Basics Project

The American Fifth Column

Conflict of Interest:
The Issue of Dual Citizenship in the US

There is an issue, rarely discussed in the news, which has critical implications for our national security and political sovereignty. The United States is one of the most permissive countries in the world with regard to dual citizenship. Our government recognizes dual citizenship and tolerates multiple citizenships. How did it come to this? According to the U.S. Constitution - Article 1 Section 8, it is the job of the legislative branch to establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization. Most people are familiar with, in one form or another, the oath of citizenship which must be taken by all immigrants who wish to become United States citizens. Following a pattern set in 1795, our naturalization law, spells out the oath to which a new citizen must swear.
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Terrorism

Ceasefires in Islam:
Not Always What They Seem to Be
It seems as though every other day we hear there is another “ceasefire” in the Middle East. This is chiefly because there is so much violent Islamofascist aggression throughout the Middle East but it is also because of something more. Just as there is no exact translation between the Arabic and English languages, we in the West would be wise to realize that this “inexactness” exists as a constant in the relationship between the cultures of Islam and Western Civilization. This convolution of conceptual understanding is aptly illustrated where the subject of military ceasefires is concerned.

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Constitutional Literacy

The Origin of John Locke's
Natural Rights Philosophy
The Declaration of Independence embodied the ’sentiments of the day, whether expressed in conversation, in letters, printed essays, or the elementary books of public right… Aristotle, Cicero, Locke, Sidney. Basically, there is a ‘natural order’ of things in the world, cleverly and expertly designed by God for the guidance of mankind; the ‘laws’ of this natural order may be discovered by human reason; these laws so discovered furnish a reliable and immutable standard for testing the ideas, the conduct, and the institutions of men.

How did this become the prevailing idea “back in the day”?

A good number of Americans were educated at British universities, where the doctrines of Newton and Locke were commonplaces; while those who were educated at Princeton, Yale, or Harvard could read, if they would, these authors in the original, or become familiar with their ideas through books of exposition.

Many were initiated, in youth, in the doctrines of civil liberty, as they were taught by such men as Plato, Demosthenes, Cicero and other renowned persons among the ancients; and such as Sidney and Milton, Locke and Hoadley, among the moderns, It would not have been uncommon to read, as a teenager, Algernon Sidney’s Works, John Locke’s Works, Lord Bacon’s Works, Gordon’s Tacitus, and Cato’s Letters.
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Reports, Studies & Testimony

Terrorism: Emerging Threats - Testimony Before House Committee on Homeland Security
Jeffrey W. Runge, MD
"We have determined that al-Qaeda seeks to develop and use a biological weapon to cause mass casualties in an attack on the homeland. Our analysis indicates that anthrax is a likely choice; and a successful single-city attack on an unprepared population could kill hundreds of thousands of citizens. A coordinated attack on multiple targets would come much closer in magnitude to our enemy's goal."
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Suggested Viewing

American Fifth Column:
The Santa Barbara Anti-War Protest
This eight minute video exposes the extreme attitudes among the American Fifth Column Progressive-Left and how their ideology has completely replaced tolerance with unbridled arrogance.
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Terrorism: The Karachi Kids
“A breeding ground for terrorists"..."University of Jihad”...Those are just some of the phrases used to described the Pakistani madrassa system, a network of Islamic schools where children as young as six are taught to memorize every verse and phrase of the Koran. The Karachi Kids takes the viewer behind the shrouded curtain of a Pakistani madrassa to show a world of abuse, loneliness and transformation into radical Islam.
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Podcasts

US Rep. Thad McCotter:
Tiananmen Square & The Progressive Left
Congressman Thad McCotter is the US Representative for Michigan’s 11th Congressional District and Chairman of the Republican House Policy Committee. On the anniversary of the slaughter of pro-democracy protestors by the Chinese military in Tiananmen Square, we were afforded the opportunity of talking with Congressman McCotter about the China, Communism, Socialism, the Progressive-Left and the American Fifth Column.
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Terrorism: Understanding the Threat
BasicsProject.org produces a free weekly podcast series designed to define the basics elements of the radical Islamist history, mindset, activities and the threat radical Islam poses to the United States and Western Civilization...

Programs, Events & Initiatives

Protecting Our American Heritage
Exploring the Seminal Threats to Our Country
& The Future of Our Nation
June 26, 2008 at 6:00pm -- Butterfield CC, Oak Brook, IL
Featuring: Dr. Wafa Sultan, Dr. Paul Williams, James Williams & Frank Salvato

Understanding the Threat of Radical Islam
A Basics Project Original Educational CD Series
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