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Thought For the Day: America Would Be Better Off As A Country and Americans Happier and More Prosperous As A People If Half of Our Government Boards, Bureaus and Commissions Were Abolished

Posted on June 18, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“America would be better off as a country and Americans happier and more prosperous as a people if half of our government boards, bureaus, and commissions were Abolished, hundreds of thousands of our government officials, agents and employees were discharged, … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Since When Have We Americans Been Expected To Bow Submissively To Authority and Speak With Awe and Reverence To Those Who Represent Us

Posted on January 12, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?” – Justice William O. Douglas (1898-1980)

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The Death Head of Night

Posted on November 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The Death Head of Nightby Michael DoyleThere in the darkest of the 20th CenturyWere pages to learn from in our historySuch evil as was darker than the nightWhere our traditions still bring us lightNo matter what the king tells usTruth … Continue reading →

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First Principles: If We Can Prevent the Government From Wasting the Labors of the People, Under the Pretense of Taking Care of Them, They Must Become Happy

Posted on September 7, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretense of taking care of them, they must become happy.” – Thomas Jefferson (1802)

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First Principle: The Ultimate Authority Resides In the People Alone

Posted on August 19, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The ultimate authority … resides in the people alone. … The advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation … forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than any…” … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Through Blood, Sweat and Tears, Americans Did More Than Any Other Nation To Bring A Swift End To Slavery

Posted on August 5, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Through blood, sweat, and tears, Americans did more than any nation ever had to bring a swift end to slavery,” – Thomas Krannawitter, creator of many civics study programs/clubs including the10-month program titled “Tragedy & Triumph: The Story of Slavery … Continue reading →

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Texas 1836

Posted on May 16, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

I have always found American history fascinating in all of our legends and tales, tall or not. Texas 1836 by Michael Doyle Texas, Eighteen Hundred Thirty Six Thousands of Americans invited in Finding their place in desert sand and sticks … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: We Remember With Pride and Are Always Prepared So We May Always Be Free

Posted on January 13, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we may always be free.” – Ronald Reagan

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First Principles: Americans Combine Christianity and Liberty So Intimately That It Is Impossible to Conceive One Without the Other

Posted on June 17, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“The Americans combine the notions of Christianity and of liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive the one without the other.” – Alexis de Tocqueville

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First Principles: States and Their Militias Serve A Powerful Check To the Ambition and Power of the Federal Government

Posted on October 28, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate governments, to which the people are attached and by which the militia officers are appointed, forms a barrier … Continue reading →

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