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Ways of Life Previously Chosen

Posted on January 8, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Ways of Life Previously Chosenby Michael DoyleEating smoked salmon and in contemplationAbout what will be the fate of my nationI will let no untruths be varnished or toldBut insist on telling how history did unfoldI have watched the destruction of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 13th Through 15th Amendments, 1860s, 1960s, 40 Acres and A Mule, ACA, Actual History, America, America's Legacy, American Power, American Soul, Aspiration, Assimilation, Bells and Lights, Bill of Goods, Bill of Rights, Black, Blight, Blood and Tears, Brooks, Bureaucracy, Calhoun, Choose, Chosen, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Act, Civil Rights Movement, Civil War, Common Man, Complicit, Contemplation, Credit, Creed, Crockett, Cross Road, Cruelty, Darker Brothers, Deep State, Deliberate Illusion, Delivered, Democratic Republcian, Democratic Standard, Destruction, DNC, Doubling Debt, Douglas, Dredging Up the Truth, Dysfunction, Economical, Election Day, Election Year, End Slavery, Ensure, Equal Opportunity, Equal Rights, Equality, Equity, Equivalency, Extorionate, Fable, Fact, Fair Life, False Flag, Fate, Filibustered, Focus, Freedom, Frelinghuysen, Fringe, Gang, Greenlight, History, Inconvenient, Indian Removal Act, Instill Fear, Islamic Militancy, Jackson, Jefferson, Kleptocracy, Knee, Lands, Lash, Legacy, Liberty, Lies of Equity, Lincoln, Love For the People, Merit, Military, Modern Democrats, Modern History, Nation, Native American, North and South, Not So Distant Past, Obama, Open Opportunity, Opposing Listeners, Pathway, Permanent, Poetry and Poems, Politics, Price Paid, Priority, Profit, Promises, Racism, Real Fight, Real History, Recalled, Republican, Restore, Right To Vote, Rule of Law, Sexual Plunder, Shackled, Shivered, Slavery, Sleight of Hand, Smoked Salmon, Social Justice, Stand Up In the Front, Steeple, Stumble, Suffragettes, Supreme Court, Sword, Tainted Legacy, Taught, The Hermitage, Theft, Tocquieveille, Told, Trading Lives, Trail of Tears, Understood, Unfold, Untruth, Varnish, Vehement, Votes Are Cast, War, Ways of Life, Whip, White, White House, Women, Worth | Leave a comment

Freedom Without Apology

Posted on September 23, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Freedom Without Apologyby Michael DoyleThe Declaration of Independence is the only foundationLegitimate for the civil government of our great nationHistory has shown the path forward, and it is man’s testTo put aside all nations building an empire through conquestWhile we … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accountability, Agreement, Alarm, Allies, Annals, Apology, Appeasement, Autocracy, Backslding, Broken, Capability, Cautious, Chian, Civil Government, Cohesion, Conquest, Constrain, Constraint, Damage, Declaration of Independence, Defeat, Democratic Freedom, Denial, Depend, Destroy, Deterrence, Foundation, Freedom, Freinds, Full Engagement, Fundamental Lesson, Global Decline, History, Human Diginity, Human Rights, International Peace, Interoperability, Invade, Isolation, Kingdom, Legitimate, Measure, Miindful, Military, Miscreants, Monster, Mystery, Nation, National Security, Outspoken, Overisght, Poetry and Poems, Principle, Putin, Reason, Redirect, Restraint, Rising Tide, Test, The Woke, True Heart, Ukraine, Undermin, Villain | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: There Was A Time Not Too Long Ago When We Didn’t Have To Keep Telling the World About American Preeminence. They Saw It With Their Own Eyes

Posted on March 27, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“There was a time not too long ago when we didn’t have to keep telling the world about American preeminence. They saw it with their own eyes. These days, while our nation wrestles with inflation, bank failures, a mind-boggling national … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged American Preeminence, Bank Failures, Brian Mark Weber, China, Eyes, Focus, Global Dominance, Inflation, Military, Missiles, Nation, National Debt, Not Too Long Ago, Sex, Ships, Sights, Skin Color, Tell, Thought For the Day, World | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Dustbin of History Is Littered With Remains of Those Countries That Relied On Diplomacy To Secure Their Freedom

Posted on September 7, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The dustbin of history is littered with remains of those countries that relied on diplomacy to secure their freedom. We must never forget … in the final analysis … that it is our military, industrial and economic strength that offers … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Best Guarantee, Countries, Danger, Diplomacy, Dustbin, Economic Strength, Final Analysis, Forget, Freedom, History, Industrial, Littered, Military, Offer, Peace for America, Remains, Ronald Reagan, Secure, Thought For the Day, Times | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: After A Shooting Spree, They Always Want To Take the Guns From the People Who Didn’t Do It

Posted on March 25, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn’t do it. I sure as hell wouldn’t want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military.” – … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged After, Live, Military, Police, Shooting Spree, Society, Take Guns Away, The People, Thought For the Day, Who Didn't Do It, William S. Burroughs | 1 Comment

The Reagan Renewal

Posted on April 12, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

American History continues through the Reagan presidency: The Reagan Renewal by Michael Doyle By the late 70s, the Conservative movement formed a coalition Not all were of the same mind, but it combined of its own volition Seeking smaller government … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 1984, American History, Berlin, Brandenberg Gate, Budget, Bureaucratic, Coalition, Cold War, Compel, Conservative Movement, Deficit Spending, Dignity, Electorate, Empathy, Establishment, George H Bush, Gift, Glasnost, Government, Great Communicator, Greater Revenue, History, Hope, Increase, Inflation, Kennedy, Landslide, Liberal Democrat, Long Coat Tails, Lose, Lower Taxes, Mellon, Message, Mikhail Gorbachev, Military, Military Might, Nation, Opportunity, Orwell, Perestroika, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Precision, Public Confidence, Qualification, Question, Questions, Reagan, Reagan/Bush, Recession, Reformation, Regulation, Renewal, SDI, Shining Moment, Small Government, Soviet Union, Spending, Strength, Technocratic, Television, The People, Time, Transformation, Unemployment, Vision, Voice, Win, Youth | Leave a comment

The Turbulence Begins

Posted on April 8, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

American history continues: The Turbulence Begins by Michael Doyle As the post-war alliance fell apart, the United Nations started The start of Cold War began and sustained as peace departed Confrontations began and nuclear weapons were on both sides’ hands … Continue reading →

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Like Brothers

Posted on August 19, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

The things done in the military grows most men’s units in whatever force into something like family. Most of us ended fighting for our brothers and sisters more than ideals or nations. Some of us carry the memories of our … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Back, Battles, Beer, Brothers, Caution, Count On, Crime, Danger, Day, Distance, Do It, Done, Doubt, Fallen, Family, Fight, Forever Faithful, Friend, Giving up, God, Head, Joke, Laugh, Live, Longer, Memory, Miles, Military, Mother, Movie, My Time, Need, Nothing to Say, Odds, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Price, Push Past, Race, Remember, Resistance, Ring, Semper Fi, Sigh, Sisters, Smile, Sonds, Stronger, Tears, Toss, Twin, Weight, Years | Leave a comment

Belated Birthday Wishes To the US Army!!

Posted on June 17, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Happy 244th! Thank you to all the men and women who have served our country in this branch of our military. Life would, assuredly, not be the same without you fine people!!

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged 244th, Gratitude, Happy Birthday, Military, Service, Thought For the Day, US Army | Leave a comment

Inward Crash

Posted on June 10, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

The injuries from the military that are visible only scratch the surface of the totality. Inward Crash by Michael Romani There’s a loneliness in his memory Sitting and looking out to the sea Images explode, implode and won’t go away … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abyss, Blade, Blame, Bullet, Choice, Chopper, Claim, Close, Conflict, Crash, Cry, Dark, Decision, Disturb, Duty, Explode, Fear, Finger Point, Friend, Good Solcier, Hades, Hard Decisions, Hell, Images, Implode, Inflict, Injury, Linger, Lonely, Lost, Lucid, Memory, Military, Overwhelm, Pain, Phantoms, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reflection, Resent, Sigh, Sniper, Soul, Strong, Tagged, Thunder, Tool, Under, Voice, War, Withdraw | Leave a comment