Posted on 03/08/2009 7:01:47 PM PDT by Travis McGee
"The time is now near at hand which must probably determine, whether Americans are to be, Freemen, or Slaves; whether they are to have any property they can call their own; whether their Houses, and Farms, are to be pillaged and destroyed, and they consigned to a State of Wretchedness from which no human efforts will probably deliver them. The fate of unborn Millions will now depend, under God, on the Courage and Conduct of this army." - George Washington
Oath Keepers is a non-partisan association of currently serving military, reserves, National Guard, peace officers, and veterans who swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic … and meant it.
Our oath is to the Constitution, not to the President, and that oath will be kept. We won’t “just follow orders."
Below is our declaration of orders we will NOT obey because we will consider them unconstitutional (and thus unlawful) and immoral violations of the natural rights of the people. Such orders would be acts of war against the American people by their own government, and thus acts of treason. We will not make war against our own people. We will not commit treason. We will defend the Republic.
Declaration of Orders We Will NOT Obey
Recognizing that we each swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and affirming that we are guardians of the Republic, of the principles in our Declaration of Independence, and of the rights of our people, we affirm and declare the following:
1. We will NOT obey any order to disarm the American people.
2. We will NOT obey any order to conduct warrantless searches of the American people, their homes, vehicles, papers, or effects - such as warrantless house-to house searches for weapons or persons.
3. We will NOT obey any order to detain American citizens as “unlawful enemy combatants” or to subject them to trial by military tribunal.
4. We will NOT obey orders to impose martial law or a “state of emergency” on a state, or to enter with force into a state, without the express consent and invitation of that state’s legislature and governor.
5. We will NOT obey orders to invade and subjugate any state that asserts its sovereignty and declares the national government to be in violation of the compact by which that state entered the Union.
6. We will NOT obey any order to blockade American cities, thus turning them into giant concentration camps.
7. We will NOT obey any order to force American citizens into any form of detention camps under any pretext.
8. We will NOT obey orders to assist or support the use of any foreign troops on U.S. soil against the American people to “keep the peace” or to “maintain control” during any emergency, or under any other pretext. We will consider such use of foreign troops against our people to be an invasion and an act of war.
9. We will NOT obey any orders to confiscate the property of the American people, including food and other essential supplies, under any emergency pretext whatsoever.
10. We will NOT obey any orders which infringe on the right of the people to free speech, to peaceably assemble, and to petition their government for a redress of grievances.
More About Oath Keepers
Oath Keepers is a non partisan association of currently serving military, veterans, and peace officers who will fulfill our oath to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic, so help us God.
Our oath is to the Constitution, not to the President, not to Congress, and not to any political party. In the long-standing tradition of the U.S. military, we are apolitical. We don’t care if unlawful orders come from a Democrat or a Republican, or if the violation is bi-partisan. We will not obey unconstitutional (and thus unlawful) and immoral orders, such as orders to disarm the American people or to place them under martial law. We won’t “just follow orders." Our motto: “Not on Our Watch!”
There is at this time a debate within the ranks of the military regarding their oath. Some mistakenly believe they must follow any order the President issues. But many others do understand that their loyalty is to the Constitution and to the people, and understand what that means.
The mission of Oath Keepers is to vastly increase their numbers.
We are in a battle for the hearts and minds of our own troops. Help us win it. www.oath-keepers.blogspot.com
Posted by Stewart Rhodes at 1:37 PM
We fire you, starve you, thow you out’chore house, make you money worth nuthin.
You’ll obey. O-bay. You do what I’m tellin ya’ if ya knows what’s good fo yas, Whitey.
bfl
This is good stuff.
I went to to site the other day and it looked like yet another group of people preparing for armed insurrection. It’s great to see that their primary aim is to support the Constitution.
What I want to know is where these people were over the last eight years when many of the Constitutional abuses were committed? Maybe they’ve had enough. I know I have — and Obama is NOT repudiating these practices; he’s defending them.
FYI
God Bless and Hallelullah!
Thanks for the link.
This is perhaps the principle reason Raul and O plan for a Civilian National Security Force that is “as well funded as the military”.
Sorry, I felt the need to do a little unsolicited editing...
ping
Finally, people are getting serious about defending the Constitution.
Count me in... I need no explanation on any of the points listed as I have already seen where they come from; I have done a LOT of thought on my oath and what it means.
DITTO
God be with us. Amen and pass the ammunition.
This isn’t about race. I’m disappointed in the people who voted for The One, but plenty of them were white, yet not everyone here is.
UP!!!
Any word as to an official response from the JAG's about this website and statement?
PING!
TS
May God bless you and give wings to this endeavor.
FBI, DEA, BATFE, and many others including local SWATs will do it anyway.
It isn’t only about race.
Plenty were White, oddly, a number of women, which escapes me since they are so interested in security.
That said, over 90% of Blacks voted for him. That WAS only about race. ACORN is about race, and they now have a WH office, and they squat in foreclosed homes.
It’s not all about race though. In fact, it’s mostly about the moslem/athiest communist/marxist intent to destroy the US.
The Dem Party has them, hook, line, and sinker. If Obama had been a conservative Republican, they would've never voted for him. (The GOP had a black candidate in 2000, but Alan Keyes didn't receive much support from black voters.) That's why I may be the only person here who doesn't believe this is about race for black voters. I really believe that the Dem candidate could've been in the KKK, and the vast majority of black voters still would've voted for him. It sounds crazy, but I'm convinced that's what would happen.
This time around, the Democrat candidate was supported by a larger portion of white voters, for whatever reason.
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My sister-in-law is an 0bot. It’s now pointless to say anything to her.
A young woman I work with I am convinced is an 0bot, as totalitarian as she is. She fits the profile.
Another guy I know is an 0bot. He’s a lifelong dem and thinks this is grand. I think he’s in denial.
People are delusional about this guy. My sainted mother, 1 month before her death, said, “I am afraid of that man,” as I was helping he to the kitchen. She was near death, but that’s what she said, and that’s pretty much all she said. She was mostly on the ‘other side,’ so her words have haunted me since.
I’m sorry for the loss of your mother. Yes, those words do sound like a warning. I lost my father two years ago. Those words would’ve haunted me, too.
We all have relatives - close relatives - who are 0bots. The man charmed them. But, we didn’t have the right candidates on our ticket. That was the problem, imho. I don’t think the Dems won the election as much as the GOP lost it. The GOP turned into moderate Democrats and lost their way.
Well... I don’t know where this country is headed now. Will anyone ever support limited government again? Or are we the only people left (right here on FR) who haven’t been brainwashed? I wonder.
Interesting link off the referenced article:
Western Rifle Shooters Association
http://westernrifleshooters.blogspot.com/2009/03/oath-keepers-orders-we-will-not-obey.html
Good edit.
90% voted for Gore in 2000, and 88% voted Kerry in 2004See?! It's all about race I tells ya!!!!
I think that all those whose names are associated with this sort of thing will be purged from the military.
This is good stuff.
I went to to site the other day and it looked like yet another group of people preparing for armed insurrection. It’s great to see that their primary aim is to support the Constitution.
What I want to know is where these people were over the last eight years when many of the Constitutional abuses were committed? Maybe they’ve had enough. I know I have — and Obama is NOT repudiating these practices; he’s defending them.
a couple salient facts need to be kept in mind. If the bailouts didn’t happen, if TARP didn’t happen, if the economy tanking did not happen, then there would be less of a tendcy for these groups to form. Starting with the last days of Bush, though, too many different bad things have started to happen which are pointing in one very unpleasant direction: Socialism. It has not really happened yet, but the sense of impending doom is very real for some people, including those who have lost their jobs.
Add a good dollop of conspiracy theory, rumors, and hare’m scare’m readings on the future, thank you, Gerald Celente, and you then have a recipe for disaster stew.
This is good stuff.
I went to to site the other day and it looked like yet another group of people preparing for armed insurrection. It’s great to see that their primary aim is to support the Constitution.
What I want to know is where these people were over the last eight years when many of the Constitutional abuses were committed? Maybe they’ve had enough. I know I have — and Obama is NOT repudiating these practices; he’s defending them.
a couple salient facts need to be kept in mind. If the bailouts didn’t happen, if TARP didn’t happen, if the economy tanking did not happen, then there would be less of a tendcy for these groups to form. Starting with the last days of Bush, though, too many different bad things have started to happen which are pointing in one very unpleasant direction: Socialism. It has not really happened yet, but the sense of impending doom is very real for some people, including those who have lost their jobs.
Add a good dollop of conspiracy theory, rumors, and hare’m scare’m readings on the future, thank you, Gerald Celente, and you then have a recipe for disaster stew.
Interesting...
Point five would be problematic in that it delegitimizes the “Civil War.”
Not sure how much support that would attract.
I will.
Bump for later.
Every man or woman who entered military service, swore an oath.
One for enlisted ranks and a slightly different one for commissioned ranks..
Both oaths - contained the sworn commitment to “defend the Constitution against ALL enemies, foreign or domestic”...
Second point of fact...
Not a single one of us have ever been relieved of the oath taken at the time of enlistment...
Therefore — we are ALL members of “Oath Keepers”.
I can imagine. Some of my own relatives revealed themselves to be on the far, far left this past election. There’s some tension among family members now. I didn’t know where they stood politically until then. The irony is, a few probably thought I was a Dem, so they probably were caught by surprise, too.
Add me!
I remember my oath. I wasnt too young to understand the oath or what was meant by it.
I’m not sure how I feel about these gentlemen, but I do like the ideals they support. Hopefully their moral fortitude will not be tested, because I have no desire to have to fight on my own soil.
For later, and thank you.
Therefore — we are ALL members of “Oath Keepers”.
Roger that!
>Hopefully their moral fortitude will not be tested, because I have no desire to have to fight on my own soil.
Agreed... but on the other hand, it would be far better for fight, sweat, bleed, and cry for our own morals than for an ungrateful population (there are some). Don’t you agree?
Consider, for example Kleagle Robert C. Byrd ('Rat, WV).
Amen!!
LOL. That’s the person I was thinking about when I wrote that line. Imagine Byrd vs. Keyes. There’s no doubt in my mind that Byrd would receive 90% of the black vote. Maybe I’m wrong. I don’t know.
As much as I appreciate their effort here, I know it’s a useless gesture. If ten soldiers in a company are “Oath keepers” the other 90 will just shoot them. If 2 cops on a SWAT team are “Oath keepers” the other officers will kill them on an op and pin it on the person whose house they’re kicking the doors in on.
No, when it comes time to be “Oath Keepers” there will not be enought to work “within the system” at least not overtly. IMO, I’d rather see these folks just walk away from their organizatins en masse. Because WHEN the government ORDERS them to do these things, the vast majority of the organization will, no questions asked.
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