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Journalistic Contradiction
Jou Journalistic Contradiction by Michael Romani With opinions come views Often dressed up as news It’s comical to discuss trust When trustworthiness is a bust The truth is in this contradiction That objectivity is lost in nuance and projection Basing … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Anxiety, Battle Flags, Capability, Egocentric, Facebook, Hostile, Journalism, Nation, News, Objectivity, Opinions, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Polarization, Real News, Responsibility, Society, Trust, Undemocratic
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Jump On In
Based on John 3:14-15 Jump On In by Michael Romani Jump on in, the water’s fine It purifies you with every line Whosoever lives as a believer Stands firm against the deceiver Living life fully and ever lasting Redeemed we … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Belief, Believer, Book of John, Cross, Deceiver, Depravity, God's Face, Human Race, Jesus, Narrow Gates, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Price, Purity, Redemption, Understanding
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Flaunt
Larger than life, it seemingly taunts The dangling light the angler flaunts As he draws smaller fish in rather cunningly By pretending to swim somewhat sunnily There in the darkness of the deep sea abyss Though quite creepy, we wouldn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Abyss, Accident, Angler Fish, Biology, Creation, Daily Prompt, Empricism, Evidence, Flaunt, Intelligent Design, Light, Scientific Inquiry, Taunts, Wordpress
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Thought For the Day: Manipulating the Valuation of A Country’s Currency Is the Surest Way To Destroy Its Economy
“There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency. The process engages all the hidden forces of economic law on the side of destruction, and does it in a manner … Continue reading
First Principles: To Be Respected Be Respectable
“No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected without being truly respectable; nor be truly respectable, without possessing a certain portion of order and stability.” – James Madison, Federalist No. 62, 1788
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Federalist Paper No. 62, First Principles, Government, Individual, James Madison, Order, Respect, Respectable, Stability
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First Principles: The Purpose of the Legislature Is To Maintain and Secure Our Natural Rights
“Our legislators are not sufficiently apprized of the rightful limits of their power; that their true office is to declare and enforce only our natural rights and duties, and to take none of them from us.” – Thomas Jefferson, Letter … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Don’t Invest All of Your Satisfaction Into One Aspiration
“Just as a cautious businessman avoids tying up all his capital in one concern, so, perhaps, worldly wisdom will advise us not to look for the whole of our satisfaction from a single aspiration.” – Sigmund Freud, neurologist, founder of … Continue reading
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Aspiration, Investment, Satisfaction, Sigmund Freud, Thought For the Day, Wisdom
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Mentor
There is, I think, a splinter in my eye I said as I did my best John Wayne And pretended I would not cry She would not, I think, like my pain Yoshiko had been my mentor and my friend … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Daily Prompt, Grandmother, Hero, John Wayne, Learned, Lessons, Mentor, Pain, Preaching, Sensei, Soul, Splinter, Teaching, Wordpress, Yoshiko
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