“You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible.” – Thomas Sowell
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Thought For the Day: You Cannot Subsidize Irresponsibility and Expect People To Become More Responsible
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First Principles: We Know That Families and Churches, Not Government Officials, Know Best How To Create A Strong and Loving Community…We Don’t Worship Government. We Worship God.
“We know that families and churches, not government [officials], know best how to create a strong and loving community. … In America we don’t worship government. We worship God.” – Donald Trump
Thought For the Day: Now More Than Ever, We Need To Embrace the Family As the Central Unit of Our Society. Restoration of the Family Is At the Core of Restoring the American Dream
“Now more than ever, we need to embrace the family as the central unit of our society. Restoration of the family is at the core of restoring the American Dream for everyone.” – former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
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First Principles: Where There Is No Law, There Is No Liberty
“Where there is no law, there is no liberty; and nothing deserves the name of law but that which is certain and universal in its operation upon all the members of the community.” – Benjamin Rush (1788)
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Troubled Thoughts In the Night
Troubled Thoughts In the Night
by Michael Doyle
Life knows its best
Spoken like a new language
It's written in secret alphabet
You can feel its rising heat
Somewhere in that middle passage
Without words it reveals its secret
A divine messenger sings
On the wind like a ghost song
Where it hangs misunderstood
With icy claws death stings
Hopeless as notes that do not belong
Yet sustained in hope that it could
Bring power into the lonely night
Starless, stainless immaculate notions
The sky turned red as if it is burning
Pierced with thoughts that are not right
Shrouding life's feast in a tatter of emotions
Troubling even Solomon's wisdom in their discerning
The doctors bring whispers of death
And treat it as if with great patience
This too shall come to its passing
Two months waiting with held breath
Puzzling over the protocols in sequence
There's no need in borrowing troubles massing
(c) June 7, 2022 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: You Won’t Get Gun Control By Disarming Law-Abiding Citizens
“You won’t get gun control by disarming law-abiding citizens. … There’s only one way to get real gun control: Disarm the thugs and the criminals, lock them up and if you don’t actually throw away the key, at least lose it for a long time… It’s a nasty truth, but those who seek to inflict harm are not fazed by gun control laws. I happen to know this from personal experience.” – Ronald Reagan (1911-2004)
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First Principles: There Can Be No Greater Error Than To Expect, or Calculate Upon Real Favors From Nation To Nation
“There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate upon real favours from Nation to Nation. ‘Tis an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.” – George Washington (1796)
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In the I-IV-VII
In the II IV VII
by Michael Doyle
In the I IV VII
I just might play
My way to blues heaven
But I wouldn’t want to really say.
It’s just another moment in this day
Troubles found and troubles gone
No real matter to how it’s drawn
I get the blues just about every day
When my guitar begins to cry and play
Curved in circles inside my mind
Unsure of what I hope to find
The questions asked come on loud
One too many seems a crowd
But when the timing is right
I dig in deep into the night
Letting the strings sing their song
Every note where it belongs
In the I IV VII
I just might play
My way to blues heaven
But I wouldn’t want to really say.
It’s just another moment in this day
Troubles found and troubles gone
No real matter to how it’s drawn
I get the blues just about every day
When my guitar begins to cry and play
The crossroads take my soul
Living life in its groove of slow roll
Tumbling dice fall as they will
Losing their way into their chill
Tomorrow seems just another day
When there’s nothing left to say
But the feeling burns a sting so hot
In things better left to be forgot
Sitting there in a room full of memory
Slidiing tones a bit incendiary
As these etch inside my lost mind
Who am I fooling in the notes iI find
In the I IV VII
I just might play
My way to blues heaven
But I wouldn’t want to really say.
It’s just another moment in this day
Troubles found and troubles gone
No real matter to how it’s drawn
I get the blues just about every day
When my guitar begins to cry and play
(c) June 6, 2022 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: I Had the Blues Because I Had No Shoes Until Upon the Street, I Met A Man Who Had No Feet
“I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet.” – Denis Waitley
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First Principles: What Can Be Added To the Happiness of A Man Who Is In Health, Out of Debt, and Has A Clear Conscience?
“What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?” – Adam Smith, economist (5 Jun 1723-1790)
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