Should Alaska Secede From The United States?

"Secession: a word which carries with it the hopes and dreams of men and women, the bitterness of frustrations, and the disgust with those that fail to share a grander vision for tomorrow."
Take the poll.

Via Rebellion

The Insurgency

"The Insurgency is a movement of citizens directed against unsustainable government taxation and regulation, and spending, both of which benefit insiders rather than ordinary people. The target of the Insurgency is a leviathan in Washington, D.C. that will ruin us all if it is not dismantled."

The times, they really are a-changin’.

A Citizen's Constitutional Workshop

The John Locke Foundation
Cordially invites you to
A Citizen's Constitutional Workshop

with presenters
Dr. Troy Kickler & Dr. Michael Sanera
Dr. Kickler, founding Director of the NC history Project & Adjunct Professor of United States History, NC State University.

Dr. Sanera, Director of Research & Local Government Studies & Adjunct Professor in Political Science, NC State University.

What the Founders and the State Ratification Conventions Can Teach Us Today

Saturday, October 02, 2010, 8:30 am- 1:30 pm
The John Locke Foundation, 200 W Morgan St., Raleigh, NC 27601 - View Map
Price: $10.00- includes lunch. - Purchase tickets online HERE.

Due to high demand, this is a repeat offering of the August 7, 2010 workshop.

Space is limited for this event, pre-registration is required.

The past 100 years of Progressive ideology have almost destroyed the US Constitution. This generation must restore the Constitution's original intent of limited, federal government based on the rule of law.

This workshop provides today's Patriots with the intellectual tools to restore original intent and repair the damage done. It explains what the framers meant by phrases such as the "general welfare," "necessary and proper" and other so-called "elastic" clauses. In addition we explore the North Carolina ratification debates and reveal how the Tar Heel State ensured that the Bill of Rights was added. By examining the important role of the states in the nation's beginning and providing constitutional commentary based on the founders' words, this workshop is a must for Americans interested in preserving the United States and a federal form of government.

What the experts are saying about "A Citizen's Constitutional Workshop"

"The John Locke Foundation's workshop on the Constitution will provide a solid foundation for anyone interested in understanding the Founders' experiment in republican government. By taking a federal perspective upon the original understanding, students will learn how the Revolution was fulfilled by the Constitution -- and gain insight into the divergence between the world of James Madison, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson and the USA of today."
*Kevin Gutzman
History Professor, Western Connecticut State University.
Author of Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution and Who Killed the Constitution?: The Fate of American Liberty from World War I to George W. Bush.

"A constitution is meaningless if its original intent is not preserved. "A Citizen's Constitutional Workshop" has embarked on a project to retrieve the original intent of the Constitution through the most reliable, yet overlooked, means at our disposal--the states. The innovative method of this project combined with its ambition to retrieve our Constitution, and with it the true meaning of limited government, makes it the most important project of its kind. Troy Kickler and Michael Sanera are following in the Founders' footsteps by bringing this discussion to a public forum which is certainly the best place to start."
*Kyle Scott, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science and Honors College, University of Houston.
Author of The Price of Politics:Lessons from Kelo v. City of New London and Dismantling American Common Law: Liberty and Justice in our Transformed Courts.

"The Key to the Constitution, as James Madison said, is the State ratifying conventions, and North Carolina played a pivotal role in defining the nature and scope of federal power. The American people will gain a better understanding of the original intent of the Constitution if they can digest how members of the State ratifying conventions argued for and against the document."
*Brion McClanahan, Ph.D.
History Instructor, Chattahoochee Valley Community College
Author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers

IS Constitution Day A Celebration, Or A Memorial?

"Before we can know whether we can keep our Republic, the central question is whether liberty still lies in our hearts, as it did in the hearts of the Founding Generation and in the hearts of all who stood in its defense since. The answer to that question makes all the difference to if and how we shall keep and restore our Republic."