Category Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: If You’re the Most Powerful Person In the World and You Can’t Field Questions From the Media Without Losing Your Temper, Maybe You’re In the Wrong Business

Posted on June 26, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“If you’re the most powerful person in the world and you can’t field questions from the media without losing your temper, maybe you’re in the wrong business.” – Olivia Nuzzi in response to Joe Biden going off on CNN’s Kaitlan … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: I Prefer Liberty With Danger To Peace With Slavery

Posted on June 25, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“I prefer liberty with danger to peace with slavery.” -Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)

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Thought For the Day: I Want To See How the Story Turns Out

Posted on June 24, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“One day I was speeding along at the typewriter, and my daughter — who was a child at the time — asked me, “Daddy, why are you writing so fast?” And I replied, “Because I want to see how the … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: There Is Great Anger In Our Country Caused In Part By Inaccurate, and Even Fraudulent, Reporting of the News

Posted on June 23, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“There is great anger in our country caused in part by inaccurate, and even fraudulent, reporting of the news. The Fake News Media, the true Enemy of the People, must stop the open and obvious hostility and report the news … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Just As Appetite Comes By Eating So Work Brings Inspiration

Posted on June 22, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Just as appetite comes by eating so work brings inspiration.” -Igor Stravinsky, composer (17 Jun 1882-1971)

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Thought For the Day: America, My Friends, Is the Only Country In the World Actually Founded On Liberty…People Went To America To Be Free

Posted on June 21, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“America, my friends, is the only country in the world actually founded on liberty — the only one. People went to America to be free.” – Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013)

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Thought For the Day: Keep Close To Nature’s Heart…Wash Your Spirit Clean

Posted on June 20, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.” – John Muir

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Thought For the Day: A ‘Border Czar’ Who Refuses To Go To the Border Is A Metaphor For the Biden Administration Approach To Pretty Much Every Policy Challenge

Posted on June 19, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“A ‘border czar’ who refuses to go to the border is a metaphor for the Biden administration approach to pretty much every policy challenge.” – Buck Sexton

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Thought For the Day: America Would Be Better Off As A Country and Americans Happier and More Prosperous As A People If Half of Our Government Boards, Bureaus and Commissions Were Abolished

Posted on June 18, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“America would be better off as a country and Americans happier and more prosperous as a people if half of our government boards, bureaus, and commissions were Abolished, hundreds of thousands of our government officials, agents and employees were discharged, … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Politics Is Fluid, Elections Are Multitudinous, and Voter Behavior Is Often Too Complicated and Subtle To Be Reduced To Group Identity

Posted on June 16, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Politics is fluid, elections are multitudinous, and voter behavior is often too complicated and subtle to be reduced to group identity. Ethnicity doesn’t determine elections — ideas do. And as Democrats have been realizing to their chagrin, the ideas embodied … Continue reading →

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