“It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.” – Agatha Christie, author (15 Sep 1890-1976)
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Thought For the Day: It Is A Curious Thought, But It Is Only When You See People Looking Ridiculous That You Realize Just How Much You Love Them
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Strength and Prosperity For Freedom
Strength and Prosperity For Freedom
by Michael Doyle
There is a foundation that truly serves
To give the America this nation deserves
Though it doesn't have much complexity
Doing this will bring strength and prosperity
The road to freedom begins with cultured opportunity
It takes leadership to build this measured legacy
Our politics is our culture, just a bit further downstream
The toxicity of the Left lays waste to the American dream
We live in this nation with a set of unalienable rights
Illuminated as they are like points of bright starlight
It is the right first to life, then liberty, then happiness
That set the cornerstones to the path we must not miss
The sanctity of life must be the cornerstone of our law
Without this dignity, it is possible that America might fall
Roe v. Wade belongs on the ash heap of flawed history
For being unfounded on principle and bringing so much misery
The time is now to lean into and press for life's dignity
Cherishing God's gift while moving forward with security
To have our nation live under the protection of the rule of law
To fail to do this, otherwise, might just lead to our fall
Though our principles are national, the question of education
Must be handled on the state level and with great dedication
To provide the paths that lead to much input from the voices
Of what America's parents treasure and measured with choices
This is the path forward to ensure the greatest innovation
Sending the power back to the local level across our great nation
This can only lead back to the questions of the economy
Crime on the border, gas prices, and inflation bring acrimony
While in the recent past, we had done those things that flourish
A healthy economy by which the American people can nourish
Their dreams, hopes, and opportunities will begin to restore
The road onward to a better America and rising from the poor
Still, to secure our nation will require military readiness
Without a strong national defense, there can be on true happiness
This can only raise the specter of the withdrawal from Afghanistan
Bringing dishonor at the hands of Biden for every American
The state of American readiness is currently in the decline
While emphasis on Wokeness accompanies a budgetary flat line
Weakness arouses evil and peace can only come through strength
This is the bottom line that must be understood at length
Under Trump, Putin did not push any border-changing aggression
And American troops brought down ISIS in a steady impression
That peace could be brought to the Middle East through capability
As champions of freedom, America has proven we have this ability
(c) September 22, 2023 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: Learning Is Acquired By Reading Books; But the Much More Necessary Learning, the Knowledge of the World, Is Only Acquired By Reading Man
“Learning is acquired by reading books; but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading man, and studying all the various editions of them.” – Lord Chesterfield, statesman and writer (22 Sep 1694-1773)
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First Principles: In the Supposed State of Nature, All Men Are Equally Bound By the Laws of Nature, Or To Speak More Properly, the Laws of the Creator
“In the supposed state of nature, all men are equally bound by the laws of nature, or to speak more properly, the laws of the Creator.” – Samuel Adams (1794)
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What Used To Be
What Used To Be
by Michael Doyle
I remember when I showed my daughter
What it was that used to once be
Shared like a loving father
In the twenty-second century
We dominated with technology
Forgetting the natural carrying capacity
And reframed the world in ugliness
To which her generation was living witness
We thought we could fix everything
And how we live in a world to which we cling
There are the symptoms of our toxicity
We cannot overcome this to restore our ecology
We write the ending of our own stories
With either grasp of Heaven or blaze of glory
This is the paradox we've left as legacy
To our surviving children of the 22nd century
Yet, we still rely on our technology
Despite evidence of lacking ingenuity
Déjà vu, we've lived this through before
And it seems the prospects are rather poor
Though every part of life has its urgency
Sadly, most all candid answers lack certainty
What, then, is our best remaining Plan B?
There is none. It's more than plain to see
Isn't it just like heroes to fight to win
Even where loss is certain before the fight begins
This is the way of all the world's fighting men
We won't always win. Why try to pretend?
But fight we must, and fight we do
Giving our best and paying our dues
Praying we will find our version of a win
And somehow live to fight yet again
This is the story told at a wicked pace
It will be victory. Or, the end of the human race.
Even when we have no wings left to fly
This is our mission. Be it do or be it die!
(c) September 21, 2023 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: If Men Were Angels, No Government Would Be Necessary
“If men were angels, no government would be necessary.” – James Madison (1788)
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Thought For the Day: Amateurs Sit and Wait For Inspiration, the Rest of Us Just Get Up and Go To Work
“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.” -Stephen King, novelist (b. 21 Sep 1947)
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Jeering At the Past
Jeering At the Past
by Michael Doyle
Too often, society burns with fire
Forgetting virtue for forms of desire
Progression is found in cinders burning
All of the lessons, we keep relearning
Brigands scoff at things of the past
Laughing at those things that didn't last
And believing the present holds the answers
Instead of recognizing its cancers
That consume the flesh and the soul
As the world around spins out of control
Realizing that love is a scary thing
From all the passion that it often brings
Some confuse strength for acts of cruelty
Subterfuge growing from life's brutality
Youth only knows life by its intensity
As it slips by aimless with uneven porosity
Look around and guess at what it is we see
As we peer out of shelters in curiosity
Life proves a museum of abandoned secrets
All the discarded hopes turned to regrets
These are the common mistakes with foot-to-pedal
Wondering what makes dreams worth the mettle
That it takes to find a measure of sensitivity
A pianissimo strikes the heart, taking inventory
Of who we are and who it is that we should be
In our ineradicable attitude of superiority
For simply falling for mistakes other than those past
And never guessing our time itself will not last
(c) September 20, 2023 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: It Is Difficult To Get A Man To Understand Something When His Salary Depends Upon His Not Understanding It
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.” -Upton Sinclair, novelist and reformer (20 Sep 1878-1968)
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First Principles: Of All the Dispositions and Habits Which Lead To Political Prosperity, Religion and Morality Are Indispensable Supports
“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and morality are indispensable supports.” – George Washington (1796)
