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"Not on Our Watch!"
JEWS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF FIREARMS OWNWERSHIP: America's Most Aggressive Defender of Firearms Ownership
Are You O.K. ?
What We Are Not
We are Not advocating or promoting the overthrow of
any government whether local, state or national.
We want our governments to return to the Constitutional
Republic which the Declaration of Independence and the
Constitution defined and instituted.
We are Not advocating or promoting violence towards any organization, group or person.
We are determined to Keep our Oath to support and
defend the Constitution.
We are not advocating or promoting the removal of any person from his or her elected office.
We want all elected persons to live up to their Oath to
"support and defend the Constitution" as it is written or to leave of their own volition.
We are not advocating or promoting that anyone in the Judicial Branch be removed or replaced.
We want the Justices in the Judicial Branch to follow
the Constitution as written without interpretation.
We are not advocating or promoting any particular
form of government other than the Constitutional
Republic which the Declaration of Independence and
the Constitution defined and instituted.
We are not advocating or promoting the rewriting of
the Constitution nor are we asking for an Amendment thereto.
We are insisting on the Constitution being Enforced as it is written.
We are Not advocating or promoting any act or acts of aggression against any organization or person for any
reason including, but not limited to; race, religion,
national origin, political affiliation, gender or
sexual orientation.
We hope for a return to a Constitutional Republic free from fear and hatred. We hate only tyranny.
We are Oath Sworn Americans who want the Constitution returned to its legal and rightful place, intact, as the ultimate Law of the Land.
This site is dedicated to the memory of John William Adams (1925-2006), Marine and Oath Keeper extraordinaire.
Now that is what you call stepping up - but he was not alone. And neither are you.
In memory of that sixteen-year-old boy who went to war so long ago and saw things no sixteen year old should ever have to see, and in the hope that his service was not in vain, we dedicate this song:
The Minstrel Boy to the war is gone
In the ranks of death you will find him;
His father's sword he hath girded on,
And his wild harp slung behind him;"
Land of Song!" said the warrior bard,
"Tho' all the world betrays thee,
One sword, at least, thy rights shall guard,
One faithful harp shall praise thee!"
The Minstrel fell! But the foeman's chain
Could not bring that proud soul under;
The harp he lov'd ne'er spoke again,
For he tore its chords asunder;
And said "No chains shall sully thee,
Thou soul of love and brav'ry!
Thy songs were made for the pure and free,
They shall never sound in slavery!"
Co. E 60th Infantry, 9th ID Scouts (Airborne)
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Ten Orders We Will Not Obey
Stewart Rhodes, Founder of Oath Keepers - Speech at Lexington Green, April 19, 2009
OATH KEEPERS:
"Not on Our Watch!"
JEWS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF FIREARMS OWNWERSHIP: America's Most Aggressive Defender of Firearms Ownership
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OATH KEEPERS: ORDERS WE WILL NOT OBEY
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1. We will NOT obey orders to disarm the American people.
2. We will NOT obey orders to conduct warrantless searches of the American people
3. We will NOT obey orders to detain American citizens as “unlawful enemy combatants” or to subject them to military tribunal.
4. We will NOT obey orders to impose martial law or a “state of emergency” on a state.
5. We will NOT obey orders to invade and subjugate any state that asserts its sovereignty.
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.”
9. We will NOT obey any orders to confiscate the property of the American people, including food and other essential supplies.
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.
(Read the full declaration here)
OATH KEEPERS O.K.
Are You O.K. ?
How You Can Help The Cause:
1. Email us your own Oath Keeper testimonial at:
oathkeepersok@gmail.com
Send in text or video - just email us with any questions.
OR,
2. Post your Oath Keeper testimonial as a comment:
You can submit comments here anonymously if you want.
Your testimonial will be used to reach, teach, and inspire other military, veterans, and peace officers.
3. Put your own Oath Keeper testimonial video on Youtube and send us a link or post it in a comment. We'll link to it here and add it to our Youtube favorites: http://www.youtube.com/OathkeepersOK
4. Spread the word! You can forward or repost any article here so long as you give credit and include a link to this site.
5. Donate to support Oath Keepers. Your donations will go toward efforts to reach, teach, and inspire all who took the oath to be oath keepers.
oathkeepersok@gmail.com
Send in text or video - just email us with any questions.
OR,
2. Post your Oath Keeper testimonial as a comment:
You can submit comments here anonymously if you want.
Your testimonial will be used to reach, teach, and inspire other military, veterans, and peace officers.
3. Put your own Oath Keeper testimonial video on Youtube and send us a link or post it in a comment. We'll link to it here and add it to our Youtube favorites: http://www.youtube.com/OathkeepersOK
4. Spread the word! You can forward or repost any article here so long as you give credit and include a link to this site.
5. Donate to support Oath Keepers. Your donations will go toward efforts to reach, teach, and inspire all who took the oath to be oath keepers.
We are in a battle for the hearts and minds of our own troops.
Help us win it.
KEY OATH KEEPER STATEMENTS
ABOUT OATH KEEPERS:
Oath Keepers is an association of currently serving military, veterans, and peace officers who will fulfill the oath we swore 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 politicians, and we will not obey unconstitutional (and thus illegal) and immoral orders, such as orders to disarm the American people or to place them under martial law and deprive them of their ancient right to jury trial.
We Oath Keepers have drawn a line in the sand. We will not “just follow orders."
Our motto is “Not on our watch!”
If you, the American people, are forced to once again fight for your liberty in another American Revolution, you will not be alone. We will stand with you.
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 you can rest assured that many others in the military do understand that their loyalty is to the Constitution, 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. To win that battle, Oath Keepers will use written and video testimony of active duty military, veterans (especially combat vets), and peace officers to reach, teach, and inspire our brothers in arms in the military and police to fulfill their oaths and stand as guardians of the Republic.
If you are currently in the military, are a veteran, or are a peace officer, please submit your written and/or video testimony on your oath, so you can help us win that battle for hearts and minds. Your submission may be anonymous.
Guardians of the Republic, fulfill your oath. Join us.
Oath Keepers What We are Not List
What We Are Not
We are Not advocating or promoting the overthrow of
any government whether local, state or national.
We want our governments to return to the Constitutional
Republic which the Declaration of Independence and the
Constitution defined and instituted.
We are Not advocating or promoting violence towards any organization, group or person.
We are determined to Keep our Oath to support and
defend the Constitution.
We are not advocating or promoting the removal of any person from his or her elected office.
We want all elected persons to live up to their Oath to
"support and defend the Constitution" as it is written or to leave of their own volition.
We are not advocating or promoting that anyone in the Judicial Branch be removed or replaced.
We want the Justices in the Judicial Branch to follow
the Constitution as written without interpretation.
We are not advocating or promoting any particular
form of government other than the Constitutional
Republic which the Declaration of Independence and
the Constitution defined and instituted.
We are not advocating or promoting the rewriting of
the Constitution nor are we asking for an Amendment thereto.
We are insisting on the Constitution being Enforced as it is written.
We are Not advocating or promoting any act or acts of aggression against any organization or person for any
reason including, but not limited to; race, religion,
national origin, political affiliation, gender or
sexual orientation.
We hope for a return to a Constitutional Republic free from fear and hatred. We hate only tyranny.
We are Oath Sworn Americans who want the Constitution returned to its legal and rightful place, intact, as the ultimate Law of the Land.
DEDICATION:
This site is dedicated to the memory of John William Adams (1925-2006), Marine and Oath Keeper extraordinaire.
John Adams, at the age of 16, lied about his age to join the Marines so he could fight against Imperial Japan in the Pacific. His enlistment date was December 10, 1941, just three days after the attack on Pearl Harbor (see below). As a Marine rifleman, he fought the Japanese from island to island, across the pacific, including at Iwo Jima. We may have good men, but we never had better.
Until his death in 2006, he was a dedicated patriot who still took his oath to defend the Republic deadly serious. May God grant you the courage to do likewise.
John Adams, Enlistment Date December 10, 1941
Now that is what you call stepping up - but he was not alone. And neither are you.
Semper Fi
In memory of that sixteen-year-old boy who went to war so long ago and saw things no sixteen year old should ever have to see, and in the hope that his service was not in vain, we dedicate this song:
THE MINSTREL BOY As Sung by the Late Joe Strummer
The Minstrel Boy to the war is gone
In the ranks of death you will find him;
His father's sword he hath girded on,
And his wild harp slung behind him;"
Land of Song!" said the warrior bard,
"Tho' all the world betrays thee,
One sword, at least, thy rights shall guard,
One faithful harp shall praise thee!"
The Minstrel fell! But the foeman's chain
Could not bring that proud soul under;
The harp he lov'd ne'er spoke again,
For he tore its chords asunder;
And said "No chains shall sully thee,
Thou soul of love and brav'ry!
Thy songs were made for the pure and free,
They shall never sound in slavery!"
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Co. E 60th Infantry, 9th ID Scouts (Airborne)
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About Stewart Rhodes;
Stewart is the founder and Director of Oath Keepers. He served as a U.S. Army paratrooper until disabled in a rough terrain parachuting accident during a night jump.
He is a former firearms instructor and former member of Rep. Ron Paul's DC staff.
Stewart graduated from Yale Law School in 2004, where his paper "Solving the Puzzle of Enemy Combatant Status" won Yale’s Miller prize for best paper on the Bill of Rights. He assisted teaching U.S. military history at Yale, was a Yale Research Scholar, and is writing a book on the dangers of applying the laws of war to the American people.
He is a staff attorney with Jefferson Legal Foundation and has assisted in constitutional litigation in state and federal courts.
Stewart currently writes the monthly Enemy at the Gates column for S.W.A.T. Magazine, and has written for The Warrior, the journal of Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyer’s College; for www.moreliberty.org; and for JPFO.
Stewart has appeared on several radio shows, was invited to speak at Stanford University on unlawful enemy combatant status, and teaches classes on the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
He welcomes e-mail at stewart.Rhodes@aya.yale.edu.
Stewart is the founder and Director of Oath Keepers. He served as a U.S. Army paratrooper until disabled in a rough terrain parachuting accident during a night jump.
He is a former firearms instructor and former member of Rep. Ron Paul's DC staff.
Stewart graduated from Yale Law School in 2004, where his paper "Solving the Puzzle of Enemy Combatant Status" won Yale’s Miller prize for best paper on the Bill of Rights. He assisted teaching U.S. military history at Yale, was a Yale Research Scholar, and is writing a book on the dangers of applying the laws of war to the American people.
He is a staff attorney with Jefferson Legal Foundation and has assisted in constitutional litigation in state and federal courts.
Stewart currently writes the monthly Enemy at the Gates column for S.W.A.T. Magazine, and has written for The Warrior, the journal of Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyer’s College; for www.moreliberty.org; and for JPFO.
Stewart has appeared on several radio shows, was invited to speak at Stanford University on unlawful enemy combatant status, and teaches classes on the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
He welcomes e-mail at stewart.Rhodes@aya.yale.edu.
15 comments:
Thank you for your service, I am very proud of our Military and thank you for your oath to the constitution. We have to all stick together to stop this madness that's going on in our country. I'm doing my part by writing my congressmen and signing every petition I find and some other things I am involved in to try and get this bogus potus and muslum out of our White House.
You said it very well my friend. They can label me almost anything but I'm not a liar. I will still defend the Constitution as I swore to when I took that oath. I'm proud to have you with us.
That was wonderful!! I'm a civilian who is more than grateful for our wonderful Military and couldn't be prouder. It's comforting to know there are men and woman out there who echo the sentiments in this video. Thank you, Oath Keepers.
God bless you
Nicely Said Soldier!
Outstanding more accurately!
I am so very Proud of you active duty men/women and the personal courage and leadership you have displayed before our country!
As a fellow vet I trully appreaciated being included in your list of loyal defenders of the Constitution with the proper amount of certainty! You got that right Troop!, we are out here and we got your six!
Thank You for all you have done for this country!
Good Luck!
Stay Sharp!
God Bless, and come back safe!
Cowboy18 Out!
Sir, my sentiments exactly. You will be well known shortly.
Well said Soldier, I to took the oath some years back and it has no expiration date. Glad to have you with us.
Well stated young man
STAY FROSTY
Worded succinctly and accurately. God bless you and all oath-keepers. I went to my local gun dealer's to purchase some more ammo and commemorate Patriot Day today, since I couldn't be at Lexington. He was afraid to visit this website for fear of being put on a list. HE'S A GUN DEALER for crying out loud! I tried to calmly explain to him that we're all on lists and he's already on one as a gun dealer way before me.
Technically, I'm a vet, although I took the oath during peace time in the early 80's and will mean it to my grave, I was hurt in training before AIT badly enough to be discharged, even though honorably so, I'm almost embarrassed to be counted among those who serve and served bravely. My father was a submarine commander and I come from a long line of patriots dating to the Mayflower on both sides of my family and even include Samuel Adams among my ancestors. That being said, I continue my training to this day, spiritual,itellectual, physical, tactical and support all those that do. (Go Appleseed project, Go Cumberland Tactics!)I will never give up liberty for so called security and it warms the heart to hear of so many active duty and retired alike who feel the same. As I await video from Lexington and read the testimonials here, this soldier's in particular stood out as honest and true. Thank you again for posting it.
I will not be anonymous. (but appreciate and understand those that do)I don't give a flip about their "Lists"
"If ye love wealth more than liberty the tranquility of servitude more than the animating contest of freedom; go home from us in peace, we seek not your counsel nor your arms, may your chains set lightly apon you, may you crouch down to lick the hand the feeds you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen" Samuel Adams... my real Uncle Sam.
Keep yer powder dry...Arleen
Thank you. I hope it doesn't come down to this, but it is looking everyday, like it will.
Its just how we roll! Thanks for stating so clearly what we all feel. In the spirit of the anniversary today, if anyone lives near Los Angeles (and I mean a wide berth), please meetup with us this Sunday. Go to www.meetup.com and type in Oath Keepers. Following the fine example set by Stewart and team, we hope to spread the keeping of the oath and renew it in a public way for our citizens to see and acknowledge.
Hooah,
Former Army
Well spoken soldier.
Although I never served in the Military (4F) or Law Enforcement, I grew up as an Air Force dependant. Military Bases are my hometown. I now consider myself a candidate for the Militia and as such I swear this Oath along with the fine men and women of the Military and Law Enforcement.
My Family and I would like to extend our gratitude for your service to our Nation and in return provide our respect and unwavering support to all Oath Keepers.
God Bless.
God Bless you Soldier!
Thank you for your service. Thank you for keeping us safe. I think about every one of you during the holidays, praying that you are well fed, happy and have good company since you have to be away from your families.
There is more of us than "them" and we respect you and honor you sir!
Roger that soldier!! I took an oath one month ago and will stand along side all who will uphold their oath! I do not have the priveledge of military service but am pursuing law enforcement.I am losing loved ones from cancer in my life and seeing my country going astray.My heart cries for freedom and I am ready fellow countrymen to honor my oath!!
Minuteman and Oathkeeper,
Justin Mundet
roninwarrior82@yahoo.com
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