“Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffer or are exposed to the same miseries by a government, which we might expect in a country without government, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer.” – Thomas Paine (1776)
“Invention is the most important product of man’s creative brain. The ultimate purpose is the complete mastery of mind over the material world, the harnessing of human nature to human needs.” – Nicola Tesla
“But should the people of America once become capable of that deep simulation towards one another, and towards foreign nations, which assumes the language of justice and moderation while it is practicing iniquity and extravagance and displays in the most captivating manner the charming pictures of candor, frankness, and sincerity, while it is rioting in rapine and insolence, this country will be the most miserable habitation in the world; because we have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” – John Adams, To the Officers of the First Brigade of the Third Division of the Militia of Massachusetts (1798)
“Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd US President (1882-1945)
“It’s amazing how much panic one honest man can spread among a multitude of hypocrites.” – Thomas Sowell
“The foundations of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality, and the preeminence of free government be exemplified by all the attributes which can win the affections of its citizens, and command the respect of the world.” – George Washington (1789)
Lisa (How To Love A New England Girl)
by Michael Doyle
She was born a New England girl
With dreams of her own and the leaves in a whirl
Every fall, she knew comfort in her season
And he knew that she made sense beyond reason
Granite swimming holes and cotton candy
Somehow in love with the music of W.C. Handy
She sang songs that touched the heart
And he knew her love of music had him from the start
A Longfellow serenade, such were the plans made
Hayrides and conversations held in the shade
With lips like hers, how could he ever really miss
Especially with dreams of her so hard to resist
Dunkin Donuts coffees sipped nearly every morning
Red hair worn long as his final unheeded warning
She sensually said Lisa was her beautiful name
And if he fell in love, maybe God was to blame
There at the wall up on the shores of North Beach
She hung out with her posse right in her reach
It was the best place in the world to ever call home
And with a love like that, you know you're never alone
Sticking out like a sore thumb with a splinter
She promised to keep him warm and snuggled every winter
The roads were iced and sometimes wicked slippery
With coffee ice cold and the woods white and wintery
There the tourists from Boston go to North Conway
To see the fall foliage on a Settler's Green day
It's hard to imagine not living near a beach
With the summer's moon and her heart within reach
Dunkin Donuts coffees sipped nearly every morning
Red hair worn long as if his final unneeded warning
She whispered saying Lisa was her beautiful name
And if he fell in love, maybe she might soon feel the same
A kaleidoscope of flowers decorate Story Land
When she wasn't digging her toes in the sand
Waking up for the sunrise has its special worth
It's nearly as pretty as the lights from the north
The world needed is only a two hour drive
And every drive driven make you glad to be alive
The world is an oyster of this incredible place
When you have a love like hers to embrace
He was just another overgrown surfer boy
But smart enough to know her ways and enjoy
Every moment spent in walking hand-in-hand
What more really is there to understand?
Dunkin Donuts coffees sipped nearly every morning
Red hair worn long as if he really wanted a warning
She sensually said Lisa is her beautiful name
And if they fell in love, God would gladly take the blame
(c) July 7, 2022 Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved
“Language is a form of human reason, which has its internal logic of which man knows nothing.” -Claude Levi-Strauss, anthropologist (1908-2009)
“The powers of the general government will be, and indeed must be, principally employed upon external objects, such as war, peace, negotiations with foreign powers, and foreign commerce.” – Joseph Story (1833)
Dreams and Voices
by Michael Doyle
The real truth revealed in the night
Revels in its parts brought to light
Even those that sear and hurt
Bringing the mind in focus, fully alert
Pretending to give an ounce of care
About all the divisiveness laid bare
It is the little details that hurt and harm
Haunting us each as life loses its charm
All the wrong decisions played out
Again and again, until we have no doubt
Things might have turned out different
Had we maybe been just a bit more reverent
Instead it is that we cannot hide
From all the hidden secrets we've locked inside
Sometimes it turns out our essence is a lie
And when it is, what then can provide alibis?
We underestimate the world we've made
And in doing so get left in the shade
Of out thinking the thoughtless and crass
And laugh at life headed off at the pass
What's left when life has lost its play
And all that's left is hunter and prey
It's pointless to have saviors who self-annoint
Legends in their minds tend to only disappoint
Shedding our skins through the devices we make
If we had never had faith we'd not be fake
What is a person but a collection of choices
We are only as real as heard in these voices
That speak for and from somewhere deep inside
Where facades of worth are no longer supplied
There is a special kind of freedom in being this lost
We can only hope that in the end it's worth the cost
(c) July 6, 2022 Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved
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