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 – Exclusive Transcript – Our undeclared war, which is exactly that, we’ve been told there are no “boots on the ground,” meaning there aren’t any alleged soldiers that are in combat.  That’s not true.  You know it’s not true and I know it’s not true.  Now we’re being told by Senator Graham and others...Read More

What Would Past Presidents Think of Current Presidential State Of The Union?   (Editor’s Note: This piece was originally published on Jan 29, 2014) Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – I want to read something to you from the — I realize I am boring you people to tears today with all these tales of...Read More

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – The filmmaker, his point was to illustrate or demonstrate that the Reverend King wasn’t just a civil rights campaigner, that he cared about civil rights and the civil liberties of all Americans. In other words, he was not myopic and just focused particularly on one issue or one specific...Read More

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – Here is what I think is the wisest and smartest of all those questions. Professor Andrew Bacevich of Boston University, who is a professor of history and international relations, puts this entire issue in what I think is the proper light. This is the light that I have been...Read More

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – I want to go to the Dude Maker Hotline and say hello to my dear old friend Andrew C. McCarthy, who, if you didn’t see it yesterday I had posted it in our Pile of Prep and tweeted it out a couple times. I lauded some praise onto Andy’s...Read More

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – Then the real fireworks began when Senator John “Rambo” Kerry made his way into the United States Senate chamber and began answering questions from people like Rand Paul. I have the pertinent parts of the Paul-Kerry dialogue from yesterday. If you haven’t heard it, it is illuminating inasmuch as...Read More

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – Think about this for just a moment. Madison is going to take Hamilton to task because Washington is not going to war, or is not going to act as an ally in a war. James Madison’s point is: Even when it comes to declaring neutrality, that’s still not a...Read More

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – I now hold here in my hand a copy of the letter that was begun by Representative Rigell and was then sent to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue by express courier. I bet they didn’t put this one in the mail. It is now signed by I believe last I saw...Read More

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – As I pointed out earlier, if you get accused of jaywalking in the United States and your story makes it to CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, CBS, doesn’t matter the news network, you will be the alleged jaywalker until your day in court. Why is it that the same responsible...Read More

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – Wouldn’t that just be par for the proverbial course? You lob a couple hundred cruise missiles into Syria, you blow things to kingdom come, you have international outcry and outrage expressed by those that suffer the collateral damage, and you have the Russians now dragged into a scenario that...Read More

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – One of the things that he notes and other people who have dealt in chemical weapons analysis keep pointing out is there’s no one running around in the kind of hardware that you would expect medics and others who would treat people who had been hit with a military-grade...Read More

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – Amongst the founding generation, there was pretty much rapt agreement, unanimous agreement that making wars was serious, serious business and that you didn’t want to have a standing army around, which is why they made the appropriations for no longer than two years. You didn’t want to have a...Read More

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – We’re not talking about defending the beaches of San Diego. We’re not talking about defending the beaches of Norfolk, Virginia. We’re not talking about stopping an invasion that’s about to happen in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. We’re not talking about the beaches of New Jersey being stormed. We’re not talking...Read More

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – Article V, if you don’t know, is the article of the Constitution that deals with how you amend the Constitution. Speaking of the Constitution, Dr. Kevin Gutzman, author of James Madison and the Making of America is on the Dude Maker Hotline. Check out today’s transcript for the rest…Read More