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Strength and Prosperity For Freedom

Posted on September 22, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Strength and Prosperity For Freedomby Michael DoyleThere is a foundation that truly servesTo give the America this nation deservesThough it doesn’t have much complexityDoing this will bring strength and prosperityThe road to freedom begins with cultured opportunityIt takes leadership to … Continue reading →

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What Used To Be

Posted on September 21, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

What Used To Beby Michael DoyleI remember when I showed my daughterWhat it was that used to once beShared like a loving fatherIn the twenty-second centuryWe dominated with technologyForgetting the natural carrying capacityAnd reframed the world in uglinessTo which her … Continue reading →

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First Principles: I Think the Best Way of Doing Good To the Poor, Is Not Making Them Easy In Poverty, But Leading or Driving them Out of It

Posted on August 23, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. In my youth I travelled much, and I observed in different countries, that the … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Of All the Preposterous Assumptions of Humanity Over Humanity, Nothing Exceeds Most of the Criticisms Made On the Habits of the Poor By the Well-Houses, Well-Warmed and Well-Fed

Posted on August 1, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed.” -Herman Melville, novelist and poet (1 Aug 1819-1891) But that doesn’t mean … Continue reading →

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Raised Small Town

Posted on July 21, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Raised Small Townby Michael DoyleI was raised all around this world, you seeBelieving in America and our cherished libertyWherever it was that my family might be foundWe stood up straight and chased truth aroundUntil we caught it by its length … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: No One Has Ever Become Poor By Giving

Posted on June 12, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“No one has ever become poor by giving.” -Anne Frank, Holocaust diarist (12 Jun 1929-1945)

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Thought For the Day: The Dividing Line In America Right Now Is….Between Those Who Are Fundamentally Pro-American and Those Who Are Anti-American

Posted on May 5, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The dividing line in America right now isn’t between rich and poor, black and white, or even Democrat and Republican. It’s between those who are fundamentally pro-American and those who are anti-American.” – Vivek Ramaswamy

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Thought For the Day: Ultimately, It Is the Responsibility of Individuals To Pull Themselves Up By Their Own Bootstraps, Make Responsible Financial Decisions, Pursue Eduction…and Fight To Break the Cycle of Poverty

Posted on March 28, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Ultimately, it is the responsibility of individuals to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps, make responsible financial decisions, pursue education … and fight to break the cycle of poverty. Many poor remain poor because they do not know how … Continue reading →

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A Montage of Selective Outrage

Posted on March 25, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Selective Montage of Selective Outrageby Michael DoyleHave we finally got to the turn of the pageLiving life cut by cut of selective outrageIt seems so, or at least I have this hunchThat a few bad apples have spoiled the … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Do Not Pervert Justice; Do Not Show Partiality To the Poor Or Favoritism To the Great, but Judge Your Neighbor Fairly

Posted on March 12, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.” – Leviticus 19:15

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