June 11th, 2010

I am proud to be a true patriot of the American spirit

1501pir I have long thought about what my sworn oath to protect the Constitution of the United States of America means to me. As a veteran U.S. Army Paratrooper who served in Operation Enduring Freedom, now a father and husband, I have spent countless hours watching news reels and reading about political events unfolding all around us, and my own faith in my country has been called into question more than once. In the end, this simple chain of thought saved me from the darkness…

What is a Nation, if not its people? A continent can exist without a single inhabitant, as can a mountain, a valley, a hill, a river, a lake, an ocean. Whole landscapes may be born and die without ever having seen a single human footprint, but they will not have been nations. A Nation, in the end, is an ideological and physical representation of the people who call that land home. Each of the sovereign United States would not be a state without its constituents. Without men and women to work, defend, nurture, and claim that land, our states would be nothing more than parcels of dirt and tree. Likewise, our powerful government could not exist without the willful governed.

I swore an Oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States, and have since refined that Oath. My loyalties, my truest kinship, lies with the good men and women of my country who want only to live in liberty and pursue their happiness. Even a document as sacred and hallowed as our Constitution can be distorted and twisted by a politician’s silver tongue, but our brotherly faith and love can never be turned against us.

The day that the military and police are called upon to quell the American People will be the same day that the American People stand together for change, to exercise their divine and sovereign right to direct their elected government. Whether the steps taken to disarm, weaken, and conquer the American people are slow and subtle or quick and brash, I will in no way render my services to the wielders of Tyranny and Oppression, but will instead stand proudly alongside my brother and sister Americans as they struggle to retain their liberty, their sovereignty, and their inalienable rights.

I am proud to be a true patriot of the American spirit, and will always protect those who harbor truth, justice, honor, duty, and loyalty to a righteous cause in their hearts.

Geronimo!

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2 Responses to “I am proud to be a true patriot of the American spirit”

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GLEN MAINE Says:
June 11th, 2010 at 6:08 am
Welcome aboard,and thank you for your service.
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Joseph S. ropse Says:
June 11th, 2010 at 11:25 am
Welcome my brother thank you for your service
and encouraging word of imspiration and support.
God bless you my friend.

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Click here to read full length version. 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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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.

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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.