TheKingDude

Real Liberty is Protection

The 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 well – by participating in society. Mike explains that it all stems from our beginnings to break from England. He adds, “According to the Constitution, you have rights, but only when you participate in the society. You have to […]

August 10, 2009 18

Liberty

Liberty Is Alive in Arizona

July 2, 2009 12

Catholicism

Spirit of 76-The Movie-Sneak Previews

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 & fully rendered. UPDATE - Check out the Spirit of '76 Slide Show of brand new screen captures from the movie! Finally! The long awaited […]

June 26, 2009 8

Catholicism

We Need to Conserve the Spirit of ’76

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” yesterday. And he was asking them about Supreme Courts, about Obama’s upcoming SCOTUS choice. [Mimicking Chris Matthew] “Well, how do you think that [indiscernible] Supreme Court […]

May 5, 2009 16

The Constitution

Courts Can’t Control the Constitution

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 apply the rule. With what you know about the American Revolution and the Declaration of Independence, and with what you know about the founding fathers, […]

April 7, 2009 14

The Constitution

Constitutional Studies Continues With M.E. Bradford

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 the Constitution was specifically designed to LIMIT the power of the government. If you want to have a better understanding of this and thus the […]

March 23, 2009 9

Fame Of Our Fathers

Give the Gift of History – The Fame of Our Fathers

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 events were lived out in the 1780’s and they helped bring about the convention that produced the Constitution (Read more and listen to samples from […]

November 11, 2008 15

Fame Of Our Fathers

Fame of our Fathers: Scene 1 and 2 Demos

November 1, 2008 23

Fame Of Our Fathers

Fame of Our Fathers: Production preview!

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 is going thus far...

October 20, 2008 40