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THE MIKE CHURCH INTERVIEW
NAME:  
Mike Church

AGE:  
46

AT WHAT AGE DID YOU REALISE THAT YOU HAD AN INTEREST IN POLITICS?  WERE YOU A
CONSERVATIVE FROM THE BEGINNING?
In 1980.  I was 18 and when the U.S Hockey Team beat those Commie Bastard Russians I got interested in
stagflation.  I loved Ronald Reagan from the start and my first trip into a voting booth was for him.


BEFORE YOU WERE IN RADIO, WHAT OTHER JOBS DID YOU HOLD?
Ha! Roofer, Fry Cook, Busboy, Bell Boy, Horse Trainer (thoroughbreds), Salesman, screen printer, construction labor
and bartender.


HOW DID YOU GET STARTED IN RADIO?
The short version is I had a real passion for Conservatism.  I was inspired by Rush Limbaugh’s success and I harassed
a local station long enough to secure an audition.  The rest as they say.....


AS WE KNOW, CONSERVATIVES HAVE DIFFERING ISSUES WHICH ARE MOST IMPORTANT
TO THEM.  WHAT ARE THE TOP FOUR ISSUES THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU?
You see this is where today’s politics, or our version of them, has made us “Smorgasbord Conservatives.”  By this I
mean there are so many “alleged issues” that no one will agree on them all.  Yeah, let’s have this giant tent! Baloney.  I
am committed to the idea of Human Liberty empowered by Natural Law.  Both of these principles are found in the
Declaration and the Constitution.  Anyone who believes in these two principles, truly believes in them, will agree on
almost EVERYTHING political.  If you truly defend Human Liberty, then you would oppose all income taxes.  ALL of
them.  Because one man does not have the Natural Right to vote away the fruits of another man's labor through taxation.


I HAVE THE BELIEF, BASED ON HOW THE PRIMARIES WENT,  THAT THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN BEING A REPUBLICAN AND BEING A CONSERVATIVE IS WIDENING.  WHAT IS
YOUR THOUGHT ON THIS?
When Republicanism takes a scimitar to it’s mooring to Limited Self Government it ceases to BE a Conservative home
for people as a political party.  Yes.  The gulf is now an ocean between the two.  Conservatives...REAL
Conservatives...should focus our remaining political energies on evangelizing Liberty and Natural Law; Limited Self
Government to Republicans and anyone else who will listen.  These principles are easy to explain, are instinctively
programmed in us and will serve as the base for the next Conservative Movement.


YOU ARE ONE OF THE FEW CONSERVATIVE TALK SHOW HOSTS THAT GAVE RON PAUL AT
LEAST SOME CREDIT.  YOU NEVER ENDORSED HIM AND I DON’T EVEN THINK YOU SAID
YOU WOULD VOTE FOR HIM.  WHAT DID YOU FIND APPEALING ABOUT HIM?  WAS THERE
ANYTHING THAT HE SAID THAT YOU DIDN’T LIKE?
I DID vote for Ron Paul here in Louisiana.  I even caucused for him.  See Liberty and Natural Law answers above.  
Paul is a great thinker on these things and spares himself the canned speeches and one line clichés
that are so overused today.  He knows the answer to most of our alleged problems are NOT to be found in Congress.  
It is not so much that he said something I didn’t like as it is I didn’t agree with the immediate pull-out of Iraq he
advocated.  I went to a Ron Paul rally and I can tell you the Truther, Anti-War (any war) wackos were dominant. We
have a lot of work to do before someone like Paul becomes a national force and at that time a true Revolution will be
upon us.


WHAT WOULD A MIKE CHURCH PRESIDENCY LOOK LIKE?
Like Thomas Jefferson’s.  Immediate federal hiring freeze, save for the military.  Sunset all Executive Orders, in effect
since Lincoln, that make law (see article 1 Section 1 “All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a
Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.”)  I would order the
Treasury Department to stop collecting payroll taxes (Treasury is an Executive Department).  Eliminate the EPA
cabinet position.  DOE’s (energy and education) are disbanded.  HUD dissolved and Secretary eliminated.

The Federal Reserve Board is ordered to sunset themselves, sunset the national bank system they manage and submit a
plan to return all it’s capital into the U.S. Treasury account that was put up for bid on Day 1.  I will deliver a State of
the Union and read to the Congress Article II and then Article 1, Section 8 and thereby notify the Congress that any bill
not clearly and specifically invoking Constitutional Authority will be vetoed.  Period.  

I will ask Congress to recall Federal judges that have violated their oath of office and not exhibited “Good Behavior”
(as the Constitution calls for).  I will fire all 100 U.S. Attorneys and order an immediate review of all non-violent cases
brought against the People by the Federal Government.  

Since the Congress is only empowered to establish “uniform rules of naturalization” but is empowered to “protect from
invasion,” I would request that Congress direct the several border states to present their own plans of securing their
borders with Mexico and Canada.  Each state governor may petition the Congress to hire and assign as many members
of the Armed Services as necessary to carry out that task.  

I will order the Treasury to deliver an account of all the gold on hand in Fort Knox, we will need this number to get
back on the Gold Standard.

I would notify the State Department that they are to recall all non-ambassadorial employees abroad.  I would schedule
meetings with the German, Japanese and Philippine leaders and inform them of my intention to withdraw all non-Naval
forces.  Naval Forces will be deployed to insure the safe passage of American goods to foreign ports of call and to
prosecute piracies.  

I would instruct the Interior Department to conduct a review of all National Parks and to determine each parks' last
private or public owner.  I would then instruct the Interior Department to begin the process of returning those
properties to their rightful owners/states to manage.  The Federal Government has no business being in the forest
management business.  

So that’s my first day before lunch, shall I go on?


THE MIKE CHURCH SHOW BAND HAS SOME OF THE GREATEST POLITICAL PARODY SONGS
I’VE EVER HEARD.  BESIDES HAVING CLEVER LYRICS, THE SONGS ACTUALLY SOUND
GOOD.  TALK ABOUT THE BAND:
We have been together since 1999. I write all the songs then Jimm Mosher and Alan Grossman build the music tracks.  
These guys can play ANY pop or rock song ever written.  I record my vocal parts here in my studio and they put it all
together at Hit Music Inc. in Spencer NC.


ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY LIKE ABOUT YOUR SHOW IS YOUR GRASP OF HISTORY.  
YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORICAL FIGURES AND EVENTS IS PROFOUND.  WAS IT YOUR
INTEREST IN HISTORY THAT DEVELOPED YOUR INTEREST IN POLITICS OR DID YOUR
INTEREST IN POLITICS  DEVELOP YOUR INTEREST IN HISTORY?
History leads on all counts on this one. From the time I was quoting Patrick Henry at age 9, I have been a U.S. history
nut.  It is the one thing that truly SHOULD unite all Americans.  I am always reading 3 or 4 books at a time on the
subject which probably explains why I sometimes confuse events and dates!


YOUR DISCUSSION OF THE CONSTITUTION IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY DREW ME
INTO YOUR SHOW.  MANY PEOPLE GIVE LIP SERVICE TO THE CONSTITUTION, BUT YOU, AS
DO I, HAVE A DEEP RESPECT FOR THE CONSTITUTION.  IN YOUR OPINION, WHY IS IT THAT
THE CONSTITUTION HAS BEEN SO OVERLOOKED BY THE LAST FEW GENERATIONS OF
POLITICIANS?  WHY ARE THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY ALLOWING IT TO HAPPEN?  
WHAT CAN THE “AVERAGE JOE” DO TO COMBAT THE MARGINALIZATION OF THE
CONSTITUTION?
Simple Answer:  You can’t know the Constitution unless you have people to promote it and to teach it.  I think it is
being taught, but not as a document.  It is being taught as a series of Supreme Court Cases, most of which are not
constitutionally sound decisions.  This is the major problem.  The solution is to actually teach the Constitution, the text
itself.  I am preparing a new movie that gets the ball rolling on the subject.  People should not trust this sacred
document’s teaching to public or private schools.  Do it yourself.  Pick up “The Politically Correct guide to the
Constitution” by Dr. Kevin R.C. Gutzman.  Read the Federalist Papers.  Read notes from the VA Ratifying Convention
(1788) which is the greatest deliberation on the document outside of Congress.


WHAT SORT OF TAX PLAN DO YOU ADVOCATE?
Excise Taxes on pre-defined goods like gasoline and all legal services.  I favor duties and imposts on imports, evenly
assessed regardless of industry (as a per cent).  I would collect fees to process and preserve copies of all copyrighted,
trademarked and patented products. The Postal Service can add a fee to the price of stamps to pay for postal workers
salaries, post roads and the printing of stamps. That’s it.


HAVE YOU CONSIDERED WRITING A BOOK?  IF YOU DID, WHAT TOPIC DO YOU THINK YOU
WOULD TACKLE FIRST?
I want to write a pamphlet, like Common Sense. Think of my book as the classical liberals version of Harvey Penick’s ”
Little Red Book”.  I enjoy writing the scripts for our expanding series of U.S. History movies.  It would be fun to write
a political thriller about the U.S. being taken over by a Che Guevera style Marxist.  Oh wait!  That's what Obama is
attempting, sans the beret.


IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO PLUG?
The Constitution and the Declaration.  Read them and share them with your children.


WHAT QUESTION DO YOU WISH I HAD ASKED YOU, BUT DIDN’T?  
Who is John Galt?



O.K. A FEW QUICK FUN QUESTIONS:

WHAT IS YOUR MYSPACE PAGE?
I don’t have one but some fans have established them.


WHAT DO YOU DO FOR FUN / HOBBIES?
Fish, smoke cigars, collect rare books, play golf and play Chef.


MUSIC IS IMPORTANT TO YOU.  WHAT ARE YOUR TOP 5 FIVE FAVORITE BANDS?
John Trumbull’s “76’ers”, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jimmy Buffet’s Coral Reffer Band, The Bee Gees, Rush and Pre LSD
Beatles


I KNOW YOU PLAY GOLF.  DO YOU ENJOY OTHER SPORTS AS WELL, EITHER PLAYING OR
WATCHING?
I am a 41 year long suffering New Orleans Saints fan. College Football is still a good sport to watch
especially the SEC.


WHEN YOU FIND YOURSELF IN FRONT OF THE T.V., WHAT ARE SOME OF THE SHOWS YOU
WATCH?
The list gets shorter every year because I don’t patronize the enemy if I can avoid it. Reruns of The Honeymooners,
Three Stooges and I Love Lucy. I liked the first 5 seasons of 24. I have Jericho on DVD I’m watching it now. Hells
Kitchen is interesting. We never miss Mike Rowe’s “Dirty Jobs” and I LOVE Man vs. Wild!


WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE FOODS?
Cajun, REAL Cajun which is not just Mac & Cheese larded up with Cayenne and Bam! This is gonna sound strange
but I love asparagus especially sitting right next to a 12 ounce Filet Mignon.


WHAT IS YOUR IDEAL VACATION?
A beach condo within walking distance to a golf course and a Hooters.


AS A CHILD, WHAT DID YOU WANT BE WHEN YOU GREW UP?
A comic book artist. Neal Adams, Jim Starlin, John Romita, Frank Frazetta were all heroes of mine.


WHAT IS THE SCARIEST THING YOU HAVE EVER DONE?
Becoming a father.
I began listening to Mike Church shortly after I subscribed to
Sirius radio.  In the beginning, I would switch between his
show and another talk show.  Very quickly, I found myself
listening to the "King Dude" as he calls himself, for longer and
longer clips of time.  What drew me in was his celebration of
history and our Founding Fathers.  He doesn't just pay lip
service to them.  He respects their words and documents.  
He studies the history behind their actions and their writings
and injects it into today's politics.  He has a deep respect for
and knowledge of the Constitution.  

He also is the lead singer of The Mike Church Show band.  
They do parodies of songs with a conservative tilt that are not
only well written, but performed masterfully.  Click
HERE to
listen.

He also runs his own website, where you can get to know
more about him.  He has CD's for sale as well as his own line
of DUDE GEAR and other merchandise.  His website is:  
www.MikeChurch.com.

The Mike Church show can be heard on Sirius Satellite
Radio's Patriot Channel 144.  His show airs Monday - Friday
from 9:00 a.m. - noon E.S.T.  Replays can be heard on
Saturday and Sunday from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. E.S.T.

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