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Schweitzer’s Legacy
Schweitzer’s Legacyby Michael DoyleWhat if it wasThat we’re not meant for strifeBut rather, insteadTo live in reverence for life?Would we really needTo argue the unnecessary whyOf who decidedThe creation of the hippopotami?Or, is it quite enoughTo know that we’ve a … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: Those Who Deny Freedom To Others Deserve It Not For Themselves
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. – Abraham Lincoln
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First Principles: A Sacred Respect For the Constitutional Law Is the Vital Principle, the Sustaining Energy of A Free Government
“If it be asked, What is the most sacred duty and the greatest source of our security in a Republic? The answer would be, An inviolable respect for the Constitution and Laws — the first growing out of the last. … Continue reading
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Perfectly Bright, Exceptionally Right
Perfectly Bright, Exceptionally Rightby Michael DoyleLike a magic spark in the nightYour fire burned perfectly brightShining deep into my aching soulOne touch and I simply lost controlThere is sweetness on your lipsStaring into my eyes, hands on hipsFitting together so … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: Either You Think – Or Else Others Have To Think For You and Take Power From You, Pervert and Discipline Your Natural Tastes, Civilize and Sterilize You
“Either you think — or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940)
First Principles: The Present Constitution Is the Standard To Which We Are To Cling. Under Its Banners, Bona Fide Must We Combat Our Political Foes
“The present Constitution is the standard to which we are to cling. Under its banners, bona fide must we combat our political foes.” – Alexander Hamilton (1802)
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Thought For the Day: Democracies Have Ever Been Spectacles of Turbulence and Contention…In General,…As Short In Their Lives As They Have Been Violent In Their Deaths
“Democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security, or the rights of property; and have, in general, been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.” … Continue reading
First Principles: A Republic, If You Can Keep It.
“A republic, if you can keep it.” – Benjamin Franklin After the Biden Administration has repetitively stressed calling the American way of life over and over again, it seems there is no better time to remind those misinformed to read … Continue reading
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Lies For Truth
Lies For Truthby Michael DoyleThere’s a lot of people mistakingThe Devil’s lies for the truthIt’s an easy road to heartbreakEspecially, in our bolder youthChasing at golden bits of hilarityWith blinders on as we strain to seeSeeking after just a little … Continue reading
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Tagged All We Cannot Eat, At Our Hands, Blinders On, Bold, Buffet, Clarity, Door, Doubt, Easy Road, Fill, For the Truth, From Things, Golden Bits, Heart, Heartbreak, Hilarity, Hope Rest, Humanity, Jaded Temptation, Lies For Truth, Life, Lost, Lot of Peopole, Mental War, Mistake, Never Fully Understand, Offer, Open, Paid In Full, Passages, Passions Burn, Poetry and Poems, Proffer, Puzzle, Realize, Redemption, Sincerity, Star-Gazing, Strain to See, Struggle, The Devil's Lies, The Wages of Sin, Work Out, Youth
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Thought For the Day: Pray That Fairness, Honesty and Civility Will Crowd Out Division and That Integrity Will Take the Place of Self-Aggrandizing Posturing
“Pray that fairness, honesty, and civility will crowd out division and that integrity will take the place of self-aggrandizing posturing. Pray for an educated citizenry to hold our representatives accountable. ” – Nate Jackson
ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 