From Mike Church – This is the debate held in committee of the whole on the qualifications for holding office in the new federal government. The Framers took great care to discuss the influence that foreigners could weild if they were not careful. I originally came to this debate because it helps flesh out the reasons...Read More
Begin Mike Church Show Transcript Mike: Oh, so predictable. More Red Sox vs. Yankees. More red vs. blue. More liberal vs. conservative. More Democrat vs. Republican. At the end of the day, it doesn’t freakin matter. Both parties are in on this. There are differences, slight differences, in philosophy now since the libtard wing of...Read More
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Adams wrote this letter to Declaration of Independence signer William Hooper of North Carolina. He also transcribed this out by hand to William Penn and R.H. Lee of Virginia. Lee would circulate the contents and ideas among his peers in Virginia. These ideas helped form the foundation for Virginia’s first Constitution which was written and...Read More
17 September, 2009 – Today I had the pleasure of being among the first people in the Republic who viewed my movie “The Spirit of 76”. 40+ folks and 3 school aged children showed up for our premiere. We were all entertained, educated and inspired by the movie. I want to than the folks that came out,...Read More
I discovered Austrian Economics through my reading of Freidrich von Hayek. At the time I read Hayek (twice!) there wasn’t an “Austrian” I could recite by name, now thanks to the Von Mises institute and mises.org I can recite a lot of names and also a lot of Austrian theory. Free markets are the greatest...Read More
https://media.blubrry.com/crusade/mikechurch.com/mikes_audio/features/Jefferson_Declaration_of_Taking_Up_Arms.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Google Podcasts | Email | RSSListen to this excerpt of Jefferson’s Declaration being read and discussed on the Mike Church Show, 16 March, 2010 Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms In Congress, 6 July 1775 This declaration was read in part and...Read More
The number one question I am asked about my movies is “where did you get all that information from”? Well, when the subject is the U.S. Constitution there is one very reliable and unimpeachable source: The Documentary History of The Ratification of the U.S. Constitution, edited by Joseph Kaminski… The volumes that I have presonally...Read More
UPDATE! THE BEER PARTY CREST IS COMPLETED (see below) – Welcome! Welcome One And All! This is the official home tavern of the Mike Church’s Beer Party. Keeping in the Spirit of our Founding Fathers, who made regular visits to such notable drinking establishments, including City Tavern in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the Raleigh Tavern in...Read More
The most frequent question I get from listeners about the Constitution is “Why don’t you believe that the second amendment applies to the states you gun grabber!?” This then brings up the most misunderstood use of the Constitution: to “incorporate” the first ten amendments to the states (using the “due process clause of the 14th...Read More
I briefly alluded to professor Buchanan’s “Public Choice Theory” on Thursday, 7 January 2010. As I have been saying for overe a year now it is absolute folly to believe in “reform” or “reform candidates” when it comes to Mordor on the Potomac. Our Constitution is dead and Congress is an ad hoc government making...Read More
Wow! More praise and acclaim for the Spirit of 76 at amazon.com. This review sums it up pretty well and we’re delighted to re-post it here. If you’re expecting Pixar you should probably buy a copy of Cars, December 12, 2009 By: Brutus Cassius “Brutus Cassius” – First of all, some of the comments on this films...Read More
Download the .pdf Press Release here or click view it here. Do you want to help promote Mike’s movie “The Spirit of ’76-The Greatest Story Never Told”? This web page has all the media, banner ads , press release and graphics you need. The Movie Poster The Full size of the poster for reproduction is 17 x 24...Read More
NEW! The Spirit of ’76 Slide Show in HD, with new stills from the Special Edition DVD is here, click to view! “Now ‘The Spirit of 76’ is presented true to the vision I always had for it with improved animations and special effects. This is the ‘Star Wars’ of American history films.” – Mike Church Find this...Read More
THE SPIRIT OF ’76 DVD Final Edition The Spirit of ’76 DVD Special Edition offers the real story of the writing and ratification of the Constitution in the new including the world’s first portrayal of the most important yet untold piece of the story: the Virginia Ratification Convention and the patriot Patrick Henry, who made famous...Read More
https://media.blubrry.com/crusade/mikechurch.com/mikes_audio/transcripts/David_Hume_Fameofourfathers.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Google Podcasts | Email | RSSThis is the audio clip that Mike said he would put up. This is a portion of the audio documentary “Fame of Our Fathers”. The Scottish philosopher is David Hume, who’s political writings had a significant influence on our founding fathers...Read More
Ronald Reagan LOVED the Constitution and in fact, issued Constitution Day Proclamations on every Sept. 17th that he was in Office! Were it only so today. I can find no mention of Constitution Day anywhere on the Whitehouse website and have heard nothing from President Bush. Most people will give some sort of “really. today...Read More
https://media.blubrry.com/crusade/mikechurch.com/mikes_audio/Stop_digital_media_file/cod_100809.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Google Podcasts | Email | RSSThe notion of liberty is what this country was built on – but what does the phrase “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” actually mean? It means freedom is something given to you, but something you have to earn as...Read More
UPDATE! – Watch the Opening Title Sequence and see how many wrongly decided Supreme Court decisions you can spot. UPDATE – Patrick Henry speech “…if 12 and a half states had ratified I would give it every opposition” for iTunes added. Full Cast list added UPDATE! WATCH the preview version of Scene 21- In stereo...Read More
Begin Mike Church Show Transcript Mike: Don’t tell me you’re trying to conserve the Constitution using the Supreme Court’s convoluted interpretations of it of the last 50 years. I actually heard, and we have this digital media file, Chrissy Hissy-Fit Matthews had Sheldon Whitehouse, a senator, and Orrin Batten the Hatch, a senator, on “Spitball”...Read More
Begin Mike Church Show Transcript Mike: As a studier of the republic, this is how you can arrive at a – let’s just call it a lazy man’s way to what is constitutional and what is not. Take whatever case you think that you’re upset with that a judge has decided instead of a legislature and...Read More
In my reserach for the sequel to the Fame of Our Fathers – “The Spirit of ’76” I have read lots of stuff about the Constitution and the Ratification debates. M.E. Bradford’s Book of essays contained in “Original Intentions” are some of the best- modern day defenses – of states rights and the fact that...Read More
Get The Fame of Our Fathers-Mike’s Latest Docu-Drama! – America is still reeling from the debt brought on by war. Unemployment is on the rise, inflation is soaring and a free trade deal that may benefit millions can’t get pushed through Congress. These events should sound familiar to most Americans but not because they happened last year, these...Read More
Production is under way for the new Mike Church documentary: The Fame of Our Fathers. Not only is this production a follow up to the Road to Independence, but it is also the first installment to a three part series on the story of the Constitution. Here is a sneak peak at how the process...Read More
https://media.blubrry.com/crusade/mikechurch.com/mikes_audio/On-Air%20Interview/mcs_kevingutzman_091708.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Google Podcasts | Email | RSSOn this day 221 years ago, the Founding Fathers gave this country the world’s most important legal document of the modern era, and steered a young fragile nation on a path that would lead it to rise to the world’s preeminent...Read More
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Google Podcasts | Email | RSSAnnouncing the Independence Day Project & americanhistory101.org Begin Mike Church Show Transcript KingDude: I want to mention to you, very quickly, a project that I’m working on, um, and you will reap the benefits of this project on the 4th of July of this...Read More
