Topic: ben franklin

Monday, November 25th, 2013

What Will It Take For You People To See That Federalism And The Constitution Are Dead And Buried?

Contains Exclusive: Transcript Topics: 17th amendment, ben franklin, Congress, Constitution, Federal Convention of 1787, federalism, gutzman, house, majority rule, representation, Roger Sherman, senate, state legislature, tyranny, veto

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – Let’s go all the way back to 1787 and let’s figure out why there was a Senate to start with. To answer that question is to shed some light on the way things are supposed to work in the American constitutional system, which, by the time I’m finished with this, it’s not the way I’m going to tell you they work because they don’t work like that any longer. Check out today’s transcript for the rest…….Continue

Thursday, October 31st, 2013

Rep. John Lewis Compares Obamacare Opponents And Nullification Proponents To The Civil Rights Era Of The '50s

Contains Exclusive: Transcript Topics: abolition, affordable care act, ben franklin, civil rights, Congress, Constitution, demagoguery, free market, government shutdown, healthcare, insurance, interposition, Jim Crow, John Lewis, John Taylor of Caroline, Nullification, ObamaCare, rand paul, regulations, taxes

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – Quite possibly for the first time in the history of the United States, there is an edict that has been issued by our almighty federal overlords who are camped out on the banks of the Potomac River in what I like to refer to as Mordor on the Potomac River. For the first time, they may have actually achieved what it was that they set out to do, which was to assume some manner of control over the personal lives of all 310 million citiz….Continue

Tuesday, September 17th, 2013

How Did The United States Go From Articles Of Confederation To Constitution?

Contains Exclusive: Transcript Topics: alexander hamilton, american history, articles of confederation, ben franklin, colonies, Constitution, Continental Congress, Edmund Randolph, Elbridge Gerry, fame of our fathers, Federal Convention, founding fathers, george washington, James Madison, Revolutionary War, Virginia Plan

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – Well, the Articles of Confederation was most certainly and positively just that. It was a compact. By definition and description it was a confederation, meaning it was a federation of states or political entities that decided, for some express purposes, they needed to confederate together in order to have a better life and existence here after the Revolutionary War. Check out today’s transcript for the rest…….Continue

Wednesday, August 21st, 2013

Northern Colorado Is Going republican

Contains Exclusive: Transcript Topics: articles of confederation, ben franklin, colorado, Confederacy, Constitution, david hume, federalism, federations, gas, gun control, Oil, perfect commonwealth, renewable energy, republic, republican, Secession, statehood, timothy pickering

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – They act as though the State of Colorado owns the citizens of northern Colorado, and that the citizens of northern Colorado are not sovereign political entities in and of their own right should they choose to be. Folks, this is the law of nations. This is what 18th and 19th century republicanism is all about. It is all about gathering together and forming, through geographical boundaries, sovereign en….Continue

Monday, July 15th, 2013

Interview With Brad Birzer On Conservatism, John Dickinson And More

Contains Exclusive: Transcript Topics: articles of confederation, ben franklin, Birzer Effect, Brad Birzer, catholicism, Christianity, conservatism, Constitution, Declaration of Independence, faith, Federal Convention, founding fathers, James Madison, john dickinson, just war theory, morals, natural rights, property rights, religion, Russell Kirk, spirit of 76, The Imaginative Conservative, Thomas Jefferson, tradition, values

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – Brad is a professor at Hillsdale College. He is the author of the book about Charles Carroll of Carrolton, American Cicero, a great book about a forgotten founding father. He is also the editor of The Imaginative Conservative website, which we had Winston Elliott on yesterday and talked about. Brad is part of what I like to call the conservative revival. Check out today’s transcript for the rest…….Continue

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Thursday, May 30th, 2013

Despite What The History Books Say, John Quincy Adams WAS A Founding Father

Contains Exclusive: Transcript Topics: american history, ben franklin, Continental Congress, dana milbank, founding fathers, john adams, John Quincy Adams, Michele Bachmann, Minister to France, Revolutionary War, Thomas Jefferson

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – Milbank rebuffs Bachmann and makes fun of her because she mistakenly identified John Quincy Adams as a founding father. I tweeted this to Milbank and I’ll just reiterate this to the audience. John Quincy Adams WAS a founding father. He may not have been a father at the time of the founding, but he was most certainly a member of that august body of young men who would turn men who were in on the founding. Check out today’s tra….Continue

Monday, April 15th, 2013

Would Ben Franklin Trade Liberty for the NSA Data Center in Utah?

Contains Exclusive: Audio, Video Topics: Apple, ben franklin, big brother, data center, hal, iphone 5, iphone 5s, nsa, utah

Mandeville, LA - Exclusive Video and Audio - Certainly not. The NSA "data center" in Utah will hold enough "data" to fill so many iPhone 5's that they could be stacked from here to the moon and back. The NSA says the Utah Data Center is a facility for the intelligence community that will have a major focus on cyber security. The agency will neither confirm nor deny specifics. Some published reports suggest it could hold 5 zettabytes of data. Ben Franklin could never have ima….Continue

Thursday, February 7th, 2013

This Day In Founding Fathers History - 7 February 2013

Contains Exclusive: Audio, Video Topics: 11th Amendment, An Imaginary Speech, article iii, ben franklin, Benjamin Franklin, Congress, Constitution, john adams, Liberty, militia, religion, supreme court

This Day in Founding Founders History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. In 1775 on this day, The Public Advertiser published a letter penned by Benjamin Franklin, “An Imaginary Speech.”….Continue

Saturday, August 4th, 2012

This Day in Founders History - 4-5 August

Contains Exclusive: Audio, Video Topics: alexander hamilton, ben franklin, chicago, coast guard, revenue-marine, saturday evening post, thomas lynch jr

Members Only Access The Founders Pass You are missing out on crucial commentary video, audio and exclusive downloads! See What You Are Missing Take The Tour! OR Join Now Franklin Approves! This Weekend In Founders History – 4 & 5 August On this day in 1790, the Revenue-Marine was established by Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton, later renamed the Revenue Cutter Service. In 1915, the service merged with United States Life-Saving Servic….Continue

Friday, August 3rd, 2012

This Day in Founders History - 3 August

Contains Exclusive: Audio, Video Topics: aaron burr, ben franklin, france, nicholas gilman, Thomas Jefferson

Members Only Access The Founders Pass You are missing out on crucial commentary video, audio and exclusive downloads! See What You Are Missing Take The Tour! OR Join Now Franklin Approves! This Day In Founders History – 3 August On this day in 1807, the trial of Aaron Burr began. Burr was charged with treason and arraigned in Richmond, Virginia. Nearly a month later, Burr was acquitted and charged with a misdemeanor charge, but again was acquitt….Continue

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Thursday, July 26th, 2012

This Day In Founders History - 26 July

Contains Exclusive: Audio, Video Topics: ben franklin, constiution, george clinton, hamilton, James Madison, new york, Thomas Jefferson, usps

Members Only Access The Founders Pass You are missing out on crucial commentary video, audio and exclusive downloads! See What You Are Missing Take The Tour! OR Join Now Franklin Approves! This Day In Founders History – July 26 On this day in 1775, the U.S. Postal System was established by the Second Continental Congress. Founding father Benjamin Franklin was the first Postmaster General. In 1778 on this day, New York became the 11th st….Continue

Friday, June 29th, 2012

Five Men That History Says Were Important But Never Played For The Saints

Contains Exclusive: Transcript, Video Topics: ben franklin, independence hall, john dickinson, king george, livingston, richard henry lee, saints, sherman, Thomas Jefferson

5 Men That History Says Were Important But Never Played For The Saints ©2012 Mike Church On the 28th of June, 1776 5 men strolled into Philadelphia’s Independence Hall with a document in hand. While most Americans today can name 10-15 members of their favorite football or basketball teams how many can name those five? Oh and the document was? The Declaration of Independence although not the one you are familiar with today. Jefferson’s draft that was presented had o….Continue

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Wednesday, June 27th, 2012

This Day In Founder's History

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Members Only Access The Founders Pass You are missing out on crucial commentary video, audio and exclusive downloads! See What You Are Missing Take The Tour! OR Join Now Franklin Approves! Mandeville, LA - Exclusive Audio and Video - Check out today's Post Show Show Podcast Preview where Mike discusses what happened in founders history on June 27th! Mike plays an audio clip from Road to Independence to show how that very day went! Get a Founder's ….Continue

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