Posted in truth quest, truth quest podcast, constitution, Thomas Jefferson, article i section 8, tenth amendment, gun control, second amendment, slavery, tariffs, bill of rights, fourteenth amendment, due process, government subsidies, states rights, ninth amendment, fifth amendment, fourth amendment, first amendment, free speech, secession, abraham lincoln on May 10th, 2020
When you think of Abe Lincoln what do you think? "Honest Abe?" A great orator? The Gettysburg Address? The five dollar bill? Mount Rushmore? He saved America? His assassination by John Wilkes Booth? His Zeus-like monument in Washington, D.C. He always ranks at or near the top of every list of “the greatest Presidents.”
But what is the truth about Abraham Lincoln?
Show Notes
The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and and Unnecessary War, Thomas DiLorenzo
Brion McClannahan - Episode #163 - Lincoln and Trump
Was the Civil War Necessary
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Posted in truth quest, truth quest podcast, constitution, tenth amendment, socialized medicine, federal reserve, gold standard, article i section 10, states rights, sound money, coronavirus, decentralization on Apr 18th, 2020
In the last episode, we covered some of the lighter side issues like the importance of slowing down, enjoying our families, nature and the simple things in life. We also discussed the impact the crisis will have on future attendance at traditional four-year colleges and the continued failings of socialized medical systems.
Today we are going to look at this topic more from a public policy and economics’ perspective. We examine why the United States' federal government and all centralized political bodies are too big to succeed. In the shadow of the Coronavirus crisis, we look at the dramatic need for deregulation at all levels of government.
We end the episode with an examination of the crisis from a constitutional and economic angle: fiat currency, the importance of savings, and the stock market bubble pricked by the Coronavirus.
Show Notes:
Timeline: The Regulations—and Regulators—That Delayed Coronavirus Testing
U.S. Needs Billions of New Masks to Combat Coronavirus. Feds Say It'll Take Up To 90 Days to Approve New Mask-Making Facilities.
Critical Medical Supply Shortage: The Moment US Woke Up To Disaster Of Always Outsourcing To China
The 4 Key Reasons the U.S. Is So Behind on Coronavirus Testing
Small Regulatory Reforms That Can Help People During the COVID Pandemic
COVID-19 Exposes Americans' Financial Irresponsibility
Only One Way Out of the Coronavirus Crisis
Republicans Want You to Be Terrified of Ebola—So You'll Vote for Them
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Posted in truth quest, truth quest podcast, constitution, Thomas Jefferson, article i section 8, pritical thinking, gun control, federal reserve, bill of rights, due process, declaration of independence, states rights, immigration, asset forfeiture, secession, decentralization, self-determination on Mar 1st, 2020
In Episode #87, I introduced you to the concept of secession. We reviewed current and past secession movements and offered three reasons it is necessary AND good - decentralization, self-determination and competition. In this episode, I discuss the fourth reason secession is desirable - the idea that smaller is better. After that, we will discuss how secession is justified and I will do my best to dispel the most common objections to the concept of secession.
Show Notes:
American Secession: The Looming Threat of a National Breakup, F.H. Buckley
Mises Institute:
Tom Woods Podcast:
The Brion McClanhan Show:
Secession is for Morons
Secession is a Solution for Deep Political Division
Ron Paul: Thoughts on Secession
Credit Suisse: The Success of Small Countries
Greater Idaho Conservatives Oregon want 22 Rural Counties Secede and Become Part Idaho
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Posted in truth quest, truth quest podcast, abortion, partial birth abortion, constitution, article i section 8, climate change, third-party payer, medicare, medicaid, obamacare, socialized medicine, nsa, supreme court, affordable care act, gun control, nullification, federal reserve, the fed, inflation, bailouts, socialism, democratic socialism, student loans, states rights, immigration, impeachment, medicare for all, mass surveillance, secession, decentralization, self-determination on Feb 25th, 2020
The “S” word - secession - seems to be brought up with more and more frequency lately. Most recently we have seen counties in rural Virginia exploring the possibility of seceding from the state and joining West Virginia. We are seeing similar movements in Northern California and rural counties in Oregon. While those are wonderful developments, the larger question regarding secession is the idea of entire states seceding from the United States and essentially establish their own nation.
The idea of state secession picks up steam with every passing year as the federal government - the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches AND the federal bureaucracy - continues to enlarge its power base well beyond its enumerated powers in the Constitution.
In this episode, I will introduce you to the concept of secession, discuss some of the current and past secession movements and walk you through three reasons why secession is not only desirable but necessary. In Episode #88 we will discuss how secession is justified and rebut most of the arguments against it.
Show Notes:
American Secession: The Looming Threat of a National Breakup, F.H. Buckley
Mises Institute:
Tom Woods Podcast:
The Brion McClanhan Show:
Secession is for Morons
Secession is a Solution for Deep Political Division
Ron Paul: Thoughts on Secession
Credit Suisse: The Success of Small Countries
Greater Idaho Conservatives Oregon want 22 Rural Counties Secede and Become Part Idaho
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Posted in truth quest, shawn brodof, truth quest podcast, abortion, constitution, ben franklin, Thomas Jefferson, james madison, minimum wage, climate change, obamacare, supreme court, pritical thinking, bill of rights, declaration of independence, electoral college, federalist papers, states rights, war on poverty, income tax, pro-life, medicare for all, democracy on Jan 11th, 2020
Is it just me or is anyone else bothered when you hear politicians and talking heads refer to America as democracy? The “D-word” is thrown around so often by so many that I don’t think many people bat an eye when they hear it.
What is the truth about democracy in America?
Show Notes:
A Republic If You Can Keep It
Why Americas Founders Didn't Want a Democracy
Why It Matters That the United States is Supposed to be a Republic Not a Democracy
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Posted in truth quest, shawn brodof, truth quest podcast, constitution, article i section 8, social security, obamacare, nullification, federal reserve, tariffs, bill of rights, electoral college, federalist papers, articles of confederation, states rights, necessary and proper on May 19th, 2019
In the last two episodes, I introduced or re-introduced you to The Federalist Papers and discussed some of the checks and balances in the Constitution - the legislative and executive branches of government. Today we are going to discuss, as Paul Harvey used to say, “The rest of the story!” – the Judicial branch, States Rights, taxation, the military, and a brief look at the Necessary and Proper and Supremacy clauses of the Constitution.
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Posted in , truth quest, shawn brodof, truth quest podcast, abortion, constitution, james madison, article i section 8, tenth amendment, minimum wage, social security, medicare, medicaid, obamacare, supreme court, affordable care act, gun control, nullification, federal reserve, inflation, states rights, IRS, secession on Nov 8th, 2018
Do you ever question the amount of time and energy spent fretting about the politics coming out of Washington D.C.? The Founding Fathers never thought that the average American would spend much time pondering the goings-on in D.C. After all, the federal government's power was constitutionally restricted. In this brief episode, I suggest an alternative to our seemingly unending focus on all things D.C.
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