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		<title>Dissent Continued: The M.O.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The aims, methods, tactics and strategies of ancient and modern secret combinations.In my previous article I wrote about how the Secret Combinations in the Book of Mormon justified their wars with the Nephites and of capturing control of Nephite government by appealing to the wrongful Lamanite tradition that it was Nephi who had usurped their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Secret Combinations: Examining the Dissent</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An examination into the nature of the &#8220;dissent&#8221; among the Lamanites and how that compares to modern-day Marxism.
Connor Boyack made a great point in his excellent article, &#8220;The Problematic Inward Vessel.&#8221; It was Nephites, most specifically dissenting Nephites, and not Lamanites per se, who were responsible for inciting the Lamanites to go to war against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where is the Hue and Cry?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Under old English Common Law, if you became the victim of a crime you were expected to immediately raise a &#8220;hue and cry&#8221; or &#8220;outcry.&#8221; Where are the watchmen of the night as politicians seek to implement more socialist schemes?
This morning as I was going about my errands, I happened to catch Glenn Beck  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Wisdom of Roger Sherman</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the U.S. Dollar&#39;s recent fluctuations in value, perhaps its time to revisit the wisdom* of founding father, Roger Sherman. Thomas Jefferson once said of Sherman: &#8220;That is Mr. Sherman of Connecticut, a man who has never said a foolish thing in his life.&#8221;Â
With the U.S. Dollar&#39;s recent fluctuations in value, perhaps its time to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Political Apostasy: An Impossible Thing?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Montgomery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is there such a thing as a &#8220;political apostasy?&#8221; Steven Montgomery examines the evidence for such a proposition. 
&#8220;Why, sometimes I&#39;ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.&#8221; (The Queen, in Lewis Carroll&#8217;s &#8220;Through The Looking Glass.&#8221;Â) 
I had an interesting email exchange with a friend, a fellow Latter-day Saint, a while back. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Juries: A Double Edged Sword</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Montgomery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A short history of the right of a jury to decide matters of law as well as fact. And the obligation that rests upon society to apply this right properly.
According to well established Common Law, man&#39;s law which violated natural law or God&#39;s law was null and void. And, according to the Founders, two twin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>666: Of Men, Marks, Beasts, and the Sealing Power</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Montgomery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An investigation into the number &#8220;666&#8243; and the &#8220;Mark of the Beast&#8221; from an LDS and Biblical perspective.

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One of the overarching themes of the Book of Revelation deals with the victory that Jesus Christ and the righteous have over Satan, Babylon and mankind&#8217;s twin nemesis, Spiritual and Physical Death. The righteous, we are informed by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Illuminati: Cutting Through the Gordian Knot of Ignorance and Disinformation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tools to help separate truth from error regarding information concerning the Illuminati, as well as some interesting, relatively unknown information regarding the Illuminati and its impact upon early America.
Obtaining accurate information about the Secret Combination known as the Illuminati (begun by Adam Weishaupt in 1776) and its influence upon Europe, the French Revolution, and early [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freedom: A Suggested Course Of Study</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What does it take to be truly educated in the principles of the U.S. Constitution and Freedom? Or to be educated in the enemies of freedom? Steven Montgomery recommends a suggested course of study.
In 1997, I attended a class taught by Oliver De Mille of George Wythe College. In that class he wanted us to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Day The Earth Stood Still: From Science Fiction To Reality</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Montgomery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An exploration into&#160;why Latter-day Saints, who treasure freedom, should be alarmed at current proposals to &#8220;integrate&#8221; the United States with other nations.
One of my best memories as a young boy, about six or seven, was the day my parents packed all six of us kids in the car to go see the movie, &#8220;The Day [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Genius and Divine Inspiration of the United States Constitution (Part Five): Bill of Rights</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Montgomery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is so important about the Bill of Rights? Furthermore, why have a written Bill of Rights? Is the Bill of Rights itself inspired?What is so important about the Bill of Rights? Furthermore, why have a written Bill of Rights? Is the Bill of Rights itself inspired? This article will attempt to answer these questions.
To [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Genius and Divine Inspiration of the US Constitution (Part Four): Mechanics of Government</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Should property ownership be a requirement for voting?The proper role of government is to protect freedom. Freedom, to our Founding Fathers, consisted of the power or ability to enjoy one&#8217;s life, liberty and property. Of these, property rights occupied a paramount status. Indeed, property rights were the kingpin or foundation stone upon which all other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Broadening of Democracy (Part Three): Denial of the Federal Analogy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:34:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Montgomery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;A Republic, if you can keep it,&#8221; was the answer Benjamin Franklin gave to a Mrs. Powel, when asked whether the Constitutional Convention had produced a Republic or a Monarchy.One person, One vote is &#8220;wrong on principle and mischievous in its consequences.&#8221; &#8211;Michael McConnell 
&#8220;A Republic, if you can keep it,&#8221; was the answer Benjamin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Genius and Divine Inspiration of the United States Constitution (Part Two)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 06:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since it is the nature and disposition of almost all men to seek power, wealth, and dominion over others there must exist a system which will harness, restrain and temper that disposition.Bad principles in a government, though slow, are sure in their operation, and will gradually destroy it. &#8212;Alexander Hamilton 
Last week we discussed how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Genius and Divine Inspiration of the US Constitution (Part 1): Mechanics of Governance</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 22:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is rule by a king the best form of government?  Since men like King Benjamin are extremely rare,&#160;it&#8217;s a good thing we have the Constitution.
Is rule by a king the best form of government? Since men like King Benjamin are extremely rare, it&#8217;s a good thing we have the Constitution.
Arguably the best form of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marriage and the Traditional Family: A World Turned Upside Down</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Montgomery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Examination of&#160;the cultural warfare against the family&#8230;INTRODUCTION  When George Washington accepted the surrender of British General Cornwallis at Yorktown in 1781, a British band played the tune, &#8220;The World Turned Upside Down,&#8221; most likely in a condescending and patronizing manner. You see, the British were upset that the world&#8217;s greatest Army and Navy had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eagles and Dollars: A Case of Monetary Apostasy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All the perplexities, confusion, and distress in America arise, not from defects in the Constitution or confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit, and circulation &#8211; John AdamsPREAMBLE

All the perplexities, confusion, and distress in America arise, not from defects in the Constitution or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Communism: Satan&#8217;s Counterfeit of the Gospel Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The true nature of Communism is explored and contrasted with the Gospel of Jesus Christ&#8230;
Freedom can sometimes be best understood by understanding its opposite. Well, you might ask, what is the opposite of freedom? A little over 25 years ago, former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson and Apostle of the Church of Jesus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Perfect Law Of Liberty</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;But whoso looketh into the Perfect law of Liberty, and continueth therein. . . shall be blessed in his deed&#8221; 
True principles, once understood and rightly comprehended, often have a quality of clear pure simplicity. Yet, sometimes, the more you comprehend, the more depth you perceive the doctrine to hold. Like gazing into a deep [...]]]></description>
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