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First Principles: No National Church Should Be Established
“All religions united with government are more or less inimical to liberty. All, separated from government, are compatible with liberty.” – Henry Clay, statesman and orator (12 Apr 1777-1852) Clay was really from the second generation of the Republic, but, … Continue reading
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Tagged Compatible, First Principles, Government, Henry Clay, Inimical, Liberty, Religion, Separate, United
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Frozen Infinity
The challenge brought last night was to write a poem about snow, ice, winter, spring and all the things these things bring. Who knew that albatrosses also mate for life? I didn’t know…. and…Here’s my attempt: Frozen Infinity by … Continue reading
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Tagged Albatross, Alive, Antarctica, Beauty, Blunder, Boom, Children, Cod, Consequence, Consign, Cost, Cub, Cycle, Design, Duty, Early Bird, Earth, Emperor, Feeling, Flood, Frozen, God Willing, Harsh, Hunter, Ice, Icicle, Infinity, Lean Times, Life, Loom, Manna, Melt, Meltwater, Migration, Mother Nature, Mother's Love, Narhal, New Life, Niche, North, Ocean, Peace, Pebble, Penguin, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Polar Bear, Polar Wind, Prey, Remind, Sense, Snow, Spring, Stone, Strife, Sun, Survive, Tapestry, Thaw, Tundra, Tusk, Tuxedo, Unfair, Unicorn, Waterfall, Winter, Wonder
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Thought For the Day: Idleness, Like Kisses, Must Be Stolen To Be Sweet
“It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. There is no fun in doing nothing when you have nothing to do. Wasting time is merely an occupation then, and a most exhausting one. … Continue reading
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Tagged Exhausting, Fun, Idle, Idleness, Impossible, Jerome K Jerome, Kisses, Nothing, Occupation, Sweet, Thought For the Day, Wasting Time, Work
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First Principles: The Governing Maxim In Interpreting the Law Is To Discover the Meaning of Those Who Made It
“The first and governing maxim in the interpretation of a statute is, to discover the meaning of those, who made it. The first rule, subservient to the principle of the governing maxim, is, to discover what the law was, before … Continue reading
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Tagged Discover, First Principles, Governing Maxim, Interpretation, James Wilson, Law, Meaning, Rule, Statute, Subservient
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Thought For the Day: April Showers Do Bring May Flowers
“Sweet April showers do spring May flowers.” – Thomas Tusser
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Tagged April, Flowers, May, Showers, Spring, Sweet, Thomas Tusser, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Liberty Is Not Easily Surrendered Where Knowledge Is Diffused and Virtue Is Preserved
“No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffusd and Virtue is preservd.” – Samuel Adams (1775)
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Tagged First Principles, Freely Given, Knowledge, Liberty, Preserved, Samuel Adams, Subdue, Surrender, The People, Virtue
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To Live and Die American
Flickr has broken my Flickr account. Not sure what I will do for photographs now or if I’ll ever be able to retrieve them. Meanwhile as I wait for their next response on the destruction they’ve done, I guess I’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged American, Belief, Birth, Blind, Change, Character, Circumstance, Code, Correct, Death, Define, Difference, Dream, Eternal, Fight, Freedom, Good, Grief, Happy, Illuminate, Injustice, Journey, Lady Justice, Life, Light, Live and Die, Mind, Mistake, Photograph, Plan, Poem, Poetry, Right, Shade, Stars, Success, Sun, Talk, Walk
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First Principles: It Is An Object of Primary Importance That Public Opinion Be Enlightened Through Education
“Promote then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.” – George Washington, … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: The Best Way To Predict the Future Is To Create It
“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” – Alan Kay
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Jackpot Rock Memory
Turns out that as I review, I also missed Day 20 of the Na/GloPoWriMo 2019. This challenge was to write a poem based on slang. Jackpot Rock Memory by Michael Romani Taking some comfort in some ono grinds … Continue reading
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Tagged Beef, Big Wave, Da Kine, Grinds, Hapahaole, Howzit, Jackpot Rock, Malasada, Na/GloPoWriMo, Ohana, Peace, Photogaph, Poem, Poetry, Poho, Pu'u o Maukua, School of Life, Shaka, Slang, Small World, Talk Story, Wiamea Bay, Zippys
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