insert_link Transcripts Secretary Of State Kerry Says Firing Missiles Isn’t War Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – A Tomahawk cruise missile, a Hellfire missile, whatever implement it is they plan to use is constructed for what purpose, to be used in what activity? War. I guarantee you if Bashar Al-Assad or whoever it is that’s running Iran today were to fire a Hellfire or a Tomahawk or a cruise missile into someone else’s airspace, Kerry and company would declare that an act of war, but if we do it it’s humanitarian […] todaySeptember 4, 2013 47
insert_link The Founders James Madison Had True Patriotism, Not Like The Phony Patriotism Our Elected Officials Claim Today Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – Think about this for just a moment. Madison is going to take Hamilton to task because Washington is not going to war, or is not going to act as an ally in a war. James Madison’s point is: Even when it comes to declaring neutrality, that’s still not a function of the executive, unless it’s a treaty to remain neutral. Then the executive can suggest it, but the Senate has to ratify it. Check […] todaySeptember 4, 2013 19
insert_link Transcripts The Holy War Waged On Muslims Comes From American Exceptionalism And Moral “Authority” Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – This entire Syrian debacle or impending debacle is all about inertia. If you listen closely to Secretary of State Kerry, if you listen closely to Senator Corker or Senator Menendez or John Boehner or Nancy Pelosi, any of them, if you listen closely to this, they basically said: We have to do this because we are we. We’re the only country in the world that has the military capability to do this. Gee, that […] todaySeptember 4, 2013 29
insert_link Founders Television What Are The Real Motives In Syria? Oil? Maybe. Grow The Empire? More Likely. Mandeville, LA - Exclusive Video and Audio - What are the real motives in Syria? Are they oil? That's doubtful, we get oil from plenty of other sources and it's "just" one commodity. So what else is going on here? Well, let's look at a bit of history. Look at some of the other great empires throughout history: The Romans, The Spanish, and The British mainly. Where are they now? None of them have the status and global dominance they […] todaySeptember 4, 2013 24
Pile Of Prep Why Doesn’t Our “Moral Obligation” In Syria Extend to Abortion Clinics in the U.S.? Mandeville, LA - Mike Church's daily Pile of Prep, chock full of Mike's take on the Syria war, our Moral Obligation Obama & Kerry want to start in Syria plus other [r]epublican stories used to perform the Mike Church Show on Sirius/XM Patriot channel 125. "To most observers it has seemed far more probable that we are stumbling into a new Dark Age, inhumane, merciless, a totalist political domination in which the life of spirit and the inquiring intellect will be […] todaySeptember 4, 2013 4
insert_link Church Doctrine The Founding Fathers Would Not Approve Obama’s Request to Bomb Syria Mandeville, LA - Church Doctrine - On Saturday last, President Obama announced to the world that he was seeking an authorization1 to use military force against “The Syrian regime” or what used to be called The Assad administration2. While Obama claimed he did not need to gain Congress’s blessing he would seek it anyway. The press quickly sprang into action asking all the wrong questions of all the wrong people like “will the Congress side with the President”? The proper […] todaySeptember 3, 2013 17
insert_link Transcripts Raise The Minimum Wage, Destroy The Market Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – Any wage control damages a market because it has an effect on the price mechanism. Wage is part of the price mechanism, too. Your ability as a businessperson to set the wage, this is part of the price mechanism. This is how you arrive at how much to sell the donut for. The labor cost, that goes into the price mechanism. Anytime the government comes in and sets the price, it is altering forever […] todaySeptember 2, 2013 42
insert_link Transcripts If You’re Going To Have A Minimum Wage, You Need A Minimum Purchase Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – Why is it any different for the State to compel a business person to pay someone for a service that is rendered, and voluntary service that is rendered, at a preordained or predetermined price? Why shouldn’t the State then be able to compel, or why shouldn’t the store be able to use the power of the State to compel the consumer to spend a minimum amount? Don’t feed me this crap that the State […] todaySeptember 2, 2013 37
insert_link Transcripts Why Capitalism Is NOT a Substitute For republicanism Mandeville, LA - On today's show I mention this wonderful post of a speech Dr. Russel Kirk gave in 1988. After reading this piece I was moved to take the task of promoting this work because it says everything about modern conservatism (which is a misnomer now see here) and why it is doomed to fail with reverting to "small is beautiful conservation." Thanks to Winston Elliot III and The Imaginative Conservative blog for the post. todaySeptember 2, 2013 38