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Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
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It’s very important that the youth of America learn about American history and how America got to where it is today. Without this knowledge, the youth of today - and I include elementary school through college - will readily accept just about anything the government throws at them.
Without learning of [...]
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Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
Article V of the Constitution addresses the issue of Amending the Constitution. The framers of the Constitution wanted to make it difficult to actually change the Constitution - and they established a way to do this. But little did they know that as time marches on - our elected officials will not be concerned with [...]
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Friday, January 30th, 2009
There comes a point when the people just decide that enough is enough and this point may be coming soon for the American people. This makes me think back to the great Daniel Shays. Back during the Revolutionary War, the farmers of New England participated in the victory by America - yet when it came [...]
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Monday, December 29th, 2008
The first three Articles of the Constitution have to do with the Separation of Powers within the government. This was an attempt by our founding fathers at assuring that no one branch of our government would ever amass and hold too much power.
Article I - The Legislative Branch - This branch includes the elected [...]
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Monday, December 15th, 2008
The Bill of Rights represents the first 10 Amendments to the United States Constitution.
They were written into the Constitution by our founding fathers with the intent of honorably guiding this country down the path towards freedom and democracy. Are the Bill of Rights alive and well today? Or are they being attacked and diminished?
How about the 1st [...]
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Saturday, December 13th, 2008
Have you heard of this guy? Have you heard of John Locke? He was one of the first who stood up and made his voice heard. He saw wahat was happening. He stood up for more individual rights and les government intervention. But when did he do this? Was it at a time when this [...]
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Friday, December 12th, 2008
Does everyone know about the Magna Carta? About the importance of this document in the history of our American democracy? Or does no one know - just a few. I’m afraid that’s the case - as young people are now growing up in our school system are they really taught about American history? And how “things” [...]
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