Tag Archives: Danger

Daily Prompt – Rabbit

Posted on July 20, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

She sensed a certain degree of danger When she trusted in that stranger Following him down the rabbit hole And becoming consigned to her role Now she knows why the Cheshire cat smiles She’s gotten her own claws sharpened by … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Alice, Cheshire Cat, Claws, Daily Prompt, Danger, Hand, Leery, Looks, Magic, Rabbit, Rabbit Hole, Role, Smile, Stone, Stranger, Time, Tragic, Understand | Leave a comment

First Principles: The Republic Depends On Lovers of Liberty

Posted on July 1, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Our country is in danger, but not to be despaired of. Our enemies are numerous and powerful; but we have many friends, determining to be free, and heaven and earth will aid the resolution. On you depend the fortunes of … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged America, Country, Danger, Enemies, First Principles, Friends, Happiness, Joseph Warren, Liberty, Patriots | Leave a comment

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Toxic

Posted on April 1, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Not that you should rely strictly on my advice But, I think it truth enough to openly say That there is something toxic to the thin ice So dangerous to our happiness day to day The things that we say … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Advice, Complication, Daily Prompt, Danger, Golden Rule, Gratitude, Play Nice, Reasonableness, Said, Thin Ice, Toxic, Truth, Wordpress | Leave a comment

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Typical

Posted on March 5, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

It wasn’t going to be a typical day Something in the water told me right away Whole lot of teeth for just one smile Might be worse that a crocodile Thinking to myself, I better splash this away A quick … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Benign, Daily Prompt, Danger, Day, Life, Prayer, Shark, Signs, Splash, Stranger, Teeth, Typical, Water, Wordpress | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Music Makes Us All A Little Immortal

Posted on December 3, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.” – Henry David Thoreau This post dedicated to a blogger who made me … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day, Uncategorized | Tagged Danger, Fear, Harmony, Henry David Thoreau, Immortality, Music, Opposition, Peace, Thought For the Day, Vulnerability | Leave a comment

First Principles: Public Debt Is the Biggest Danger To Our Republic

Posted on November 27, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“I … place economy among the first and most important of republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared. … Taxation follows that, and in its turn wretchedness and oppression.” — Thomas Jefferson, in … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Trust No Living Man With the Power to Endanger Liberty

Posted on October 30, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.” – John Adams, in an Oration at Braintree (Spring, 1772) … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Experts On the Public Good Are Often Wrong and Sometimes Dangerous

Posted on September 14, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“The greatest danger to liberty today comes from the men who are most needed and most powerful in modern government, namely, the efficient expert administrators exclusively concerned with what they regard as the public good.” —Friedrich August von Hayek (1899-1992) … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Administrators, Bureaucrats, Danger, Experience, Friedrich Hayek, Liberty, Modern Government, Public Good, Risk, Understanding | Leave a comment

In Defense Of (Damage Done)

Posted on August 24, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

In Defense of Damage Done by Michael Romani Even after all the damage done The battle has only just begun Words will not win what must be won But with the courage needed as one One who can move beyond … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anger, Battle, Bible Study Tools, Comission, Companionship, Conspiracy, Damage, Danger, Defense, Defiance, Omission, Perseverance, Photographs, Poem, Poetry, Stand, Strength, Walk the Walk | Leave a comment

First Principles: Federal Government Grows In Times of War and Danger

Posted on August 24, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the State governments, in times of peace and security.” – James Madison With this in mind, I believe … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Danger, Federal, Federalist Papers, James Madison, Operations, Peace, Security, State, Terrorism, War, Wise Governance | Leave a comment