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Bumping Up Against
Bumping Up Againstby Michael DoyleBumping up against the edgesToes reaching out over the ledgesThe quest is given up for the idealAs we learn to settle for the realThe higher grounds are out of boundsAs we seek to find further soundsThat … Continue reading
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Tagged Belief, Better Off, Bleed, Boundaries, Bumping Up Against, Chaos and Contradiction, Choice, Clock, Dedication, Deeper Truths, Despite, Dreams, Edges, Expectation, False Starts, Fear, Find In Our Hearts, Further Sounds, Ghost, Guitars, Hear, Heartbreaks, Higher Grounds, Hours, Ideal, Idols, Ignorance, Incidental Heathens, Lack, Learn, Ledges, Love, Mistakes, New Paths, Note By Note, Out of Bounds, Pain Cuts, Play, Poetry and Poems, Pretense, Quest, Reading, Real, Rest, Sense, Settle, Someone Else, Test, Toes, Turn Back, Voice, Wilderness, Wish
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First Principles: The Government, Which Was Designed For the People, Has Got Into the Hands of the Bosses and Their Employer, the Special Interests. An Invisible Empire Has Been Set Up Above the Forms of Democracy
“The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.” – Woodrow Wilson
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Tagged Bosses, Democracy, Designed, First Principles, Forms, Government, Hands, Invisible Empire, Set Up, Special Interests, The People, Woodrow Wilson
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Thought For the Day: Government Should Be A Referee, Not An Active Player
“Government has three primary functions. It should provide for military defense of the nation. It should enforce contracts between individuals. It should protect citizens from crimes against themselves or their property. When government– in pursuit of good intentions tries to … Continue reading
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Tagged Active Player, Cost, Crime, Enforce Contracts, Government, Inefficiency, Lack of Motivation, Legislate Morality, Loss of Freedom, Military Defense, Milton Friedman, Primary Funcions, Property, Pursuit of Good Intentions, Rearrange the Economy, Referee, Self, Special Interests, Thought For the Day
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The Sweetest Fragrance
The Sweetest Fragranceby Michael DoyleEvery curve, every gleam, every sightHer words were a whisper in the nightCharms awaken my soul as she blazedMy heart on fire, I stood amazedThe depth of her soul was uncharted kindnessIt was crystal clear despite … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazed, Beauty, Blaze, Blindness, Bubble Baths, Charm, Comforting Dreams, Crystal Clear, Curve, Darkness, Depth, Dream, Eyes, Fragrance, Gleam, Heart On Fire, Kindness, Known, Life Rearranged, Muse, Night, Poet's Life, Poetry and Poems, Revealed, Saffron, Sight, Signficance, Skies, Smile, Smiling Queens, Soul, Spark, Stars, Sweet, Truths, Unknown, Whisper, Wind of Change, Words
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First Principles: The Ability To Produce Every Necessity of Life Renders Us Independent In War As Well As In Peace
“The ability to produce every necessity of life renders us independent in war as well as in peace.” – Millard Fillmore Trump is correct in the desire for an absolute utility and necessity of bringing manufacturing and agriculture back from … Continue reading
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Tagged Ability, Agriculture, Economy, First Principles, Independent, Manufacturing, Millard Fillmore, Necessity of Life, Overseas, Peace, Produce, Render, Ruin, Trump, Unnecessary, Utility and Necessity, War
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Thought For the Day: No Matter How Smart You Are, You’re Smarter If You Take the Easy Ways When They Are Available
“No matter how smart you are, you’re smarter if you take the easy ways when they are available.” – Daniel Dennett
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Tagged Available, Daniel Dennett, Easy Ways, If, Matter, Smart, Smarter, Take, Thought For the Day
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Hills and Valleys to Die On
Hills and Valleys To Die Onby Michael DoyleStretching my SUV across the Greater Ohio ValleyI see what my travels bring closer to meHere in what were once considered idle spacesAre the dreams that leave me etching their tracesThe displacement is … Continue reading
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Tagged Borders, Bullets, Complexity, Debt, Die On, Displacement, Dreams, Ghosts of the Past, Greater Ohio Valley, Harmony, Hills, History, Idle Spaces, Iroquois, Muse, Mystic Dance, Poetry and Poems, Shadow, Short Story, Silver Tongues, SUV, Traces, Travel, Valleys, War Cry, Wilderness, Writing
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First Principles: It Is More Important That Innocence Be Protected Than It Is That Guilt Be Punished For Guilt and Crimes Are So Frequent In This World That They Cannot All Be Punished
“It is more important that innocence be protected than it is that guilt be punished, for guilt and crimes are so frequent in this world that they cannot all be punished. But if innocence itself is brought to the bar … Continue reading
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Tagged Citizen, Condemned, Evil, First Principles, Frequent, Good, Guilt, Guilt and Crimes, Idea, Immaterial, Important, Innocence, John Adams, Protect, Protection, Punish, Security, World
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Thought For the Day: Information is not knowledge. Knowledge Is Not Wisdom. Wisdom Is Not Truth. Truth Is Not Beauty. Beauty Is Not love. Love Is Not Music. Music Is the Best
“Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty.Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is THE BEST.” – Frank Zappa
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Tagged Beauty, Best, Frank Zappa, Information, Knowleddge, Love, Music, Thought For the Day, Truth, Wisdom
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An Angel Imperfectly
An Angel Imperfectlyby Michael DoyleIn protection from life’s adversity An angel spread his wings imperfectlyKnowing that life has limited mercyTo protect us from the things of historyMore profound than deep, I hear the river flowSomewhere beside where life’s garden growsA … Continue reading
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Tagged Affliction, Angel, Debris, Endured, Future, Garden, History, Humanity, Imperfect, Nurture, Poetry and Poems, Protection, River, Winds
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