“Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and trust must be men of unexceptionable characters.” – Samuel Adams (1775)
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Thought For the Day: Don’t Be Seduced Into Thinking That That Which Does Not Make A Profit Is Without Value
“Don’t be seduced into thinking that that which does not make a profit is without value.” -Arthur Miller, playwright and essayist (17 Oct 1915-2005)
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Does It Make You Cry?
Does It Make You Cry?
by Michael Doyle
When you're tired of laughing,
Does it make you cry?
This life you've been living,
It turned out to be a lie.
When you've given all you can,
And your best isn't good enough,
Sometimes it's hard to be your own man.
You rock hard, but it's just a bluff.
You believed in the justice
Of what passed for just cause,
Until you slipped on life's ice
Far enough that it gave you pause
Man is lower than an animal
When it comes to broken trust.
A heart full of larceny is criminal,
And willing to commit bloodlust.
Caught by the coattails of absurdity,
You remain certain of your certainty.
The world marches in place with great urgency,
All in the cause of your insurgency.
When you've given all you can,
And your best isn't good enough,
Sometimes it's hard to be your own man.
You rock hard, but it's just a bluff.
You believed in the justice
Of what passed for just cause,
Until you slipped on life's ice
Far enough that it gave you pause
(c) October 16, 2025 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: It Is Not What We Do That Matters, But What A Sovereign God Chooses To Do Through Us
“It is not what we do that matters, but what a sovereign God chooses to do through us. God doesn’t want our success; He wants us. He doesn’t demand our achievements; He demands our obedience. The Kingdom of God is a kingdom of paradox, where through the ugly defeat of a cross, a holy God is utterly glorified. Victory comes through defeat; healing through brokenness; finding self through losing self.” – Charles Colson
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First Principles: If the Citizens Neglect Their Duty and Place Unprincipled Men In Office, the Government Will Soon Be Corrupted
“If the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted . . . . If a republican government fails to secure public prosperity and happiness, it must be because the citizens neglect the Divine commands, and elect bad men to make and administer the laws.” – Noah Webster
I Live My Life In Praise
I Live My Life In Praise
by Michael Doyle
I feel God in every season,
Living on faith and reason.
Present in all of my days,
I live my life in praise.
With thanks and gratitude
I keep Jesus in my attitude.
The Lord walks in my every stride,
And in my secrets that I can confide
Of all the Lord's beauty and majesty,
You fill my heart with its dignity.
Meeting the Lord has taken my blame.
Because of Him, I no longer walk in shame.
There's no greater love than giving His life,
So that I know God's love in the world's strife.
In my soul, among the things that I know,
Is that that Christ's love always shows.
Living my life, comporting within this frame,
I live my life to honor Jesus's sweet name.
His love is my life's true cornerstone.
In His presence, I am never alone.
(c) October 15, 2025 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: Sometimes People Don’t Want To Hear the Truth Because They Don’t Want Their Illusions Destroyed
“Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
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First Principles: States, Like Individuals, Who Observe Their Engagements, Are Respected and Trusted: While the Reverse Is the Fate of Those Who Pursue Opposite Conduct
“States, like individuals, who observe their engagements, are respected and trusted: while the reverse is the fate of those who pursue an opposite conduct.” – Alexander Hamilton (1790)
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The Pleasures of the Kill
The Pleasures of the Kill
by Michael Doyle
To be a vampire is to live a very long time.
You can spend this time in venal pleasure or sublime.
But either way, it is a counting of thousands of days,
And this time is best spent in as many ways.
Jealousy will not do anyone any gain or bring good.
Of this much a love-torn vampire holds understood.
Still, there in the early days of hunting a kill,
There is hope that eternal life brings more than a thrill.
To speak the word that brings about one's death,
To fill it to the fullest and take one's breath.
There is nothing better than to spill blood afresh,
Pleasures of the kill compare to pleasures of the flesh.
In the end, what is any sin but the same as all sin,
The Devil thinks he holds the better hand and will win.
But when the end does come, will he believe it then?
It's a hand of cards only the wicked can win.
Crickets and katydids speak softly to the soul,
When the mud of the bayou squishes under the sole.
If only the vampire wishes his thoughts aloud,
To become human again would do him proud.
A little bit of bloodlust under the moonlight,
Makes a deviled man hungry to take another bite.
The soulless one walks without a sense of direction,
Knowing only what he feels with strong recollection.
Anger and danger are known in their savage traces.
It can be felt like power in low-born places.
But once the devil has known his full embrace,
There will be no more talk of things like grace.
(c) October 14, 2025 Michael Doyle
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Tagged Blood, Breath, Days, Death, Eternal Life, Hunt, Jealously, Kill, Poetry and Poems, Sin, The Devil, Time, Vampire, Word
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First Principles: It Is In the Interest of Tyrants To Reduce the People To Ignorance and Vice. For They Cannot Live In Any Country Where Virtue and Knowledge Prevail.
“It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country where virtue and knowledge prevail.” – Samuel Adams
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 