Have you watched "Overview of America" yet?

[1000-points-of-fright]

Our creator (for religious folks), or nature (for non-religious).

Our government PROTECTS our rights, they do not GIVE us our rights.

The only rights we have are those we can defend by force. It's the law of the jungle. But in our case, in order to have an orderly society we (or the founders) decided we had rights and drew up a contract (the constitution) and created a mechanism to defend them by force (the government).

Even if you believe our rights come from God, he still doesn't defend them... we do, either personally or by proxy via the government.

 

[FrankRep]

The only rights we have are those we can defend by force. It's the law of the jungle. But in our case, in order to have an orderly society we (or the founders) decided we had rights and drew up a contract (the constitution) and created a mechanism to defend them by force (the government).

Even if you believe our rights come from God, he still doesn't defend them... we do, either personally or by proxy via the government.

Law of the jungle? Wouldn't "Survival of the Fittest" be the law of the jungle?

 

[Bruno]

Yup, good vid. But agree with the other poster that religion can be left out of it altogether and not change the message. One need not be god fearing as a prerequisite to morality.

I understand that America is a very faith-based nation, but the JBS would not be offending Christians by leaving it out. They do, however, offend people of other religions or of agnostics. Perhaps enough so to scare them away entirely from a message they would otherwise believe.

I have the same issue with those that tie the abortion issue to the freedom movement. Ron is guilty of this also.

Agreed. Great video.

 

[FrankRep]

A JBS group from Washington sent about 100 OoA DVDs while I was deployed. I placed them in common areas and they went fairly quickly. That was the first time I had seen the updated version, it was good.

That's awesome!

 

[FreedomFighter8008]

Brilliant video!! Should be mandatory viewing for every American.

 

[FrankRep]

Brilliant video!! Should be mandatory viewing for every American.

What scares me is that in a Democracy people are allowed to vote my freedoms away! Majority (mob) rule is dangerous!

I want my Constitutional Republic back.

 

[Paulatized]

Great Introductory Video

to start a dialog with those that sense something is not headed in the right direction but are not sure what... Just sent my daughter a link to watch it. She's coming around. People (Sheeple) just need to be educated. Most Americans would be astounded to realize what is going on right under their eyes. The majority of the public is operating under the assumption that we are operating by the constrants of the Constitution, and are still under the gold standard. I certainly have lost my apathy and become "educated" since finding Ron Paul. We just need to help educate in a non-threatening way.

 

[FrankRep]

You can buy the videos pretty cheap at the JBS store. You can give them out to people who don't have the Internet or whatever. I would encourage everyone to contact their local school teachers like history or social studies teachers and see if they would play it in front of the class. This is a great idea for Constitution Day!

JBS Videos
http://www.shopjbs.org/index.php/videos

 

[puppetmaster]

My two kids both took the JBS's "Overview of America" DVDs with them to school...

One was immediately played in the classroom (and also played for other classes taught by that same teacher)!!!

In classic gubermint school style though, it was the classes of younger 4th grade students that were allowed to view the DVD, and not the more age appropriate 7th grade class.

The DVD was very good, but it could have been better.

We also need another “school DVD”, that really spells out the economic mess, tweaked for 4th graders* and up. In turn, the kids could then explain the unconstitutional federal reserve fiat scam and inflation to their parents over the dinner table by illustrating Jekyll Island and Ponzi "math" schemes on a paper napkin.

Ron Paul is quite correct, young kids can easily understand it.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

*In order to motivate and appeal to those young minds, the video should also tell ‘em that they’ll know that they've successfully explained these concepts when their parents spontaneously spit out a mouthful of food or drink at the exact moment of comprehension and realization.

nice job here, very nice

 

[puppetmaster]

the also have a poll about the gold standard...http://www.jbs.org/

 

[FrankRep]

the also have a poll about the gold standard...http://www.jbs.org/

The John Birch Society is awesome.

Find a local one to join, you'll love it.

http://jbs.meetup.com/

 

[RonPaulVolunteer]

Why is there no DVD quality version on BitTorrent.... Grr....

 

[FrankRep]

Why is there no DVD quality version on BitTorrent.... Grr....

You could buy a $1.00 CD and make copies from it. It's only a dollar.

 

[bojo68]

I clicked it off when 2 sentences in they say the US is "religious based". I figure anybody that would say something like that isn't going to be right enough to make anything else they have to say worth listening to.

 

[CJLauderdale4]

This video is a must watch for all who are called to Liberty!!!
This is American Heritage and Government 101...

 

[FrankRep]

I clicked it off when 2 sentences in they say the US is "religious based". I figure anybody that would say something like that isn't going to be right enough to make anything else they have to say worth listening to.

You may not be religious, but it's hard to deny that the majority of Americans are religious. Give the video a chance and put your biases aside for a moment.

 

[RonPaulVolunteer]

I clicked it off when 2 sentences in they say the US is "religious based". I figure anybody that would say something like that isn't going to be right enough to make anything else they have to say worth listening to.

You may want to read a few books before forming your biases...

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. — John Quincy Adams

 

[Andrew76]

Have you watched "Overview of America" yet?

Overview of America
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6732659166933078950

Honestly, this vid lost me at "religiously based," right at the beginning. Not only is that factually incorrect, it's totally unnecessary.
Where in the Constitution are the Ten Commandments? Why do all our public buildings from the White House on down resemble Greek and Roman buildings and not Christian churches?
Where is the mention of Jesus Christ or Christianity in the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, or the Declaration of Independence?
Why was "In God We Trust" not added to our currency until long after the Civil War?
Why was "One Nation Under God" not added to the pledge until the 1950's?
Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and many others were unequivocally non-christian. They were, however, Deists (they believed in a God) as was popular during the Enlightenment era when our nation was founded and upon Enlightenment philosophical principles.
"Religiously based"??? Read our founding father's letters to one another, read their biographies, understand the prevailing philosophies of the time. When you do, you'll know there can be no doubt that America, even if a contingent of early settlers were religious, was never intended to have a "religious" government.

And if there's nothing in the Constitution about religion EXCEPT the prohibition of the establishment of a state religion (to keep us from becoming like Iran or Saudi Arabia), then why bring it up at all? It smacks of deception and attempting to manipulate historical truth.

Some early Americans were Christians, fine. Some were also Deists, and others believed none of it. The bottom line is: there is no state religion. No, really, there isn't, so enough with the not-so-subtle insinuations that that was what we were really intended to be.

The nail in this coffin, if you dare read it, is Thomas Paine's "The Age of Reason." I challenge any one of you to read this book and tell me the U.S. was or is a christian nation. You're decieving yourselves.

 

[RonPaulVolunteer]

Honestly, this vid lost me at "religiously based," right at the beginning. Not only is that factually incorrect, it's totally unnecessary.
Where in the Constitution are the Ten Commandments? Why do all our public buildings from the White House on down resemble Greek and Roman buildings and not Christian churches?
Where is the mention of Jesus Christ or Christianity in the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, or the Declaration of Independence?
Why was "In God We Trust" not added to our currency until long after the Civil War?
Why was "One Nation Under God" not added to the pledge until the 1950's?
Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and many others were unequivocally non-christian. They were, however, Deists (they believed in a God) as was popular during the Enlightenment era when our nation was founded and upon Enlightenment philosophical principles.
"Religiously based"??? Read our founding father's letters to one another, read their biographies, understand the prevailing philosophies of the time. When you do, you'll know there can be no doubt that America, even if a contingent of early settlers were religious, was never intended to have a "religious" government.

And if there's nothing in the Constitution about religion EXCEPT the prohibition of the establishment of a state religion (to keep us from becoming like Iran or Saudi Arabia), then why bring it up at all? It smacks of deception and attempting to manipulate historical truth.

Some early Americans were Christians, fine. Some were also Deists, and others believed none of it. The bottom line is: there is no state religion. No, really, there isn't, so enough with the not-so-subtle insinuations that that was what we were really intended to be.

The nail in this coffin, if you dare read it, is Thomas Paine's "The Age of Reason." I challenge any one of you to read this book and tell me the U.S. was or is a christian nation. You're decieving yourselves.

You may want to read a few books before forming your biases...

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. — John Quincy Adams

 

[FrankRep]

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. — John Quincy Adams

Another interesting founding father quote:

Ben Franklin: "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need for masters."


John Birch Society Meetup groups:

http://jbs.meetup.com/