With "Conservatives" and their corrupt "think tanks" now fully backing the wasteful and unconstitutional spending on "interstate highway projects" who is left to defend the molecules of the Constitution that remain in effect? Well, we can summon the pen of Constitutional author, ratifier and President under, James Madison and his -SHOULD BE FAMOUS-veto of Henry...Read More

After watching Senator Paul's speech and becoming intrigued by the Madison line I began searching for the source which his notes did not provide. In my search I encountered dozens of articles citing the line, most attributed to Senator Paul. After a thorough search using google I could not locate the passage in question.Read More

Mandeville, LA – (Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared on 1 July, 2013) On Saturday, 29 June, 1776 the VA Convention, on the 3rd vote, gave its approbation to the Constitution for the Commonwealth of VA and Independence, days before Congress jointly acted. That same day, newly elected delegates to its first Assembly, voted Patrick...Read More

https://media.blubrry.com/crusade/mikechurch.com/mc-media/post-show-show-audio/Project76_Patrick_Henry_To_Archibald_Blair_letter.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Google Podcasts | Email | RSSEditors Note: (This piece appeared originally on 13 January, 2013) This page represents the first of many to come that will feature Project ’76 sight & sound content. Project ’76 will,  for the 1st time ever, take the written words of the...Read More

Founder, Edmund Pendleton’s theme is one that is as relevant today as it was after the Adams Administration: the government can be only as pure and respectful of liberty as the constituent parts - the politicians - are imbued with virtue, the constitution notwithstanding.Read More

Q: Was The 14th Amendment Constitutionally Adopted? A: NO (This piece was originally published on 7 October, 2013) Mandeville, LA – I often refer to the 14th Amendment as “the miracle amendment” because it offers a binding, guilt trip addled method of bringing the Federal authority & the Constitution to bear on any question you...Read More

We need to educate many millions on just what [r]epublicanism is, why their Founding Parents said it was the best form of government and how they defined it.Read More

Mike: There is a simmering controversy over one of the authors that is James Madison, what he said, what he didn’t say, and then what he retracted. I’ll let you pick it up from there. Kevin Gutzman: Well, people who are listeningRead More

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – As far as your third party, I don’t have the answer to your political question, because I don’t think that politics is going to solve or is capable of solving any of this. If it were, then I would think since the Roman polis was created, or if you...Read More

Mandeville, LA – Many gallons of ink have been spilled and trillions of phosphorous pixels burned over the Feds-“government shutdown inspired”- shuttering of Liberty Island and the Statue of Liberty. I have asked the question “why” this is so seeing as how the Statue belongs to the People of the United States, NOT the government....Read More

Mandeville, LA – A Project ’76, breakthrough moment in history! When President Franklin Pierce vetoed the “An act making a grant of public lands to the several States for the benefit of indigent insane persons”, sending the bill back to the Senate and the House with his objections, he painted a clear picture of the...Read More

Mandeville, LA - Here's a sampling of our current offering of Project '76 webisodes, which you can pick up on the Founders Tradin' Post RIGHT HERE! Each of these Webisodes has been painstakingly researched and then dramatized by some of the finest voice actors and audio mixing engineers in the business. The result is a...Read More

Mandeville, LA - The latest in our Project '76 collection is the must listen to, 2nd Amendment hit of the millennia. Writer/Director/Narrator Mike Church takes you on an exciting, audio journey back to 1788 to hear the great Patrick Henry launch his opposition to ratifying the U.S. Constitution and his primary concern for doing so...Read More

https://media.blubrry.com/crusade/mikechurch.com/mc-media/daily-clip/Project76_Preview_Madison_calls_Adams_admin_a_monster.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Google Podcasts | Email | RSSListen to a FREE preview of this 9 minute long Webisode from Founding Father Films’s Project ’76, Download this Webisode here Mandeville, LA – In this Project ’76 Webisode, we learn the chain of events that led James Madison & Thomas...Read More

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – A state is nothing more than the official arm of operation for the people of any sovereign territory. That’s all a state is. People think: We ought to do all these things in our states. What do you mean by states? Few people ever bother to define it. The...Read More

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – If you’re a fan of nullification, you’re going to want to read this piece. From this little gathering in Fredericksburg, Virginia comes the inspiration for great things, which are the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, of course Kentucky written by Jefferson, Virginia written by Madison, both with an assist from...Read More

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – “Sales Tax: History of a Dumb Idea” by Mason Gaffney, this is part of my post. I found this wonderful essay written by Mr. Gaffney in Insights Magazine back in 2005 about sales taxes. He writes about the history of the sales tax. It goes way, way back, farther...Read More

Those who so loudly cheer for the misery of sales taxes to be equally applied instead of universally reviled, richly deserve the fate they are about to earn. The tragedy is there will be much collateral damage and what pray tell is "fair" about that?Read More

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – Check out today’s transcript for the rest… Begin Mike Church Show Transcript Mike:  Yesterday I read to you from the diary of John Quincy Adams.  I read to you about how he had jumped into Tiber Creek and the story of how he’d almost drown because he had all...Read More

https://media.blubrry.com/crusade/mikechurch.com/mc-media/daily-clip/John_Quincy_Adams_almost_drowns_Mike_church_Project_76.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Google Podcasts | Email | RSS Mandeville, LA – After discovering that there is a creek that used to flow, almost as mightily as the nearby Potomac River, IN Washington DC but is now paved over by the edifices of government, namely the IRS building, I...Read More

https://media.blubrry.com/crusade/mikechurch.com/mc-media/daily-clip/So76_COMPLEAT_VA_Ratification_Statement.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Google Podcasts | Email | RSSRead the Virginia Secession Petition and Access Project ’76 Audio below Mandeville, LA  – In the process of ratifying the U.S. Constitution, the most celebrated, lengthy and heated debate was held in the Virginia Convention which convened on 4 June, 1788 in...Read More

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – I want to repeat, there are three instances under which the militia would fall under the control of the Congress, and then only to write rules for how they should be disciplined. The three instances are: there is a declaration of war, the country or a state has been...Read More

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – Let me be clear. I am not a proponent of and I think it’s heinous that the State of Maryland would ban or try to interfere with its citizens protecting themselves outside of their homes by carrying their weapons with them. Here in Louisiana, your automobile is an extension...Read More

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – Professor Dr. Kevin Gutzman is on the Dude Maker Hotline, celebrating ten years of your buddy being here on Sirius XM satellite radio airwaves. I don’t know if you knew that. This week is our anniversary. Tomorrow is James Madison’s birthday as well. We have a two-fold purpose. Plus...Read More

George Washington – Farewell Address 1796 Friends and Citizens: The period for a new election of a citizen to administer the executive government of the United States being not far distant, and the time actually arrived when your thoughts must be employed in designating the person who is to be clothed with that important trust,...Read More

Now the famous "Monroe Doctrine" comes to life with the Founders Pass, Member exclusive audio version of Monroe's famous address to Congress. Voiced by Jean Hetherington (Patrick Henry in Spirit of '76) You'll experience this part of history as never before. Turn the speakers up and enjoy the most famous of the Founding Fathers foreign...Read More