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This Day In Founding Fathers History – 1 March

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 1 March 2013 On this day in 1781, the Articles of Confederation were ratified by Maryland, the final of the thirteen states to ratify. “The ratification of the Articles of Confederation was delayed for two years by Maryland, who refused to ratify until the larger states—primarily Virginia and New York—had ceded their extensive land claims in the West to the national government. Virginia […]

March 1, 2015 11

This Day in Founder's History

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 22 January

This Day in Founding Founders History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. On this day in 1807, President Jefferson exposed the plot by Aaron Burr in a special message to Congress.

January 22, 2015 9

Founders Corner

Thomas Jefferson, 1st Annual State of The Union

Mandeville, LA - Below is Thomas Jefferson's first State of the Union message to Congress, note Jefferson's precise detail of the ongoing campaign against the Barbary pirates and his explicit call for CONGRESS to tell him what to do about it and then appropriate the funds needed to do so. Fellow Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: It is a circumstance of sincere gratification to me that on […]

January 19, 2015 19

The Constitution

Are You A Federalist Or Not? CA CAN Issue Licenses To Illegals: Jefferson

Mandeville, LA - Are you a Federalist or not? The "Conservative" wind machine is in overdrive today over California's plan to issue drivers licenses to "illegal immigrants". As ill-advised and stupid as this may be, CA is totally within it's rights to regulate "alien friends" and issue them any state ordination they see fit. Recall little Jimmy Madison's stance on this very issue during the VA protest over The Alien and […]

January 5, 2015 6

Transcripts

You Can Thank The Founders For Separation Of Church And State And Public Schools

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – Actually, we can blame the founding fathers for the idea of public education. It was a pet project of Jefferson’s. It’s on his obelisk at Monticello that he was the founder of the University of Virginia. What was the University of Virginia? It was publically funded. It was funded by the State of Virginia. As a matter of fact, the creation of public universities and […]

December 16, 2014 7

Transcripts

FOUNDERS: “States Have MORE Say-So In Defining Constitution Than Feds Do”

Why would the States ever ratify something that they had no equal part in determining the extent of the powers of the government that the constitution created?

August 27, 2014 5

Interviews

Gutzman, Church – The Constitutional Response to the Murder Of James Foley

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – "Let’s bring Professor Gutzman in here. How did President Jefferson respond to those actions of what we know today as the Barbary pirates? Kevin: This was not really a matter of any dispute among the people who made the federal governments. It’s not surprising that Jefferson and his friends in Congress, along with their opponents in Congress, thought this way, and that Jefferson’s actions against […]

August 26, 2014 8

My [r]epublican Thought

Mike Church [r]epublican Thought of The Day-Archive I Jan 1-Nov 5, 2014

Mike's Collection of his "[r]epublican Thoughts of The Day". Culled from his continuing study of the Founding Fathers.

August 18, 2014 26

Transcripts

“Sign On The Dotted Line & TRUST Us!” Some Founders Lied About Constitution

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – This is where John Taylor gets into: "Okay, well, you guys lied to us. You said that if we signed on the dotted line and adopted this Constitution gizmo that you would conduct your affairs in a certain way, and that we would conduct our affairs in a certain way, and that those were the rules we were all going to live by. You lied […]

August 15, 2014 15