is the last biteWhen suddenly, I run short of what to sayAnd my wildest dreams hold me through the nightSomewhere in the geometry of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Abstract, Always, Apprehensive, Beeline, Behind, Bitter Respite, Boundaries, Breath In, Breath Out, Bridge, Catch Your Fall, Chase, Condescension, Conviction, Dark Tendency, Despair, Desperate, Different Tempos, Direction, DNA, Do It AGain, Dread, Edges, Elasticity, Facts, Feeling, Finish Stong, Geomtry, Hands In Mine, Heat of It, Holding On, Hollow Comfort, Hope, Implore, Infinite, Jester, Jump, King, Less Than Clever, Letting Go, Live and Learn, Lives Lessons, Melts Away, Moments, My Love Runs Deep, Never Leave You, Nighttime, Offer, Photograph, Place, Plasticity, Poem, Poetry, Prevail, Rare, Refuse To Drown, Remember, Return, Ripped Apart, Run Short, Say, Scary Part, See Beyond, Shadows Creep In, Shriek, Silent, Silver Lining, Society, Song, Spin, Superficiality, Take Your Call, Terror, Through the Night, Unruly Mind, Waiting Out, Wildest Dreams, Worse, Wrap, Zig Zag
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Thought For the Day: The Answer Is…To Teach Ourselves To Comprehend Each Person, Not As A Symbol of A Group, But As A Unique and Special Individual Within A Common Context of Shared Humanity
“The answer is to go deeper than race, deeper than wealth, deeper than ethnic identity, deeper than gender. To teach ourselves to comprehend each person, not as a symbol of a group, but as a unique and special individual within a … Continue reading
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Tagged Answer, Beauty, Common Context, Comprehend, Create, Deeper, Each Person, Ethnic Identity, Family, Fundamental Place, Gender, Individual, Mortal Creatures, Not A Symbol Of A Group, Order, Race, Shared Humanity, Special, Teach, Thought For the Day, Unique, Wealth, Wyatt Tee Walker
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First Principles: Where An Excess of Power Prevails, Property of No Sort Is Duly Respected
“Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions.” – James Madison (1792)
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Tagged Excess, Faculties, First Principles, In Opinions, James Madison, No Person, Person, Possessions, Power, Prevail, Property, Respected, Safe
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In the Elegance of You
In the Elegance of Youby Michael DoyleWhether dressed in red or blueThe lady I wish to dance with is youNot just for today or a few more tomorrowsBut in always in all days in joy and in sorrowHolding you close … Continue reading
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Tagged Again, All Days, Best Friend, Best Place, Blue, Bound Together, Care, Cheek To Cheek, Close To My Heart, Closer, Confidant, Dance, Dress, Elegance, Evening, Face, Feel, Final End, First Song, Gentle, Hearts Beat, In My Heart, Joy, Lady, Love, Moment, Never Fear, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rainbow, Red, Share, Soft, Sorrow, Think, Three Times A Lady, Today, Tomorrow, Wait, Waterfalls, Whisper, Woman, Words, Wrap, You
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