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First Principles: When We Honor Our Flag, We Honor What We Stand For As A Nation – Freedom, Equality, Justice, and Hope
“When we honor our flag, we honor what we stand for as a nation—freedom, equality, justice, and hope.” – Ronald Reagan
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Tagged Equality, First Principles, Flag, Freedom, Honor, Hope, Justice, Nation, Ronald Reagan
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Lapsed Into Vulnerability
Lapsed Into Vulnerabilityby Michael DoyleFor most of my life, it’s been grasp and capabilityNow we’ve followed the Silent Generation into vulnerability. Our straightforward path toward security and prosperityLent itself to jaded jokes that were mostly others’ jealousy.The sky was the … Continue reading
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Tagged Absurdity, Age of Austerity, Boomer Generation, Capability, Confident, Easy Stride, Free Ride, Future, Grasp, Imagination, Innovation, Jaded Jokes, Jagged Edges, Jealousy, Jeopardy, Lapse, Life, Nurture, Our Share, Poetry and Poems, Policy, Poverty, Relaxed Feeling, Silent Generation, Social Security, Spending Hawks, Vulnerability
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Thought For the Day: He Wanders, Like A Day-Appearing Dream. Through the Dim Wilderness of the Mind; Through the Desert Woods and Tracts
“He wanders, like a day-appearing dream, Through the dim wildernesses of the mind; Through desert woods and tracts, which seem Like ocean, homeless, boundless, unconfined.” – Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Tagged Day-Appearing, Dream, He, Mind, Ocean, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Thought For the Day, Tracts, Wander, Wilderness, Woods
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First Principles: There Can Be No Greater Error Than To Expect, Or Calculate Upon Real Favours From Nation to Nation. ‘Tis An Illusion Which Experience Must Cure
“There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate upon real favours from Nation to Nation. ’Tis an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.” – George Washington (1796)
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Tagged Caculate, Cure, Error, Expect, Experience, Favor, First Principles, George Washington, Illusion, Nation
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In Full Identity
In Full Identityby Michael DoyleSee your pathAnd stay your course.Let’s do the math,And you’ll find the resource.Let no one get between happinessOr caring for your own needs.These images bring life’s bliss.It allows your soul to be freed.It’s a part of … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Kindness Is the Language Which the Deaf Can Hear and the Blind Can See
“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” – Mark Twain
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Tagged Blind, Deaf, Hear, Kindness, Language, Mark Twain, See, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Immigration Is Not Just A Link To America’s Past; It’s Also a Bridge To America’s Future
“Nearly all Americans have ancestors who braved the oceans-liberty-loving risk takers in search of an ideal-the largest voluntary migrations in recorded history. Across the Pacific, across the Atlantic, they came from every point on the compass-many passing beneath the Statue … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Bridge, First Principles, Future, George H.W. Bush, Illegal Migration, Immigration, Legal Migration, Link, Past
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Love and Mercy On A Summer’s Day
Love and Mercy On Summer’s Dayby Michael DoyleIn these lean times of heroes and villains foundOn the dirty streets of LA traveled around,He fell into the cliche of cause and correlation.Addiction to unheard sounds became an attraction.There inside the labyrinth … Continue reading
First Principles: Knowledge of the Oceans Is More Than A Matter of Curiosity. Our Very Survival May Hinge Upon It
“Knowledge of the oceans is more than a matter of curiosity. Our very survival may hinge upon it.” – John F. Kennedy
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Tagged Curiosity, First Principles, John F. Kennedy, Knowledge, Matter, Ocean, Survival
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Thought For the Day: The Sea, the Great Unifier, Is Man’s Only Hope. Now, As Never Before, the Old Phrase Has A Literal Meaning: We Are All In the Same Boat
“The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope. Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat.” – Jacques Cousteau (June 11, 1910 – June 25, 1997)
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Tagged Boat, Great Unifier, Hope, Jacques Cousteau, Literal Meaning, Mankind, Old Phrase, The Sea, Thought For the Day
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