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Little Rocket
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Rocketby Michael DoyleTwinkle, TwinkleLittle RocketTruth be toldAnd we must talk itUp above the world somewhereWhere you are we know not whereBut worse is that we do not understandJust precisely where you will landI hear that we will … Continue reading
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Tagged Despite, Find Out, Hear, Hope, Hurt, Land, Little Rocket, Near Me, No One, Poetry and Poems, Precisely, Somewhere, Talk, Tonight, Truth Be Told, Twinkle, Under the Command, Understand, Up Above the World, We Know Not, Where, Worse
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Thought For the Day: America Is Not A Racist Country. It’s Backwards To Fight Discrimination With Different Types of Discrimination
“Hear me clearly. America is not a racist country. It’s backwards to fight discrimination with different types of discrimination, and it’s wrong to use our painful past to dishonestly shut down debates in the present.” – Senator Tim Scott (South … Continue reading
First Principles: It Is Error Alone Which Needs the Support of Government. Truth Can Stand By Itself.
“It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. Subject opinion to coercion: whom will you make your inquisitors?” – Thomas Jefferson (1781)
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Tagged Alone, Coercion, Error, First Principles, Inquisitors, Opinion, Stand By Itself, Support of Government, Thomas Jefferson, Truth
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Thought For the Day: For A Time Is Coming When People Will No Longer Listen To Sound and Wholesome Teaching. They Will Follow Their Own Desires….
“For a time is coming when people will no longer listen to sound and wholesome teaching. They will follow their own desires and will look for teachers who will tell them whatever their itching ears want to hear.” – 2 … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Timothy 4:3, Coming, Follow, Itching Ears, Look, Own Desires, People, Sound and Wholesome, Teachers, Teaching, Tell, Thought For the Day, Time, Want To Hear
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First Principles: I Think All the World Would Gain By Setting Commerce At Perfect Liberty
“I think all the world would gain by setting commerce at perfect liberty.” – Thomas Jefferson (1785)
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Tagged Commerce, First Principles, Gain, Liberty, Perfect, Setting, Think, Thomas Jefferson, World
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First Principles: Guard With Jealous Attention the Public Liberty. Suspect Everyone Who Approaches That Jewel.
“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.” – Patrick Henry (1788)
Thought For the Day: The Critical Tests of the Imperial Presidency Are Threefold: the War Making Power; the Secrecy System; and the Employment Against the American People of Emergency Authority Acquired For Use Against Foreign Enemies
“The critical tests of the imperial Presidency are threefold: the war making power; the secrecy system; and the employment against the American people of emergency authority acquired for use against foreign enemies.” – Arthur Schlesinger
First Principles: Were It Left To Me To Decide If We Should Have A Government Without Newspapers, Or Newspapers Without A Government, I Should Not Hesitate A Moment To Prefer the Latter
“Were it left to me to decide if we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” – Thomas Jefferson
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Tagged Decide, First Principles, Government, Hesitate, Latter, Left To Me, Moment, Newpapers, Prefer, Thomas Jefferson, With, Without
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Cinderella of the Pacific
A friend of mine invented a 5 line form of poetry in honor of Cinco de Mayo this year. At a short form poetry workshop tonight, I turned this into five verses of this and wrote the following in recollection … Continue reading
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Tagged Aquamarine, Baja, Banderas Monumentales, Blues, California, California Current, Children, Cinco de Mayo, Cinderella of the Pacific, Clothes, Contrast, Dance, Ensenada, Face, Future Dreams, Geyser, Hope, Joy, La Bufadora, Lagunita Pond, Love, Mediterranean, Memories, Mexico, Music, Noble Intentions, Ocean, Poetry and Poems, Purity, Rancho Coronitas, Seeded, Splash, Sun Shine, Toys, Vineyards, Visit, White, Winds
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