Friday, February 19, 2010

Patriots, or Fanatics? The Oath Keepers

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I've never seen or heard of this organization before last night. But they are saying something openly, that I've said here time and again. Police, military and other "legal officials" will NOT take part in subverting our Constitutional Rights. I saw the founder, Stuart Rhodes, on O'Reilly last night. Rhodes is an ex-Paratrooper, and a lawyer and an ex-staffer for Ron Paul. The guy sounds like a radical NUT to me alright!!
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Oath Keepers is a group of active duty police, National Guardsmen, veterans, Reservists, Firemen etc, who are reaffirming their original oath to uphold the rights in our original Constitution, in times of upheaval.
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Going back to items we've recently visited, they are saying, we will not take guns from citizens, because of hurricanes or blizzards. Plus, protect us in other ways, during any real or contrived SOE. And we wo0n't round them up, or take their property. Again, I'm thinking they gotta be radicals with that thinking.
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It's an interesting concept, and naturally, they are getting a bunch of flack. The 'Southern Poverty Law Center', says they are extremists, a sort of militia1 and liken them to the Aryan Brotherhood. They quote an unnamed gub'ment puke, sorry, official as saying,
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Another federal law enforcement official knowledgeable about militia groups agrees. He asked not to be identified because he is not authorized to speak publicly about them. "They're not at the level we saw in '94-'95," he says. "But this is the most significant growth we've seen in 10 to 12 years. All it's lacking is a spark. I think it's only a matter of time before you see threats and violence."
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Threats and violence? From policemen, firemen, veterans and active military people, we can expect violence, based on what? I guess this guy was on vacation, on Venus, when SEIU thugs were beating the hell out of Tea Party people and Town Hall gatherers. And I hate people who are, "not authorized to speak publicly", but do so anyway. Who's more dangerous, the non-authorized speakers, talking out of turn and pointing fingers, or a guy deciding to defend the Constitution and the Citizens?!
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I also find it odd that the SPLC thinks these guys are like the AB. How is it like AB? Where is the racist aspect of renewing the oaths taken? There was certainly nothing of racist content in the oath I took to join the Navy.
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I think this movement scares people even more than the Tea Party. This is people, officially armed by the powers that be, deciding to protect the PEOPLE, the PEOPLE'S God given RIGHTS and not the "GOVERNMENT". And it's a stand, that I said, most of these guys would take, if the NWO, Obamanators, U.N., etc, TRIED to force us into some crazy, totalitarian, State of Emergency style government.
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It's your turn, turn it on.
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Schteveo

7 comments:

Missy said...

O'Reilly is an ass. OK so he says that the had to take the guns away from law abiding citizens because they lost control of New Orleans. So he thinks that if the government loses control of a city and therefore has no ability to protect against looting and crime then they SHOULD remove the means of the people to defend themselves? I would think logic dictates that innocents should be GIVEN guns, not have them removed. The again, its O'Reilly, what should I expect?

Schteveo said...

Missy,
I'm with you. I've seen that video of the NOLA cops taking that pistol away from that older lady many times. She looks deadly, doesn't she?

And let's not forget that these are the same city's ARMED officers who are on tape watching the looters, in waste deep water, stealing TV's , in a city with no electricity. Most of whom were young, black men.

Bravery and genius combined, in one quick video shot.

Jimbo said...

I believe being fanatically patriotic is a virtue.

Schteveo said...

I don't see how saying up front, that you will NOT obey unlawful orders as being fanatical. Nor, do I see disobeying unlawful orders as being fanatical.

Here's what I remember from boot camp, circa October 1977. THREE hours spent discussing My Lai and our DUTY to ignore and quickly report unlawful orders. My sons, and some younger guys we know, have assured all me those classes are still being taught.

Obeying the original ath and disobeying unlawful orders isn't fanatical. With the possible exception of knowing right from wrong and many people face that dilemma in the 21st Century. Or more importantly now, knowing right, from leftist, is what we need to know.

"Grammie" or whatever name he wants to call me!! said...

Didn't Maobama declare a SOE because of the H1N1 flu? Moron. Anyway, I'm surprised they didn't TRY to take our guns away over that.

Spider said...

This sounds like a very interesting organization. I wonder what their numbers are like. I will take a closer look at it.

Well, most of you know by now what i think of Bill O'Buffoon, so i agree with Missy.

As for what happened in NOLA back then, i wouldn't go so far as to call those people "Police Officers", at least not according to my definition. Back then they were known as "the most" corrupt department in the country! (and richly deserved) Huge improvements have been made since then with the hiring of more (qualified) officers, mostly White.

Most military and para-military (police) organizations include in their guidelines that "an unlawful command can be legally disobeyed". What price you are "unofficially" made to pay for that action is another story.

As for comments made by members of our Marxist govt, and the commies at the SPLC, making these people sound like nuts and dangerous radicals serves a purpose. It lays the groundwork in the event the govt decided to take action against this group, or others like it. Of course, taking action against them would be called "a matter of national security", which would give the govt almost unlimited powers.

HJR said...

1. Ditto on the comments about that bloviating blowhard O'Reilly - I think he is about as conservative as George W Bush whom I classify as a neocon socialist "light" dickhead.

2. I have heard some of this organization and I find them to be true patriots. I believe that there were those in the colonies that thought those advocating independance and willing to fight for it were "radicals".

3. To me, that oath, "To preserve, protect and defend... from enemies foreign and domestic" means just that, not that MoaBama or most of our elected tormentors ever give it much thought much less any actual credence. They never seem to follow it.