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Black Widow Strikes
The creepy crawlers are starting to come creepy up slowly… Black Widow Strikes by Michael Romani One look into her eyes There was no disguise Look of evil and despise There’s no escape; she defies And now, I have her … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Bite, Black Widow, Control, Danger, Dark Delight, Devil Woman, Dread, Everywhere, Evil, Eyes, Fangs, Fright, Halloween, Head, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Poison Ivy, Question, Run, Slave, Soul, Spider, Spite, Strike, Venom
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First Principles: The Good Moral Character Needed To Lead A Republic Requires Being Both Learned and Virtuous
“A good moral character is the first essential in a man, and that the habits contracted at your age are generally indelible, and your conduct here may stamp your character through life. It is therefore highly important that you should … Continue reading
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Tagged Conduct, Endeavor, First Essential, First Prinicples, George Washington, Good Moral Character, Habits, Learned, Reputation, Stamp, Virtuous
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Thought For the Day: No Person Has Memory Enough To Be A Successful Liar
“No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.” – Abraham Lincoln How quickly this is forgotten by persons in power seeking to ruin an honest man….
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Liar, Man, Memory, Success, Thought For the Day
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The Inhumanity of It All
If monsters had their say, what would they? The Inhumanity of It All by Michael Romani If monsters had their say, what would they? What are they but creatures of habit that obey The call of their natures feeding their … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Addiction, Affliction, Bleed, Bloodlust, Born, Creatures, Curse, Daylight, Discern, Dracula, Eden, Focus, Funeral Dirge, Gore, Habit, Halloween, History, Hunters, Inhumanity, Joy, Kindness, League, Lean, Loch Ness Monster, Love, Mark of Cain, Moan, Monsters, Moon Blindness, Mourn, North Star, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Political Ends, Primal Urge, Self Aflliction, Solitary, Survival, Wolfman, World War
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Daily Prompt – Committee
Rumor had it that they were there to greet me That ghoulish sort of ghastly welcoming committee And though I wished them no sense of hostility I would certain some things just shouldn’t be Run, run, runaway to fight another … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Adversary, Anxiety, Autumn, Beg, Breeze, Chaos, Committee, Common Sense, Daily Prompt, Glance, Grave, Greet, Hostility, Overwhelm, Rumor, Runaway, Welcome
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First Principles: Public Opinion Is the Real Sovereign In Free Government
“Public opinion sets bounds to every government, and is the real sovereign in every free one.” —James Madison (1791)
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Tagged Bounds, First Principles, Government, Jamess Madison, Public Opinion, Sovereign, The People
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Thought For the Day: Even Seemingly Hopeless Moral Acts Can Overtime Gain Political Significance
“Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and indirectly, over time, gain in political significance.” – Vaclav Havel, writer, Czech Republic president (5 Oct 1936-2011)
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Tagged Gradual, Immediate, Indirect, Moral Act, Political, Pure, Significance, Thought For the Day, Vaclav Havel
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First Principles: The Aim of Every Constitution Should Be To Obtain Governance By the Wise and Virtuous
“The aim of every political constitution is, or ought to be, first to obtain for rulers men who possess most wisdom to discern, and most virtue to pursue, the common good of the society.” – James Madison (1788) … Continue reading
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Tagged Aim, Common Good, Constitution, Discern, First Principles, Governance, James Madison, Pursuit, Society, Virtue, Wisdom
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Thought For the Day: Everyone Smiles In the Same Language
“Everyone smiles in the same language.” – George Carlin
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Tagged Everyone, George Carlin, Same Language, Smiles, Thought For the Day
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