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First Principles: Increasing Debt Leads To Sorrow

Posted on March 19, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.” —Benjamin Franklin (1758)  

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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Assay

Posted on February 22, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Listen up, the people got something they want to say Maybe it’s time that we take a moment and assay All the bad that is happening in the world today Maybe it’s time that we take our turn another way … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Right To Bear Arms Gives the Ultimate Authority To the People

Posted on February 21, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“The ultimate authority … resides in the people alone. … The advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation … forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than any…”  … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Role of the Elected Is to Serve the People

Posted on February 4, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“We are not to consider ourselves, while here, as at church or school, to listen to the harangues of speculative piety; we are here to talk of the political interests committed to our charge.” – Fisher Ames (1789)     … Continue reading →

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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Inscrutable

Posted on January 27, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

There inside the old grove of surrealistic trees Is an inscrutable mystery flowing like the breeze In a quiet whispered voice that touches us all Is the inner most memory we all wish to recall Back into the faded black  … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Man Without Reason Is Like A Ship Without A Rudder

Posted on January 17, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Man, once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind.” — Thomas Jefferson (1822)        

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…And the Greatest of These

Posted on January 4, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

…And the Greatest of These by Michael Romani Ten lords leaped without much of a look To the lessons of love from the Holy Book In a new form of math where ten became two The complexities were broken down … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Good Foreign Policy Begins With Good Government At Home

Posted on December 29, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home.” – William Ewart Gladstone, British prime minister (29 Dec 1809-1898) Thinking on this and bringing it to its modern conclusion, my question is do we find American citizens … Continue reading →

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December 6th, 2014

Posted on December 6, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

A blast from the past about a magical day spent with my princesses of whom I love more than life and always will.  True blessings they are.. now it’s my job to live up to the trust God has given … Continue reading →

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Sonic Gems: The Chemical Brothers – Dig Your Own Hole

Posted on December 4, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

The Chemical Brothers originated in  1989 Manchester and consists of the English electronic music duo Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons.  They are among the pioneers that brought the big beat to the forefront of pop music and culture. Dig Your … Continue reading →

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