Tag Archives: Convenience

Goodbye Pax Americana

Posted on April 19, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Goodbye Pax Americana by Michael DoyleAt war’s end and freed from fascism Europe breathed with American optimismBarbarism had been thoroughly defeatedAnd a brave new world was timidly greetedThe Marshall Plan was the discoveryThat would lead to economic recoveryIt was a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Allies, American Optimism, Ashes, Barbarism, Brave New World, Christian Moral Order, Commonality, Consequnce, Convenience, Culturally Lefward, Defeat, Dutybound, Economic Community, Economic Recovery, Economic Stategy, EU, Europe, Fascism, Godlessly Secular, Goodbye, History, Inertia, Law, Liberty and Dignity, Marshall Plan, Masterstorke, Mercantilist, NATO, Pax American, Phoenix, Poetry and Poems, Politics, Post-National, Protectionist, Reseeded, Rights of Mankind, Russia, Society, Technocratic Apostasy, Temporal End, Trump, War, War's End, Welfare State, World War II, Zeitenwende | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Ultimate Measure of A Man Is Not Where He Stands In Moments of Comfort and Convenience, But Where He Stands At Times of Challenge and Controversy

Posted on January 14, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Challenge, Comfort, Controversy, Convenience, Lltimate, Man, Martin Luther King Jr., Measure, Stand, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

The Influence of Pulp Fiction

Posted on October 23, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

The Influence of Pulp Fictionby Michael DoyleScience fiction without a snarkDidn’t just materialize out of the darkIn 1926, Hugo Gernsback, without a lot of gloryCame to publish the first Amazing StoriesFrom the cover of this first, we might knowThe Hugo … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 19th Century, Amazing Stories, Blind, book-review, Books, Cauldron, Cliffhanger, Conscience, Contemporary Science, Context, Convenience, Critics, Debt, Destination, Destruction, Details, Dream, Dystopia, Eiros and Charmion, Epic, Fallacy, Fiction, First Moon Shot, Future, Glory, H.P. Lovecraft, Hans Pfaall, Hugo Gernsback, Imagination, Influence, Inspiration, Invention, Journey, Jules Verne, Literary, Mellonta Tauta, Mind, Mountains of Madness, Next Story, Opportunity, Plausbile, Poe, Poetry and Poems, Possible, Principles and Conscience, Pulp Fiction, Reliance, Role, Science Fiction, Show, Social Commentary, Sphinx, Technology, The Hugo Awards, The Moon, Undoable, Verne, Wells | Leave a comment

Dragged Into the Streets

Posted on May 20, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Thinking a lot on education and civilization and why and how there seems to be quite a bit of confusion as to how each is allegedly to work out. Fairly serious stuff and yet how can a person not … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ability, Alienation, Ancient, Avoid, Backside, Bad Advice, Belong, Bowl, Capable, Chase, Civility, Civilization, Confusion, Convenience, Convenient, Cruelty, Curious, Darkness, Days, Deal, Desire, Different, Done, Doubt, Drag, Drink, Education, Fish, Flag, Gin, God, Good, Happy, Head, Humor, Interest, Lazy, Life, Luck, Manage, Mentally, Miserable, Monkeys, Moral Courage, Mortals, New Life, None, Now, Ought, Photograph, Pit, Poem, Poetry, Pretend, Problems, Puzzles, Raps, Reverent, Run Away, Sail, Set Out, Sink, Sit, Solemn, Somehow, Sought, Street, Struck, Sun, Taught, Tell Me, Then, Think, Thought, Time, Trappings, Tree, Turn, Tutor, Unteachable, Want, Wince, Wish, Wonder, Workings, Wrong, You | Leave a comment

Ode To An Orangutan In My Thoughts

Posted on December 16, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Friday was the Day of the Monkey. This brought to mind a certain event that happened maybe 12 or more years ago. I could not fact any references to this orangutan on the net so I could not completely flesh … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Again, Aloud, Animals, ASL, Base Fear, Beauty, Between, Biology, Break, Brilliance, Cage, Cape, Childhood, Chinaman's Hat, Come Back, Common Good, Control, Convenience, Cost, Cousteau, Cut, Damage, Day of the Monkey, Day To Day, Deep, Define, Disguise, Dividing Line, Divine, Doctor Doolittle, Dolphins, Dream, Duty, Experience, Eye to Eye, Eyes, Feel, Folly, Glass, Grace, Hand To hand, Heart, Heartless, Hollywood, Human, Humanity, Hurt, Incisor, Inhumanity, Inside, Interventioin, Kin to Kin, Kind, Know, Koko, Leave, Listen, Lock, Lonely, Lost, Mean, Memory, Mind, Niche, Ode, Ohio, Orangutan, Pain, Palm to Palm, Photograph, Planet of the Apes, Poem, Poetry, Pound, Pretend, Pristine, Question, Real, Reply, Responsible, Reveal, Scared, See, Sell, Series, Skin, Soul, Step, Story, Superman, Surf, Talk, Tears, Tell, Thin, Thought, Trap, True, Truth, TV, Understand, Understood, Veneer, World, zoo | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Ultimate Measure of A Person Is Where He or Stands At Times of Challenge and Controversy

Posted on August 13, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Challenge, Comfort, Controversy, Convenience, Martin Luther King Jr, Measure, Moment, Person, Stand, Thought For the Day, Ultimate | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Murder Is Murder; Every Undocumented Infant Deserves A Chance At the American Dream

Posted on February 1, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Please stop killing undocumented infants who are trying to cross the border of the birth canal in hopes of a better life. Every undocumented infant deserves a chance at the American dream.” – Matt Walsh Reproductive rights, my tush. If … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged American Dream, Better Life, Birth, Border, Chance, Convenience, Deserve, Fundamental Right, Genocide, Killing, Life, Little Boys, Little Girls, Murder, Thought For the Day, Undocumented Infants | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Standard English Is A Convenient Abstraction

Posted on March 30, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Standard English is a convenient abstraction, like the average man.” – George Leslie Brook, English professor, author (1910-1987)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Abstraction, Convenience, English, George Leslie Brook, Language, Standard, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Convenience

Goodbye Pax Americana

Thought For the Day: The Ultimate Measure of A Man Is Not Where He Stands In Moments of Comfort and Convenience, But Where He Stands At Times of Challenge and Controversy

Dragged Into the Streets

Ode To An Orangutan In My Thoughts

Thought For the Day: The Ultimate Measure of A Person Is Where He or Stands At Times of Challenge and Controversy

Thought For the Day: Murder Is Murder; Every Undocumented Infant Deserves A Chance At the American Dream

Thought For the Day: Standard English Is A Convenient Abstraction

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