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Happy Birthday, US Navy!
In 1775 the US Navy was birthed to help take on tyranny. It’s still on mission today. October 13, 2018 was its anniversary. We would be remiss if we didn’t show our gratitude for all that’s been done on behalf … Continue reading
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Defend, Duty, Fight, Freedom, Happy Birthday US Navy, History, Mission, Navy, Service, Tradition, Tyranny
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Ways of Freedom
From time to time, it seems necessary to think on choices made and principles kept. Ways of Freedom by Michael Romani “Times march on”, says the old soldier Remembering back on times bolder But some things are best and better … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Ashes, Blood, Chains, Freedom, Heritage, Kingdom, Legacy, Liberty, Masses, Old Soldier, Patriot, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Price Paid, Progress, Regression, Security, Tears, Tradition, Tyranny, Violence
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First Principles: We Determine To Die Or Be Free
“Nevertheless, to the persecution and tyranny of his cruel ministry we will not tamely submit — appealing to Heaven for the justice of our cause, we determine to die or be free.” – Joseph Warren, American account of the Battle … Continue reading
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Tagged Appeal, Battle of Lexington, Cause, Determination, First Principles, Heaven, Joseph Warren, Justice, Live Free Or Die, Presecution, Submission, Tyranny
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The Squishy Sound of Democracy
The suppression of free speech is a leading indicator of fascism not freedom and certainly not the small r republican values our Founding Fathers advocated in their classical liberalism. I for one refuse to bend to tyranny from any camp… … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Acceptance, Authoritarian, Bridges, Censorship, Classical Liberalism, Communicate, Conflict, Dangers, Democracy, Disagreeable Voices, Diversity, False Morality, Fascism, Founding Fathers, Free Speech, Freedom, Fundamental, Gaffes, Internet, Margin, Messy, Negotiation, New York Times, Objectivity, Opposition, Perversity, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Points of View, Reason, Resolution, Riot, Self Responsibility, Social Control, Society, Strangers, Suppression, Times Square, True, Twitter, Tyranny
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Seeds of Totalitarianism Dispersed
Generally speaking, we as a people stand for liberty and all its intendent duties and responsibilities. In this day and age, there has been an increasing move toward surrendering liberties for what we have latched onto as security, be it … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Absurd, Belief, Clever, Connotation, Cynicism, Deception, Difference, Double Speak, False Nuance, False Positive, God, Help, Language, Liberty, Matters, Morbidity, Myth, Orwellian, Perverse, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Possible, Provocation, Reality, Resolution, Society, Tactics, Totalitarianism, Truth, Tyranny, Understanding, Version, Willful Amnesia
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First Principles: The Harder the Conflict, The More Glorious the Triumph
“Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” – Thomas Paine in “American Crisis” (1776)
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Tagged American Crisis, Conquer, Consolation, First Principles, Glorious, Hard Conflict, Hell, Thomas Paine, Triumph, Tyranny
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First Principles: The Spirit of Encroachment Tends To Consolidate Power In Government Into Despotism
“The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create whatever the form of government, a real despotism.” — George Washington, Farewell Address, 1796
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Tagged Consolidate, Despotism, Encroachment, Farewell Address, First Principles, George Washington, Power, Spirit, Tyranny, Uniary
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