Tag Archives: Tyranny

Dancer’s Guillotine

Posted on May 15, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Dancer’s Guillotine by Michael Romani It’s a denunciation of distinction A singularity calling out its fascination The deepest feeling, reeling in my heart The point from which surrealism departs This world is a chaotic scene of violence Shown to you … Continue reading →

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Na/GloPoWriMo Day 23: In A World Without God

Posted on April 23, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Na/GloPoWriMo Day 23 and the challenge is to write something pertinent to the incorporation of spoken word overheard or part of the fabric of surrounding society. In that all language more or less falls under these broad categories, I selected … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Propaganda Infused On Children Is Difficult To Uproot

Posted on March 28, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.” – Lenin

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First Principles: The Right To Bear Arms Protects The People From Tyranny

Posted on March 28, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“The advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation … forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than any which a simple government of any form can admit of.” … Continue reading →

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Eye of the Beholder

Posted on March 26, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

The next in the series of poems based on now Episode 6 of Season 2 of the Twilight Zone for my eldest princess: Eye of the Beholder by Michael Romani Suspended in a time and space of harshness Miss Janet … Continue reading →

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Palm Sunday 2018

Posted on March 25, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Palm Sunday 2018 by Michael Romani In the mindset of the times A saint’s acts could be crimes But even the king had come To learn of the coming Kingdom Wall to wall in observance Passover spoke of perseverance To … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Without Free Thought There Cannot Be Free Speech, Public Liberty Or Wisdom

Posted on March 23, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Without freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom; and no such thing as public liberty, without freedom of speech.” – Benjamin Franklin (1722)

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First Principles: Tyranny and Oppression Will Come To America In the Name of Fighting Some Foreign Enemy

Posted on March 20, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.” -James Madison, fourth US president (16 Mar 1751-1836) Power corrupts, right? There is no greater time that those in power have … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Tyranny Over Man’s Mind Is Unacceptable

Posted on February 12, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.” – Thomas Jefferson (1800)

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Thought For the Day: Children Should Be Raised Strong Enough To Withstand Tryanny

Posted on January 27, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Make men large and strong and tyranny will bankrupt itself in making shackles for them.” – Rev. Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)

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