Tag Archives: Freedom

Thought For the Day: We’re Also Remembering the Guiding Light of Our Judeo-Christian Tradition. All of Us Here Today Are Descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Sons and Daughters of the Same God

“And we’re also remembering the guiding light of our Judeo-Christian tradition. All of us here today are descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, sons and daughters of the same God. I believe we are bound by faith in our God, … Continue reading

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Bonhoeffer, Part 4 (Dirty Hands)

Dirty Handsby Michael DoyleThe truth speaks loudly, and sometimes too much.There is a penalty for doing such.Sometimes, the things we do break us in two.That’s not too much of a price to pay for you.So, our Lord, beloved, was there … Continue reading

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Darkness Fallen

Darkness Fallenby Michael DoyleStretching my day past midnight,I’m grasping toward the morning light.There’s just one more thing to do,Planting dreams to know what can be true.Living my freedom in the moment’s truth,I think back on the days of my youth.Outside … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: If Somehow, I Can, Before I Leave This Earth, Combine My Absolutely Mad Freedom and Excitement With Truth, Then I Will Have Done Something

“If somehow I can, before I leave this earth, combine my absolutely mad freedom and excitement with truth, then I will have done something.” – Robert Wyeth

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First Principles: We Cannot Be Happy, Without Being Free…We Cannot Be Free, Without Being Secure In Our Property

“Let these truths be indelibly impressed on our minds — that we cannot be happy, without being FREE — that we cannot be free, without being secure in our property— that we cannot be secure in our property, if, without … Continue reading

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The Cold Warmth of Economic Cruelty

The Cold Warmth of Economic Crueltyby Michael DoyleWhat is now happiness in its pursuit,Was once the right to own property.Democratic Socialism grows at the roots,While voters forget the tie-in with prosperity.It only needs a little patch of landFrom which the … Continue reading

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What Is To Be Will Be

What Is To Be Will Beby Michael DoyleAs the day of celebration approaches,My thoughts turn to the prayer that encroachesOn every other day and on all my ways.It is as important as Christmas Day.The Lord’s Prayer is, itself, a revolution.It … Continue reading

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Madami III

Madami IIIby Michael DoyleMadami is the Democratic Socialist poster child.They’ve hijacked the Democrats into a party gone wild.Processing the hubris of communism and derision,These scandals swim through the cesspools of division.This is the long game of total determinationBy a group … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: I Will Not Allow My Life’s Light To Be Determined By the Darkness Around Me

“Life is a hard battle anyway. If we laugh and sing a little as we fight the good fight of freedom, it makes it all go easier. I will not allow my life’s light to be determined by the darkness … Continue reading

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First Principles: The End of Law Is Not To Abolish Or Restrain, But To Preserve and Enlarge Freedom…Where There Is No Law, There Is No Freedom

“The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.” – John Locke

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