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Individual or Collective Right – A brief history of the 2nd Amendment

            Today we are struggling with people who believe the right to keep and bear arms is somehow a collective right, tied to militia membership, and not an individual natural right.  This false assumption is based on today’s understanding and rhetoric.  We also have the ambiguous 1939 Supreme Court case, U.S. vs. Miller that significantly fails to embrace the founding generation’s intent.  The other area we have is the 2nd Amendment’s preamble that some point to as a reason to support the collective, militia tied concept.  Yet history and understanding of bearing arms teaches us what is really the intent – the right to keep and bear arms is an individual natural right!

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Four verses to the Star Spangled Banner

Published on June 18, 2010 by in Liberty, Videos

We are very use to hearing the first verse of ‘The Star Spangled Banner’ during sporting events. Written in 1814, many of us forget there are actually four verses. The last verse brings us what Francis Scott Key refers to as our motto; “In God is our trust.” Recently a former Marine reminded a crowd at a Tea Party event in Georgia with Herman Cain. Continue reading

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The blessings of liberty for our Posterity

It was the end of a very heated, intense four months. The framers had joined together in an attempt to save the struggling confederation of 13 former colonies now known collectively as the United States of America. It was a time of turmoil among the states. Efforts to organize a central government under the Articles of Confederation were proving ineffective. Continue reading

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When the buck stops with POTUS people lose

Pres. Harry Truman made the phrase, “the buck stops here” famous. Pres. Obama has embraced a similar stance with his often used “the buck stops with me” line. Every president between Truman and Obama have told the people the POTUS (President of the United States) is where the buck stops when it comes to many situations such as natural disasters, man created disasters, economic challenges, environmental concerns, and more. Continue reading

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Patrick Henry’s Give Me Liberty Speech

Published on April 29, 2010 by in Videos

Given during the ramp up to the American Revolution this speech was presented before the Virginia colony delegates at St. Johns Church in Richmond, VA on March 23, 1775. Continue reading

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