Tag Archives: Command

First Principles: Do Not Wait; the Time Will Never Be ‘Just Right.’ Start Where You Stand, and Work With Whatever Tools You May Have At Your Command, and Better Tools Will Be Found As You Go Along

Posted on August 8, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.’ Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.” – George Herbert

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Illuminati, Part III: Only the Luddites

Posted on October 21, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Illuminati, Part III: Only the Ludditesby Michael DoyleOnly the Luddites can save us now.It’s the only assurance of privacy, somehow.Terrorism and pandemics offer the pretenseWhile the foolishness of humanity has little defense.Anarchists and the Far Right have to unite,As we … Continue reading →

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West Coyote Hills

Posted on July 19, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

West Coyote Hillsby Michael DoyleI spent some time in Fullerton, hanging around.It’s there that West Coyote Hills can be found.We wondered bits and pieces during the day,And playing guitar at the Brea dam along the way.The advantage of staying simple … Continue reading →

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First Principles: If We Command Our Wealth, We Shall Be Rich and Free. If Our Wealth Commands Us, We Are Poor Indeed

Posted on March 17, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.” – Edmund Burke

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How Much Law Is Enough Law?

Posted on August 5, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

How Much Law Is Enough Law?by Michael DoyleIt is no secret that laws weren’t to be numerousNor were our laws meant to be written as voluminous Every one of our Founding Fathers made that clearWhen they said as much and … Continue reading →

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First Principles: When Right, I Shall Often Be Thought Wrong By Those Whose Positions Will Not Command A View of the Whole Ground

Posted on July 15, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“When right, I shall often be thought wrong by those whose positions will not command a view of the whole ground.” – Thomas Jefferson (1805)

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Worth the Turning of Attention

Posted on April 18, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Worth the Turning of Attentionby Michael DoyleThe time has come and the time is nowTo remember the nation’s virtues somehowBecause when the Left has gotten out of controlThere is virtually nothing to ever consoleThe loss of some fundamental beliefsThat without … Continue reading →

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Writing Our Own Stories

Posted on March 28, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Writing Our Own Storiesby Michael DoyleWe find ourselves in our struggleEmerging from our strife into lifeIt seems to me, that we too often juggleThe solutions that can be overly rifeIt is us who write our own storyAs we listen beyond … Continue reading →

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A Passion For Listening

Posted on November 30, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Passion For Listeningby Michael DoyleIn the set of all possible worlds, I pauseThinking of the multiverses behind The first causeAnd I realize that the chasm between Finite and infiniteIs something that, at this time, we find Cannot be definitiveBut … Continue reading →

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First Principles: For the Entire Law Is Fulfilled In Keeping This One Command: ‘Love Your Neighbor As Yourself’

Posted on November 12, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.‘” – Galatians 5:14 (NIV)

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