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First Principles: The Name…American…Must Always Exalt the Just Pride of Patriotism, More Than Any Appellation Derived From Local Discriminations
“The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.” – George Washington (1796)
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Tagged American, Appellation, Belong, Discriminations, Exalt, First Principles, George Washington, Local, Name, National Capacity, Patriotism, Pride, You
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The Woke Wake Up
There are just ways to advocate against injustice. There are ways that make moving for justice anything but that. Now as these predators are being identified by their own online postings, they curl up into fetal position decrying how unfair … Continue reading
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Tagged Acquisitive, Act Just, Advocate, Afraid, All Life Is Sacred, Ambition, American Dream, Another, Arrogant, Avoid Seeing, Basic Right, Be Merciful, Beg Indulgence, Better Self, Better World, Black Hoodie, Broke, Bungle, Burn, Civil Rights, Contribution, Death Culture, Decry, Degreed, Discussion, Divestment, Eat Their Own, Evidence, Fetal, Fetal Position, Fight, Firebombs, Forbearance, Foresight, Fragility, Free Pass, Fruits of Labor, Ghosts, Godless, Ideal, Ignorance, Immortality, Injustice, Inquisitive, Jail, Just Revolution, Justice, Less, Life, Meaning, Media Jungle, Mirror, Morally Broken, Move Foward, No Man, Online, Online Posts, Our Times, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Poorly Educated, Predators, Prevail, Profanity, Protect, Quest, Radicals, Reason, Revolution, Riot, Rock, Rubbish, Ruin, Self Signified, Shock Troops, Society, Speak, Spray Paint, Stab, Stall, Streets, Strife, Think, Tick Tock, Trash Talkers, Truth, Undoing, Unfair, Unfairness, Wake Up, Weak, Woke, Worse Saint, Worthy Investment, Wrong
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First Principles: The Known Propensity of A Democracy Is To Licentiousness Which the Ambitious Call and Ignorant Believe To Be Liberty
“The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call and ignorant believe to be liberty.” – Fisher Ames (1788) As we move further from the republican form of government our Constitution established, further slipping into ‘democracy’, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambitious, Believee, Call, Democracy, First Principles, Fisher Ames, Ignorant, Known, Liberty, Licentiousness, Propensity
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Thought For the Day: The Woke But Godless, the Arrogant But Ignorant, the Violent But Physically Unimpressive, the Degreed But Poorly Educated…Are History’s Ingredients of Riot and Revolution
“The woke but godless, the arrogant but ignorant, the violent but physically unimpressive, the degreed but poorly educated, the broke but acquisitive, the ambitious but stalled—these are history’s ingredients of riot and revolution.” – Victor Davis Hanson
First Principles: Whatever May Be Our Wishes, Our Inclinations Or the Dictates of Our Passions, They Cannot Alter the State of Facts and Evidence
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclination, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” – John Adams (1770)
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Tagged Alter, Dictates, Evidence, Facts, First Principles, Inclinations, John Adams, Passions, State of Facts, Stubborn Things, Wishes
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Thought For the Day: No Nation Has Done More To Advance the Human Condition Than the United States of America
Key excerpts from President Trump’s Speech at Mt. Rushmore: “No nation has done more to advance the human condition than the United States of America. And no people have done more to promote human progress than the citizens of our … Continue reading
Cancel Culture Must End
I was so heartened to see 100 voices from the Left have finally seen the light so much so that they themselves are now beginning to say what I have said for over 15 years now. This whole cancel culture … Continue reading
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Tagged Anxiety, Any Over Others, Blame, Cancel Culture, Civility, Coercion, Contribution, Cultural Institutions, Demands, Dogma, Each, Encourage, End, Evil, Fascism, Fetish, Force, Force Against Force, Free Exchange of Ideas, Free Society, Free Speech, God, Going Too Far, Harshness, Humility, Intolerance, Justice, Kindness, Letter, Lifeblood of Society, Love, Main Street, Meet, Mess, North Star, Nothing Good, Once Excluded, Open Debate, Openness, Overdue, Persuasion, Photography, Poem, Poetry, President Trump, Protests, Public Shame, Raise, Retribution, Rival, Scars, Stand, Stand Together, The Left, Tolerate, Toleration, Trial, Voice, Voice of Reason, Void
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A Twinge of the Mundane
In the continuing series on seeing the world through a photographer’s eyes, we look at the question as to what is to be done about the mundane… A Twinge of the Mundane by Michael Doyle Seeing the mundane into extraordinary … Continue reading
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Tagged Ability, Abound, All Places, Artistic, Atttention, Background, Being, Camera's Eye, Circumstances, Clarity, Clutter, Connections, Creative, Details, Done, Excellence, Extraordinary, Eyes, Flow, Focal, Forgot, Found, Glad, Grab Shots, Heart, Humans, Inane, Infinite, Known, Latitude, Life Lived, Meaning, Middle of Nowhere, Moments, Mundane, No Such Thing, Nuances, Opportunity, Ordinary, Page, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pop, Question, Quietude, Shown, Simple, Sky, Soft Light, Something, Something In the Something, Somewhere, Sought, Split Open, Stage, Stand Out, Subject, Surround, Tales, Truth, Twinge, Unexpected Moments, Where, Wide Open Spaces, World Is An Oyster, Zest
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Thought For the Day: Great Nations Have Responsibilities To Lead and We Should Always Be Cautious of Those Who Would Lower Our Profile
“It was leadership here at home that gave us strong American influence abroad, and the collapse of imperial Communism. Great nations have responsibilities to lead, and we should always be cautious of those who would lower our profile, because they … Continue reading
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Tagged Abroad, American Influence, Cautious, Collapse, Communism, Flag, Great Nations, Home, Lead, Leadership, Lower Profile, Lowering, Responsibility, Ronald Reagan, Thought For the Day, Wind Up
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