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The High Water of Monumental Delineation
The High Water of Monumental Delineationby Michael DoyleI know I’m not the only one who confessesA life filled with crashes and messesHappening as you wait for the snapper in the last frameTo laugh a little and not feel so lameAll … Continue reading
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Tagged Cheer, Clear, Confess, Delineation, Design, Errors, High Water, Knock, Lame, LandMines, Language, Last Frame, Laugh, Mess, Opportunity, Poetry and Poems, Punchlines, Reality, Second Chance, Second Glance, Short Distance, Smile, Snapper, Travel
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Thought For the Day: Truth Is Not Only Violated By Falsehood; It May Be Equally Outraged By Silence
“Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.” -Henri Frederic Amiel, philosopher and writer (27 Sep 1821-1881)
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Tagged Equal, Falsehood, Henri Frederic Amiel, Outrage, Silence, Thought For the Day, Truth, Violate
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First Principles: In Republican Government, the Legislative Authority Necessarily Predominates
“In republican government, the legislative authority necessarily predominates.” – James Madison, The Federalist No. 51
Orphan Bachelors
Orphan Bachelorsby Michael DoyleSelf-expression has become democratizedIn an era where everyone is traumatizedThe Asian experience is best understoodBy taking in the feelings, both bad and goodHowever minor these seem in their unfoldingThere’s nothing said that requires scoldingIt needs a historical … Continue reading
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Tagged Adversity, Alienation, America, American Family, Analyzation, Arguments and Resentments, Asian Experience, Ask, Assimilation, Balanced Devotion, Bloodless Crime, Burden, Chinese Families, Complete, Conflicting American Ideals, Confusion, Conversation, Dedication, Democratized, Dreams, Era, Exclusion, Eyes, Fabric, Feelings, Formation, Four Generations, Fraught, Generation, Generations, Hard Facts, Historical Legacy, Identity, Immigrant's Song, Impossible Task, In Depth Truth, Inheritance, Inspiriation, Language, Lasting Sorrow, Limits of Inclusion, Loneliness, Lore, Marginalization, Minor, Nation, Old Sojourners, Orphan Bachelors, Pain, Paper Sons, Passed-Through Experience, Poetry and Poems, Policy, Promise, Purpose, Quality, Question, Scold, Self Expression, Story, Storyteller's Delusion, STuck, Tension, Tomorrow, Tragedy, Transparent, Trauma, Truth, Truth-Telling, Unborn, Understood, Unfolding
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First Principles: There Is But One Straight Course, and That Is To Seek Truth and Pursue It Steadily
“There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily.” – George Washington (1795)
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Tagged Course, First Principles, George Washington, One, Pursue, Seek, Steadily, Straight, There, Truth
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Thought For the Day: There Are Two Possible Outcomes: If the Result Confirms the Hypothesis, Then You’ve Made A Measurement. If the Result Is Contrary To the Hypothesis, Then You’ve Made A Discovery
“There are two possible outcomes: If the result confirms the hypothesis, then you’ve made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you’ve made a discovery.” – Enrico Fermi, physicist and Nobel laureate (29 Sep 1901-1954)
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Tagged Confirm, Contrary, Discovery, Enrico Fermi, Hypothesis, Measurement, Outcomes, Result, Thought For the Day
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Conversion Then Immersion: Faith Required
Conversion Then Immersion: Faith Requiredby Michael DoyleIt is said firmly, and I believe itBaptism is not a matter of take it or leave itImmersion, conversion: Faith is requiredTo take on the Holy Spirit, it’s acquiredIt’s a living truth for this … Continue reading
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Tagged Acquire, Authority, Baptism, Conversion, Discipleship, Eternal Word, Faith, Generation, Great Commission, Holy Spirit, Immersion, Living Truth, Matthew, Omission, Path, Poetry and Poems, Principles, Required, Trust, Understood, Veneration
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First Principles: The Freedom of Speech Is A Principled Pillar In A Free Government: When This Support Is Taken Away the Constitution Is Dissolved, and Tyranny Is Erected On Its Ruins
“The freedom of speech is a principal Pillar in a free Government: when this support is taken away the Constitution is dissolved, and Tyranny is erected on its Ruins.” – Benjamin Franklin, Pennsylvania Gazette (November 17, 1737)
Thought For the Day: There Is Always More Goodness In the World Than There Appears To Be, Because Goodness Is of Its Very Nature Modest and Retiring
“There is always more goodness in the world than there appears to be, because goodness is of its very nature modest and retiring.” -Evelyn Beatrice Hall, biographer (28 Sep 1868-1956)
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Tagged Always, Appear, Evelyn Beatrice Hall, Goodness, Modest, Nature, Retiring, Thought For the Day, World
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The Black Book Blues
The Black Book Bluesby Michael DoyleA father’s handClutches his son’s bloodMired in the sandClotting in the mudCorruption is as corruption doesSome things never changeIt’s as bad as it ever wasSome things simply rearrangeAn honest man can’t always be niceNot when … Continue reading
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Tagged Bad As It Ever Was, Battles, Black Book, Blues, Broken, Brutal, Burn, Change, Clot, Clown, Corruption, Cost, Danger, Evil, Father's Hand, Good, Grief, Heart, Heartbreak, Hide, Honest Man, Incendiary, Integrity, Lesson, Light, Look, Memories, Mercies, Mercy, Mistake, Mud, None, Nowhere, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Price, Relief, Right, Run, Sand, Shown, Sight, Snare, Son's Blood, Spare, Stranger, Token, Tossed, Truth, Understood, Wink and Nudge, Youth
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