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First Principles: America Was Meant To Unify In Establishing American English As Our National Language
“NOW is the time, and this the country, in which we may expect changes favorable to language . . . . Let us then seize the present moment, and establish a national language, as well as a national government.” – … Continue reading
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Tagged Country, Establish, First Principles, Language, National Government, National Language, Noah Webster, Present, Seize, Time
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First Principles: Legal Immigrants Are Welcome To Join American Society and Conform To Our Established Rules
“Born in other countries, yet believing you could be happy in this, our laws acknowledge, as they should do, your right to join us in society, conforming, as I doubt not you will do, to our established rules.” —Thomas Jefferson … Continue reading
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Tagged Acknowledge, Born, Conform, Country, Established Rules, First Principles, Happy, Join, Law, Right, Society, Thomas Jefferson
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The Wrong of Pop
Dedicated to Taylor Swift’s latest effort: The Wrong of Pop by Michael Romani A penchant for speaking truth Ove humble country strums Might speak of passion and youth But offer no excuse for Jazzercize drums Idiosyncratic bits of garish tackiness … Continue reading
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Tagged Catchiness, Confront, Country, Disbelief, Empty, End Game, Excuse, Frazzle, Grief, Helium, Humble, Indignity, Jazzercize, Passion, Perception, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pop, Prep Rally, Selfie, Shelf, Smug, Sonic, Spill, Strum, Tacky, Taylor Swift, Tricks, Truth
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A Vancouverite Current
The Na/GloPoWriM0 Day 15 challenge is to provide a Robert Brown or Shakespearian styled monologue sort of a poem. I opted for a redo on Hamlet’s “To Be or Not To Be” monologue. Kind of.. I opted for happy thoughts not … Continue reading
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Tagged Arms, Beaten, Border, Caution, Conscience, Country, Coward, Current, Decision, Deep, Delay, Devote, Dream, Flesh, Folly, Fortune, Friend, Gloom, Good, Gray, Happiness, Happy, Heartache, Heir, Hope, Infatuation, Insolence, Jammies, Know, Life, Love, Me, Merit, Moment, Monologue, Mortal Coil, Motivation, Na/GloPoWriMo, Naked, Native Resolution, Noise, Patience, Pause, Photograph, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Purn, Puzzle, Question, Quiet, Regret, Respect, Return, Reward, Robert Brown, Sake, Shock, Sky, Sleep, Song, Thought, Time, To Be Or Not To Be, Traveler, Trouble, Turn Back, Vancouver, Voyage, Warmth, Weary, Will, William Shakespeare, Wisdom, Wish, Worth
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First Principles: Can the Liberties of A Nation Be Secure When The Conviction That the Liberties Are A Gift From God?
“God who gave us life gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Basis, Conviction, Country, First Principles, Gift of God, God, Just, Justice, Liberty, Life, Mind, Nation, Reflect, Secure, Sleep, The People, Thomas Jefferson, Tremble, Violated, Wrath
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First Principles: The Greatest Good For Our Nation Is To Heal Party Divisions and Act As One People
“The greatest good we can do our country is to heal its party divisions and make them one people.” – Thomas Jefferson (1801)
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Tagged Country, First Principles, Good, Great, Heal, One People, Party Divisions, Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: Our Liberties Are A Gift From God
“And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God? That they are not to … Continue reading
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Tagged Conviction, Country, Firm Basis, First Principles, Gift of God, God, Just, Justice, Liberties, Liberty, Mind, Nation, Secure, Sleep, The People, Thomas Jefferson, Tremble, Violate, Wrath
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First Principles: I Only Regret Having But One Life To Lose For My Country
“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.” – Nathan Hale, before being hanged by the British, September 22, 1776 Some give all…
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Tagged Country, First Principles, Lose, Nathan Hale, One Life, Regret
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An Elegy To Common Sense
Poem A Day #11 is to be an elegy. The word prompt is ‘black hole’. Milkwood’s definition of elegy is limited to the following. I would argue that the person who wrote the notecard needs to revisit this. I have … Continue reading
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Tagged America First, American, Attitude, Black Hole, Blindman's Bluff, Border Fence, Borders, Build, Cardinal Rule, Common Sense, Conservative, Country, Death, Defend, Dense, Despotism, Destination, Discrimination, Domestic, Drug Lords, Elegy, Elite, Enemy, Exist, Followers, Foreign, Globalist, Heath, History, Immoral, Legal Immigration, Liberty, Live or Die, Milkwood, MS 13, Nation, National Defense, Oath, Old Hat, Patriot, Patriotic, Platitude, Poem A Day, Poor, Porous Border, Pretense, Primary, Principle, Progressive, Protect, Rule of Law, Secure, Servants, Statesmen, Support, Surrender, Sworn, Terrorist, Thirst, Victimless Crimes
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Thought For the Day: A Politician Best Serves His or Her Party By Serving the Country Well (Not By Partisanship)
“He serves his party best who serves the country best.” – Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th US president (4 Oct 1822-1893)
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Tagged Best, Congressman, Country, Party, President, Rutherford B Hayes, Senator, Serves, Thought For the Day
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