ideology

Is Civilization Nothing But A Tax Scheme? If It Is, Do We Want A Refund?

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – “What is civilization? Is civilization worth defending?” Why would someone ask a question like that? There’s a reason why. Let’s explore for a moment, shall we? Check out today’s transcript for the rest…. Begin Mike Church Show Transcript Mike: “What is civilization? Is civilization worth defending?” Why would someone ask a question like that? There’s a reason why. Let’s explore for a moment, shall we? By […]

August 15, 2014 2

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Lose The Ideology Labels To Gain Liberty’s Return

Do Americans Actually Know What Socialism Is? Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – "Michael Davis, writing at the Imaginative Conservative website. Mr. Davis, we all know what socialism is. We know it when we see it. All you’ve got to do is go to Facebook on any given day. The word is probably used 15 million times, usually by people on the “conservative” side of the argument. They think traffic […]

July 15, 2014 9

Liberty

You Say You Wanna Rethink The Union? Consider Secession From Mordor

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – [Mike, mocking] “What’s so big about the big, bad central government? There are a lot of things bad about it. One of the things it does is it desensitizes the citizen. It deprives the citizen of the responsibility of self-government. No longer does the citizen feel as though he is the citizen soldier who is responsible for he and his. Now the citizen is […]

February 11, 2014 12

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Party Politics Get Stronger And Stronger, Leaving The U.S. Vulnerable To Warring Factions And Separation

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – What has party affiliation and partisanship gained us? It has gained us what James Madison would call factions. What are factions? They are anathema to self-government and republicanism. Now that we have factions, this is why it’s almost impossible to get anything done that you or I would think is positive, politically speaking. You’re not going to be able to win in this hyper-charged […]

November 5, 2013 3

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Andrew Sullivan’s Take On Conservatism And Whether It Can Be Saved

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – Well, open today’s Pile of Prep and you will find a link and a quote to a blog post written by Andrew Sullivan. Sullivan writes at The Dish, which is a website that he -- he used to write for The Atlantic. He went out on his own. He’s one of these guys that’s trying to be an independent and not have to work […]

October 31, 2013 11

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Conservatism Should Come First And Has Nothing To Do With Politics

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – Conservatism is an intellectual exercise. It is an exercise in thinking, in bringing the magnificent past, the history that we have to draw from, which is unbelievable, the history we have to draw from, the events, the great writers, the philosophies. This is part of the equation. It’s not just the founders. There were people before founders. The founders are part of it, sure, […]

October 29, 2013 10

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It’s Harder To Distinguish Ideology From Truth In Modern Journalism

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – The ideological presentation of news is, in and of itself, in my personal opinion, a perversion of anything that you would call journalism. I am perfectly comfortable with, fine with, and have no beef towards anyone that presents news in a partisan and blatantly ideological fashion so long as they acknowledge that that’s what they’re doing. Where I have a problem and where I […]

October 25, 2013 6

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Enough Already With The “USA! USA!” Jingoism, Let’s Try A Little Localism

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – What we need is an alteration in manner of thinking. Manner of thinking today is jingoistic “USA! USA!” as opposed to localistic. I don’t want to say republican or individualistic because individualism is also part of what’s rotten at the core of society today. Daniel Larison has this intriguing post at The American Conservative Magazine last night, “Rejecting Jingoism and Groupthink.” Check out today’s […]

October 24, 2013 5

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True Conservatives Aren’t Hurting The GOP Because The GOP Doesn’t Represent Them

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – What she’s talking about is not conservative or conservatism. She’s talking about Republicanism. There is party mantra. There is party dogma that makes one a Republican. This is why the term RINO, Republican in name only is still so popular, [mocking] “We gotta get rid of them damn RINO Republicans” and why it is a problem. Check out today’s transcript for the rest…

October 22, 2013 9