Tag Archives: Power

Bones of A Dead Man

Posted on July 17, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

We can learn a lot from the past. The trick is to learn the best not the worse and realize things, thoughts, deeds are contextual and not always the same as it might be today or the future. Bones of … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Whether Prince or Pauper, All Are Prone To Abuse Power If Not Guided By Love of Truth and Virtue

Posted on July 9, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.” – Jean de la Fontaine, poet and fabulist (8 Jul … Continue reading →

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Oxygen Reexamined

Posted on June 29, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

One of the little miracles of life that we too often take for granted is the level of oxygen on our fair planet and just what this does for us without much of an effort by most. Oxygen Reexamined by … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Power In Our Republic Is To Be Bound By the Chains of the Constitution

Posted on June 28, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” – Thomas Jefferson (1798)

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Thought For the Day: Be Strong In Mind and Spirit And Have Power Over These

Posted on June 20, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Whoever is strong in mind and spirit will have power over them.” – Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Thought For the Day: Believe In the Immeasurable Power of Love

Posted on May 22, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“I believe in the immeasurable power of love; that true love can endure any circumstance and reach across any distance.” – Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

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Here Am I

Posted on May 20, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

The Church is the people. There is nothing Biblical in the belief that approaching God requires the intercession of any other than Jesus and certainly not priests. If the Catholic church is going to rise from its present decline, it … Continue reading →

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Lost Faces of Chernobyl

Posted on May 10, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Nuclear is one of the safest and cleanest paths to provide energy. The problem is that it takes just one disaster to stir up the worst fear. I can’t say it’s not reasonable that it is that way. Lost Faces … Continue reading →

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To Be Crucified

Posted on April 18, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Mark 14:43-15:20: To Be Crucified by Michael Romani Testimony no matter how persistent Becomes question when it’s inconsistent Because of this we should speak plainly When telling of the fulfillment of prophecy So it was in … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Unlimited Power To Tax Necessarily Is the Power To Destroy

Posted on April 15, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy; because there is a limit beyond which no institution and no property can bear taxation.” – John Marshall (1819)

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