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About alohapromisesforever

Writer, poet, musician, surfer, father of two princesses.

Skandalon

Posted on July 11, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Skandalonby Michael DoyleI won’t take the baitOf living this fateFalling for the offenseOf people speaking through pretenseTriggered into living this trapThinking and feeling the rapHit after hit comes my wayI see it happening day after dayThe pains that are feltIn … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bad, Bait, Being Bitter, Best Life, Better, Bitterness, Breath, Choice, Day After Day, Dealt, Dey, Drip, Escape the Fate, Ever Had, Falling, Fangs of Despair, Fatal Test, Fear and Doubt, Felt, Finger Trap, Flow, Glory, God's Best Truth, God's Plans, Great Signifiance, Happening, Heart, Hit After hit, How I live, Injustices, Kingdom, Learn, Legendary, Lesson To Heed, Let Go, Listening, Living, Living This Fate, Magnificence, My Days, Need, Not Stand Alone, Offense, Offenses, Offenses of the Past, Overlooking, Pains, Patience, People, Poetry and Poems, Pretense, Rap, Rip Me Apart, Sad, Satan, Skandalon, Slights, Small Still Voice, Stands Alone, The Story, Trap, Trap of Offense, Triggered, Try As I might, Turn the Page, Ugly, Venom, Way, Wisdom, Yields | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Ours Was the First Revolution In the History of Mankind That Truly Reversed the Course of Government…With Three Little Words: “We the People”

Posted on July 11, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Ours was the first revolution in the history of mankind that truly reversed the course of government, and with three little words: ‘We the people.’ … Almost all the world’s constitutions are documents in which governments tell the people what … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Constitutions, Document, First Revolution, Government, Governments, History of Mankind, Privileges, Reversed, Ronald Reagan, Thought For the Day, We The People | Leave a comment

First Principles: The Right of Freely Examining Public Characters and Measures, and of Free Communication Among the People Thereon… Has Ever Been Justly Deemed the Only Effectual Guardian of Every Other Right

Posted on July 11, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The right of freely examining public characters and measures, and of free communication among the people thereon … has ever been justly deemed the only effectual guardian of every other right.”– James Madison (1798)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Every Other Right, First Principles, Free Communication, Freely Examining, James Madison, Measures, Only Effectual Guardian, Public Characters, Right, The People | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: There Are Those Who Will Say That the…Freedom of Man and Mind Is the American Dream

Posted on July 10, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“There are those who will say that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man and mind, is nothing but a dream. They are right. It is the American Dream.” – Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Archibald Macleish, Freedom, Humanity, Liberation, Mankind, Mind, Nothing But A Dream, Right, The American Dream, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

First Principles: It Is An Object of Vast Magnitude That Systems of Education Should Be Adopted…Which…May…Diffuse A Knowledge of the Sciences But May Implant…the Principles of Virtue and of Liberty

Posted on July 10, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“It is an object of vast magnitude that systems of education should be adopted and pursued which may not only diffuse a knowledge of the sciences but may implant in the minds of the American youth the principles of virtue … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged American Youth, Country, First Principles, Ideas of Government, Inspire, Inviolable Attachment, Just, Knowledge, Liberty, Magnitude, Minds, Noah Webster, Principles, Sciences, Systems of Education, Virtue | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Problem For Individuals and Nations When Standards of Right and Wrong Are Abandoned Is Where It Leads

Posted on July 9, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The problem for individuals and nations when standards of right and wrong are abandoned is where it leads. Moral anarchy has been one of the contributing factors to the collapse of empires and great nations of the past. Apparently, we … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Abandoned, Believing, Cal Thomas, Collapse, Court, Ears, Empires, Eyes, Great Nations, Hear, Inclusive, Individuals, Judgment of God, Judgment of History, Leads, Moral Anarchy, Nations, Past, Problem, Right and Wrong, Scripture, Seems Right, Standards, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

First Principles: Those Who Expect To Reap the Blessings of Freedom, Must, Like Men, Undergo the Fatigues of Supporting It

Posted on July 9, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.” – Thomas Paine (1777)

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Blessings, Expect, Fatigues, First Principles, Freedom, Men, Reap, Support | Leave a comment

Waters Felt As Wild

Posted on July 8, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Waters Felt As Wildby Michael DoyleLooking to the commons differentlyWe sip at the waters reverentlyWith willows and elms along the banksAs a praying man, I stop to give thanksNo matter how much we pollute the watersTheir resilience slips back dreamilyAs … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adolescent, Banks, Camelot, Days, Days Gone By, Differently, Dreamily, Dusk, Elms, Friends, Give Thanks, Guilty, I Let Go, Idles, Ignorant, Insanity, Lost Lore, Memory, Might Have Been More, Once Again, One Word, Past, Poetry and Poems, Policeman's Blotter, Pollute, Praying Man, Pristine, Rainforest, Resilience, Restorative, Reverently, Sins, Sip, Soul, Sunlight, The Commons, Think, Thinking, Today, Undertow, Unseemly, Vanity, Waters, Wild, Wished Against Hope, Yearn, Yesterday, You and I, Youth | Leave a comment

First Principles: Honor, Justice and Humanity Forbid Us Tamely To Surrender That Freedom Which We Received From Our Gallant Ancestors

Posted on July 8, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged First Principles, Forbid, Freedom, Gallant Ancestors, Honor, Humanity, Innocent Posterity, Justice, Received, Right, Surrender, Thomas Jefferson | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: People Are Like Stained Glass Windows

Posted on July 8, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“People are like stained glass windows: they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within.” -Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, psychiatrist and author (8 Jul … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Darkness Sets in, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Light Within, People, Revealed, Shine, Sparkle, Stained Glass Windows, Sun Is Out, Thought For the Day, True Beauty | Leave a comment

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Skandalon

Thought For the Day: Ours Was the First Revolution In the History of Mankind That Truly Reversed the Course of Government…With Three Little Words: “We the People”

First Principles: The Right of Freely Examining Public Characters and Measures, and of Free Communication Among the People Thereon… Has Ever Been Justly Deemed the Only Effectual Guardian of Every Other Right

Thought For the Day: There Are Those Who Will Say That the…Freedom of Man and Mind Is the American Dream

First Principles: It Is An Object of Vast Magnitude That Systems of Education Should Be Adopted…Which…May…Diffuse A Knowledge of the Sciences But May Implant…the Principles of Virtue and of Liberty

Thought For the Day: The Problem For Individuals and Nations When Standards of Right and Wrong Are Abandoned Is Where It Leads

First Principles: Those Who Expect To Reap the Blessings of Freedom, Must, Like Men, Undergo the Fatigues of Supporting It

Waters Felt As Wild

First Principles: Honor, Justice and Humanity Forbid Us Tamely To Surrender That Freedom Which We Received From Our Gallant Ancestors

Thought For the Day: People Are Like Stained Glass Windows

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