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The Truth of the Present
It’s so easy to believe these are the bad ole days as modern day snake oil salesmen tell us of how horrible things are and that they’re bound to get worse. But is that true? Or, is the doom … Continue reading
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Tagged 21st Century, Accountable, Age, al-Qeada, Armada, Asymmetry, Baton, Begun, Brave, Broken, Bungle, Calamity, Capable, Catastrophe, Cause, Cave, Change, Chicken Little, Choice, Coca Cola, Complicity, Conspire, Data Mine, Destruction, Devil, Doom and Gloom, Foothold, Gain, Goat, God, Gunpowder, History, Humanity, Imprint, Innocence, Kings, Law of the Jungle, Legacy, Living History, Logic Bomb, Manage, Manipulate, Mankind, Mery, Motivation, Mutual Destruction, Mystery, Nuclear, Obesity, One, Oppenheimer, Optimism, Orchestrate, Pages, Pain, Peace, People, Pessimism, Pestilence, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Possible, Power, Present, Prevail, Rare, Save, Self Defeat, Sown, Spoken, Starvation Line, Sugar, Terrorism, Tire, Tragedy, True Peace, Truth, Unity, Vanity, Veil, War, World
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Kyrielle of Empowerment
The Milkwood Poem A Day #10 is the Kyrielle. The word prompt for day 10 is ‘element’. “Kyrielle is a French form inspired by a Christian devotional tradition, the Kyrie.” “Like that call-and-response liturgical form, the kyrielle poem has a … Continue reading
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Tagged Calamity, Coup, Desparation, Effort, Element, Empower, Famine, Finest Hour, Four Horsemen, France, God's Plan, God's Will, Grumble, Humanity, Hunger, Kyrie, Kyrielle, Liturgical, Malnourishment, New Life, Overcome, Photograph, Plague, Poem, Poetry, Quatrain, Rebuild, Rubble, Starve, Trouble, War
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First Principles: Slavery Was Introduced Into United States By England and Prevented From Abolishing It During Colonial Days
“He [King George III] has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Returning Hate For Hate Only Multiples Hate
“Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence … Continue reading
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Tagged Abyss, Admonitition, Annihilation, Chain Reaction, Darkness, Descend, Evil, Hate, Impasse, Jesus, Light, Love, Love Your Enemies, Martin Luther King Jr, Modern World, Night, Returning Hate, Spiral, Stars, Thought For the Day, Toughness, Violence, War
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Thought For the Day: The Only Way To Win A War Is To Prevent It
“The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it.” – George Marshall, US Army Chief, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, Nobel laureate (31 Dec 1880-1959)
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Tagged George Marshall, Human Being, Only Way, Prevent, Thought For the Day, War, Win
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First Principles: We Cannot Count On Moderation Or Hope To Quell the Ambitions of Others
“Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others.” – Alexander Hamilton … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Ambition, Extinguish, First Principles, Hope, Moderate, Option, Peace, Remember, War
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First Principles: Peace Is Better Than War; War Is Better than Tribute
“It is a principle incorporated into the settled policy of America, that as peace is better than war, war is better than tribute.” – James Madison (1816)
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Tagged America, First Principles, James Madison, Peace, Settled Policy, Tribute, War
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Shoreline Conditions
Part IV of the story of the fall of legendary Troy: Shoreline Conditions by Michael Romani All the terms and conditions In even the earliest renditions Speak of two lovers washed on a shoreline Hand in hand, impervious to their … Continue reading
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Tagged Artemis, Cherish, Command, Cost, Crimes, Daugther, Elopment, Fight, Forgot, Gold, Greece, Helen, Heresy, Honor, Legend, Lesson, Lost, Love, Lovers, Mercy, Paris, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Possession, Price, Priest, Sacrifice, Savage, Shoreline, Slaughter, Sparta, Troy, Umbrage, United, War, Winds
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Thought For the Day: The Only Way To Win A War Is To Prevent The War
“The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it.” – George Marshall, US Army Chief, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, Nobel laureate (31 Dec 1880-1959)
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Tagged George Marshall, Humanity, Morale, Prevent, Soldier, Thought For the Day, War, Win
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