Tag Archives: War

First Principles: Be At War With Your Vices, At Peace With Your Neighbors and Let Every New Year Find You A Better Person

Posted on December 29, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.” – Benjamin Franklin

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Like Sand Becomes A Pearl

Posted on December 7, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

On December 7, 1941, the then Japanese Empire attacked America killing some 2,400 people and bringing the US into World War II. Today is remembered in the US as National Pearl Harbor Day of Remembrance. Like Sand Becomes A … Continue reading →

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Collect Call

Posted on November 10, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

In humble gratitude, I offer this poem for those moments we feel most challenged in trying to understand the necessary balance of things as a poem of thankfulness #10: Collect Call by Michael Romani It’s moments like these When I’m … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Just As War is Freedom’s Cost, Disagreement Is Freedom’s Privilege

Posted on November 10, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Just as war is freedom’s cost, disagreement is freedom’s privilege.” – William J. Clinton

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First Principles: A Strong Defense Is the Surest Way To Peace

Posted on November 5, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“A strong defense is the surest way to peace. Strength makes detente attainable. Weakness invites war, as my generation – my generation – knows from four very bitter experiences. Just as America’s will for peace is second to none, so … Continue reading →

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In Sacred Witness

Posted on November 3, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

In this season of thankfulness and gratitude, poem #2: In Sacred Witness by Michael Romani Then was a time for counting coup But along the way, I grabbed a clue That just maybe we should be less about glory In … Continue reading →

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First Principles: War Should Never Be Entered Into Until Every Effort At Peace Has Failed

Posted on October 22, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.” – William McKinley

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Dracul’s Prey

Posted on October 4, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

The real Dracul was as deadly perhaps as the Bram Stoker monster. But what if they were one in the same? Dracul’s Prey by Michael Romani The clan of the dragon Is one founded in corruption Dracul meaning the dragon … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Soldier, Above All Others, Prays For Peace

Posted on September 24, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.” – Douglas MacArthur

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First Principles: Peace Is Better Than War, War Is Better Than Tribute

Posted on September 9, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“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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