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Gone is the Republic with Paul Engel

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Today, the Two Mikes spoke with one of our colleagues from America Out loud Radio, Mr. Paul

Engel. Mr. Engel is a constitutional scholar and hosts a very popular podcast called “The

Constitutional Study” on the network. Mr. Engel has joined us several times previously and

never fails to give us unexpected insights into a document that’s more spoken of than either

read or understood.

Mr. Engel spoke very bluntly when explaining that we are at a point in our nation’s history from

which the recovery of the republican form of government America’s Founders created is a

longshot. Indeed, the current status of the country’s deformed, superficial, and close-to-useless

educational system may well prevent any chance of restoring republicanism. Until U.S.

constitutional scholars, pertinent educators – such as grammar and high school teachers of

history and politics, as well as university historians, philosophers, political scientists, law

professors, and other academics from lines of study associated with the Constitution -- drop

their ridiculous focus on the so-called vital importance of democracy and refocus on the

Constitution itself and not merely the decisions of the Supreme and other courts, the Founder’s

creation is headed toward disaster, and that disaster is named tyranny. In a recent essay by

Bradley J. Birzer, the author argued that

“One of the most frustrating aspects of modern times is its insane and dangerous sanction

of democracy. The word itself has become something sacred or so pervasively employed

that it means next to nothing, though it also has become a god-term meaning everything to

everyone. Again, as such, it means nothing and everything. … Again, we were created as a

republic and not a democracy. To say otherwise is not historically accurate but

philosophically unwise. The worlds republic and democracy are not interchangeable. At

best, a democracy fits into a republic, but a republic never fits into a democracy.” (1)

It is worth noting of course, that the Founders confidently and correctly argued that democracy

has historically proven to be the last bus stop on the road to tyrannical government. Americans

need to look no further than the current state of our fading republic, where the politicians in

both parties crusade for ever more “democracy”, which has had the clear – if unstated or

disguised – negative impact on government activities of all kinds. For example, an enormous

national debt built on politicians’ rabid eagerness to garner votes and maintain power on the

basis of providing “democratic equity” for all Americans. This has worked for the politicians but

has nearly killed our republic.

In addition, Democracies, per the above-mentioned author, Mr. Bizer, “always and everywhere

– from Athens to America – serve as an impetus to imperialism. If the rule of the majority is to

rule at home, why not enforce such rule the world over.” (2) This seems a hard truth to dodge

given the experience of the United States with unending imperialism and its accompanying

failed wars since 1945. The current disastrous presidentially declared war with Iran suggests

strongly that a democratic government has not the commonsense or gumption to sue its sole

constitutional power to declare war and thereby prevent the president from being an all-

powerful War Lord in the international sphere.

 

Mr. Engel also pointed to the ill-fortune that has befallen America because no effort is made to

genuinely vet the qualifications of those people who run for public office in America. These

candidates, after all are seeking job that is available only as a gift from American voters and

there should be more investigation into the pre-election behavior of candidates and, as

importantly, more effective means by which the candidate, once he or she is elected can, in

essence, be “fired” by those who voted for them. This may seem to be pie in the sky, but the

importance of finding an effective process by which voters can quickly rid themselves of such

losers, crooks, and charlatans seems to be a key to the republic’s survival. Why not start by

finding a way to give the boot to the 500 plus members of the Congress and Senate, as well as

the president and probably several Cabinet members and generals who are being influenced to

act in ways hurting the United States by payments of Israeli money.

Perhaps a good target for quick removal from office is located here in Virginia. Currently

Virginia now has a Democratic Governor named Abigail Spanberger. She ran as Democratic

Centrist – as if there was such a thing – and fooled enough people with the lie to vote her into

power, Since then has promised to raise more than 25 different tax rates in the

Commonwealth; has produced legislation meant to all but outlaw the 2 nd Amendment in the

state; has raised taxes on the hotels in the state on the eve of masses of tourists arriving in the

state to celebrate the republic’s 250 th anniversary , and is – against a court order to desist –

executing a referendum which, if favored by a majority, allows her to gerrymander the states

election districts so that Republicans will be unable to win a majority in the state’s future

legislative elections. In addition, she is not a Virginian but carpet-bagger from New Jersey. She

also is a former CIA officer who served in the detestable John Brennan’s CIA, which has been

rumored to have, at Obama’s direction, supported the rigged impeachment of Trump, based on

made-up claims of his cooperation with Russia as well as the rigged presidential election of

presidential election of 2020.

 

Paul Engel’s podcast is on the America Out Loud Radio Network. It is called “The

Constitutional Study” and can be heard live Weekdays at 4 pm ET, and via Podcast

the Next Day. He can be found on X at

Mr.Engel can be found on X at @cyberengel

Footnotes

--1.) Bradley J. Birzer, “A Republic, Not a Democracy,” The Imaginative Conservative, 15 March

birzer.html

-2.) Ibid.

 

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