Study Our History

Intervention is a really sound policy

heritagetrainingcenter@gmail.com (Gary & Shirley Wood) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 16:32:32 +0000

Just ask any of those who are opposed to the notion the United States should move our foreign policy from one of intervention toward one of non-intervention and you will hear the many reasons why our approach works so well. We have stayed on an interventionist path since the end of World War II and made a real case for intervention even before that, back when President Woodrow Wilson was selling U.S. Citizens on the notion we are a democracy and we should be sharing it around the world. Michele Bachman has been bragging of her slap down of Ron Paul since the last Fox debate before the Iowa Caucus as he attempted, although not very artfully, to once again talk up the idea of non-intervention. Don’t fall into Continue reading

The Sum of Good Government

heritagetrainingcenter@gmail.com (Gary & Shirley Wood) — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:36:10 +0000

Today we are seeing a struggle between two seemingly different philosophies for governing our society. Political parties are not the divide as members of both major parties share similar views while third party involvement has little impact on the daily government decisions. Bill O’Reilly summed up the choices by stating the choice is self-reliance or entitlements. That’s a very good view of where we are yet those in elected federal office seem to be divided more on the entitlement side of this divide. Liberty is a key principle in our history. When government involves itself in daily life through entitlements, and a view they must guide economic activity while ‘caring’ for those in need, we must understand the tradeoff is Continue reading

Overcome your fear of a constitutional convention

heritagetrainingcenter@gmail.com (Gary & Shirley Wood) — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:09:14 +0000

It is time all who stand in opposition of a constitutional convention due to fear of it being a runaway toward tyranny consider the reasoning State's were a part of Article V. Continue reading

Where’s the Line?

heritagetrainingcenter@gmail.com (Gary & Shirley Wood) — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 06:36:54 +0000

A simple question each of us needs to learn. As Ken Ivory (UT-HD47) has stated, “I don’t have all the answers but I have a really good question, where’s the line?” We just came from a presentation by Mr. Ivory and he is creating a ground swell of excitement here in Utah that will be spreading across the country and you can help! As a matter of fact this is so simple to grasp and powerful to enact you will want to help. Anyone investing a few minutes to read this knows the 10th Amendment. “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to Continue reading

Is the Repeal Amendment What We Need?

heritagetrainingcenter@gmail.com (Gary & Shirley Wood) — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:44:05 +0000

Is it easier to empower states by creating a series of new changes to our form of government or to use the same passion, energy, and effort to repeal errors of past changes? Continue reading