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“Article Six of the United States Constitution requires all government officials at every level – from the dogcatcher to the President – to take the same oath,” said Richard I. Mack, former sheriff of Graham County, Ariz., and Oath Keepers board member. “We’re required by the supreme law of the land to swear an oath of allegiance to the Constitution.” – Sheriff Mack

Tea Party groups and Republican candidates swiftly condemned Hoffa. The Tea Party Express called the comments “inexcusable,” saying they amounted to “a call for violence on peaceful Tea Party members.” The national group, along with Tea Party Nation, urged President Obama to condemn the remarks.

Is freedom a place, or an idea? A state of society, or a state of mind? Does it begin around us, or within us? In today’s world of the all-you-can-eat sensory buffet, where every facet of life is a bit and a byte and a radio wave and a laser beam, most of humanity looks for all of its answers to such questions in the grand ether of the tumbling data stream. – Brandon Smith

“In the last month, he put a gun to his head three times. He told me every day was a struggle to wake up and want to live,” Joppa-Hagemann said. “He said the things he had seen and done, no God would have forgiven him.”

Outside assistance from other state’s National Guard units is needed because the Vermont National Guard’s helicopter fleet is deployed on a mission in Iraq.

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