October 20th, 2009

Current Serving Police Officer Sounds Off

I am so glad to have found this organization. I trust we stick together and I am confident most freedom-loving citizens of our country will support us.

“It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government.”
Thomas Paine

Paul Balmer
Chief Master-At-Arms, USN
Police Officer, Clearwater, FL Police Dept.

NOTE: Officer Balmer’s statement was first posted as a comment on our Declaration of Orders We Will Not Obey. Thank you for stepping up officer Balmer. You are a fitting example of the credo, “Not on my watch,” which is a statement Navy personnel in particular know very well.

For the Republic,

Stewart Rhodes

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9 Responses to “Current Serving Police Officer Sounds Off”

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Charles Edward McGee Says:
October 20th, 2009 at 11:00 am
Glad to be in the same outfit with you Chief. There are more of us than they want to think about. The Constitution is and always will be the supreme law of this land. “The citizens of this nation were the ones who ratified the Constitution and we don’t need someone in a black robe to interpret it for us.” That is from Paul Curtman, the Marine veteran who confronted Sen. Claire McCaskill and now is running for a state representative seat in Missouri. Thank God for some of the younger veterans that are stepping up.
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B Peters Says:
October 20th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
I come to the Oath Keepers site frequently to read the testimonials. Though I seldom post a comment, I am truly grateful to each and every one of you. Officer Balmer, I am especially uplifted by reading your post; there are so many negative posts/videos online portraying police brutality. I have frequently stated that I believe this brutality is practiced by a very few bad apples, not the majority. I’m an older lady who grew up in an era when police officers were truly there ‘to serve and protect’. Every post by officers such as yourself dispels the myth that “all cops are bad”, especially in light of the recent G-20 Summit fiasco. You have my utmost respect, Sir.
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lynda leigh Says:
October 20th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
Where were you in 2001 when our liberties were curtailed post 9/11? Why are you organizing now?
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Sylvan Tieger Says:
October 20th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
AYE ,Aye Chief and the oath we took still stands to protect this great country from all who dare try to take away our freedoms

USN 65 -68 Kiddie cruiser

NYC Aux police Sgt (ret)
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Captkit Says:
October 20th, 2009 at 10:19 pm
Votes can change thoughts.only if oath keepers
manage to make a difference do we have a have
a chance.Sheriff Mack whom I know.Asks you to think.
It is all about the Constitution of the USA.
OATH KEEPER,
KIT
PS.HOW CAN WE NOT BE UPSET?
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Captkit Says:
October 20th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
WHEN ITS ALL ABOUT GREED,POWER,PORK.AND NOT GIVING
OUR TROOPS SUPPORT.PROGRAMS DESTROYING THE ECONOMIC
BASE OF PEOPLE OF THE COUNTRY.
THE DAMN CEO’BOUNSES COULD HAVE GIVEN OUR TROOPS WITH WHAT THEY NEED.YOA THATS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
MY FAMILY OF SERVICE MEN AN WOMEN ARE FIGHTIHNG
FOR YOU AND YOUR ON THE TOP FLOOR OF A BUILDING COLLECTING BILLIONS OF BONUSES.
WOULD LOVE TO TAKE YOU IN YOU $7000.00 SUIT AND SHOES IN TO THE ZONES FOR A WEEK.
THE PORK IN BILLS COULD HAVE GIVEN ELDERS A COST OF LIVING INCREASE.
CONGRESS AND SENATE AND PRESIDENT GOT ONE.
AND YOU WANT TO GIVE US $250.00. WITH OUT GIVEN OUR SERVICE PEOPLE WHAT THEY NEED.
DO YOU ACTUALLY
THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE GOING TO CARE TO PUT
UP WITH YOUR DECISIONS.I AM OLD BUT WILL NOT
LEAVE THIS PLANET WITH OUT SEEING US GO BACK TO THE CONSTITUTION .
AMERICANS AND SERVICE PEOPLE WILL NEVER ELECT
BACK INTO OFFICE PEOPLE THAT DO NOT
SERVE THEIR OATH.
THRU POWER,GREED AND LACK OF INTEGRITY YOU HAVE
FAILED THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
I AND HOPE WE CAN REDUCE YOUR RETIRE FUNDS TO BE PUT TO BETTER USE,
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Ron Says:
October 20th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
As a 62 year old Vet.
I am ashamed of the path my Country has been following.
Where is the Constitution being followed?
The grown ups have failed at doing their jobs.
As I see kids growing up with no respect for flag or Country. To them, it’s all a free ride.
The Country is in a mess. The schools are so screw up. Kids don’t care about being patriotic citizen.
This Country was founded under one God. We took our oaths to God.
We say The Pledge of Allegiance to the flag, with one nation under God.
Our solders did not die in gang fights. They died for freedom. It was not a race thing, it was not for greed.
It was to have a elected Government. voted in for the people, and by the people to serve the people.
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Captkit Says:
October 21st, 2009 at 12:08 am
lynda leigh SORRY SOME OF US WERE IN THE FIELD
AT THAT TIME,PLEASE FORGIVE US.I WOULD BE MORE THAN
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY MORE QUESTIONS.
I WILL BE HAPPY TO SEND YOU A PERSONAL WEBSITE OR PHONE NUMBER.IT HAS NOT BEEN AN EASY JOURNEY.
WHICH IS FAR FROM OVER.EVERY PERSON LOST IS A FAMILY
MEMBER.
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Steve Stone Says:
October 21st, 2009 at 9:02 am
It’s refreshing to find a group of patriots who actually have the “cajones” to take an active part in trying to protect citizens from the encroaching piecemeal deprivation of our constitutional rights by those in high places.

I served in the USAF Security Service from 1959-1966, took my oath proudly, and seriously.

Just as I swore an oath to my wife 47 years ago, until death do us part, my oath to defend the constitution is, likewise, irrevocable.
I, like many others, am a descendant of brave folks who, with a burning desire for liberty, perilously fled from a totalitarian regime to “America, The Beautiful”.

I’ll be damned if I will stand by and let anyone or any government take away these precious freedoms that my grandparents risked their lives to pursue.

I printed up a batch of the “business cards” and will be handing them out to all of the LEO’s, firefighters and veterans I come in contact with.

Peace, brother, and always fight the good fight!!

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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.

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Founder Stewart Rhodes

He is a former firearms instructor and former member of Rep. Ron Paul’s DC staff.

Stewart previously wrote the monthly Enemy at the Gates column for S.W.A.T. Magazine

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.