Posted in constitution, medicare, medicaid, gold standard, declaration of independence, states rights, sound money, sixteenth amendment, secession, decentralization, abraham lincoln, the great reset on Mar 23rd, 2022
Consider this episode an open thread to get the conversation started about state secession.
The truth is. . . THE JIG IS UP! The only thing that can save America from itself is for some states to secede from the union. The national leadership in the United States behaves like a Doomsday Cult set on destroying the country. "The Normals" are left in an abusive relationship with a domineering spouse (the federal government). We have irreconcilable differences and a divorce is necessary.
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I will be the first to admit that decentralization is not the sexiest topic, HOWEVER, it is an extremely important concept worthy of study and consideration.
I contend that the root cause of virtually every problem we have in America (and around the world) stems from centralization. I also contend that these same problems can be fixed by decentralization.
At it's most basic level, think one-size-fits-all and monopoly power versus freedom to chose, experimentation and competition. Which do you prefer?
Show Notes
Why Rothbard Wanted Radical Decentralization
Strategy to Promote Sound Money and Decentralize State
How We Will Win
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The Truth About Secession - Part II
The Truth About Secession - Part I
The Truth About the Tenth Amendment
The Truth About Opposition to Secession
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Resident Biden gave a brief address in the Rose Garden in early April, 2021 regarding his Executive Orders on gun control. In that short address, he made at least six clearly false statements or outright lies.
In this episode we focus our attention on one particularly misleading statement about gun show loopholes and use it as a lesson to demonstrate how the Left manipulates their voters and the media through the use of language.
It's the perfect storm! A voter base uninterested in the truth; just searching for bias confirmation. A political party willing to lie and mislead. And a media willing to parrot the narrative.
If you control the language (and the media), you can control the narrative, which explains why the Democrats refuse to debate their policies on their merits.
Show Notes
Episode #137- The Truth About Post-Constitutional America
Joe Biden's False Claim Gun Show Background Check
Joe Bidden Lied About Gun Shows
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Posted in , , constitution, article i section 8, minimum wage, slavery, capitalism, declaration of independence, states rights, wisdom, war on poverty, econ 101, democracy, secession, decentralization, price controls, racism, Walter Williams, discrimination on Dec 15th, 2020
When Walter E. Williams passed away last week, the world lost a giant intellectual, prolific columnist, humorist, economist and preacher of the truth about free markets and the United States Constitution. He was a master communicator with an uncanny ability to make complex topics and theories understandable. Throughout his life, he demonstrated unwavering courage to stand up and tell the truth starting with his challenge of the U.S. Army and President John F. Kennedy over racial discrimination in the military while holding the lowly rank of Private!
He spent decades teaching economics at George Mason University and, along the way, blessed us with volumes of logic and common sense - some of which I share with you in this episode.
Show Notes
Walter Williams Best Moments
Walter E. Williams: Suffer No Fools
PragerU – Is Capitalism Moral?
Mark Perry - Walter E. Williams RIP
Walter Williams RIP - National Review
I Just Do My Own Thing: Walter Williams RIP
Future Prospects for Economic Liberty - Hillsdale Speech
Leonard Reed - Walter Williams Steadfast Scholar Missionary of Freedom
Walter E. Williams: Up From the Projects -
Wisdom: Walter Williams
How Walter Williams Helped Me Lose Job
Thomas Dilorenzo - Walter E. Williams RIP
WaltereWilliams.com - Amnesty Proclamation
An Evening With Dr. Walter Williams - John W. Hammond Institute for Free Enterprise
Daniel J. Mitchell
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Posted in , , abortion, constitution, article i section 8, tenth amendment, minimum wage, social security, medicare, medicaid, obamacare, healthcare, nsa, supreme court, gun control, federal reserve, the fed, article i section 10, socialism, incorporation doctrine, declaration of independence, electoral college, articles of confederation, states rights, necessary and proper, immigration, term limits, war on poverty, sound money, asset forfeiture, gold, shadow ban, deplatform, sixteenth amendment, secession, decentralization, Joe Biden, abraham lincoln, cancel culture, voter fraud on Aug 10th, 2020
If you asked 100 people if they think America is healthy culturally, financially, spiritually, educationally, racially, or constitutionally, I am willing to bet a large majority would respond in the negative.
America is broken and the only thing that can save it (from itself) is state secession.
In this episode I build the case for secession:
- The reasons it is necessary
- Why secession is good
- Refute most of the common objections to secession
- Address how it could be accomplished in the 21st century
Please comment below and help build the secession movement.
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Posted in , constitution, Thomas Jefferson, article i section 8, tenth amendment, gun control, second amendment, slavery, tariffs, bill of rights, fourteenth amendment, due process, 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 , constitution, tenth amendment, socialized medicine, federal reserve, gold standard, article i section 10, states rights, sound money, 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 , constitution, Thomas Jefferson, article i section 8, 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 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 , , 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, socialism, democratic socialism, student loans, states rights, immigration, impeachment, 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 , , , , abortion, constitution, Thomas Jefferson, james madison, minimum wage, climate change, obamacare, supreme court, bill of rights, declaration of independence, electoral college, federalist papers, states rights, war on poverty, income tax, pro-life, 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 , 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 , 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, 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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