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Author Archives: alohapromisesforever
Reflections On the Aftertaste
Reflections On the Aftertasteby Michael DoyleIt was just one of those endless nightsI sat feasting on a garden of fried delightsTurning the channel to hear a bit of debateSurreally hoping to help decide the nation’s fateThere on the stage were … Continue reading
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Tagged Administrative, Aftertaste, Agencies, American Dreams, Americans, Avoid, Blame, Blessing, Channel, Confusion, Countercharges, Curse, Debate, Decide, Desire, Dog, Economy, Elder Abuse, Elected, Endless Nights, Evidence, Falling Up Stairs, Familiarity, Fascism, Forgive, Fried Delights, Garden, Grown Men, Hard To Defend, Haste, Homework, Hostile Charges, Illusion, Kind But Direct, Lashing Out, Lead, Live, Malarkey, Medicare, Memory, Name Calling, Nation's Fate, Our Own Good, Pass, Passive Aggressive, Poetry and Poems, Pointed Fingers, Policies, Prepared, Puppet Master, Reflections, Road, School Children, Seem, Sell, Snarky, Stage, Suit, Surreal, Swallow, Talking Points, They Say, This Land, Truth, Two Minutes, Tyrannical Administration, Understand, Unhelpful, Verdict, Way, Weak
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Dig Our Way Out
Dig Our Way Outby Michael DoyleThere is no treaty we can signThat can reach for and defineThe reasons why I made a ghost of youThere is no explanation for what I doI hide my shame deep in the shadowsKeeping to … Continue reading
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Tagged Blank Pages, Cage, Deep, Define, Difference, Dig, End, Explanation, Friend, Ghost, Hard, Itch, Matter, Memories, No Honor, Original Sin, Places, Poetry and Poems, Price, Rage, Reach For, Reasons, Right, Shadow, Shame, Sign, Skin, Snake, Still Voice, Talk, Treaty, Truth, Verbal Punches, Way Out, Whisper
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Thought For the Day: All Things Are Possible Until They Are Proved Impossible – and Even the Impossible May Only Be So, As of Now
“All things are possible until they are proved impossible – and even the impossible may only be so, as of now.” – Pearl S. Buck
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Tagged All Things, As of Now, Impossible, Pearl S. Buck, Possible, Prove, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: The Right To Freedom Being the Gift of God Almighty, It Is Not In the Power of Man To Alienate This Gift, and Voluntarily Become A Slave
“If men through fear, fraud or mistake, should in terms renounce and give up any essential natural right, the eternal law of reason and the great end of society, would absolutely vacate such renunciation; the right to freedom being the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alienate, Fear, First Principles, Fraud, Gift, Gift of God, Great End of Society, Law of Reason, Men, Mistake, Natural Right, Power of Man, Renounce, Renunciation, Right To Freedom, Samuel Adams, Slave, Terms, Volunteer
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Citizens: Me and You
Citizens: Me and Youby Michael DoyleI. This nation was born under the authorityBlessed into birth by God’s wise dignityAs one filled with freedom and libertyGiven to us, not by government, but God’s divinityWe, this republic, are born by providenceThat all … Continue reading
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Tagged American Civilization, Authority, Belief and Obedience, Bible, Birth, Christianity, Citizens, Commandments, Conspicious, Daily Affairs, Duality, Faith, Faithfulness, Freedom and Liberty, God, God's Divinity, God's Hand, Godly Principles, Govern, Government, Gratitude, History, Independence, Inheritance, Interplay, Jesus, Liberties, Madison, Maintenance, Manifest, Mayflower Compact, Me and You, Nation, Oppressed, Patrick Henry, Philosophy, Poetry and Poems, Prayerful Hands, Promise, Providence, Representation, Republic, Reverence, Right Attitude, Samuel Adams, Scrripture, Sin, Sovereign, Spirituality, Station, The People, Under God, Washington
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First Principles: That Form of Government Which Is Best Contrived To Secure An Impartial and Exact Execution of the Law, Is the Best of Republics
“That form of government which is best contrived to secure an impartial and exact execution of the law, is the best of republics.”– John Adams (1776)
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Tagged Best, Contrived, Exact Execution, First Principles, Form, Government, Impartial, John Adams, Law, Republic, Secure
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Thought For the Day: Optimism Is the Faith That Leads To Achievement. Nothing Can Be Done Without Hope and Confidence
“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” – Helen Keller
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Tagged Achievement, Confidence, Done, Faith, Helen Keller, Hope, Nothing, Optimism, Thought For the Day
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Stone Cast
Stone Castby Michael DoyleMemory building on this June’s nightYou walk beside under the pale moonlightThat you’re not troubled seems clearBut there’s something to the something thereThese things are important to youLet’s talk about how it is we will doThis life … Continue reading
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Tagged Achieved, Arms, Awake, Believed, Blend, Clear, Comfort Levels, Eternity, Faithfulness, Grow, Heart, Heart's Desire, Important, Inner Demons, Joined Hands, June, Know, Life of Ours, Lips, Mean, Memory Building, Moon Shines, Moonlight, My Love, My One, My Person, Night, Once In A Lifetime, Our Love, Poetry and Poems, Promise, Promises Made, Put Aside, Remember, Rise, Share, Shining Eyes, Smile, Something, Stone Cast, Sun, Talk, Talking, Tired, Troubled, True, Unveiled, Walk, Walk Beside, World On Fire, Worst Day, Worthwhile
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Thought For the Day: When You Want To Help People, You Tell Them the Truth. When You Want To Help Yourself, You Tell Them What They Want To Hear
“When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.” – Thomas Sowell
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Tagged Hear, Help, People, Thomas Sowell, Thought For the Day, Truth, Want, Yourself
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First Principles: The Essence of Government Is Power; and Power, Lodged As It Must Be In Human Hands, Will Ever Be Liable To Abuse
“The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.” – James Madison (1829)
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Tagged Abuse, Essence, First Principles, Government, Human Hands, James Madison, Power
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