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Letting An Innocent Man Die
Yes, this is still a big issue if not the biggest issue with me left over from the work for which I will always take a bit of my dignity and honor (such as it is) from. Even one … Continue reading
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Tagged Another Day, Better, Big Issue, Breath, Brutal, Burn, Compel, Daze, Death, Decide, Devil, Die, Dry Eye, Electric Chair, Emotions, George Floyd, Guilty Man, Heart, Hell To Pay, High, Injustice, Innocent Man, Learn, Less, Let, Lie, Live, Nothing, Path of Destruction, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reform, Selma, Sigh, Smell, Smoke, Snare, Somethign, Teachable Moments, The Devil, Time, Unacceptable, Ways, Weak Man
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A Champion Rides On
There are a lot of great ways out there to be involved in what will actually improve our nation and its society. Among these is to communicate, grow, and then use your voice in effective non-violent ways. One project that … Continue reading
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Tagged 13th Amendment, 14th Amendment, 15th Amendment, Absence of Fear, Adversity, Anarchy, Ancient Tradition, Bigger Person, Build, Champion, Community, Contrary, Conviction, Cope, Cost, Courage, Death Row Inmate, Destroy, Die, Dignity, Dirt Roads, Evidence, Falsity, Family, Gallows, Given Up, God, Good fight, Good Seasons, Grind Down, Hatred, Help, Home, Hope, Hurt, Improve, Innocence Project, Innocent Man, Integrity, Intensity, Involved, Lack Character, Lost, Make Better, Man, Modern Day, Nation, Non-Violence, Opportunity, Penitentiary, Persevere, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Police Misconduct Litigation, Poor, Questionable, Reality, Reasons, Results, Ride, Scared, Shadows, Society, Stand, Standing, Strength, System, Testimony, True Heart, Untrue, World
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Long Walk To Mercy
It’s been a long walk toward mercy and justice. To advocate on its behalf is completely and totally right. To protest in peaceful assembly is totally and completely right. It’s totally wrong to burn down cities and private property … Continue reading
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Tagged Advocate, All Life Is Sacred, All Lives Matter, AME, Bitter Fruit, Burn Down, Capital Punishment, Choir Boys, Conviction, Crossed Lines, Death Row, Defeated, Demarcation, Deserved, Elocution, Enough, Fancy Talk, God's Hand, Good Man, Hang Out, Hope, Indignity, Innocent Man, Justice, Lawyer, Legacy, Long Walk, Look, Mercy, Mistaken Identity, Obtain, Peaceful Assembly, Persevere, Photograph, Plain To See, Poem, Poetry, Pressing On, Protest, Sad, Served, Stay of Execution, Talk, Tears, Treat, Wrong
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A Lone Bagpiper
All of us are coming out of the isolation spawned by Covid-19 into a world changed by virus and by riotous disruption. In some ways, this is good. In some ways this is bad. In all ways, this is a … Continue reading
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Tagged 1918, Alleged, Authorities, Bagpiper, Change, Cheap Rumors, Clairty, Confuse, COVID-19, Destiny, Doubt, Edge, Effective Testing, Enhance, Eradication, Explanation, French Square, Game of Chance, Genetic, Head, Herd Immunity, Human Beings, Immunization, Impact, Isolation, Lack of Transparency, Leaders, Legacy, Lethal, Lie, Lone, More, Nation, Notion, Odds, Ought, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Question, Rapid Mutation, Response, Riots, Segment, Sensible, Simulation, Society, Taught, Tell the Truth, The People, Virus, Walk, World
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Thought For the Day: Throughout History, It Has Been…the Silence of the Voice of Justice…That Has Made It Possible For Evil To Triumph
“Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil … Continue reading
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Tagged Could Have Acted, Evil, Haile Selassie, History, Inaction, Indifference, Justice, Known Better, Matter, Possible, Silence, Thought For the Day, Triumph, Voice
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First Principles: Passion Never Fails To Wrest the Scepter From Reason
“In all very numerous assemblies, of whatever character composed, passion never fails to wrest the sceptre from reason. … Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.” – Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Assemblies, Athens, Character, Citizen, Compose, Federalist Papers, First Principles, Mob, Never Fail, Numerous, Passion, Reason, Scepter, Socrates, Wrest
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Thought For the Day: Finish Each Day and Be Done With It
“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and … Continue reading
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Tagged Absurd, Begin, Blunders, Could, Done, Doubt, Each Day, Encumber, Finish, Forget, High Spirit, New Day, Nonsense, Old, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Serene, Thought For the Day, Tomorrow
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First Principles: Every Man Ought To Be Protected In Worshipping the Deity According to the Dictates of His Own Conscience
“I have often expressed my sentiments, that every man, conducting himself as a good citizen, and being accountable to God alone for his religious opinions, ought to be protected in worshipping the Deity according to the dictates of his own … Continue reading
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Tagged Accountable, Alone, Deity, Dictate, Every Man, Express, First Principles, George Washington, God, Good Citizen, Own Conscience, Protected, Religious Opinions, Sentiment, Worship
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Thought For the Day: Injustice Anywhere Is A Threat To Justice Everywhere
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” – Martin Luther King Jr. Injustice effects and impacts us all. It differs little rather it’s police brutality (the majority of which at last study I have read is committed against whites … Continue reading
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Tagged Anywhere, Everywhere, Injustice, Justice, Martin Luther King Jr, Thought For the Day, Threat
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