Sensible Truth Ep. 28: Honoring the Constitution as a Sacred Act

 

“The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty…is finally staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.” George Washington

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God and Political Power

 

My Friends, today I want to reflect on a sobering observation from President Gordon B. Hinckley. He taught that “many public officers have abandoned any reverent use of the name of God in public meetings, thereby closing the door to Deity when it is plainly evident there is a need for wisdom beyond their own. If we deny the one sure source of moral truth, then from whence will it come?” His words invite us to consider not only the state of our public life, but the state of our own hearts.

Scripture teaches that true wisdom begins not with intellect, not with experience, and not with political power, but with reverence. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom” (Proverbs 9:10). When leaders—and when we ourselves—set aside the name of God, we are not merely changing language. We are closing the very door through which heaven’s guidance enters. James reminds us that *“If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God… and it shall be given him” (James 1:5). But asking requires humility. It requires acknowledging that our own understanding is not enough.

The Lord lamented through Jeremiah, “They have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them?” (Jeremiah 8:9). When a people reject God’s word, they do not become wiser—they become unmoored. Isaiah warned of a time when people would “call evil good, and good evil” (Isaiah 5:20), a time when moral clarity would be replaced by moral confusion. President Hinckley’s question echoes that warning: If we turn away from the one sure source of moral truth, where else do we expect to find it? Human opinion shifts. Cultural norms change. Political winds blow in every direction. But God’s truth is steady, unchanging, and sure.

The Psalmist declared, “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord” (Psalm 33:12). That blessing does not come merely from invoking His name, but from seeking His will, honoring His commandments, and acknowledging His sovereignty. When leaders pray, when communities seek God, when families teach His word, and when individuals humble themselves before Him, heaven responds. Light increases. Wisdom deepens. Hearts soften. And righteousness becomes possible.

So the invitation today is simple: let us keep the door to Deity open. Let us speak His name with reverence. Let us seek His wisdom in our homes, in our decisions, and in our daily walk. And let us be the kind of disciples whose faithfulness invites heaven’s guidance not only into our personal lives, but into the life of our communities and our nation. For when God is honored, truth has a place to stand. And where truth stands, righteousness can flourish.

In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

Scriptures: To Know God

 

Scripture was written so you could know God. Not know about Him. Know Him. The way you know a person, by watching what they do when it matters most.

The way you know God is not through His name. It is through His character.

When Moses stood at the burning bush and asked God for His name, God gave him one that was not really a name at all. “I AM WHO I AM.” Exodus 3:14. That is a declaration of character. I am self-existent. I am unchanging. I am not defined by what you call me. I am defined by what I am.

Moses asks God to “Show me your glory.” Exodus 33:18.

God does not show him a vision. He does not show him heaven. He says, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you.” And then He does. “The LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished.” Exodus 34:6-7.

When Moses asked to see God’s glory, God showed him His character. His compassion. His patience. His forgiveness. And His justice.

That changes how you read everything else. Every story in the Bible is God showing you who He is through what He does.

When He made a covenant with Abraham, He put Abraham to sleep and walked through the pieces alone. Genesis 15. He bound the promise to Himself because He knew Abraham could not keep it.

When Israel was enslaved for four hundred years, God did not forget. The first thing He said to Moses at the bush was “I have seen the suffering of my people. I have heard them crying out. I have come down to rescue them.” Exodus 3:7-8.

When Jonah ran, God did not find another prophet. He pursued him. The character of God does not give up on the people He sends.

And then Christ came and the character of God was made visible in human flesh. “Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.” John 14:9.

And what did they see? They saw a man who touched lepers when the world crossed the street. They saw a man who stopped for children when His disciples waved them away. They saw a man who sat with a Samaritan woman and talked to her like a human being when His culture said she was beneath Him.

They saw a man who wept at a friend’s grave because love made death feel like a personal offense.

They saw a man who made a whip and drove corruption from His Father’s house because He was not confused about what was worth fighting for.

They saw a man who on the worst night of His life washed the feet of the man He knew would betray Him.

And on the cross, rejected by His people, sold by His disciple, abandoned by His friends, mocked by the leaders who should have recognized Him, He said, “Father, forgive them. They do not know what they are doing.”

That is the character of God. A person in the worst moment imaginable choosing forgiveness over vengeance, choosing love over power, choosing to stay when saving Himself would have meant losing you.

The thief on the cross had no theology. He had no church membership. He had no track record. He said “remember me.” Christ said “today you will be with me in paradise.”

The character of God does not require you to earn what He gives. He gives it because of who He is, not because of who you are.

That is what the Bible is for. It exists so you can see, on every page, the character of a God who does not change, does not lie, does not break His promises, and does not walk away from the people He loves no matter how many times they walk away from Him.

And when that character gets inside you and changes how you see everything, you shine His glory. Not by performing. Not by winning. Not by being right. By being transformed until His character becomes visible in your life the way light becomes visible when it’s dark outside.

Marxism and Islamism

 

Red Guards and Green Guards: two cultural revolutions, the same revolutionary logic.

Both created theocratic systems—one built on Marxism, the other on Islamism.

Both claimed to be creating a “new society.” And both followed the same playbook:

• Destroy traditional culture – Mao sought to smash China’s “Four Olds.” Iran’s Islamists sought to erase Western and pre-Islamic heritage, targeting statues, tombs, and books.


• Rewrite history – the past had to be reshaped to legitimize the new revolutionary order.


• Take over the education system – universities were shut down for years and later reopened only after ideological screening and the purging of professors and students.


• Purge intellectuals – academics, writers, and dissenting thinkers were expelled, imprisoned, or silenced to enforce ideological conformity.


• Indoctrinate the population – education and literacy campaigns were used not simply to teach, but to spread revolutionary ideology.

Faith. Hope. Charity.

 

“Hope is one leg of a three-legged stool, together with faith and charity. These three stabilize our lives regardless of the rough or uneven surfaces we might encounter at the time. . . .

Hope is . . . the abiding trust that the Lord will fulfill His promise to us. It is confidence that if we live according to God’s laws and the words of His prophets now, we will receive desired blessings in the future. It is believing and expecting that our prayers will be answered. It is manifest in confidence, optimism, enthusiasm, and patient perseverance.

Hope is ‘critical’ to both faith and charity. When disobedience, disappointment, and procrastination erode faith, hope is there to uphold our faith. When frustration and impatience challenge charity, hope braces our resolve and urges us to care for our fellowmen even without expectation of reward.

The brighter our hope, the greater our faith. The stronger our hope, the purer our charity.

The things we hope for lead us to faith, while the things we hope in lead us to charity. The three qualities—faith, hope, and charity—working together, grounded on the truth and light of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ—lead us to abound in good works”

Deiter F. Uchtdorf (The Infinite Power of Hope—General Conference Oct. 2008)

American Wars

 

America’s first war after the war for our independence was against the Barbary pirates. There was no Israel, AIPAC or Christian Zionism boogeyman.

Just Islamic slave traders kidnapping Americans and demanding tribute.

We fought World War I to stop Germany. No Israel involved. Israel didn’t exist yet.

We fought World War II to stop Hitler. No Israel involved. Still didn’t exist.

We fought Korea to stop communist expansion. Nothing to do with Israel.

We fought Vietnam to stop communist expansion. Nothing to do with Israel.

We fought the Gulf War for oil and to stop Saddam from controlling 40% of the world’s petroleum reserves. That was about gas prices, not the Torah.

We fought Afghanistan because 3,000 Americans were murdered on 9/11 by al-Qaeda. Israel didn’t fly those planes.

We fought Iraq because our leaders made a mistake. A miscalculation that cost us greatly. It happens people are human. You learn and adjust policy.

We are confronting Iran because we don’t want suicidal head choppers to have a nuclear weapon.

This is America. Not Russia. Christian Zionists are a huge threat to Eurasian slop because we stand in their way.

NO PALESTINE EXISTS

 

NO PALESTINE EXISTS

1. Before Israel, there was a British mandate, not a Palestinian state.

2. Before the British Mandate, the Ottoman Empire existed, not a Palestinian state.

3. Before the Ottoman Empire, the Islamic state of the Egyptian Mamluks existed, not a Palestinian state.

4. Before the Islamic state of the Egyptian Mamluks, the Ayyubid-Kurdish Empire existed, not a Palestinian state.

5. Before the Ayyubid Empire, the Frankish Crusader kingdom and the Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem existed, not a Palestinian state.

6. Before the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the Umayyad and Fatimid empires existed, not a Palestinian state.

7. Before the Umayyad and Fatimid empires, the Byzantine Empire existed, not a Palestinian state.

8. Before the Byzantine Empire, the Sasanian-Persian Empire existed, not a Palestinian state.

9. Before the Sasanian-Persian Empire, the Byzantine Empire existed again, not a Palestinian state.

10. Before the Byzantine Empire, the Roman Empire existed, not a Palestinian state.

11. Before the Roman Empire, the Hasmonean Jewish state existed, not a Palestinian state.

12. Before the Hasmonean Jewish state, the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire existed, not a Palestinian state.

13. Before the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, the empire of Alexander the Great existed, not a Palestinian state.

14. Before Alexander the Great, the Persian Empire existed, not a Palestinian state.

15. Before the Persian Empire, the Babylonian Empire existed, not a Palestinian state.

16. Before the Babylonian Empire, the kingdoms of Israel and Judah were not Palestinian states.

17. Before the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, the Kingdom of Israel existed, not a Palestinian state.

18. Before the Kingdom of Israel, the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel existed, not a Palestinian state.

19. Before the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel, there was an agglomeration of independent Canaanite city-states, not a Palestinian state.

There have been many governments there, but never a Palestinian state.

Sensible Truth Ep. 27: Family: The Core of Society

 

David O. McKay gave this counsel, "The home is the first and most effective place for children to learn the lessons of life: truth, honor, virtue, self-control; the value of education, honest work, and the purpose and privilege of life. Nothing can take the place of home in rearing and teaching children. And no success can compensate for failure in the home."

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Sensible Truth on The Medlock Post Ep. 26: Freedom and Liberty vs Corruption

 

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Kennedy and Eisenhower: Respect for the Ages

 

On May 8, 1965, more than a year after Kennedy’s death, Dwight D. Eisenhower did something that revealed just how deeply the loss still weighed on him. Despite his own failing health and doctors’ warnings—he was 74 and recovering from his third heart attack—Eisenhower traveled to the Kennedy Library groundbreaking ceremony in Boston.

Standing beside Jacqueline Kennedy, he told the assembled crowd something that made even hardened reporters weep:

"President Kennedy possessed the greatest campaign weapon any man could have—he had Jacqueline Kennedy by his side, but more than that, he possessed a quality I grew to admire deeply in our many conversations—the courage to admit when he didn’t know something and the wisdom to seek counsel."

What made the moment even more powerful was Eisenhower’s revelation that he had kept every letter Kennedy had ever written him, bound carefully in a private collection he called “Letters from a Young Lion.” That day, he donated them to the future Kennedy Library, saying he wanted history to know their friendship had been real—that politics hadn’t divided them where it mattered most.

Jackie Kennedy squeezed Eisenhower’s hand and whispered something those nearby heard: “He called you his North Star, General. He never stopped seeking your guidance.” Eisenhower’s voice broke as he replied, “And I never stopped believing in him.”

Here were two people from different worlds—the widowed First Lady and the retired Republican general—united in grief and mutual respect. They showed us that the bonds forged in service to country transcend everything else.

This is the America worth fighting for—the one where we see each other’s humanity first.

Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States of America

 

Washington, D.C., January 20, 1953.

Dwight D. Eisenhower had just been sworn in as the 34th President of the United States. The ceremony ended. The crowds thinned. And
—who had led the nation through the final months of World War II, authorized the atomic bomb, and launched the Marshall Plan—walked to Union Station to catch a train home.

Not a private railcar. Not a military aircraft. A regular passenger train.

He bought his own ticket.

There was no press spectacle. No staged farewell. Truman simply boarded a Baltimore & Ohio train bound for Independence, Missouri, and took a seat among ordinary travelers. No security cordon cleared the aisle. No one was removed from the car. Within minutes, passengers began to recognize him.

They didn’t panic. They approached him.

They shook his hand, asked questions, shared opinions. Truman chatted easily, smiling, looking like a man relieved of an immense burden. One passenger later recalled him saying he was glad to be going home—that he had done his job.

What makes that ride even more remarkable is where he was going: not to wealth, but to financial uncertainty.

In 1953, former presidents received no pension. No staff. No office allowance. No benefits. Once out of office, they were private citizens again.

Truman’s only steady income was his modest Army pension from World War I—just over $100 a month. He had a house in Independence (owned by his wife Bess’s family) and little savings. Corporations offered him lucrative board seats. Companies proposed endorsements. Speaking tours promised easy money.

He refused them all.

Truman believed profiting from the presidency would cheapen it. The office, to him, was a public trust—not a brand to monetize. So he returned home and lived modestly. He wrote his memoirs to earn income. He sold family land. He walked the streets of Independence without escort, stopping to greet neighbors, visiting the barber, mailing packages himself.

This wasn’t performance. It was character.

Yet his financial strain embarrassed lawmakers. By the late 1950s, leaders in Congress agreed that former presidents should not face hardship after serving the nation. In 1958, the Former Presidents Act created a pension system for ex-presidents—largely in response to Truman’s situation.

Ironically, Truman hesitated to accept it. He worried it looked like charity. Eventually, he agreed—saying the system mattered more for future presidents than for himself.

That train ride symbolized something larger than a journey home. It reflected a time when a president could step away from immense power and return to ordinary citizenship. Truman never confused the office with his identity. He had served, and now he was done.

Today, security realities and modern expectations make such a scene unimaginable. Former presidents travel with protection, staff, and lifelong benefits. The presidency has grown into something far more insulated.

Truman died in 1972, still living in the same modest home in Independence. He never sought grandeur in retirement. The man who helped shape the postwar world returned quietly to private life.

That image—Harry Truman on a passenger train, chatting with strangers—remains a reminder of leadership defined not by privilege, but by humility.

Power, in his view, was temporary. Character was permanent.

And when his time was over, he simply went home.

THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY OF IRAN (CPI) OFFICIAL FOUNDING DECLARATION

 

OFFICIAL FOUNDING DECLARATION

THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY OF IRAN (CPI)

Hereby, we, the loyal children of Iran, officially proclaim the formation of the Conservative Party of Iran.

At this decisive moment in our nation’s history, we rise with a deep sense of responsibility, dedicated to helping our people in reclaiming our homeland, restoring its dignity, and securing its rightful future.

The Conservative Party of Iran stands firmly upon the enduring pillars of Iran's historical and political truth: its national identity, its sovereignty, and the continuity of Iran’s original and native polity, the Monarchical Institution of Iran, which has long been the guardian of stability, unity, and the enduring foundation of the true and actual Iranian state.

Hereditary Monarchy:

Under the Iran-building Pahlavi Dynasty, and under the rightful leadership of Iran’s exiled Shah and National Leader of Iran’s Lion and Sun Revolution, His Majesty Reza Shah Pahlavi

@PahlaviReza

], in continuity through Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Noor Pahlavi [

@NoorPahlavi

], the Iranian state shall be anchored in historical legitimacy, peace, stability, freedom, prosperity, and uninterrupted national continuity.

National Unity:

Iran is one nation under one flag, indivisible and eternal.

We affirm absolute territorial integrity and unbreakable national unity beneath the Lion and Sun flag of Iran, the sacred symbol of our civilizational nationhood and sovereignty.

Secular Democracy:

We uphold a secular and democratic constitutional order, namely Iran's Constitutional Monarchy, rooted in the Rule of Law, guaranteeing equal rights, freedoms, dignity, and civic equality for every Iranian citizen.

Mission:

Our immediate mission is clear. We stand beside the courageous Iranian people and their exiled Shah and National Leader to end clerical rule and liberate Iran from the destructive ruins of the 1979 Islamist revolt.

We unequivocally reject all anti-Iranian ideologies, including Islamism, Marxism, separatism, tribalism, and ethno-fascism, which fracture the nation, erode its sovereignty, and endanger its security.

We draw inspiration from the civilizational legacy of Cyrus the Great, father of ancient Iran, and from the modernizing vision of Reza Shah the Great, father of modern Iran. Our movement is ancient in identity and history, yet modern in purpose, direction, and resolve.

To the International Community:

The Conservative Party of Iran is committed to peace, stability, prosperity, and responsible global partnership.

Under a Pahlavi-led national government, the political system in Iran will cease to be a source of regional instability. Instead, Iran shall:

▫️Restore Predictability, replacing ideological adventurism with rational, interest-based diplomacy.

▫️Ensure Security, acting as a pillar of regional stability and a reliable partner in global commerce.

▫️Foster Peace and Prosperity, advancing cooperation, economic development, and the complete rejection and termination of state-sponsored terrorism.

Iran shall once again stand as a responsible nation among nations.

National Vision:

We champion civic nationalism.

Iranian identity is defined by citizenship, civic responsibility, and shared civilizational nationhood and heritage, not by ethnicity, tribe, race, geography, religion, sect, gender, class, or ideology. National loyalty and civic commitment form the foundation of our unity, and we reject all forms of tribalism, separatism, and involuntary collectivism.

Membership in the Conservative Party of Iran is open to all Iranians who affirm their loyalty to Iran, its unity, and the Pahlavi Throne.

 

The Conservative Party Manifesto and the Comprehensive Draft Constitution of the Conservative Party of Iran are both available on the party’s official Telegram channel: http://t.me/IranConservativeParty

Long Live Iran

Long Live the Shah

 

Rayan Amiri Savadkouhi

Founding Leader

Conservative Party of Iran

Trump Just Outmaneuvered the "British Empire" at Hormuz

 

Trump Just Outmaneuvered the "British Empire" at Hormuz

A viral breakdown has exposed a subtle but devastating dynamic unfolding in the Persian Gulf.

In a single stroke of economic and military genius, the Trump administration appears to have neutralized one of the United Kingdom's most ancient and powerful geopolitical tools, potentially "crushing" a key ally's economy to secure American energy supremacy.

The crisis began when Lloyd’s of London—the world's only insurance market large enough to back the staggering value of the global oil fleet—abruptly announced it would no longer insure any vessel transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

This move, according to Armes, would have effectively grounded the 20 to 30 percent of the world’s oil that flows through that 21-mile chokepoint.

"Trump just killed the British Empire."

Let me explain. This is the Strait of Hormuz. You've been hearing about it on the news. About 20 to 30 percent of all oil in the world goes through this strait. Here is what you don't know.

In order to go through this strait, ships have to have insurance. There is only one company in the entire globe that is big enough to insure all the oil tankers going through this strait. That company is Lloyd’s of London.

It is responsible for about 2 percent of the British Empire’s GDP, over a $40 billion contribution to the United Kingdom and 50,000 jobs, but it’s also a geopolitical tool for the UK.

And they decided they were no longer going to insure anyone going through the Strait of Hormuz, which would have halted all energy shipments. It was kind of a giant F you to Donald Trump to confuse and distort the energy markets and make America look bad.

But Trump said that the United States government is going to start insuring these shipping companies. Not only that, they will provide personal escorts for these boats with the U.S. Navy.

Just in a matter of minutes, the United States has shut down one of the largest geopolitical tools the United Kingdom has had all the way back to the 1600s.

This not only ensures they no longer have geopolitical leverage but is going to crush their economy. It's not like Lloyd’s can just magically come back online.

Now that the United States is insuring these boats, which, by the way, were the reason boats could even go through that strait anyway because of the United States military, it's not like these boats are going to go back to Lloyd’s of London insurance.

They’re probably going to stay with the United States, and Trump knows this.

A very subtle move but incredibly important."

Friedrick Hayek, Nobel Prize for Economics, 1974

 

When Friedrick Hayek stood on the Nobel Prize in Economics podium in 1974, no one imagined that this titan of economics would, four years later, do something that shocked the academic world. In Paris, he publicly set up a debate challenge, inviting all scholars who questioned his theories to come and argue with him—yet in the end, not a single one dared to step forward.

And the seven resounding quotes he left behind, each one piercing straight to the essence of human nature:

The first: He said money is the greatest tool ever invented by humanity—only money opens its doors to the poor, while power never will.

The second: Why do some problems never get solved? Because the people who solve problems are the very ones who create them.

The third: A world where the rich hold power is often far better than one where only the powerful can get rich.

The fourth: The purpose of law is not to abolish and restrict freedom, but to protect and expand it. If a person need only obey the law and no one else, then that person is free.

The fifth: If the real world allowed free human migration to continue, the flow of people would point the way to civilization.

The sixth: Those willing to trade freedom for security will end up with neither freedom nor security.

The seventh: The road to hell is usually paved with good intentions. The very things that turn the world into hell are the ideas people have for turning it into paradise.

THE TRUTH ABOUT WAR POWERS

 

Mark Levin

THE TRUTH ABOUT WAR POWERS -- DECLARING WAR, MAKING WAR, THE CONSTITUTION, AND THE WAR POWERS ACT FACT:  No president, of either party, has accepted the constitutionality of the 1973 War Powers Act.  Every president has viewed it as a violation of separation of powers -- the president's Article II plenary power to run foreign policy and his authority as the commander-in-chief. FACT: The Supreme Court has never ruled on the Act's constitutionality and likely never will.  Indeed, Congress itself is split on the issue, with Democrats supporting Democrat presidents and Republicans supporting Republican presidents.  The War Powers Act is nothing but a political tool used by members of Congress typically against a president of the opposite party -- and their arguments mostly switch from one side to the other depending on who is president.   FACT: The first draft of the Constitution provided that Congress would have the power to MAKE war.  The delegates at the Constitutional Convention rejected that language and changed it to DECLARE war, intentionally watering it down because they did not believe a body with numerous members was institutionally capable of making such decisions. FACT: To declare war does not result in making war, e.g., if Congress were to declare war and a president refused to accept such a declaration, Congress cannot force the commander-in-chief to execute such a war.  Congress declaring war, which it has done a mere 11 times (mostly during World War II) since the nation's founding, is essentially the highest means by which it can proclaim its support for a war.  It is not a condition precedent to making war and never has been. FACT: The only power Congress has to prevent a military operation is the power of the purse.  That said, a president who, as commander-in-chief, has authorized military action will not sign such a bill for it is intended to prevent what he has already commanded.  Therefore, Congress would need a two-thirds majority of both Houses to override his veto.  In other words, a president has broad power to take military action. FACT: Other than the vice president, the president is the only federal official elected by the entirety of the people.  In addition to the institutional impossibility of war powers and decisions in the hands of a multi-member body like Congress, the president is the only official who was elected to, among other things, serve as commander-in-chief.

Patriotism Strengthens the Rule of Law

 

Patriotism Strengthens the Rule of Law

Patriotism in the American civic tradition is not mere feeling; it is a disposition that binds love of country to fidelity to its founding principles and institutions. When citizens are patriotic in this reflective, constitutional sense, they treat the rule of law as the primary means by which liberty, order, and justice are preserved. That connection works through three mutually reinforcing channels: legitimacy, restraint, and stewardship.

 Legitimacy — patriotism gives the law moral force

Shared allegiance to the Constitution and common civic principles makes laws and institutions legitimate in citizens’ eyes. Legitimacy encourages voluntary compliance and reduces reliance on coercion. 

Moral language of the founding—rights, consent, and equal protection—turns abstract rules into obligations citizens accept as part of being American. As Benjamin Franklin put it, “Where liberty dwells, there is my country.” That sense of belonging makes the law more than an external constraint; it becomes a shared covenant.

Restraint — patriotism channels power through institutions

- A patriotic citizenry expects leaders to govern within constitutional limits and to respect procedures for changing policy. This expectation creates **social and political pressure** against arbitrary rule. 

- James Madison explained the constitutional design that channels ambition into checks: “Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.” When citizens value that design, they resist shortcuts and demand that power be exercised through the rule‑bound mechanisms the Constitution prescribes.

Stewardship — patriotism motivates citizens to sustain institutions

- Patriotism supplies the civic virtues the Constitution presupposes: civic knowledge, public-spiritedness, willingness to serve, and readiness to defend rights. George Washington’s insistence that the Constitution be a guide reflects this duty: “The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.” 

- Those virtues sustain courts, legislatures, elections, and civil society so the rule of law can function in practice, not just on paper.

America Civics

 

Why are Americans shocked to discover the President can actually… command the military.

Every time a strike happens, social media reacts like the Commander-in-Chief just logged into Call of Duty and pressed random buttons without permission.

“Did Congress approve this???”

Meanwhile half the country doesn’t vote in midterms but suddenly wants a live referendum before sunrise.

The Constitution has been sitting there since 1787 politely explaining presidential war powers, and somehow, we still act surprised like this was added overnight in an app update.

News flash: America didn’t become a superpower by sending enemies a survey that says, “Please wait while we finish arguing online.”

Presidents from BOTH parties have launched military actions for decades. Same authority. Same process. Same national confusion every single time.

We love the idea of strength until strength looks like real decisions being made in real time — then everybody wants a committee meeting and snacks before anything happens.

Here’s the patriotic part nobody likes to admit protecting a country sometimes means decisions get made fast, quietly, and without consulting the comment section first.

You can question policy. You SHOULD question policy. That’s democracy.

But acting shocked that the Commander-in-Chief commands the military is like being surprised the fire department shows up with water.

God bless America — where we debate everything loudly and learn civics accidentally.

Sensible Truth on The Medlock Post Ep. 25: Spiritual Dangers Today

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Wake-up Call on Fraud and Corruption is Needed Right Now in America

 

Here’s Why the Book of Mormon’s Wake-up Call on Fraud and Corruption is Needed Right Now in America

If you have doubts about the Book of Mormon and aren’t sure if it is ancient scripture that was tailored by ancient prophets to be valuable in our day, you may wish to read a few passages in the book of Helaman. It deals with a time period shortly before the First Coming of Jesus Christ to the earth, and seems to have parallels related to the challenges of the latter days before the Second Coming of Christ.