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First Principle: I Am Opposed To Any Form of Tyranny Over the Mind of Man
“I am opposed to any form of tyranny over the mind of man.” – Thomas Jefferson
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Tagged First Principles, Form, Mankind, Mind, Opposition, Thomas Jefferson, Tyanny
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Speaking Up From the Heart
Speaking Up From the Heartby Michael DoyleSometimes life flies at me undeserved,And my viewpoint seems a bit underservedSo I find myself, as I have from the start,Speaking my mind straight from the heart.We might be in opposition, and that’s okay.But … Continue reading
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Tagged Amicable, Appropriate, Art, Bullies, Capable, Consider the Source, Decide, Deserve, Discourse, Exert, Expert, Grift, Heart, Known, Life, Machine, Mean, Okay, Opposition, Poetry and Poems, Propsition, Pure, Say, Shown, Side, Sold, Speaking My Mind, Speaking Up, Take A Stand, Truth, Underserved, Understand, Undeserved, Viewpoint, Wrong or Right
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In Opposition To the Mexican Reconquista
In Opposition To the Mexican Reconquistaby Michael DoyleIt sometimes feels like we’re living in a different world.Illegal immigrants line up in Compton with flags unfurled,Feeling cocksure against the logic of prudent advice Like they can take on the police, the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1848, Border, Compton, Defense, Different World, Ice, Illegal Immigrants, Mexican Reconquista, Mexico, Moving In, Opposition, Original Sins, Poetry and Poems, Population Growth, Recaptured, Sorrow, The Guard, The Police, The Southwest, Tomorrow, United States
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First Principles: Stepping Up In Opposition
Stepping up in opposition to the gravitational suck of those who attempt to redefine what freedom and liberty mean: A fundamental difference between the allegedly progressive and true classical liberal idealists, now called conservatives, is in how freedom and … Continue reading
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Tagged Aesop, All Citizens, Arrogant Kings and Greedy Elites, Bleed, Civil Rights, Classical Liberal, Coercive Influence, Conservative, Constitution, Constrain, Controversy, Critical Race Theory, Duty, Earn, Emancipatory Element, Equality of Opportunity, First Principles, Found, Founding Principles, Freedom and Liberty, Fundamental Difference, General Welfare, Government Encroachment, Grasp, Historical Oppression, History, Idealism, Illusory Shadows, Law, Mandate, Marcuse, Marx, Mercy Warren, Misinformation, Opposition, Philosophies, Political, Politics, Principles, Private Citizens, Private Individuals, Progressive, Propaganda, Property Rights, Pursuit of Happiness, Regressive, Sacred Obligation, Services and Goods, Stepping Up, The Declaration of Independence, The Founders, The Republic of the United States of America, Trample, Tryanny
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Thought For the Day: A Certain Amount of Opposition Is A Great Help To A Man. Kites Rise Against, Not With, the Wind
“A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.” – John Neal, author and critic (25 Aug 1793-1876)
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Tagged Against, Certain Amount, Great Help, John Neal, Kites, Mankind, Not With, Opposition, Rise, Thought For the Day, Wind
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Dealing With the New Deal
American history continues into the 1930s and the Great Depression. Dealing With the New Deal by Michael Doyle Had Coolidge been in power for Wall Street’s fall The safe bet is he would have done little or nothing at all … Continue reading
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An Indictment of the 20th Century
We have lived through the bloodiest and cruelest century of mankind’s history. God surely must be crying. An Indictment of the 20th Century by Michael Doyle Einstein insisted God did not play with dice While other insisted God needed no … Continue reading
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