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Thought For the Day: There Can Be No Public Or Private Virtue Unless the Foundation of Action Is the Practice of Truth
“There can be no public or private virtue unless the foundation of action is the practice of truth.” – George Jacob Holyoake (1817-1906)
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First Principles: With Those Who Wish To Think Amiss of Me, I Have Learned To Be Perfectly Indifferent
“With those who wish to think amiss of me, I have learned to be perfectly indifferent; but where I know a mind to be ingenuous, and to need only truth to set it to rights, I cannot be passive.” – … Continue reading
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First Principles: The Whole People Are the Militia. Whenever Governments Mean To Invade the Rights and Liberties of the People, They Always Attempt To Destroy the Militia
“The Whole People Are the Militia. Whenever Governments Mean To Invade the Rights and Liberties of the People, They Always Attempt To Destroy the Militia.” – Elbridge Gerry
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Thought For the Day: True Conservation Provides For Wise Use By the General Public…and People of All Income Levels Should Have Easy Access To Them
“True conservation provides for wise use by the general public. The American people do not want our resources preserved for the exclusive use of the wealthy. These land and water resources belong to the people, and people of all income … Continue reading
Reality Check
To listen to the DNC the last 2 nights and a portion of today, you would think they could do no evil and that President Trump can do no right. If perhaps you don’t fact check what they say and … Continue reading
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Tagged Another Way, Axe, Biden, Burn, Cherish, Cities, City on the Hill, Clever, Corpus, Country, DNC Convention, Encourage, Fatal, Feign, Folly, Forgotten, Harris, History, Judge, Kumbaya, Laurels, lLessons, Losers, Mystery, Nominate, Past, Perish, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Pursue, Reality Check, Rest of the World, Standards, To learn, Today, Users, Viigilance, Wreck
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Thought For the Day: A Small Body of Determined Spirits Fired By An Unquenchable Faith In Their Mission Can Alter the Course of History
A Small Body of Determined Spirits Fired By An Unquenchable Faith In Their Mission Can Alter the Course of History. – Mahatma Gandhi
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Bloated Ramble
Another sort of look at how monsters are just good challenged and not evil… 😉 Bloated Rambleby Michael DoyleHumans fear the hours of the nightAll the darkness and absence of lightAnd all of the sounds that bring human frightSimply because … Continue reading
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Tagged Absence, Among Us, Bloat, Bogeyman, Bright, Challenged, Crackle, Creatures, Dark, Darkness, Devil, Difference, Door, Explore, Fear, Fright, Frighten, Fungus, Hide, Horror Show, Human, Humans, Incivility, Joys, Light, Lights, Me and You, Monsters, Monstrosity, Mutual, Night, Not Evil, Overstatement, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rainbow, Ramble, Rattle, Rubbing, Shake, Simple, Sound, Sounds, Spell, Squeak, Stone, Superstitious, Talk, Town, True, Truth, Well, Wish, Women, World, Wrong
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From Condemnation To Redemption
Based in part on Romans 8: From Condemnation To Redemption by Michael Doyle In Christ Jesus There is no condemnation The blessings of Jesus Bring our firm redemption Whatever the struggles had The storms pass in safety Finding joy even … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, Belong, Betrayal, Blessings, Cherish, Christ, Christ Jesus, Condemnation, Contemplation, Deep, Depravity, Deserved Share, Divine Love, Do Right, Firm, God's Love, God's Path, Had, Harbor, His Light, Jesus, Joy, Judas Kiss, Know, Life, Mercy, Misery, Pass, Peace, Perish, Photorgraph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Pure, Purity, Receive, Redemption, Romans, Sad, Salvation, Security, Set Free, Share, Sinful World, Sins, Storms, Strong, Struggles, The Lord, Truth, Victory, Walk, Words, Wrongs
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