Back breeding and use of DNA sequence Without thinking of possible consequences Seems so easily at our potential expense That I struggle to make it make any sense
Yes, what we have lost was wonderful Almost all of it has been something beautiful And true enough, man brought much adversity That we almost owe it to restore biodiversity
Still, we must think of the DNA degradation As we unleash beasts and disease on our nation It isn't just a shout into a fearful dark To think about results like Jurassic Park
The spirit of God will move across the face As we revive not only our intentions but the trace Of our misunderstood and unintended consequences Iconic as the aspirations, what will be our recompense
Maybe we could focus on habitat loss and poaching Taking greater care instead of habitually encroaching As the world endures man and nature's climate change We might protect and ease the way the world rearranges
Still, while man thinks of himself as the conservator What happens when we are no longer the apex predator? Planetary health is a subject of fantastic complexity Let alone the vast considerations of balanced diversity
Will unintended germs and bacteria be part of innovation In this new chapter of mankind's attempt at conservation? Without pessimism, all the science, ethics, and the environment Suggests a fragile bridge between what we get and what we meant
Still, as we look on the gray wolves turned into the dire Approaching as we are, a border without any guard wire Last seen 10,000 years ago, it headlines a resurrection story That is filled with wonder, beauty, and approaches glory
We must pause and consider the implied toolkit of technology That has come knocking at the door of biology and theology The redesign of life and ecosystems is a synthetic biology In which differences and sameness are more than symbology
It is one thing to play with puppies, but what of fully grown There is too much that we do not know that needs to be known Genetic engineering at this point is merely cosmetic tweaks And these gray wolves might have more than a few missing links
Solutions are offered to public health and agriculture Each nuance of this is something that we should work to nurture Synthetic biology provides much to say about restoration But each step requires responsibility and great explanation
Ecosystems are delicately balanced sets of interactions Without a complete understanding of needed intersections All of the unanswered questions have unpredictable consequences How we proceed must depend, not on hope, but on evidence
What we have presently is an honest attempt at imitation But nothing that close to scientific restoration It's an experiment of well-intended progress for the dead That only observation will prove the test outside our heads
(c) April 11, 2025 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“The old Lakota was wise. He knew that man’s heart, away from nature, becomes hard; he knew that lack of respect for growing, living things soon led to lack of respect for humans too.” – Luther Standing Bear
“Responsibility, in order to be reasonable, must be limited to objects within the power of the responsible party, and in order to be effectual, must relate to operations of that power, of which a ready and proper judgment can be formed by the constituents.” – James Madison (1788)
“Music is the greatest communication in the world. Even if people don’t understand the language that you’re singing in, they still know good music when they hear it.” – Lou Rawls
I sat back as the nurse checked my vitals Thinking of all the drama queens and teen idols Starting there, as I sincerely try to explain All that I have seen, and to try to make it plain
Words and pictures I had fused into expression Vagueness and specificity made their impression Transforming time and words into artistic space All of the moments spent left their lasting trace
Astral aliens are superior in their secret identity Beautiful as they are in pages of comic book tapestry It was a different time in what seems a different age As story after story played out on the ragged page
Honed styles and thematic concepts in each edition Offered us all a perceptive analysis of the human condition Hip to the panels and meaningful balloons of dialogue It was as if stereo was confined in a functional analog
It was storytelling that smoothly seemed to flow Illustrations marking time with expressions that show All those words really had no vivid way to say What it was to make it through an artist's busy day
Astral aliens are superior in their secret identity Beautiful as they are in pages of comic book tapestry It was a different time in what seems a different age As story after story played out on the ragged page
Whistling past yesterday's graveyard of passing memory Life's storm clouds are felt through their familiarity Mine too were micro-novels in vivid panels of cartoons Those were pieced together in study hall before noon
Each in scrawled passages of colors and fine lines Begging to be something that a life lived refines Somewhere between almost real and feigned abstraction Were stories etched out as a moment's distraction
Astral aliens are superior in their secret identity Beautiful as they are in pages of comic book tapestry It was a different time in what seems a different age As story after story played out on the ragged page
(c) April 9, 2025 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“Art is an infinitely precious good, a draught both refreshing and cheering which restores the stomach and the mind to the natural equilibrium of the ideal.” – Charles Baudelaire
“Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains rather than do an immoral act. And never suppose that in any possible situation, or under any circumstances, it is best for you to do a dishonorable thing, however slightly so it may appear to you.” – Thomas Jefferson (1785)
There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily.” —George Washington (1795)
In the affirmative:
Though the founding principles of the United States were drawn from another era, these principles remain essential to comprehend in the contemporary world. This is especially true for the Republic of the United States of America. Yet, these principles need to be understood globally. This republic is predicated on the fundamental notion that certain rights are provided to all of humanity from the providence of God. These are not government-provided privileges that are quickly taken away by the government. These rights are unalienable. This means that the government, by the matter of natural rights, should never seek to strip away these fundamental rights, as it is not the government’s prerogative.
This very issue was brought to bear in drafting the Declaration of Independence. After decades of an unspoken agreement that the British government would leave British America essentially to its own governance, the British government began systematically levying excessive taxation on the colonists. Further, there were other demands, such as the quartering of British troops in American homes. Many Americans believed these impositions to be intolerable. This was especially true because these conditions were imposed on the Americans without any representative voice given in return (Galiani & Torrens, 2018).
This led to a growing resistance movement. Today, the taxes paid by the middle class in the United States of America are higher than they were at the point of the American Revolution. In today’s America, the elite again seeks to disenfranchise the voices of nearly half the nation to impose the urbane voice of metropolitan America over the more rural America that the elitists feel is somehow backward from the agenda of so-called progressives. The interesting thing about the progressive agenda is it is regressive in seeking to consolidate power into the hands of a technocratic elite and out of the hands of The People. This must never be allowed to happen again. Our founders fought hard against the idea of any sort of aristocracy taking power in the republic.
One of the first references to why this notion of the natural equality of mankind in the nation’s history is The Declaration of Independence. This foundational document seeks to preserve the ideal that all mankind was created equal in the ability to pursue their best outcomes in life, regardless of color, creed, natural gender, or any other qualification. While it does not bestow a guaranteed equal outcome, it does set out that all of humanity has the equality of opportunity starting at God’s foot and having no other king or unequal superiors in life without merit. This is bestowed on us all by God above and not to be hindered by anyone below. None of humanity is born to be enslaved by others.
The authority given to others is not based on any inheritance or inherent right of one or some over the rest of humanity. Given the agreement made under the philosophical ideal of social compact and representative government, it is a necessary evil. This is necessary rather than living in anarchy because mankind does not consist of a society of angels. Humanity is not necessarily all that humane. History has shown this time and again. To circumnavigate the brutish world written about by Thomas Hobbes and yet not succumb to the absolute sovereign, Hobbes believed it necessary (Hobbes, 1651). The People have come to understand the need to submit to acceptable authority and leadership for the purposes of order and the preservation of safety.
This government’s three primary purposes were national security, criminal justice, and civil law. The goals sought were to guard against that Hobbesian brutish world. It was to do so by acting to preserve a right to live without fear of death and violence. Such a government would also act to protect property rights. All of this is necessary to preserve all societies. This, too, must be balanced with the rights of all others in any given society. The right to protect the rights of one must be subjugated to the rights of all others to have their rights protected too. In the midst of this balancing, it is also necessary to provide a safety net of last resort for those who genuinely need assistance to prevent starvation and destitution.
As Madison has pointed out, though, we must avoid going too far into the areas of the general welfare. This exceeds the bounds of the Constitution. This constitutional excess reaches into other areas of contemporary government too. For example, administrative agencies are a problematic overreach that blends areas of government that are intended to be separated into a system of checks and balances. Further, the delegated roles of the executive, judicial, and legislative branches have become blurred at best. This must be rectified. This came about because the nation has not adequately disseminated the founding principles of this nation.
In seeking justice for some in our nation’s laws, we have often provided less justice for all. We should heed Aesop and stop grasping at shadows lest we lose the substance of what this nation is meant to be as the exemplary city on the hill, as a shining example of the fruits of rational freedom and liberty.
(c) April 8, 2025 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
Heading out of Australia to escape this Aussie winter. First stop Japan, then UK/Ireland and if work doesn't call me back, onto Chicago. I will make it up as I go along
