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First Principles: To All Persons – Exact and Equal Justice
“It is proper you should understand what I deem the essential principles of our government… Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever persuasion, religious or political.” – Thomas Jefferson (1801)
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Tagged All, Comprehension, Equal, Exact, First Principles, Government, Justice, Persons, Principles, Proper, Republican, Thomas Jefferson, Understanding
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Thought For the Day: Life Can Be Lumpy
“If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you’ve got a problem. Everything else is an inconvenience. Life is inconvenient. Life is lumpy. A lump in the oatmeal, a lump … Continue reading
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Tagged Bumps, Difference, Discernment, Inconvenience, Life, Lumps, Problems, Robert Fulghum, Thought For the Day
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Daily Prompt – Deter
Sadly, WordPress has stopped posting a Daily Prompt. Shocking as that is, life goes on. A blogging friend, Scot Andrew Bailey, in an intelligent protest against WordPress just dumping a feature that many of really liked is doing his own … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle, Challenges, Daily Prompt, Deter, Determination, Doubt, Improvisation, Inspiration, Prevail, Prompts, Scot Andrew Bailey, Showing Up, Travails, Winning Cup, Wordpress
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First Principles: Let Justice Be Done Though The Falls Should Fall
“Let justice be done though the heavens should fall.” – John Adams (1777)
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Tagged Allow, Fall, First Principles, Heavens, John Adams, Justice
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Thought For the Day: The Kind of Behavior That Once Brought Shame Now Brings 15 Minutes of Fame
“The kind of behavior that once brought shame and disgrace now brings a book, movie, or a television contract.” – Anonymous
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Tagged Behavior, Discernment, Disgrace, Fame, Redemption, Shame, Thought For the Day
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From the Beginning
Based on John 1:1-3 and 13 From The Beginning by Michael Romani Within God is all that was created All the things, we have long celebrated All of this, He has created with grace Nowhere can we turn not seeing His … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Absence of Fear, Alpha, Beginning, Believe, Book of John, Breath of God, Cross, Darkness, Discernment, End, Friend, God, Gospels, Grace, Jesus, Light, Logos, Omega, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Receive, Savior, the Word
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Not Conformed, But, Transformed
Based in part on Romans 12:2: Not Conformed, But, Transformed by Michael Romani In thankfulness, we live our prayer With gratitude for God being there Laying our burdens down to rest We live our love to the very best Keeping a … Continue reading
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Tagged Conform, Devotional, Focus, God, Gratitude, Jesus, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Redemption, Temptation, the Word, Transform, Walk of Love, Walking
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Thought For the Day: Political Power Grows Out of the Barrel of A Gun
“Every Communist must grasp the truth, ‘Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.’ Our principle is that the [Communist] Party commands the gun and the gun will never be allowed to command the Party.” – Mao Tse-tung … Continue reading
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Tagged Communist, Dictatorship, Mao Tse-Tung, Political Power, Second Amendment, Thought For the Day, Truth
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First Principles: Nothing Is More Certain Than That Licentiousness and Corruption Make A People Ripe For Destruction
“Nothing is more certain than that a general profligacy and corruption of manners make a people ripe for destruction. A good form of government may hold the rotten materials together for some time, but beyond a certain pitch, even the … Continue reading
Twilight of the Gods
Twilight of the Gods by Michael Romani Lately, it’s seemed a little perverse How many goodbyes, I’ve said in verse As baby boomers meet the end of trajectory And the twilight of the gods becomes history I’m sure this … Continue reading
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Tagged Baby Boomers, Classic Rock, Complacency, Deep Purple, Disposable Pop, Electric Boots, Electric Youth, Elevator Music, Gods, Goodbyes, Heart Shaped Box, History, Legacy, Life, Malcontents, Marshall Stacks, Mortality, Mourn, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rebels, Rocked the Nation, Strings, Time and Sentiment, Twlight of the Gods, Walls of Sound
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