What a great constitution class for free. I wonder why government schools don't teach this: Constitution Class: Here is the first link, you can G-video the rest. Constitution Class 1 of 7, for Patriots of USA Republic Constitution Class 2 of 7, for Patriots of America Constitution Class 3 of 7. for Patriots of America Constitution Class 4 of 7 , for Patriots of America Constitution Class 5 of 7, for Real Patriots Constitution Class 6 of 7, for Real Patriots Constitution Class 7of 7, for Patriots
I aced my Government class in high school, but that was a wile ago, and I'm always up for a review. I do tend to look things up about the constitution rather consistently when an issue about it comes up, but a free class giving me a new perspective on it is always welcome. The guy has already gotten me thinking in part 1, which I'm still watching. At the moment I'd just like to point out that while the constitution does not grant us our rights, it does recognize them, and protect them against the predation of lawmakers. So "Constitutional Rights" could just as easily refer to rights recognized or protected by the constitution.
I've watched some more of it and so far it's just plain old great info, and an interesting take on legal philosophy. I am definitely going to be going after the statement of origin if I ever buy a new car. Still not that financially secure. The cat/dog bit was hilarious and illustrated his point, and you can even extend that to a lot of other things the government is doing. One example is the naming of the "Patriot Act", so that anyone that disagrees with it sounds like they aren't an American patriot. Another is how they keep re-hashing the same old strategies for our schools over and over, but calling them something new. One of the current incarnations of this is "No Child Left Behind." One of the five biggest policies that made me quite disappointed in the administration. That, the "Patriot Act", the McCain/Fiengold act, wire-tapping, and the fact that now all research, government sponsored or not, has to go through the Bush administration before it can be published. Since professors have to publish in order to get and keep their tenure at a university, many of them would be willing to cave in order to keep their job, and would make Bush Mandated changes to their conclusions, or only research things that they knew the government would approve being published. But I digress. He does diverge directly into Libertarian propaganda for a bit, and that's the point at which things get worst. He says that there are up and down axes instead of just left and right. Then he starts pointing at a diamond. If you have one axis left and right, and one axis up and down, and you point out 4 extreme points on the graph (+,+), (+,-), (-,+), (-,-), you wind up with a square, not a diamond. And before people start talking about how they're the same thing... no they're not. The orientation of the object depends on the orientation of the graph and it's axes. The two axes could be labeled 'desired control over mind' for up/down and 'desired control over money' for left/right. If you assume that less control goes to the positive axis, and to the right (which is backwards from the standard in mathematics, but makes sense for advertising as these are "positive" qualities) libertarians would be in the upper right quadrant. However, further into the upper right quadrant are anarchists (not the people that run around smashing things, the ones who philosophically believe in, discuss, and advocate anarchy). According to his description Democrats would be upper left, republicans lower right, and communists lower left. However generally, the more extreme a party's position, the worse policy it tends to make, as shown by the fact that anarchists are in a more extreme position than libertarians, in the same quadrant. You don't want to try to discuss 'axes' with a guy who graduated with a second major in Mathematics and pull the wool over his eyes in that regard.
My short attention span wouldn't allow me to watch more than 30 minutes of it. Michael should have stood to the material and less to the libertarian advertisement.
Eh, the "hard sell" to become a libertarian was limited more or less to 10 minutes or so, and it came from a pamphlet. He said he got those pamphlets in an exchange of some kind.
Great post Josh! I would say for people to watch the 4th video first if they want just pure laughs (i mean it is sick the way things are) and if you like that, watch the rest. Points I love: 1) No one (person) in the USA owns his or her land. If you do not have Allodial Title (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allodial_title) you only own the grass up. 2) Federal Reserve is a private bank that is raping us for interest. There was no inflation before this bank was allowed in 1913. A loaf of bread was 5 cents for over 100 years. 3) Income tax goes to pay that interest only. None of our income tax goes to schools, roads, or military. 4) Income tax was never ratified by the 16th Amendment thus it is not legal. 5) Rights (bill of rights) is derived from property. No wonder Americans are losing their rights? We don’t own property! 6) Holding Title to a car or land just gives you partial possession. Government is your partner and leases the land to you. That’s how they can tax your land. 7) US dollar is worth 4 cents today (based on 1913 value). The only reason US federal notes have buying power is because of oil. The only way to buy oil in the world is by Gold or American federal notes. Once the Euro or other money can buy oil, American money will be worthless over night. 8) There are over 20,000 gun laws in the US. 9) You do not need a permit to carry a gun, get married, or drive a car if you look at the Constitution and Bill Of Rights as absolute! 10) All you have to do is look at the Paso (77,000 paso’s to buy a hamburger) to understand what the major banks are doing to economies around the world. Major banks have nothing to back up their money (like gold and silver) yet they get to print money at will. The Federal Reserve (which is a private bank) has never been audited in its entire history. That’s just a few of the great things I learned. There is allot to be learned in these videos. D
Thanks Big Doug. Now we're getting into the General Welfare clause in part 3 of 7, and I have a few bones of contention. "General Welfare" Is not "programs that directly benefit everyone". The general welfare in the constitution is the general state of well being of the people and the nation as a whole. Is it easier to move goods, and move troops to defend and feed our nation if we build roads? Yes! Therefore that falls under general welfare. Is making sure that the elderly don't starve to death going to benefit everyone? Just about. Why? Because unless you die some other way, you're going to get old. So does keeping the elderly from starving promote the general welfare? YES. So are these unconstitutional? NO. The constitution is as small as it is to allow us some vagueness and breathing room to work with without having to reach for a constitutional amendment.
And general welfare would cover public education if it promotes the general welfare. However, it seems that the board of education, and federal politics are HARMING our students. So I say they should get their fingers out of that pie. However what he doesn't mention, is that several states, since their inception, have had constitutional requirements to provide public education. The point is we're talking STATE level education. Income tax: *cough* constitutional amendment!
Hmmm. He has reminded me why I need to pay way more attention to my local legislature which I dislike. They get to determine who the members of the electoral college from my state are.
More Info: Kids should not be forced to be Vaccinated! Is not our body our own property? Not according to Texas Governor.
At the very least, not by the executive order of some governor. I'd prevent my kid from entering the 6th grade if I had to to prevent her from getting the shot if I wanted too. Home schooling anyone?
I disagree. The point of Constitution was set-up a general framework. One which could be changed by the supermajority. Our founders were very smart people, and the specifically enumerated powers and limits, because they didn't wish for the underlined... And to further elongate Jefferson's thoughts: http://www.lawandliberty.org/genwel.htm The strengths of our Constitution is in it's limits, and practicality. It's only huge mistake in my view...has been the slavery comprimise.
If you want to educate your kids, I agree. Spelling B victories of the last few years? American history? Practical application of life? Personal attention? .
Good find. I only watched the first one thus far, but is is an interesting eye-openner. I never understood what allodial title really means. It is amazing how little people know about what the US Constitution really says. A couple of years a go I walked into a B.Dalton book store and asked for a good civics book. I got the deer-in-the-headlights response. The guy told me that they don't stock books on civics because no one ever asks for them.
Wow. Sorry to hear that Tech. And I get the feeling I'm going to need to go and re-read the constitution, and then the federalist and anti-federalist papers.