“But Joseph said to them, Do not fear, for am I in the place of God? As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good.” – Genesis 50:19-20
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First Principles: As For You, You Meant Evil Against Me, But God Meant It For Good
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Thought For the Day: A Writer Needs Three Things, Experience, Observation, and Imagination, Any Two of Which, At Times Any One of Which, Can Supply the Lack of Others
“A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others.” -William Faulkner, novelist (25 Sep 1897-1962)
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On the Tipping Point of Stupid
On the Tipping Point of Stupid
by Michael Doyle
Of all the thoughts on thought contributed
There it is on the tipping point of stupid
The calling of names that should bring shame
Yet, there it is in politics as if a game
Speaking of trickle down idiocy as if that's smart
What happened to the thinker's stop at the start
To take a moment to find the right words to say
Alinsky called on ridicule, now the Left has lost its way
Baited to the ill-fated click, acting media-slick
The talking heads have lost their minds as they pick
Choosing to play the unwinnable role of hateful fools
Instead of arguing facts, rhetoric has lost its rules
It is at best the most questionable sort of strategy
To play on the hands of times and senseless tragedy
To gain election points instead of discussing an issue
And it makes a mockery of bleeding hearts in the milieu
When instead of talking reason, a verbal grenade is lobbed
And there is the evidence needed of the people robbed
No one wins when all that is said goes against the grain
Of the political dialogue needed and all pontiffs are insane
The People are we, not them, and we know so much better
That we are all in this process and in it together
If we are to get through this stormy weather and season
We must insist that those who allegedly lead us do so with reason
(c) September 24, 2022 Michael Doyle
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Tagged Against the Grain, Alinsky, Better, Dialogue, Election Points, Game, Media, Milieu, Names, Poetry and Poems, Politics, Reason, Rhetoric, Role, Season, Shame, Smart, Stategy, Stupid, Talking Heads, Talking Reason, The People, Think, Thought, Tipping Point, Together, Tragedy, Trickle Down Idoicy
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Thought For the Day: We All Have Our Time Machines. Some Take Us Back, They’re Called Memories. Some Take Us Forward, They’re Called Dreams
“We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they’re called memories. Some take us forward, they’re called dreams.” -Jeremy Irons, actor (b. 19 Sep 1948)
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First Principles: It was Intended To Lace Them Up Straightly Within Enumerated Powers and Those Without Which, As Means, These Powers Could Not Be Carried Into Effect
“They are not to do anything they please to provide for the general welfare, but only to lay taxes for that purpose. To consider the latter phrase not as describing the purpose of the first, but as giving a distinct and independent power to do any act they please which may be good for the Union, would render all the preceding and subsequent enumerations of power completely useless. It would reduce the whole instrument to a single phrase, that of instituting a Congress with power to do whatever would be for the good of the United States; and as they would be the sole judges of the good or evil, it would be also a power to do whatever evil they please…Certainly no such universal power was meant to be given them. It was intended to lace them up straightly within the enumerated powers and those without which, as means, these powers could not be carried into effect.” -Thomas Jefferson, Opinion on a National Bank, 1791
Thought For the Day: Monsters Are Real, and Ghosts Are Real Too. They Live Inside Us, and Sometimes, They Win
“Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.” -Stephen King, novelist (b. 21 Sep 1947)
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First Principles: It Is the Duty of Parents To Maintain Their Children Decently; and According To Their Circumstances
“It is the duty of parents to maintain their children decently, and according to their circumstances; to protect them according to the dictates of prudence; and to educate them according to the suggestions of a judicious and zealous regard for their usefulness, their respectability and happiness.” – James Wilson (1791)
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Together We Praise
Together We Praise
by Michael Doyle
We look together toward the future
Thinking on those things to nurture
Like spending time in full devotion
We live lives deeper than the ocean
Walking together as our tribe of life
Walking together toward peace, away from strife
Hand in gentled hand and side by side
This is true worthiness in which we confide
Jesus's name is blessed in our salvation
Eyes opened wide embracing all of creation
There is in very song that we ever sing
His word is the there in the blessing we bring
Filling our hearts with His goodness and love
Surrendered to the foundations of Heaven above
Walking the steps that are not those mistaken
In our faith, we are firm and won't be shaken
In all that we are together facing
This is the praise that we're embracing
In the surety of blessing that we praise
The glory is known and shines in our days
(c) September 22, 2022 Michael Doyle
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Tagged Blessing, Confide, Creation, Days, Devotion, Embracing, Facing, Faith, Future, Glory, Goodness and Love, Heaven, Jesus, Nurture, Ocean, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Salvation, Shine, Side By Side, Song, Steps, Strife, Together, Tribe of Life, Walking Together
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First Principles: History By Apprising Citizens of the Past Will Enable Them To Judge of the Future; It Will Avail Them of the Experience of Other Times and Other Nations
“History by apprising [citizens] of the past will enable them to judge of the future; it will avail them of the experience of other times and other nations; it will qualify them as judges of the actions and designs of men; it will enable them to know ambition under every disguise it may assume; and knowing it, to defeat its views.” – Thomas Jefferson (1781)
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Tagged Actions and Designs, Ambition, Apprise, Citizens, Disguise, Experience, First Principles, Future, History, Judge, Other Nations, Other Tiimes, Past, Thomas Jefferson, Views
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Thought For the Day: Wrongs Are Often Forgiven, But Contempt Never Is. Our Pride Remembers It Forever
“Wrongs are often forgiven, but contempt never is. Our pride remembers it forever.” -Lord Chesterfield, statesman and writer (22 Sep 1694-1773)
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