Today's Politicos vs The Words and Deeds of The Founders

With the Senate poised to pass the $50 million Hurricane Sandy Relief bill, it’s good to know Congress, whose approval rating remains slightly below Lance Armstrong and the Mafia and well below enemas, has not missed a beat. They have loaded the Sandy bill with enough pork to supply the entire European Union with bacon for a year, but only if Germany picks up the tab.

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The following is a rational, objective look at some statistics that no one is talking about.

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The rule of law is the foundation for our liberties and our economy. It simply means that we can organize our lives, operate our businesses and plan our futures in the certainty that the laws of the land apply to each of us equally. It means that no one is above the law, not our neighbor and not our president.

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Just when you thought he couldn’t sink any lower, he exceeds your expectations. The photo of President Obama signing twenty-three executive orders sighted in on the Second Amendment demonstrates that this man and his party will use any means and anyone, including children, to further their agenda.

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In this essay, Madison lays waste the arguments of the anti-Federalists. He uses powerful analogies to point out the inconsistent and incongruent logic used by those opposed to ratification. He explains that it might be one thing if the opponents of the proposed plan had a plan of their own and were in accord with one another. But they were not in agreement amongst themselves and some even denied the necessity of addressing the problems that nearly everyone saw as obvious.

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The great American experiment in liberty worked for two reasons. James Madison and John Adams explained one of them: "We have staked the future of American civilization upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God." Madison. John Adams put it this way: "Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."

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Authors Nash and Hodges weave the lives of three men into the American founding’s complex tapestry of slavery and liberty. They examine Thomas Jefferson, Tadeusz Kosciuszko and Agrippa Hull and their responses to the political compromise that both made the American experiment possible and contradicted its founding principles.

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The Shut Mouth Society is a potboiler of the first order. James Best fans will be surprised as the author steps a bit outside of his regular genre, the classic American Western, and gives hero Steve Dancy a break. This reviewer wasn't sure what to expect as Jim has been fairly close mouthed about the book himself, except to say that this book is his wife's favorite.* After reading it, it's easy to see why. It is difficult to talk about the story without giving away any of its many twists and turns, which on reflection, is probably why the author was so "shut mouth" about it. Well, here goes.

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Don’t expect to see much publicity about this from the MSM.

Cops: Mother of two surprises intruder with five gunshots | www.ajc.com.…

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There is much to recommend in A Defense of American Ideals just as there is much to recommend in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. However, there is also much of which to be critical. Malone is relentless in his attack on Christianity and increases his level of vitriol as the book progresses.

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