Mike Church
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Topic: 1st Amendment
Madison: George Washington's Thanksgiving Proclamation Crashed 1st Amendment
Mandeville, LA  - We will all hear a lot about Washington's Thanksgiving proclamation of 1789 and how this holiday has its roots in the Christian tradition. While this is true and not the point of this post it's still worth noting. Let me get to the point. Late in his retirement James Madison began to develop his theory over he and Jefferson's "wall of separation", best expressed in "Memorial and Remonstrance on Religious Liberty". Madison's 1785 tract (1), written to oppose ….Continue
In Libyan Response The Right Proves It Enjoys Bombing Brown People
Romney takes what could have been a Statesman's calling and turned it into a shameful, P.T. Barnum episode in foreign policy. While the War Council at Fox News & Talk Radio Stations cheered, Independents watched in stunned, disbelief, wondering how John McCain's "Lehman Bros moment" from 2012 could possibly happen again Michael Brendan Dougherty explains why embassies in foreign lands are NOT Alamo's AmConMag's Larison: Romney's self inflicted Libya wound seals his fate L.….Continue
James Madison's "Remonstrance" on Religious Rights of Man Created the First Amendment
Mandeville, LA - There has been ample discussion the past 24 hours as there has been since the dawn of the "Religious Right" in the late 1970's over the purported "Faith Based Constitution" and "Christian Nation" that "HE" erected on these shores. I am guilty of this hyperbole and historic distortion my self, recorded in one passage of "The Road To Independence". Full disclosure, I am a practicing Catholic, a believer of Our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ and a minute by minut….Continue
Republicans: Acting Like Statists Since 1988 - Except When Actual Statists Have the White House
What would "conservatism" look like if "conservatives" from the past were actually consulted? Brion McClanahan and Clyde Wilson have the answer in "Forgotten Conservatives in American History" AGAIN: Incorporating the 2nd Amendment is what gives Congress the newfound power to "grab your guns" 16 year old Chinese girl smashes her own records, beats Ryan Lochte and sets a world record in swim event that we're supposed to believe is the result of "talent development?!" VIDEO: The….Continue
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