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The U.S. Constitution on One Page

One of our guests this week was Attorney Jack Criswell, who gave us a list of how the states, through the power of the U.S. Constitution, have oversight of our federal government. Jack provided us with this one page version of the U.S. Constitution...

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Pro-life or Pro-choice

On 22 Jan 1973, the US Supreme Court handed down the Roe vs Wade decision. Regardless of where you stand on the issue, I don’t see where this decision came from—it’s nowhere even hinted to in the about 7600 words of our Constitution—the Constitution...

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Our military at war

On 21 Aug 1965, during the Vietnam War, it is revealed by our military headquarters in Saigon that US pilots now have received approval to destroy any Soviet-made missiles they see while raiding North Vietnam. This was a major change from previous...

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Reading the Constitution

Since the members of Congress, like those of us in the military, take an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the US, it’s a darned good thing that they read it regularly–and publicly is a good idea. The problem lies with the...

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The Death of Obamacare

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) told then-Speaker-designate John Boehner that he should not bother to pass a repeal of Obamacare as the repeal would die in the Senate. Boehner’s response went something like this: Thank you for reminding us...

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On understanding laws

The Father of the Constitution, James Madison, wrote: “It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood;...

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Tea Party

This past Tues I spoke at a Tea Party meeting in Zeeland, MI. The Japanese National TV folks were there to let their viewers see Americans in action, I guess. I spoke on the history of our nation; our founders absolutely did not want a large...

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Judges writing law

The US Constitution is a finite document; you can read it any day you want to. Unfortunately, activist judges now get away with writing into the constitution anything they want. A federal district judge in Calif decided that “don’t ask;...

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US Supreme Court

It just occurred to me that should the nice lady who hates the military and is being considered to be our next Supreme Court Justice–should she be confirmed then there will be no veterans (and no Protestants) on the Supreme Court. Stepping...

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