Gentlemen,
I’m a combat vet. I served in Viet Nam with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, so you know I took the oath a long time ago. I’m now living in Florida.
Only in my later years have I been made aware of how dangerous our government has become. I only hope the ‘10’ will spread throughout the ranks of civil peace officers as well as military personnel.
My piece of speculative fiction at http://reynoldswrapcap.
(NOTE: Above is the video trailer for Mike's "speculative fiction," State of Siege).
Glad I found this site and I’m sure I can bring a few more Marines with me.
“Guardians of the Republic”.
I like the sound of that. I like it a LOT!
My respects,
Mike Florey
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While I would have been just as proud to have served with 1/3 (their patch is shown) I want to point out I served with 3/1.
Before you scrape the mud off us Marines,you can't tell us apart!
Semper Fi
Most excellent story in the link. Thank You!
Thanks Anon. hope you'll share it with like-minded friends.
Mike Florey said...
"While I would have been just as proud to have served with 1/3 (their patch is shown) I want to point out I served with 3/1."
Hey Mike, just fixed it (we think). Is that the right one? You gotta cut us Army guys some slack and send us a darn photo along with your testimonial.
Thanks for sending in your testimonial. Good to hear the ripples about Oath Keepers made it all the way across the pond, and good to hear there are still some brits who would think Oath Keepers is a good thing. May God bless them, and us.
Give us a heads up when you get your next installment on your novel done.
For the Republic,
Stewart Rhodes and the OK crew
Thanks Stewart. That's our patch alright. I added a bit more to the story this morning but I'll take a short hiatus while I'm preparing to shoot the tea party documentary.
For the Republic,
Mike Florey
A handfull of international bankers have looted the American people in broad daylight, and in direct violation of our Constitution.What is the military doing about it? Not a single thing. "Protect and Defend"? Not on your life.
America is in the toilet and the military is poised to hit the flush lever. Whatever is to be done to correct this takeover by an international group of Banksters and their minion, will be left to individuals,.... as always.
Anonymous, I hope you are one of those rugged 'individuals'. If you'll read http://reynoldswrapcap.blogspot.com/2008/06/state-of-siegeday-one.html
you'll see we aren't so far apart in thinking, only the outcome.
Wow anonymous, let me just cut right to the chase.
You sound like a radical wimp with an axe to grind.
How dare you say such things about the military and insult them, as though they were no better than the banker dogs which built this place!!
No anonymous, our military is not stupid. Most of them are patriotic, hard fighting americans who fought to the last dawn in order to preserve our freedom.
There's no way they are going to allow some bunch pedal pushers from the world's most narcisistic banking conglomerate tear it apart now!!!!
They work for US, not the bankers. When push comes to shove they will finally turn their backs on the Federal Reserve, and the insane military industrial complex because they don't work for them.
They are free thinking individuals who work for themselves. Some of the military and reserves will choose to do the dirty work of the Fed, but most of them will rebel.
We will win this in the end!!! Stop acting as like it's all over. It's not even gotten STARTED, and those bunch of foreign troops & Israel Russia first traitors in the Federal Reserve industry don't know what they've brought upon them....
I've been on to this 'takeover' for the past 30 years, long before most people had a clue. As as for the 'Fed', there are very few out there who have invested as much of themselves into exposing this scam as I have. I've been fighting this tooth and nail, and with every spare penny I can scrape up. Beyond that,I'm VERY verbose on the subject, and not afraid of stepping on toes, or removing people from their comfort zone. It's a tough reality to sell to most, but I DON'T give up easily.
As for a 'Wimp', I can assure you I'll go to the mat with ANYONE. I've met Goliath on the battlefield more than once in my many years, and I've yet to lose one of those battles.
I have respect for some of the individuals in the military, but I don't put anyone on a pedestal. If I did, it would be my Uncle John who as an infantryman landed on the beaches of Normandy. I respect a man who experienced the horrors of war, and later couldn't find it in himself to speak of those horrors as long as he lived.
My disagreement is that military propaganda has been a contributing factor to putting the 'PEOPLE' to sleep. So many people out there actually believe the military or "law enforcement" is going to save the day. This is not the case. This kind of thinking amongst the population is WHY we are faced with the problems we are facing. People have forfeited THEIR duty. It's time the military, or those in the military be honest with the people. Quite simply, the military does not have the AUTHORITY to protect and defend the Constitution. This duty belongs to the people.
I'm happy to hear you're fired up, and I'm gleeful that you're not "stupid". One of the reasons I visit this site is because I feel a brighter bunch hangs out here.
I sincerely appreciate your responses, even if to throw names at me.
Anonymous,
While I applaud your diligence and respect your work, I have to ask where and when 'the military' lost the authority to support, defend and protect the Constitution. "The military" is a pretty broad term. Maybe you can narrow that down. Can you clarify which branch? Was it the officer corps or the enlisted personnel? Did they just lose it or was it taken from them? If so, by whom? Do you think they just lost the impetus or the will? Was it by some arcane presidential directive? How is 'the military' putting us to sleep?
As for responsibility, I suggest you read Jane Mayer's book "The Dark Side" to find out 'the military' stance on extraordinary renditions, presidential directives and the administration's end-run around the Uniform code of military Justice, the Geneva convention and the conscience of the field commanders.
No, anonymous. I don't think you have an axe to grind. I think you already ground it away to a bitter stub.
Don't tell us what we CAN'T do. Tell us how YOU would do it. If you don't think active duty and retired 'military' personnel are capable of defending the Constitution, then why are you wasting your precious time here?
I look at this site as something like a fraternity and not having seen your testimonial, I don't think you'll be rushed.
Let's start with Article 1, Section 9 of the Constitution. You've had nearly 100 years to correct that abuse. Perhaps you care to provide a testimonial how you, within the body of the military have defended the populace from that abuse.
If I need to prepare a list of further abuses that the military has been neutered from 'correcting' , then you're not nearly as bright as I thought you might have been.
Mr Florey says:
"Don't tell us what we CAN'T do. Tell us how YOU would do it. If you don't think active duty and retired 'military' personnel are capable of defending the Constitution, then why are you wasting your precious time here?
I look at this site as something like a fraternity and not having seen your testimonial, I don't think you'll be rushed."
I believe you missed my point, and thought I directed a personal attack on the principles you believe in. You are wrong.
I have tried to demonstrate a solution, but you seem to wish to ignore my attempts.
This is not about a "fraternity". The issues we face are not designated to the resolve of an exclusive "club". The issues we face are beyond the military's ability to resolve on its own. The military needs to come to the realization that they need the people more than the people need them. 'We the People" is the essence of what made our form of government what it once was, not 'We the Military'.
We can do far more outside the body of the military than can be done within that body. Do what you feel you must within that body, but realize there are enormous limitations that you as a private citizen are not bound by.
A well regulated Militia was the key to America's success for the better part of our history. The ability to maintain a militia force was important to our 'checks and balances'. A militia force is what granted our freedoms, and that alone has been what defended those freedoms. Since the decline of the militia, so too, our our American way of life. Bear in mind, a militia is a group of individuals from all walks of life, not necessarily professional soldiers, bonded by principle, and by conscience, rather than chain of command.
You speak of an axe to grind. There is no axe. So drop the accusations and let's move forward with the common beliefs we may share.
Anonymous,
We are not a militia. And I don't find you and I have anything in common. You, sir, aren't as bright as you think you are. Goodbye and good luck.
Bullshit. We have a militia and a well regulated one at that.
I'm proud to even be a standing part of it, and any crook which comes within ten feet of me who wishes to tangle is going to feel the burn of a 250,000 taser right to the skull...
So don't tell us we aren't worthy or haven't earned the right to a "well regulated militia" because, actually we have.
We ARE the real militia and that is in our very constitution, you can read it if you just open it up. We can fight entire wars without a military at all, if we were forced to, but that's NOT happening. The fact is, our republic still stands.
First, thank you all for promising not to break the law.
Second, there will come a time when you will actively have to defend the Constitution-- simply refusing to obey illegal orders is not enough to preserve it.
That means acting.
Anonymous said...
First, thank you all for promising not to break the law.
Second, there will come a time when you will actively have to defend the Constitution-- simply refusing to obey illegal orders is not enough to preserve it.
That means acting.
July 14, 2009 2:42 PM
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First
You're welcome.
It is our Honor and our Duty to Obey the Constitution. The Law of the Land.
"Laws" that are not in keeping with the Constitution are thereby null and void on their faces and unfortunately they are legion.
Our elected officials have dishonored themselves for generations and it is our intention to help them "see the Light and the error of their ways" by reminding them of the exact wording and meaning of their Oath to the Constitution included within their Oath of Office.
Second
You are correct it does indeed mean "acting" and the action we are currently actively taking is to educate our fellow oath takers in an effort to convert them to Oath Keepers and thereby forestall a violent confrontation.
With Luck and a sufficient effort on our part we do believe that it is possible and that we can indeed forestall the direct [or indirect] application of tyranny to this nation without resorting to open conflict.
We [at least most of us] realize that this may not be possible as well and provision is being made, individually, for that unhappy possibility.
We are a brand new voluntary association and we are already causing "waves" within the consciousness of the public.
The Fact of our presence and our stated Commitment to defend the Constitution gives pause to the NWO/fascist/socialist types and those reactions are already being seen.
Given time I think we will prevail and our Constitutional Republic will be restored.
For the Republic
Anonymous said...
Bullshit. We have a militia and a well regulated one at that.
I'm proud to even be a standing part of it, and any crook which comes within ten feet of me who wishes to tangle is going to feel the burn of a 250,000 taser right to the skull...
So don't tell us we aren't worthy or haven't earned the right to a "well regulated militia" because, actually we have.
We ARE the real militia and that is in our very constitution, you can read it if you just open it up. We can fight entire wars without a military at all, if we were forced to, but that's NOT happening. The fact is, our republic still stands.
July 6, 2009 3:50 AM
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" We ARE the real militia and that is in our very constitution, you can read it if you just open it up."
Please explain this statement.
I find the militia mentioned in the Constitution only in that it is stated in Article 1 Section 8 that Congress shall have the power:
"To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer term than two Years;
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To provide for the calling forth of the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service Of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress:
And here in Article 1 Section 10:
No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.
The Militia Acct of 1792 States that all white males over the age of 16 and under the age of 45 Are in the Militia. They are REQUIRED by Law to provide themselves at their own expense with a musket, bayonet and belt, two spare flints, a cartridge box with 24 bullets, and a knapsack and If they are called out to either attend training or to defend their town, county, State or the Country.
And for the last time here in Article 2 Section 1:
The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States:
There is no mention of a "standing militia" or of a "National" or "Federal" militia.
The militia is, was and has always been .... all able bodied men between 16 and 45 of age residing in each State.
Standing Armies were anathema to the Founding Fathers. It was their own Standing Army [The Kings Regulars-the Redcoats-the Lobsterbacks] that they had to defeat to preserve their ability to keep their personal arms and powder.
I am interested to hear where the Constitution creates or makes a Militia, any militia.
You MAY be thinking of the Militia act of 1903 that stole the Militias from the States and gave them to the Fed BUT .... that is Not the Constitution.
Not on Our Watch
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