Flickr Photos
Monthly Archives: March 2023
Thought For the Day: When A Government Takes Over People’s Economic Life It Becomes Absolute, and When It Has Become Absolute It Destroys…the Meaning of the People It Governs
“When a government takes over a people’s economic life it becomes absolute, and when it has become absolute it destroys the arts, the minds, the liberties and the meaning of the people it governs.” – Maxwell Anderson (1888-1959)
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Absolute, Destroy, Economic Life, Govern, Government, Maxwell Anderson, The Arts, The Liberties, The meaning, The Minds, The People, Thought For the Day
Leave a comment
First Principles: It Is the Madness of Folly, To Expect Mercy From Those Who Have Refused To Do Justice, and Even Mercy
“It is the madness of folly, to expect mercy from those who have refused to do justice; and even mercy, where conquest is the object, is only a trick of war; the cunning of the fox is as murderous as … Continue reading
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Conquest, Cunning, First Principles, Folly, Fox, Justice, Maddness, Mercy, Murderous, Object, Refuse, Thomas Paine, Trick of War, Violence, Wolf
Leave a comment
First Principles: Greater Love Has No One Than This, To Lay Down One’s Life For His Friends
“Greater love has no one than this, to lay down one’s life for his friends.” – (John 15:13)
Posted in First Principles
Tagged First Principles, Friends, Greater Love, Lay Down, Life, No One
Leave a comment
Thought For the Day: Understanding A Person Does Not Mean Condoning; It Only Means That One Does Not Accuse Him As If One Were God Or A Judge Placed Above Him
“Understanding a person does not mean condoning; it only means that one does not accuse him as if one were God or a judge placed above him.” – Erich Fromm, psychoanalyst and author (23 Mar 1900-1980)
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Above, Accuse, Condone, Erich Fromm, God, Judge, Person, Thought For the Day, Understand
Leave a comment
Thought For the Day: It Has Been Said That A Pretty Face Is A Passport. But, It’s Not, It’s a Visa, and It Runs Out Fast
“It has been said that a pretty face is a passport. But it’s not, it’s a visa, and it runs out fast.” – Julie Burchill, writer and journalist (b. 1959)
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Fast, Julie Burchill, Passport, Pretty Face, Said, Thought For the Day, Visa
Leave a comment
First Principles: The Natural Cure For An Ill-Administration, In A Popular or Representative Constitution, Is A Change of Men
“The natural cure for an ill-administration, in a popular or representative constitution, is a change of men.” – Alexander Hamilton (1787)
Thought For the Day: Individual Freedom Is Not Found In Agreeing With the Mob But In Refusing To Capitulate And Be Ruled By the Mob
“The only solution is for more principled Americans to stand against the tide and stand up for what they believe in irrespective of today’s woke bullies. Individual freedom is not found in agreeing with the mob but in refusing to … Continue reading
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Agree, Believe, Capitulate, Found, Individual Freedom, Mob, Only Solution, Principled Americans, Refuse, Ruled, Stand Against, Thomas Gallatin, Thought For the Day, Tide, Today, Woke Bullies
Leave a comment
The Spin of the Win, …Again
The Spin of the Win, ..Againby Michael DoyleOh the spin, the spinThe spin masters spinTurning America’s lossInto some kind of winOh the spin, the spinThe spin masters spinTrying to turn what should be a lossInto a political winMistaking the wrong … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Adulterous Woman, America, American People, Begin, Betrayal, Blur, Brutally, Burr, Clarity, Condoned, Conviction, Crime, Cringe, Game, Game Is on, Ides of March, Invincibility, Legality, Loss, Miss, Pardoned, Poetry and Poems, Political Win, Pretense, Self-Aware, Sense, Shame, Spin, Stoned, Teflon Don, Tenuous Legal Theory, Thought, Trash Talk, Unpredictability, Win
Leave a comment
First Principles: Of All the Disposition and Habits Which Lead to Political Prosperity, Religion and Morality Are Indispensable Supports
“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism who should labor to subvert these great Pillars of human happiness — these … Continue reading
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Citizens, Dispositions, Duties, Farewell Address, First Principles, George Washington, Habits, Human Happiness, Indispensable Supports, Life, Manknd, Morality, Oaths, Patriotism, Pillar, Political Prosperity, Property, Religion, Religious Obligations, Reputation, Security, Sense, Tribute
Leave a comment
ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 