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1. Course Materials: You need 4 items:  

1. Course Materials: You need 4 items:  

a) '''Pocket copy of Declaration of Independence and The U.S. Constitution'''.  www.askheritage.org/  has them. You can get one free copy; or, send $25.00 and get 50 for handing out.  One person keeps some in his shirt pocket with a pertinent website address written inside. When people show interest, they get a free copy.

a) '''Pocket copy of Declaration of Independence and The U.S. Constitution'''.  www.askheritage.org/  has them.  

b) '''The Federalist Papers'''.  This is a collection of 85 essays written during 1787-1788 by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, in order to explain the proposed Constitution to The People and to induce them to ratify it.  For this reason, The Federalist Papers are THE authoritative commentary on the meaning of The Constitution.

b) '''The Federalist Papers'''.  This is a collection of 85 essays written during 1787-1788 by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, in order to explain the proposed Constitution to The People and to induce them to ratify it.  For this reason, The Federalist Papers are THE authoritative commentary on the meaning of The Constitution.

c)  '''Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)'''.[Go to www.lexrex.com/catalog/webster1828.htm ] I have the big beautiful green & gold hard copy which is a facsimile of the original. It costs almost $60.00; but is worth it.  Amazon also has it in hard copy and in kindle for $10.00.   

c)  '''Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)'''.[Go to www.lexrex.com/catalog/webster1828.htm ] I have the big beautiful green & gold hard copy which is a facsimile of the original. It costs almost $60.00; but is worth it.  Amazon also has it in hard copy and in kindle for $10.00.   

You need Webster's because words change meaning throughout time:  200 years ago, "nice" meant "precise". "Choice" now means "abortion".  For the statist-in-chief, words have no objective meaning at all - they are merely devices to create emotional reactions in his mindless followers.  The statists have been hard at work for many years destroying our Language. There IS a political motive for destroying a Language! [See George Orwell's Essay, "Politics and the english Language" at www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/orwell46.htm ]  To restore Our Constitutional Republic, we must learn what the Words meant when The Constitution was written.     

You need Webster's because words change meaning throughout time:  200 years ago, "nice" meant "precise". "Choice" now means "abortion".  For the statist-in-chief, words have no objective meaning at all - they are merely devices to create emotional reactions in his mindless followers.  The statists have been hard at work for many years destroying our Language. There IS a political motive for destroying a Language! [See George Orwell's Essay, "Politics and the English Language" at www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/orwell46.htm ]  To restore Our Constitutional Republic, we must learn what the Words meant when The Constitution was written.     

d) '''Colored pencils'''.

d) '''Colored pencils'''.

The sorry result of this view is that American educrats no longer teach how to read for the objective meaning of a text.  It has become the dogma of our time that texts have no “objective meaning” to be discovered!  Instead, each person is to come up with his own “understanding” – and one person’s “understanding” is as good as another’s.  A friend recalls the following incident which occurred in an high school English class during 1960:  The class read a short story, and then the teacher asked each student to say what the story meant to him.  Whatever a student said was praised by the teacher.  But when it was my friend’s turn, he said:  “It doesn’t matter what it means to me – what matters is what the author meant.”  The teacher was not pleased with this ‘out of place’ comment.  Is it any wonder that judges on the U.S. Supreme Court feel free to “understand” the Constitution any way they please?  They were '''''conditioned''' in school'' to “think” that way; but '''they''' did not resist the conditioning.

The sorry result of this view is that American educrats no longer teach how to read for the objective meaning of a text.  It has become the dogma of our time that texts have no “objective meaning” to be discovered!  Instead, each person is to come up with his own “understanding” – and one person’s “understanding” is as good as another’s.  A friend recalls the following incident which occurred in an high school English class during 1960:  The class read a short story, and then the teacher asked each student to say what the story meant to him.  Whatever a student said was praised by the teacher.  But when it was my friend’s turn, he said:  “It doesn’t matter what it means to me – what matters is what the author meant.”  The teacher was not pleased with this ‘out of place’ comment.  Is it any wonder that judges on the U.S. Supreme Court feel free to “understand” the Constitution any way they please?  They were '''''conditioned''' in school'' to “think” that way; but '''they''' did not resist the conditioning.

But here, you will learn how to read our founding Documents to look for and find the "original intent" - the "objective" meaning of the Documents.   

But here, you will learn how to read our Founding Documents to look for and find the "original intent" - the "objective" meaning of the Documents.   

3. First homework assignment:  

3. First homework assignment:  

a) Take your pocket copy of The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution and, from among your colored pencils, your favorite color. Go through both documents carefully and underline all references to God.  Be sure you don't miss the express recognition of the Lordship of Jesus Christ which is contained within The Constitution!

a) Take your pocket copy of The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution. Go through both documents carefully and underline all references to God.  Be sure you don't miss the express recognition of the Lordship of Jesus Christ which is contained within The Constitution!

b) For now, read through only the first Seven Articles of  The Constitution.  We will address the Amendments later.  

b) For now, read through only the first Seven Articles of  The Constitution.  We will address the Amendments later.