ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER

First Principles: The Judicial Branch May Truly Be Said To Have Neither Force Nor Will, But Merely Judgment and Must Ultimately Depend On the Aid of the Executive Arm Even For the Efficacy of Its Judgments

“[The judicial branch] may truly be said to have neither FORCE nor WILL, but merely judgment; and must ultimately depend upon the aid of the executive arm even for the efficacy of its judgments.” – Alexander Hamilton (1788)

Thought For the Day: It Is the Job of A Judge To Resist Her Policy Preferences. It Would Be A Dereliction of Duty For Her To Give Into Them

“It is the job of a senator to pursue her policy preferences. In fact, it would be a dereliction of duty for her to put policy goals aside. By contrast, it is the job of a judge to resist her policy preferences. It would be a dereliction of duty for her to give into them. The oath that I have solemnly taken tonight means at its core that I will do my job without any fear or favor, and that I will do so independently of both the political branches and of my own preference.” – Justice Amy Coney Barrett

The Greater the Miracles

The Greater the Miracles
by Michael Doyle

Religion it seems is love's emotion
Personified and adhered to with devotion
For a person who lives life without reason
Has committed the most personal of treasons

In the Grand Inquisitor we find rarified poetry
In which passions are taken incorrectly, absent piety
Regardless of claimed faith, in the burning at the stakes
Is the stark heresy of belief misplaced in its mistakes

Jesus came to work miracles for those busy living
To teach the true ways of love and redemption in forgiving
There then is failure in believe in love and not in hate
And for many among man not so kind, it is far too late

It seems the Devil who truly understands the ways of power
Perched as he is above even the highest royal tower
Though Jesus teaches that man does not live by bread alone
Is is these temporal temptations that make it hard to atone

Turning from freedom in order to be content being fed
Astray is the where that the average person is easily led
With freedom comes that dreaded responsibility 
And this, however loved, escapes man's feeble capability

War and hate are the truest constants of history
These are the great lessons of life's great heresy
Despotism is too oft chosen over fables of freedom
This is the mystery that holds the keys to the kingdom

We reach out in our desire to turn water into wine
Believing it the true sign that man seeks after the divine
Suffer after the children who have come to laugh and play
For the Lord Himself will yet arise again some unknown day

The random chances of life place us on the edge of grave
Yet, there is but One who gave Himself to us to save
Aching from the three days in Hell to take on our strife
That yet it is that we might have our second chance at life


(c) October 25, 2020  Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved

The Yellow Lodge at Warm Springs - Crossed Lattice Look At the River

First Principles: I Hold the Maxim No Less Applicable To Public Than To Private Affairs, That Honesty Is Always the Best Policy

“I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.” – George Washington

Thought For the Day: The Measure of A Man’s Real Character Is What He Would Do If He Knew He Would Never Be Found Out

“The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.”– Thomas Babington Macaulay, author and statesman (25 Oct 1800-1859)

First Principles: It Will Be of Little Avail To the People If the Laws Are So Voluminous That They Cannot Be Read Or So Incoherent That They Cannot Be Understood

“It will be of little avail to the people if the laws are so voluminous that they cannot be read or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.” – James Madison

Thought For the Day: Remember, We All Stumble, Every One of Us. That’s Why It’s A Comfort To Go Hand In Hand

“Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That’s why it’s a comfort to go hand in hand.” – Emily Kimbrough, author and broadcaster (23 Oct 1899-1989)

Thought For the Day: It Is Not the Business of Government To Make Men Virtuous Or Religious, Or to Preserve the Fool From the Consequences of His Own Folly

“It is not the business of government to make men virtuous or religious, or to preserve the fool from the consequences of his own folly. Government should be repressive no further than is necessary to secure liberty by protecting the equal rights of each from aggression on the part of others, and the moment governmental prohibitions extend beyond this line they are in danger of defeating the very ends they are intended to serve.” – Henry George (1839-1897)

First Principles: It Is Error Alone, Which Needs the Support of Government. Truth Can stand by itself.

“It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. Subject opinion to coercion: whom will you make your inquisitors?” – Thomas Jefferson (1781)

ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER

First Principles: The Judicial Branch May Truly Be Said To Have Neither Force Nor Will, But Merely Judgment and Must Ultimately Depend On the Aid of the Executive Arm Even For the Efficacy of Its Judgments

Thought For the Day: It Is the Job of A Judge To Resist Her Policy Preferences. It Would Be A Dereliction of Duty For Her To Give Into Them

First Principles: Let Us Prepare For the Worst. We Can Die Here But Once

The Greater the Miracles

First Principles: I Hold the Maxim No Less Applicable To Public Than To Private Affairs, That Honesty Is Always the Best Policy

Thought For the Day: The Measure of A Man’s Real Character Is What He Would Do If He Knew He Would Never Be Found Out

First Principles: It Will Be of Little Avail To the People If the Laws Are So Voluminous That They Cannot Be Read Or So Incoherent That They Cannot Be Understood

Thought For the Day: Remember, We All Stumble, Every One of Us. That’s Why It’s A Comfort To Go Hand In Hand

Thought For the Day: It Is Not the Business of Government To Make Men Virtuous Or Religious, Or to Preserve the Fool From the Consequences of His Own Folly

First Principles: It Is Error Alone, Which Needs the Support of Government. Truth Can stand by itself.

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