Welcome to my course. Welcome home to returning warriors to civilian life. The water is fine where no sergeant will be ordering you what to do. One of the wisest government social welfare programs coming out of World War II was the GI Bill to provide low cost higher education benefits to returning warriors.  Many military personnel would have never gone to college without this generous benefit, and as a result they earn higher qualifications and better jobs.  That was my case.  A win for society, and I'm glad you are using your benefit.  Business did not do this, government and taxpayers made this possible.
       I specialize in teaching the U.S. Constitution line by line, using historical intent and amplified by U.S. Supreme Court cases to show government authority and rights of the people. It is critical to build civic responsibility so citizens have the knowledge necessary to make reasonably responsible decisions. A citizen who does not understand the Constitution in an academic way is like a boat without a rudder, and therefore would drift aimlessly, grossly uninformed with no hope of understanding American institutions, and would lack basic knowledge to protect and improve them. I have taught 400 to 500 courses to perhaps 45,000 students at several universities; upper and lower level courses include Congress and the Presidency, Texas Politics, Introduction to Political Science, and comparative U.S. and State and Local Governments.
       Below are the courses I am presently teaching. Click on the unique "course number & title" hyperlink for the class you are enrolled in, and there you will find your weekly assignments and exam information. You are responsible for reading the "general" and "daily" announcements. Be certain to select your correct course link to avoid getting wrong information.

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       2311 United States Government Spring 2013     OR    2312 State & Local Government Spring 2013    

       Other useful links: Web useful news source links    Voting Information   Atomic Clock Time Set     National Park Vacation Lands in America  The following click on this link for more information is my coaching guide on how to get student & retiree summer jobs in beautiful national park resort areas.     National Constitution Center       1st Amendment Center     Independence National Historic Park    Earth Sky   U.S. Flag Protocol, Title 4 US Code, Chapter 1


       I have a variety of professional experiences. I most love being an adventurer-explorer of wilderness places untouched by man, as well as the adrenaline race as a federal government first responder to the worst crises that can befall humans. Also, for years I have been working "pro bono publico" for thousands of hours in international community service - all free donated time - to help bring peace to the good Congolese people. Click on this PDF of Millsap work with Congo (free Adobe Reader download). On the slide with the gorilla, click on the links to see people close to these magnificent animals; my dream to be with them. Did you know to date there have been about 8.1 million people killed in the Congo, millions wounded and starved, and 2 million women gang raped in a population of 70 million?  My Congo Freedom non-profit organization is doing some good things to help these people (see www.congofreedom.org). No other conflict on earth compares in magnitude since WWII, yet few know anything about it. One of the many things I do to help end this conflict is to ghost write position papers on how to transform anarchy into a peaceful constitutional democratic republic - such as this PDF of my essay Justice and Rule of Law in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Someday I plan to be the superintendent of Congo's UNESCO World Heritage Virunga National Park (14-15,000' mountains) - home of the famous mountain gorillas that are endanger of becoming extinct due to war http://gorillacd.org/ and this assignment would be fine with me.  I will get my baby gorilla to rear. And I will have my own 150 man ranger company, who train like Marines more than park rangers - all to protect civilians and the gorillas in the environment of anarchy and war. Rangers have battles with M23 & Mai Mai rebels (pour magic water on selves to stop ranger bullets) and some 150 rangers have been killed in action since 1996. http://ens-newswire.com/2012/10/25/eight-dead-in-attack-on-virunga-national-park-rangers/ Would be perfect duty for me.

      Another experience is being a United States Marine - one of the most demanding occupations on earth (closest to Spartan military warriors exampled by Leonidas at the Greek Battle of Thermopylae), based on the most grueling training, extreme military skills, discipline, sacrifice, patriotism, and is not for the faint of heart. Watch this You Tube video describing what being a Marine is all about. I was a teenager when I joined the Marines the 1st time to serve my country as an enlisted infantry warrior (0311), when I was nicknamed "Tiger," (by G/Sgt. Tafola - a war hero left with one lung) and it wasn't for playing golf. Marines fight for those who cannot defend themselves. Later I was commissioned as an officer (0302 called a "mustang") commanding several hundred infantry warriors whose sole mission is to run to the sounds of guns, search for, close with, and destroy the enemy at close quarters. Marine friends were killed in action and wounded defending our country. It is hard to become a Marine;  it is harder still to be permitted to command Marines. See why officer grunt combat training is second to none. I am proud of my service to fellow Marines, the Corps, my country, and to our role as guardians of freedom. While all Marines are trained to fight, representing several hundred necessary military occupations, including motor mechanics, office word processing clerks, personnel, computer techs, engineers, supply clerks and so forth - only 1 in 10 Marines receive special offensive combat training, including raids, to be the every day warriors - the tip of the spear fighters - the original special forces for the Navy - soldiers of the sea, air and land; that was my duty. I was a grunt ground pounder "kick in the door" component of that spear and was a master of small unit tactics, weapons, explosives, and was an authority on defeating Soviet tanks. We wear dress blue jackets and sky blue trousers with red lateral stripes symbolic of blood we spilt, we are known as the "first to fight," when not on the move we live in individual fighting holes, we sleep with one eye open in mud, rain, snow, hot jungle slime, and we travel over the most rugged terrain on earth. We are called grunts, leathernecks, jarheads, and the most ferocious fighters on earth risking our lives for love of country & fellow Marines who share the phrases "gung ho" (Chinese for working together) and "semper fidelis" (Latin for always faithful). We Marines fight like lions, tigers, wolverines, and grizzly bears combined into ferocious "teufelshunde" (German for devil dogs) - as WWI German soldiers called legendary Marines who could not be stopped from the attack, even when gravely wounded, until the objective is achieved or death. Wars cannot be won without grunt boots on the ground and all other occupations support us to be able to accomplish our objectives, and we cannot do that without them - for we are a team. Today only 1/2 of 1% of USA society has any military experience, and even a smaller percentage has grunt experience.  Thus there is a disconnect for the first time in history between those who pay a price to serve and the rest of the civilian population who pay no price to defend this country, except in borrowed debt paid at a future date by a future generation. That is not healthy for society and is why I am for 2 years of "national service" like done in the past (military draft and civilian public service options like teaching or nursing in poverty zones or like the famous CCC or WPA). It is very hard to get into the Marines, and there are reasons why the Corps is highly selective of applicants. See the following links to learn why the USMC is given unique responsibilities and recognized as the USA's premier fighting force in all climates of the earth.  Marine orientation film and What do people say about U.S. Marines? and Life as a U.S. Marine and Marine Officer and Officer commissioning programs and Special Operations and The National Museum of the Marine Corps and White House Marines and Marines responsible for flying the President of the United States, and the White House U.S. Marine Band (oldest & finest symphony concert organization in the USA - free patriotic music downloads), and see Marines who protect every USA embassy on earth and see Medal of Honor & the Legion of Valor (both were established by act of Congress) and Marine Earns Navy Cross May 2011. Marine Jason Dunham earns Medal of Honor for heroic action in 2006 in Iraq and new Navy destroyer ship named in his honor. Marine Dakota Meyer earns Medal of Honor for heroism in 2009 Afghanistan battle, and watch CBS 60 Minutes reporter interview Dakota Meyer 9/18/11. Also see USMC Martial Arts Training and UFC champion fighters experience USMC martial artists

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