Tag Archives: Crime

The Will To Survive

Posted on January 15, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

The Will To Surviveby Michael DoyleIn a soldier’s final score,Only the dead know the end of war.Shrouded in the sadness of despair,Life is hobbled by a world so unfair.We keep on fighting shadowsThough each of us is certain and knowsThe … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alive, Battle, Chance, Crime, Dead, Despair, Family, Generals, Ghost, Glory, History, Infernal War, Jesus, Life, Line, Love, Morning Light, Poetry and Poems, Priority, Rumor, Score, Shadow, Soldier, Story, Survival, Survive, Truth Be Told, Twilight, Unfair, War, Will, World | Leave a comment

It Strives To Make Things Right

Posted on December 29, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

It Strives To Make Things Rightby Michael DoyleDespite what the day brings,Some of us are simply broken things.It’s not a crime to count on self-defense.To believe otherwise is simply a false pretense.A father takes his congregant’s confession,Willingly making his valid … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Broken Things, Cold of Wnter, Concession, Confession, Crime, Dark Night, Day, False Pretense, Father, Few, Fix, Greed, Life, Penance, Poetry and Poems, Pride, Prisoner, Ride Hard, Right, Self-Defense, Speak, Strive, Suffer | Leave a comment

First Principles: To Prevent Crimes Is the Noblest End and the Aim of Criminal Jurisprudence. To Punish Them Is One of the Means Necessary For the Accomplishment of This Noble End and Aim

Posted on September 16, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“To prevent crimes is the noblest end and aim of criminal jurisprudence. To punish them, is one of the means necessary for the accomplishment of this noble end and aim.” – James Wilson (1790)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Accomplishment, Crime, Criminal Jurisprudence, First Principles, James Wilson, Necessary, Noblest End and Aim, Punish | Leave a comment

First Principles: We Are A Nation of Immigrants. But We Are Also A Nation of Laws

Posted on September 3, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“In the budget I will present to you, we will try to do more to speed the deportation of illegal aliens who are arrested for crimes, to better identify illegal aliens in the workplace as recommended by the commission headed … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Abuse, Barbara Jordan, Budget, Crime, Deportation, First Principles, Illegal Aliens, Immigration Law, Nation of Immigrants, Nation of Laws, Recent Years, Self-Defeating, William J. Clinton | Leave a comment

What One Bullet Can Do

Posted on August 28, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

What One Bullet Can Doby MichaelIt’s funny,What one bullet can do,Taking away peace…As it stunned me.Watching time run out for youAnd taking from me, my peace.Replacing peace with strife,Removing what had been bliss.What’s left is a gaping hole.It should have … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ate Away, Bliss, Born, Bubbles, Bullet, Crime, Cue, Daytime, Demons, Dream, Dreams, Eagle, Emptiness, Gaping Hole, Good, Happiness, Heat Full of Sorrow, Hurt Children, Hurt Person, Issues, Keep, Kill, Last Prayer, Life, Lived, Loss, Monster, More, My World, Pain, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Prayers, Shadow, Shooter, Shots Fired, Sin, Sleep, Soar, Soul, Strife, Stun, Talk, The Lord, Tiime, Tomorrow, Tragic, Troubled Soul, True, You | Leave a comment

First Principles: Whatever Spreads Ignorance, Poverty and Discontent Causes Crime. Criminals Have Their Own Responsibility.. But They Are Merely the Hand

Posted on August 6, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Crimes increase as education, opportunity, and property decrease. Whatever spreads ignorance, poverty and, discontent causes crime…. Criminals have their own responsibility, their own share of guilt, but they are merely the hand…. Whoever interferes with equal rights and equal opportunities … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Community, Crime, Criminals, Discontent, Education, Equal Opportunities, Equal Rights, First Principles, Hand, Ignorance, Opportunity, Poverty, Property, Responsibility, Rutherford B. Hayes | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Government Should Be A Referee, Not An Active Player

Posted on March 29, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Government has three primary functions. It should provide for military defense of the nation. It should enforce contracts between individuals. It should protect citizens from crimes against themselves or their property. When government– in pursuit of good intentions tries to … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Active Player, Cost, Crime, Enforce Contracts, Government, Inefficiency, Lack of Motivation, Legislate Morality, Loss of Freedom, Military Defense, Milton Friedman, Primary Funcions, Property, Pursuit of Good Intentions, Rearrange the Economy, Referee, Self, Special Interests, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: If It Is Committed In the Name of God Or Country, There Is No Crime So Heinous That the Public Will Not Forgive It

Posted on July 22, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“If it is committed in the name of God or country, there is no crime so heinous that the public will not forgive it.” – Tom Robbins, writer (b. 22 Jul 1936)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Commit, Country, Crime, Forgive, God, Heinous, Name, Public, Thought For the Day, Tom Robbins | Leave a comment

First Principles: Each Person Having A Fixed Fundamental Right Born With (Them) As To the Freedom of Their Person and Property…Which…Cannot Be Deprived

Posted on May 20, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“(E)ach man having a fixed Fundamental Right born with him as to the Freedom of his Person and Property in his Estate, which he cannot be deprived of, but either by his consent, or some Crime for which the Law … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Born, Consent, Crime, Deprived, Each, English Liberties, First Principles, Fixed, Freedom, Fundamental Right, Henry Care, Lwa, Penalty, Person, Property | Leave a comment