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First Principles: The Strongest Reason For the People To Retain Their Right To Keep and Bear Arms Is As A Last Resort To Protect Themselves Against Tyranny In Government
“The strongest reason for the people to retain their right to keep and bear arms is as a last resort to protect themselves against tyranny in government.” Thomas Jefferson, in the Draft of the Virginia Constitution (June 1776)
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Humanity’s Eclipse
Humanity’s Eclipseby Michael DoyleIt seems worthy of recallThat none of us has a crystal ball.We might want to see what’s next,But the best we have is what connects.Will it be humanity’s eclipse – As we fall before a robot apocalypse?Or … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, Artificial Intelligence, Artist, Arts, Capable, chatgpt, Choice, Complicity, Connect, Creative, Crystal Bal, Dues, Eclipse, Efficient, Electricity, Embrace, Enchancement, Exist, Fate, Fear, Feeling, Fire, Fools, Future, Humanity, Indirect, Indulge, Inevitable, Lean, Luddites, Machine, Mankind, Messiness, Mistake, Next, Nurture, Open Doors, Organic Goo, Partners, Perfect, Poetry and Poems, Predictive Alogorithms, Primordial Ooze, Replace, Replacement, Resist, Robot Apocalypse, Superlative, Technology, Tools, Wall, Wayside, Writer, Writing
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Thought For the Day: Patience and Time Do More Than Strength and Passion
“Patience and time do more than strength or passion.” – Jean de la Fontaine
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The Truth About Power
The Truth About Powerby Michael DoyleThe edges of rationality tatterWhile the People determine what matters.If there is one thing needed to learned,It’s the limits of power properly discerned.When a jaded politician wants to steal the hour,Maybe it’s best to show … Continue reading
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Tagged Agitation, Another's Complaint, Capital, Civic Stewardship, Congress, Edge, Grave, Hour, Jaded Politicians, Learn, Limits of Power, Matters, Oxygen, Poetry and Poems, Politics, Power, Rationality, Singularity, Test, The People, Truth, Understand, Washington, Wreath
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First Principles: The American Republic Will Endure Until the Day Congress Discovers That It Can Bribe the Public With the Public’s Money
“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.” – Alexis de Tocqueville
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Thought For the Day: Secrecy Is the Keystone of All Tyranny. Not Force, But Secrecy…Censorship
“I began to sense faintly that secrecy is the keystone of all tyranny. Not force, but secrecy…censorship. When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, “This you may not read, this you must … Continue reading
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Tagged Censorship, Church, Forbidden, Force, Government, Holy, Keystone, Know, Motives, Oppression, Revolt In 2100 (1953), Robert A. Heinlein, Secrecy, Thought For the Day, Tyranny
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Faith Skills
Faith Skillsby Michael DoyleFaith skills set our lives on fireIn this season of desire.But faith is messy when real, It’s tangible beyond the feel.Living life as a tested sinner,I want God’s voice to be the winner.These are the days of … Continue reading
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Tagged Believe, Desire, Faith Skills, Fire, God's Voice, Life, Lives, Messy, Poetry and Poems, Season, Sinner, Tangible, Trust
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Thought For the Day: To the Servant of God…Every Place Is the Right Place, and Every Time Is the Right Time
“To the servant of God… every place is the right place, and every time is the right time.” – St. Catherine of Siena
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First Principles: My God Sent His Angel and Shut the Mouths of the Lions
“My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions.” – Daniel 6:22 NIV
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