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First Principles: Let Justice Be Done Though the Heavens Should Fall
“Let justice be done though the heavens should fall.” – John Adams (1777)
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Tagged Be Done, Fall, First Principles, John Adams, Justice, The Heavens
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Na/GloPoWriMo #20: Sijo For An Ill-Turned Vaccination
Na/GloPoWriMo #20: Sijo For An Ill Turned Vaccinationby Michael DoyleFather, will you be alright? But of course, I will my dearsWith one hundred three point three, who might I fooling?The fire blazes hot inside, but not as deep as my … Continue reading
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Tagged 103.3, Alright, Be Fine, Dad, Daugthers, Dears, Deep, Do Not Worry About A Thing, Father, Feeling Better, Fire, Fooling, Had Worse, I Am Fine, Ill-Turned, Love, Mother, Na/GloPoWriMo, Poetry and Poems, Sijo, Sleeping, Sunshine, Temperature, Time, Too Much, Two, Two To Love, Vaccination, Vaccine, Wait, Worry
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Thought For the Day: Men Are Never So Likely To Settle A Question Rightly As When They Discuss It Freely
“Men are never so likely to settle a question rightly as when they discuss it freely.” – Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859)
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Tagged Discuss, Freely, Men, Never So Likely, Question, Rightly, Settle, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: An Equal Dispensation of Protection, Rights, Privileges and Advantages Is What Every Part Is Entitled To and Ought To Enjoy
“The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice and oppression of another, is certainly the most erroneous and mistaken policy. An equal dispensation of protection, rights, privileges, and advantages, is what every part … Continue reading
On the Justice of Impeaching and Deplatforming Maxine Waters For Repetitive Incitement
Maybe it’s “the soft bigotry of low expectations” that has afforded Maxine Waters the megaphone through which she blasts her hatred and anger spewed absurdities? I am not wise enough to know. Nor, do I know enough about her to … Continue reading
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Tagged Absurdities, America, Anger, Appropriate and Just, Appropriateness, Blast, BLM, Brooklyn Center, Congresswoman, Curfew, Demand Justice, Deplatform, Derek Chauvin, Disciplinary Actions, Equal Application of the Law, Expulsion, Fire Gunshots, Fracture, George Floyd, Get More Confrontational, Hateful Rhetoric, Hatred, Her Own Standards, House Minority Leader, House Rule 23 Clause 1, Impeach, Impeach and Remove, Incitement of Violence, Increase Anger and Hatred, Inflammatory Remarks, June 23 2018 Incitement, Jury Intimidation, Justice, Kevin McCarthy, Litany of Grievances, Looking For A Guilty Verdict, Low Expectations, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Maxine Waters, Megaphone, Minnesota, National Guardsmen, Numerous Racist Statements, Own Words, Passed A Line, Political Opposition, Racial Animus, Record, Reflect Creditability On the House, Repetitive Incitement, Society, Soft Bigotry, Strident Polarization, Thought For the Day, Understand, Walk Away, Write Your Congressperson and Senator
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First Principles: Happily For Mankind, Liberty Is not…Confined…But Lies Within Extremes, Which Afford Sufficient Latitude For All the Variations Which May Be Required
“Happily for mankind, liberty is not, in this respect, confined to any single point of time, but lies within extremes, which afford sufficient latitude for all the variations which may be required by the various situations and circumstances of civil … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Never Doubt That A Small Group of Thoughtful, Committed Citizens Can Change the World; Indeed, It Is the Only Thing That Ever Has
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead
Na/GloPoWriMo #18: “I Began My Life…”
Na/GloPoWriMo #18: “I Began My Life…” by Michael Doyle Grabbing this pony by the bridle Chapters do not really need a title That seems wisest, he quietly said And yet that’s not the task, replied his head So alright, as … Continue reading
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Tagged Attempts, Borrow This, Bridle, Chapters, Clever, Collection, David Copperfield, Doubt, Drink, End, Fall On Deaf Ears, Familiar, Friend, Good One, Head, Hint, I Began My Life, I Don't Like It, Instead, Lost, Manage, Meager Musings, My Mind, Na/GloPoWriMo, Nobility, Of My Own Account, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Pony, Poor David, Quiet, Rational Thought, Reply, Sake, Shut, Simplicity, Sipping, Task, Think, Think of Me, Those Sought, Title, Tremendous Phrases, Wise, Wonder What It's About, Wondered, Yield
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Thought For the Day: Thousands of Tired, Nerve-Shaken, Over-Civilized People Are Beginning To Find Out Going To the Mountains Is Going Home; That Wilderness Is A Necessity
“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity.” – John Muir
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Tagged Beginning, Find, Going Home, Going To the Mountains, John Muir, Necessity, Nerve-Shaken, People, Thought For the Day, Thousands, Tired, Wilderness
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