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First Principles: If A Republican Government Fails To Secure Public Prosperity and Happiness, It Must Be Because the Citizens Neglect the Divine Commands, and Elect Bad Men To Make and Administer the Laws
“If the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted… If a republican government fails to secure public prosperity and happiness, it must be because the citizens neglect the Divine commands, and … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Earth Provides Enough To Satisfy Every Man’s Needs, But Not Every Man’s Greed
“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed” – Mahatma Gandhi
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Facedown With Mediocrity
Facedown With Mediocrityby Michael DoyleIn every town and in every cityWe find challenges met with mediocrityThese are the moments of losses takenAnd near certainty of a world wanting and mistakenFor some, this is hard to be faced head onWhile others … Continue reading
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Tagged Act, Actors, Alright, Bad Science, Break, Challenges, Chice, City, Compassion, Confidence, Conscience, Defiance, Desist, Diffidence, Dragged Into the Light, Easy, Excellence, Facedown, Force, Forge, Get In the Way, Gone, Hard, Hard to Know, Head-On, Hellion, Impressed, Life, Loss, Loud, Mediocrity, Mistaken, Must, New Day, Out of Fashion, Path, Play, Poetry and Poems, Push the Boundaries, Reasons, Resist, Role, Salute, Say, Seasons, See, Simple, Study, Stuffed Ballot Boxes, Sunglight, Suppressed, Tied UP, Tow, True Hearts, Trust, Unanswered Questions, Victories, Voice, Walking Shaodow, World, Youthful Rebellion
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First Principles: The General Government Is Not To Be Charged With the Whole Power of Making and Administering Laws: Its Jurisdiction Is Limited To Certain Enumerated Objects
“The general government is not to be charged with the whole power of making and administering laws: its jurisdiction is limited to certain enumerated objects, which concern all the members of the republic, but which are not to be attained … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: A New Word Is Like A Fresh Seed Sown On the Ground of the Discussion
“A new word is like a fresh seed sown on the ground of the discussion.” -Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher (26 Apr 1889-1951)
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Tandy 100
Tandy 100by Michael DoyleI watched a show the other dayThat reminded me of life lived another wayI smiled on this journey bringing me backTo the late 80s, and Radio ShackThe Tandy 1000 was the trend of the hourIt had an … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Affordabiity, Allure, Apologize, Argument, Attention, Back, Bicker, Biggest Catch, Bright Light, Budget, budgeting, Calculate, Capability, Computers, Confusion, Consumerism, Day, Devour, Dimes, Discover, Dollars, Drift, Earnest, Fall Apart, Family, Finance, First, Floor, Forced Ability, Fright, Future, Hand-In-Hand, Harmonious Relationships, Hearts, Helpful, Hope, Hour, Inanimate Objects, Intrusion, Journey, Just Enough, Know, Late 80s, Lawn, Life, Living Paycheck to Paycheck, Love, Modern World, Money, Nurture, Obsession, Path of Technology, People, personal-finance, Poetry and Poems, Possession, Radio Shack, Reconcile, Rejects, Rely, Remind, Salesmen, Saving, Sentiment, Show, Slumber Land, Smile, Society, Start, Startling, Street, Strife, Tandy 1000, Technological, Teenaged Boy, Time, Toy, Trend, Understand, Utility, Value, Watch, Way, Will, Wise, Worth, Wrong Questions, You and Me, Young Einsteins, Young Girls
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First Principles: It Is the First Responsibility of Every Citizen To Question Authority
“It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.” – Benjamin Franklin
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Thought For the Day: We Must Not Confuse Dissent With Disloyalty
“We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty.” -Edward R. Murrow, journalist (25 Apr 1908-1965)
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Saltwater Traces
Saltwater Tracesby Michael DoyleLooking out from the edge of the ocean’s shoreThere is a vast expanse we’ve yet to exploreWe know so little about our Mother OceanAnd yet, fools like me are filled with devotionLimited as we are by human … Continue reading
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Tagged Baptized, Beginning, Begins, Blood, Board, Breadth, Brutality, Calm, Colors and Emotions, Dance, Devotion, Dip, Edge, Emotion, Ending, Eternity, Explore, Fascination, Feelings, Fools Like Me, Gaze, Graves, Hair, Human Contemplation, Human Perceptions, Humble, Immortality, Know, Length, Life, Limited, Majesty, Mankind, Measure, Moment, Mother Ocean, Ocean, Patches, Perspective, Poetry and Poems, Pounding Waves, Reflective, Reminder, Repeitition, Salt, Saltwater Traces, Sands, Scale, Sea, Shadow, Shallows, Shore, Strength, Sunlight, Sweat, Tears, Time and Space, Toes, Touch, Vast Expanse, Winds, Windswept, Years
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Thought For the Day: There Is No Royal Road To Learning; No Short Cut To the Acquirement of Any Art
“There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.” – Anthony Trollope
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Tagged Acquirement, Anthony Trollope, Art, Learning, Royal Road, Short Cut, Thought For the Day
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