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Thought For the Day: Before Anything Else, Preparation Is the Key To Success
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First Principles: When Taxes Go So Far As To Entrench On the Subsistence of the People, These Become Burdensome and Oppressive
“Taxation to a certain point is not only proper but useful, because by stimulating the industry of individuals it increases the wealth of the Community. But when Taxes go so far as to intrench on the subsistence of the people they become burdensome and oppressive. The expenditures of money ought in such case to be (if possible) avoided, and if unavoidable, it will be most wise to have recourse to loans.” – Robert Morris in Letter to Alexander Martin (July 20, 1782)
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Specter of A Well Aimed Gun
Between the chase scenes, I believe science fiction grapples on some of humanity’s biggest questions. Do you?
Specter of A Well Aimed Gun by Michael Doyle Specters of a gun take aim Innocent of the perceptions slain Fooled by the ways things are seen Though its all a bit more than a dream Deductive in its influence and analysis Shaken down beyond paralysis As true as its deceptive philosophy Science fiction has borne a world from analogy So many of our scientific inventions Are science fiction translated into convention And the subtle operations of thought Are as startling as the essentials sought Let us grapple with the greatest of questions Daring to do so without hesitation Science fiction often becomes science fact As it interplays together to become more exact It's there in all of the fantasy scenes That we reach out for beyond electric dreams We find our glasses raised by their inception As we together lift the veils off our deceptions (c) May 19, 2020 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
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Rites of Passage
What might it be to see the rites of passage for a Viking daring to reach west not east and in so doing changes perceptions of possibility?
Rites of Passage by Michael Doyle As odd as it may seem You have long been in my dreams I have always dreamed of you Though I should not confess this as true Seldom have I been satisfied With the flavors of life that I have tried It is said that for knowledge Beyond the doorframe's familiar edge That Odin himself gave his eye I would give more and will or I will die Seeking my quest beyond and toward the West Mine is yet seen but the truest test A man is born for the fight To guard his family and keep things right As true as the Northern Lights These moments are precious in my sight Are dragon ships just dead things Or mistresses of all that the sea brings There is no worry to be had Though the depths might make us sad (c) May 19, 2020 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
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Thought For the Day: The Difference Between the Impossible and the Possible Lies In A Person’s Determination
“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.” – Tommy Lasorda
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First Principles: Having Lived Long, I Have Many Instances of Being Obligated…To Change My Opinions… I Thought Right But Found To Be Otherwise
“Having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obligated, by better information or fuller consideration, to change my opinions even on important subjects, which I thought right but found to be otherwise.” – Benjamin Franklin, Speech on Sept. 17 1787
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In Belated Honor of Armed Forces Day 2020!!
As a Veteran, it is just shameful that I missed posting something to honor our Armed Forces Day 2020 on May 16th (this past Saturday). My apologies to all active duty, reserve, retired and everyone who served. Aloha Promises Forever proudly supports our military forces and all who have ever served!! Freedom is not for free and it is we who have preserved this for so many others!! From the bottom of my heart to the tip of my salute, thank you men and women for serving to keep our nation free!!
“Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Dancing Cheek To Cheek
Thinking on the Prohibition, flappers, gangsters and murder as she wrote…
Dancing Cheek To Cheek by Michael Doyle Dancing cheek to cozy cheek Might bring us to ruin Libertine as it is It might lead to our undoing The habits of coming home Casually in first light of morning Left many a soul feeling alone And seeing it as first warning She called him, "Daddy" Though that might be pointed sadly It was a partnership in crime That felt perfectly sublime Rolling him for his roll It's hard to say who was in control Volatile in its escalation Breath gasping in its inhalation Beginning began with death And raced on without a breath Times like these can only be real Fiction would not so deceptively reveal Darkness called to be richly explained Somewhere for most it becomes implored To safely understand this messy mess That even the bravest fear to confess (c) May 18, 2020 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
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Blowing Down the Walls
Based in part on 2 Corinthians 2:14-16:
Blowing Down the Walls by Michael Doyle Blown away by righteousness and grace Profound joy takes down all my walls Mercy has taken me to this place I have found my peace in life's squalls Like the walls of Jericho falling The presence of God conquers my soul In the blessed silence I hear His calling Taking my place in reverence to extol I find myself hungering for the good Taking down the walls between others Living my life newly understood Standing with my sisters and brothers For Christ I am willing to be a fool Only caring for His influence and authority Taking my steps within the golden rule Surrendering my all to His sovereignty Blown away by righteousness and grace Profound joy takes down all my walls Mercy has taken me to this place I have found my peace in life's squalls Like the walls of Jericho falling The presence of God conquered my soul In the blessed silence I heard Him call And have taken my place in reverence to extol Like a child embracing life's possibility I have accepted Christ's blessed invitation Skinning my knees as I climb life's tree With a shout of joy, I praise in exaltation Crushed in deep longing to know God's ways I know my badness to my depths of sheer grief Turning my heart and head to good in my days I pray my prayer earnestly seeking His relief Blown away by righteousness and grace Profound joy takes down all my walls Mercy has taken me to this place Having made my peace in life's squalls Like the walls of Jericho falling The presence of God conquers my soul In the blessed silence I heed His call Taking my place in reverence to extol (c) May 18, 2020 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
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Thought For the Day: Love Looks Not With the Eyes, but With the Mind, and Therefore Is Winged Cupid Painted Blind
“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.” – William Shakespeare
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