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Spirit of ’76 – DVD Final Edition

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 the phrase, “Give me liberty, or give me death.” But you won’t just hear the historic debates that shaped our country - you will see it […]

November 16, 2009 22

Philosopher David Hume in Fame of Our Fathers

This 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 and the structuring of the U.S. Federal Government, specifically the legislature. Listen Here. To purchase "Fame of Our Fathers" or any other great Dude Gear Stuff, visit the Dude Gear Store Here.

October 22, 2009 1

Ronald Reagan LOVED Constitution Day

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 is the Constitution's Birthday!? Yeah, whatever" or ".... hmmm, that's cool" response when learning of today's historical meaning. This is unhealthy and highly inappropriate behavior […]

September 17, 2009 5

Founders Corner

Dr Gutzman: The Founder’s Generation…

Begin Mike Church Show Transcript Mike: What is the difference between the men that were in public life at the turn of the 18th Century – from 1760 to 1800 or 1810, say – what is the difference between those men and the citizenry at large, for that matter, and between us? And the big difference, I think, and I’ll get your take on this, is that that generation grew up with a fear, a palpable fear of government. Dr. […]

September 8, 2009 4

Liberty

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 5

Liberty

Liberty Is Alive in Arizona

July 2, 2009 3

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 3

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 6

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 8

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 3

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 6

Fame of our Fathers: Scene 1 and 2 Demos

November 1, 2008 9

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 22

Happy Birthday, Constitution

On 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 superpower. Today, we stopped to reflect on what a magnificent gift the Constitution has been, and the King Dude Official Constitutional Scholar Dr. Kevin Gutzman lends his expertise to the Red, White, and Dude Nation. Today is a good […]

September 17, 2008 2