Archive for August, 2011

From David Codrea, at Gun Rights Examiner:
Paul W. Davis shares some sad news:
It is with great sorrow and regret that I must inform you of the passing of Linda Fincher, Wayne Fincher’s wife. She passed away sometime early in the morning, the 28th of August at her home. At this time the [...]

We will be adding videos as we find them.

If you have pictures or video of the Quartzsite event that you would like to share, please email them to: quartzsite@oathkeepers.org

This is like something out of Soviet Russia. Apparently, now only “authorized journalists” (as in “state authorized propaganda agents”) are allowed to film politicians as they “interact” with the public. The public, as in you “little people,” are not allowed to film. “You are not the press,” the officer snaps as he disarms a man of his camera. Apparently this officer has not heard of blogging, or citizen journalism. Or perhaps he has heard of those, and that is exactly what he and his masters are trying to stop. Bottom line is that you are not a safe, friendly, dependable “authorized journalist” and letting you film, letting you report or blog on what you see, well, that would be “dangerous” and must be stopped for “security reasons” to “protect the constituents” though none of the constituents are complaining about being filmed.

This past year, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down much of the “Honest Services Fraud” law that federal prosecutors were using as the catch-all for targeting whomever they wanted to have thrown into prison. As I wrote two years ago, this law was the ultimate prosecutorial weapon for people who already have an arsenal of injustice.

Oath Keepers, along with the Sons of Liberty Riders, the Greater Phoenix Tea Party Patriots, the Campaign For Liberty, RidersUSA, Freedom’s Phoenix, and numerous other patriot/Constitutionalist groups, will muster in support of the ‘Quartzsite Ten’ – the ten officers/employees of the Quartzsite, Arizona, Police Department who have blown the whistle and leveled allegations of corruption in Quartzsite, Arizona.

UPDATE, August 25, 2011: CHARLES DYER HAS TURNED HIMSELF IN
John Shirley, our Texas Chapter President, has just learned that Charles Dyer turned himself in to some uniformed deputies in Fort Bent County, Texas, this morning, without incident.    We consider this very good news.  Now we just hope he has a fair trial with all the [...]

It is historically evident that in every modern economic collapse, city dependent cultures are far less resilient than farming cultures. During the hyperinflationary crisis of 1920s Wiemar Germany, Austria, and Hungary, those tied to city life, indeed, went hungry, while those in the country had food.

The trustees who oversee Social Security are urging Congress to shore up the disability system by reallocating money from the retirement program, just as lawmakers did in 1994. That would provide only short-term relief at the expense of weakening the retirement program.

Claims for disability benefits typically increase in a bad economy because many disabled people get laid off and can’t find a new job. This year, about 3.3 million people are expected to apply for federal disability benefits. That’s 700,000 more than in 2008 and 1 million more than a decade ago.

Citadel used to sell firearms but got out of the “gun business” a few years ago because it was no longer worth it due to all of the regulatory requirements and dealing with the bureaucracy of the ATF. They now only sell ammunition and firearms accessories, but have expanded their business to include preparedness items like generators, MRE’s, camping gear, etc. John also operates Silver State Mint and produced the Oath Keepers silver coins. John had not heard of any local request by the FBI but appreciated the heads up and we keep an eye out. – Terry Flink

The council also directed town manager, Alex Taft, to assist Mr. Oldham with preparing and submitting an application to the BLM for the runway extension. The very next day Mr. Oldham submitted a request to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to gain an official airstrip designator that would have placed the Quartzsite Emergency Airstrip on FAA Sectional Charts. This was an important step to inform all general aviation pilots of a safe place to land in the event of an in-flight emergency. All was well and Quartzsite once again had a safe place for aircraft to land.

I first met Sheriff Mark Gower at the Oath Keepers conference in Las Vegas in 2009. He spoke about the challenges he was experiencing as a County Sheriff in southern Utah with the overreach of the federal government into his jurisdiction. – Terry Flink, Oath Keepers Board of Directors

Chief of Police at Quartzsite, Arizona, has asked me to publish the following statement, and I am glad to do so, in the interest of hearing, and sharing, both sides of the story. I would like to thank Chief Jeff Gilbert for submitting a statement. The following is the exact statement sent to me by Chief Jeff Gilbert of the Quartzsite Police Department. – Elias Alias

So. The State Department is waging an Info War, according to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. If an external suggestion coming from a concentrated corporate program or a government policy program attempts to influence how one thinks or perceives, what should you and I think of that? Isn’t that mental intrusion, and therefore a form of mental aggression? Is there any other way to view this aside from its frontal direct meaning, that we are being attacked by a policy which is intent upon intruding into our very own minds where it seeks to influence our thoughts and perceptions?

By Brandon Smith
Alt-Market.com
I think at this point it is fair to say that the name “Barack Obama” has become irrevocably synonymous with the phrase “Brownshirts”, and with very good reason. Riding the euphoric wave of a Prozac addled collectivist saturated puppy-love election season, the teleprompter dependent basketball playing android immediately [...]

Oath Keepers Exclusive: An FBI Denver Joint Terrorism Task Force handout being distributed to Colorado military surplus store owners lists the purchase of popular preparedness items and firearms accessories as “suspicious” and “potential indicators of terrorist activities,” instructing store owners to keep

If what they profess they stand for looks familiar, it should because it reflects the philosophical underpinnings of our Founding Fathers when they constructed the Articles of Confederation (1787) and the United States Constitution (1789). These beliefs also form the construct of what every police officer and armed forces members swears to (your Oath of Office modified) when entering the public service. Basically, the members are reaffirming their commitment to the ideologies established by John Adams, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, et al. – Keith R. Lavery, for Officer dot com

Around the world, starting Monday, all eyes are on the markets. The tension is palpable. The uncertainty is ample. And anger is heavy in the air. As predicted, the debt ceiling deal was not only NOT enough to assuage economic fears, it actually exacerbated them, triggering a flight from the Dow, and creating a decisive opportunity for ratings agency S&P to cut the once perfect U.S. credit rating from AAA to AA+.

At Alt-Market, we often talk about points of balance, and how certain moments in history become highly visible indicators of balance lost. If we pay close attention, and know what we are looking for, these moments can be recognized, allowing us time to shield ourselves from the explosion and the resulting financial shrapnel. The past two weeks have culminated into one of these defining events that tell us the tide has fully turned, and something new and dangerous is just over the horizon. The question now is; what should we expect?

The nature of the credit downgrade situation is not necessarily “unprecedented” in history, but it is surely unprecedented on the scale we see currently in the U.S. It is difficult to predict how exactly the investment world will react. Some consequences, though, are probable, if not inevitable. Let’s examine the events we are likely to see in the coming weeks as well as the coming months, as nations attempt to adjust to America’s final plunge…