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Foreign Policy: The Difference Between Rand Paul and James Monroe

Mandeville, LA - Exclusive Video and Audio - Rand Paul is giving an intriguing speech on Foreign Policy to the Heritage Foundation next week... and why is that intriguing you might ask? Becuase the Heritage Foundation is one of the biggest promoters of "American Exceptionalism" in the world. We believe this means that this is Rand saying that he is not his Fathers son when it comes to Foreign Policy […]

January 30, 2013 15

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Courage Needs To Go Beyond Facebook and Twitter Updates

Mandeville, LA - Exclusive Video and Audio - Brad Birzer has an article at The Imaginative Conservative entitled "Reflections on A Republic Divided to the Point of Collapse". In the article, Brad makes the point that our nation has always been divided, much as it is now, and the only time that men from different parts of the country truly work together is when they must sacrifice themselves for the […]

January 29, 2013 10

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Give Up On The Constitution? Should We Give Up On Everything Over 200 Years Old Mr. Seidman?

Mandeville, LA - Exclusive Video and Audio - Georgetown "Constitutional Law" Professor Michael Seidman believes that we should just give up on the Constitution because it was written over 200 years ago by a bunch of guys who were basically out of touch with how our country is run today. Well, what if we were to just give up on everything that was over 200 years old? There would certainly […]

January 28, 2013 10

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The Civil War Was NOT Fought Over Nullification “Progressive Professor”

Mandeville, LA - Exclusive Video and Audio - The "Progressive Professor" has an article about how Rand Paul is "reviving Nullification from the Pre Civil War Years", the Civil War was fought over precisely that issue, and that viewpoint lost the war. Well, sorry to burst your bubble Mr. Professor but the Civil War was NOT fought over Nullification, the southern states felt like they weren't getting the proper representation […]

January 24, 2013 7

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“A Tale of Two Cités” Two Visions of America… and They’re Both French

Mandeville, LA - Exclusive Video and Audio - Leo Linbeck III has an article at The Imaginitive Conservative comparing two 19th Century Frenchmen's vision of America, Rousseau and Tocqueville, to our current political situation. It seems that America has been divided in two for a very long time, Tories and Whigs, North and South, Republicans and Democrats... always two differing views on how the country should move forward. So the […]

January 23, 2013 2

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The Jefferson Inauguration… Much Different From Obama’s

Mandeville, LA - Exclusive Video and Audio - Things were a little different when Thomas Jefferson became president of the United States... there was no motorcade with limos, no 10-inch thick bulletproof glass, no Beyoncé singing the national anthem, not even any microphones. But what TJ's inauguration did have was the spirit of Independence and Liberty. Jefferson walked right up to the Capitol building dressed as "a plain citizen without […]

January 22, 2013 8

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With Great Power Comes Great Executive Orders

Mandeville, LA - Exclusive Video and Audio - We know that Obama is a huge Spider-Man fan, but maybe he's taking the phrase "with great power, comes great responsibility" a little too far. With his gun control, executive order announcement yesterday, he took the most IRRESPONSIBLE way out of the gun control argument... the illegal way. In fact, there was a completely legal way for new gun control measures to […]

January 17, 2013 8

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A Long Time Ago, In A Galaxy Far, Far Away… There Was a Republic Called San Marino

Mandeville, LA - Exclusive Video and Audio - Ok, the Republic of San Marino WAS founded a long time ago (3 September 301 AD) but it's not in another galaxy... it occupies just over 24 sq miles on the east coast of Italy. Why is San Marino important you may ask? Well, they have the worlds oldest written constitution still in effect, and how did it get that way? They […]

January 16, 2013 3

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The Founders Did Not Intend For Us To Be In Constant Debt, Much Less $16 Trillion In The Hole

Mandeville, LA - Exclusive Video and Audio - The Founders set up a way to raise revenue and, if need be, borrow money in case of war, so that we wouldn't be in constant debt. But because of the Progressive Era, spending and borrowing has gone out of control and we're $16 Trillion in the hole. The Founders set up the order in which revenue, borrowing, and taxes were collected […]

January 15, 2013 2