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Monthly Archives: July 2026
First Principles: The Colonies Are Striding Fast To Independence, and Ere Long Will Build An Empire Upon the Ruins of Great Britain; Will Adopt Its Constitution, Purged of Its Impurities
“The Colonies are striding fast to independence, and ere long will build an empire upon the ruins of Great Britain; will adopt its Constitution, purged of its impurities, and from an experience of its defects, will guard against those evils … Continue reading
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Tagged Constitution, Defects, Empire, First Principles, Great Britain, Guard, Impurities, Vigor, William Hooper
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Dancing In God’s Grace
Dancing In God’s Graceby Michael DoyleSometimes in a secret mirror,I see whispers of a corrupted sky.I feel weighed down by errorsThat tease at questions without reply.Believing still, my worst days aren’t so badThat they vanquish God’s grace, leaving me sad.My … Continue reading
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Tagged Belief, Confidence, Dance, Error, Faith, God's Grace, Kindnness, Northern Star, Path, Poetry and Poems, Question, Reverence, Sad, Secret Mirror, Shine, Whisper
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Thought For the Day: Don’t Ever Let A Democrat Or Republican Tell You Wasted Your Vote Because the Fact Is, If You Don’t Vote Your Heart and Conscience, Then You Have Wasted Your Vote
“Remember something, if you will, about voting: Voting is not a horse race, you’re not going there thinking “Gee, I gotta pick the winner so I can brag to my friends ‘Oh, I picked so-and-so and he or she won’”. … Continue reading
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Tagged Conscience, Democrat, Heart, Horse Race, Jesse Ventura, Republican, Thought For the Day, Voting
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First Principles: Liberty Only Survives When It Is Defended
“Liberty Only Survives When It Is Defended.” – Thomas Heyward, Jr.
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Tagged Continental Congress, Defense, First Princples, Liiberty, South Caroliin, Suriival, Thomas Heyward Jr.
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In Coming To America
In Coming To Americaby Michael DoyleThere was a great deal of expectancyIn Zeppelin, coming to America urgently.All were ready to see what they’d bring.But only Vanilla Fudge took them under their wing.Perhaps there was a feeling of insurgencyAs John Bonham … Continue reading
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Tagged Album, America, Anticipation, Carmine Appiice, Communication Breakdown, Desire, Energyy, Expectation, Fans, Fiillmore West, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Led Zeppelin, London, Poetry and Poems, Robert Plant, Supergroup, Track, Vanilla Fudge, Wildfire
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Thought For the Day: We Must Not Forget That It Wasn’t the Jews That Put Him On the Cross, and It Wasn’t the Romans. It Was My Sins, It Was Your Sins, the Sins of the World
“We must not forget that it wasn’t the Jews that put him on the cross, and it wasn’t the Romans. It was my sins, it was your sins, the sins of this world.” – Franklin Graham
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Tagged Cross, Forget, Franklin Graham, Jews, Our, Romans, Sins, The Worll, Thought For the Day, We
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First Principles: On Monday, the Great Question of Independency and Total Separation From All Political Intercourse With Great Britain Will Come On. It Will Be Carried.
“On Monday the great question of independency and total separation from all political intercourse with Great Britain will come on. It will be carried, I expect, by a great majority, and then, I suppose we shall take upon us a … Continue reading
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Tagged First Principles, Great Britain, Great Question, Independcy, Joseph Hewes, Majorty, Monday, New Name, Total Separation
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Disturbing the Status Quo
Disturbing the Status Quoby Michael DoyleWith a direct look filled with woe,Life is disturbing the status quo.A shotgun wedding points the way,Niagara Falls charges the path that stays.Pennies have been thrown awayAs if only a ghost from yesterday.Champagne and oysters … Continue reading
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Tagged Angst, Breathe, Champagne and Oysters, Deception, Direct Look, Disturbance, Ghost, Killlng Tme, Life, Monsters, Niagara Falls, Penny, Poetry and Poems, Rage, Shotgun Weddiiinig, Status Quo, Throw Awayy, Vallentines, Woe, Yesterday
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First Principles: God Forbid That the Day Should Ever Come When, In the American Mind, the Thought of Man As A Consumer Shall Submerge the Old American Thought of Man As A Creature of God
“God forbid that the day should ever come when, in the American mind, the thought of man as a consumer shall submerge the old American thought of man as a creature of God, endowed with unalienable rights.” – Benjamin Harrison
Thought For the Day: Fame Is A Vapor, Popularity An Accident, and Riches Take Wings. Only One Thing Endures and That Is Character
“Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.” – Horace Greely
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Tagged Accident, Character, Endure, Fame, Horace Greely, Popularity, Riches, Thought For the Day, Vapor, Wngs
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