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The Mothman Cometh
The Mothman Comethby Michael DoyleGraceful yet frighteningI saw him by lightening With two red eyes glaringI couldn’t help staringPleading his wild eyed mysteryA part of West Virginian historyThis mysterious sort of beingThat the moonlight might bringA chilling whisper finds its … Continue reading
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Tagged Being, Blame, Breath, Bring, Cornfield, Courage, Danger, Death, Doom, Fear, Feeling Lost, Fog, Frightening, Game, Glare, Graceful, History, Late Night, Moonlight, Mothman, Mysterious, Mystery, Outrun, Poetry and Poems, Prank, Red Eyes, Run, Sight, Span, Spell, Stare, Stranger, Talons, West Virginian, Whisper, Wings
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Thought For the Day: Conservatives Are Disappointed With Man’s Sinfulness, but Proud of the Founder’s Ideals; Many Liberals Are Disappointed With the Founders’ Ideals, and Proud of Man’s Sinfulness
“Conservatives are disappointed with man’s sinfulness, but proud of the founders’ ideals; many liberals are disappointed with the founders’ ideals, and proud of man’s sinfulness.” – Ben Shapiro
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Tagged Ben Shapiro, Conservatives, Disappointed, Founders, Ideals, Man, Many Liberals, Proud, Sinfulness, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: It Is the Duty of Parents To Maintain Their Children Decently, and According To Their Circumstances
“It is the duty of parents to maintain their children decently, and according to their circumstances; to protect them according to the dictates of prudence; and to educate them according to the suggestions of a judicious and zealous regard for … Continue reading
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Tagged Accord, Children, Circumstances, Decent, Dictates of Prudence, Duty, Educate, First Principles, Happiness, James Wilson, Maintain, Parents, Protect, Respectability, Usefulness, Zealous Regard
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Dunmore’s Lamentation
Dunmore’s Lamentationby Michael DoyleA seeming footnote on the journeyWas found about the struggle for libertyWe had gone to Point Pleasant to seeAnother point of what is legendaryOn to find that the struggle for this nationAlso began with Lord Dunmore’s lamentationAs … Continue reading
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Tagged America's Journey, American, Bad Decisions, Betray, British Kingdom, Cause of Freedom, Concord, Cornstalk, Fight, First Blood, First Bullets, Footnote, History, Journey, Kanawha, Kentucky, Keys, Legendary, Lexington, Liberty, Lord Dunmore, Manifest Destiny, Nation, Pattern, Poetry and Poems, Point Pleasant, Revolution, Tecumseh, West Virginia, Westward
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Thought For the Day: You and I Have A Rendezvous With Destiny. We’ll Preserve For Our Children This, the Last Best Hope of Man On Earth
“You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We’ll preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we’ll sentence them to take the last step into a thousand years of darkness.” – Ronald Reagan
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Tagged Children, Destiny, Last Best Hope, Man on Earth, Preserve, Rendezvous, Ronald Reagan, Thought For the Day, You and I
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First Principles: The People Alone Have An Incontestable, Unalienable, and Indefeasible Right To Institute Government and To Reform, Alter, Or Totally Change the Same
“The People alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government and to reform, alter, or totally change the same when their protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness require it.” – John Adams
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Tagged Alter, Change, First Principles, Government, Happiness, Incontestable, Institute, John Adams, Prosperity, Protection, Reform, Require, Safety, The People, Unalienable
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Happy and Blessed Independence Day 2023, America!!
Wishing each and all of my American friends a very happy and blessed Independence Day 2023!! Rather today was spent in reverent quietude or in joyous celebration, I hope each of you has spent a moment’s contemplation on the principles … Continue reading
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Tagged 2023, America, Blessed, Celebration, Contemplation, Freedom, Happy, Independence, Liberty, Principles, Reverence, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: Freedom Is Never More Than One Generation Away From Extinction
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will … Continue reading
First Principles: God Who Gave Us Life Gave Us Liberty
“God who gave us life gave us Liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that … Continue reading
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Tagged Conviction, First Priincples, Forever, Gave, Gift of God, God, Just, Justice, Liberties, Liberty, Life, Nation, Reflect, Remove, Secure, Sleep, Thomas Jefferson, Tremble
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Thought For the Day: The Court’s ‘Cruelty’ Was In Supporting Congress’s Core Constitutional Power of the Purse
“The court’s ‘cruelty’ was in supporting Congress’s core constitutional power of the purse. Schumer’s disappointment in having to address and vote on the forgiveness of hundreds of billions of dollars in loans speaks volumes about the collapse of our constitutional … Continue reading
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