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Contempt and the Constitution

Whiskey Rebellion Shows Contempt Constitution Had For Regular Folks Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – "Wythe Holt wrote a paper a few years back titled “The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794: A Democratic Working-Class Insurrection.”  I want to share just some of the introductory pieces of this.  I think you’re about to hear some things that you had never heard before, were unprepared to hear, and you may have to digest and […]

todayNovember 18, 2014 12

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Ignorance Is Not Bliss

Even the NEW legal citizens don't know Obama isn't a King. Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – "There’s no rule that says if you’re stupid you have to remain stupid, unless I missed it, and maybe I did.  There’s no rule that says if you’re ignorant you must remain ignorant and that you can’t elevate yourself out of a position of ignorance.  I would think most people would want to elevate […]

todayOctober 6, 2014 3

Daily Clip

Jimmy Madison Hid 1794 Secession Pamphlet To Preserve Union

There are four men that are mentioned in this that were in the Philadelphia Convention that framed the Constitution. All four of them realized the gravity of what it is they're discussing in 1794 in Congress. Three of them decide that the solution is disunion. The fourth says I don't think you should do that, but he doesn't say that they can't do it. Do I have your attention and […]

todayAugust 4, 2014 5

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How Federal Convention That Produced Constitution Came About

Federal Convention and the Constitution Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – "So how did they arrive in Philadelphia on the 14th of May 1787?  They were supposed to have this convention.  And why would we care about that today?  Well, the reason we ought to care about it is because of the pretenses under which they were meeting.  What Madison and Hamilton had told the public and what they had told […]

todayMay 18, 2014 5

The Founders

How Did The United States Go From Articles Of Confederation To Constitution?

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – Well, the Articles of Confederation was most certainly and positively just that. It was a compact. By definition and description it was a confederation, meaning it was a federation of states or political entities that decided, for some express purposes, they needed to confederate together in order to have a better life and existence here after the Revolutionary War. Check out today’s transcript for […]

todaySeptember 17, 2013 6

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Why Was There a Constitution Called For?

Mandeville, LA - Exclusive Transcript - What it takes to be a constitutional expert today is to have gone to a law school on the East Coast, it’s as simple as that, and to have had some professor profess to teach the subject. What they actually teach, if they teach at all, is they teach Supreme Court history. It’s not really Constitution history; it’s Supreme Court history. Constitution history is […]

todayAugust 2, 2013 4

States

Founders Corner

Patrick Henry – Why did they say “We the People”?

During the VA Ratifying Convention Patrick Henry was the most frequent speaker against ratification of the new Constitution. Here, on 4 June, 1788, Mr. Henry first spoke to the delegates and reminded them of Virginia's sovereignty and her membership in a confederation of states. This speech is acted out in my movie "The Spirit of '76 - The Greatest Story Never Told".

todayJune 25, 2013 2

Daily Clip

Massachusetts Has Been Divided Since Before Shays’ Rebellion

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – I always look for historical angles to talk about these things that we discuss here on the program. I was wondering if all the people of all of Taxachusetts were as blindly and meekly following the orders of their state and city overlords on Friday. Would that translate to the rest of the state? Massachusetts does have a western part as well. Is there […]

todayApril 22, 2013 10

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