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Monthly Archives: June 2025
First Principles: If the Laws Are To Be So Trampled Upon With Impunity, and A Minority Is To Dictate To the Majority, There Is An End Put At One Stroke To Republican Government
“If the laws are to be so trampled upon with impunity, and a minority is to dictate to the majority, there is an end put at one stroke to republican government, and nothing but anarchy and confusion is to be … Continue reading
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Tagged Dictate, End, First Principles, George Washington, Impunity, Law, Majority, Minority, Republican Government, Stroke, Trampled
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Thought For the Day: A Great Deal of Intelligence Can Be Invested In Ignorance When the Need For Illusion Is Deep
“A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.” -Saul Bellow, writer, Nobel laureate (10 Jun 1915-2005) (Legal Immigration is not the same as illegally disregarding our borders and choosing not to … Continue reading
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Tagged Deal, Deep, Ignorance, Illusion, Intelligence, Invest, Legal Immigration, Need, Saul Bellow, Thought For the Day
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Concerns For Perennial Truths
Concerns For Perennial Truthsby Michael DoyleAdmittedly, I grew up differently,Believing in my nation and God reverently.Strength of character and in spirit,Where the battle was righteous, I would bear it.I have watched as our ideals were beaten down,And somehow Marxism claimed … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle, Believe, Character, Christianity, Concern, Different, Dignity, God, Ideals, Jesus, Marsxism, Moral Order, Nation, Pbility, Perennial Truths, Philosophy, Poetry and Poems, Politics, Prosperity, Purpose, Recovery, Reverence, Righteous, Self-Government, Service, Sovereignty, Spirit, Strength, Technocracy
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Thought For the Day: My Heroes Are Those Who Risk Their Lives Every Day To Protect Our World and Make It A Better Place – Police, Firefighters, and Members of Our Armed Forces
“My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place – police, firefighters and members of our armed forces.” – Sidney Sheldon
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Tagged Armed Forces, Better Place, Every Day, Firefighters, Heroes, Lives, Police, Protect, Risk, Sidney Sheldon, Thought For the Day, World
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First Principles: We Must Not Let Our Rulers Load Us With Perpetual Debt
“We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.” – Thomas Jefferson (1816)
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Tagged First Principles, Independencee, Perpetual Debt, Preserve, Rulers, Thomas Jefferson
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Anchored In Grace
Anchored In Graceby Michael DoyleWe stand as ambassadors,In this world of brokenness,Presenting loving truth,Yet, sometimes noted for outspokenness.All that we possess has been givenBy our God who is truly living. Our response is one of contemplation.It leads to our redemption. … Continue reading
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Tagged Achor, Ambassador, Brokenness, Contemplation, Doxology, Fullness, Given, Glor, God, God's Will, Gospel, Grace, Loving Truth, Omnipotent, Open Door, Outspokenness, Poetry and Poems, Redemption, Response, Story, Truly Living
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Thought For the Day: Use Me, God. Show Me How To Take Who I Am, Who I Want To Be, and What I Can Do, and Use It For A Purpose Greater Than Myself
“Use me, God. Show me how to take who I am, who I want to be, and what I can do, and use it for a purpose greater than myself.”— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Tagged God, Greater Than Self, Martin Luther King Jr., Purpose, Show Me, Thought For the Day, Use, Use Me, Want To Be, Who I Am
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First Principles: Do Not Conform To the Pattern of This World, But Be Transformed By the Renewing of Your Mind
“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” – Romans 12:2 NIV
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In Opposition To the Mexican Reconquista
In Opposition To the Mexican Reconquistaby Michael DoyleIt sometimes feels like we’re living in a different world.Illegal immigrants line up in Compton with flags unfurled,Feeling cocksure against the logic of prudent advice Like they can take on the police, the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1848, Border, Compton, Defense, Different World, Ice, Illegal Immigrants, Mexican Reconquista, Mexico, Moving In, Opposition, Original Sins, Poetry and Poems, Population Growth, Recaptured, Sorrow, The Guard, The Police, The Southwest, Tomorrow, United States
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 