I've really had my fill of OathKeepers.
Rhodes is at InfoWars proclaiming that they will defend their rights against NDAA to the death.
OK, fair enough. That rhetoric will find few objections among the III.
But is it simply one more case of a hollow hero drawing lines in the sand that will not be defended? Indeed, will OathKeepers not be the very Enforcers of the Enemies of Liberty who murder Citizens under the "Law" of NDAA?
For more than 18 months I have had an open question to the OathKeepers that they refuse to answer: OathKeepers, how do your current members handle enforcement of laws that violate Natural and Constitutional law right now, today? If you arrest a person for carrying a firearm or a joint, if your members participate in home invasions for drug activity, how can we believe that one day in the future your people will refuse orders that violate the Constitution?
Look up hypocrisy, and you see current OathKeepers.
Do any of my readers have the ear of Rhodes? Can you please pose that question to him and let me know if you get a reply? I would really like to know how they square the logic.
I'm writing InfoWars to see if they will ask him, since he is in contact with them.
The reality: OathKeepers would appear to be nothing more than a membership driven money-making enterprise with no genuine moral conviction to the stated goals of the organization. Until I am provided a rational and logical answer to my question, I will hold the same conclusion.
Yes, I hold NRA in the same camp. NRA collects more than $200,000,000 a year.
That's $200 million. That's real money.
And how much did they spend in donations to Congressional candidates in the 2012 cycle?
$270,000. Yep, that's it. And remember, some of that money went to Harry Reid.
I can't find the source, so I hesitate to write this, but I'll do it anyway: According to the Brady folks (who are motivated to inflate the numbers as much as possible) the NRA has contributed only about $21 million to politicians in the last 20 years. They make $200 million per year, and give out an average of 1 million to candidates.
Where does the rest of the money go? Sure, issue advocacy and training accounts for some. But make no mistake, the folks who work in upper management at NRA live in very nice homes in McLean. Until I see otherwise, I have no choiuce but to put OathKeepers in the same category - political groups that are in it only for the money.
One of our very supportive III Patriots suggested that we make the III a dues organization, and that our members be required to assume responsibilities much like volunteer firemen. When there is an event in a particular AO, it will be the responsibility of our local III members to get there and influence the outcome, supported by cash from the III Organization.
I hope we can consider such an evolution, one day. I would love to have even a portion of NRA or OathKeeper funds that we could send to, for instance, III Patriots in Jose Guerera's AO so they could fly our colors, demand redress, and generally shine a patriotic light on every member of that criminal gang in uniform that murdered him.
But we aren't there, yet.
By the way, Mr. Rhodes - were there any OathKeepers on that team? Were there any OathKeepers in the ranks of LEO that gave that raid a stamp of approval? Were there any OathKeepers on the Federal team that invaded the home in Alaska and kidnapped a man in front of men, women and children? Was the Canton cop one of yours? How about Birk, who murdered the deaf woodcarver. Do you have any active members working in Fusion centers and facilitating the violation of rights? Do you have dues-paying members who are, right now, geared-up and planning to kick in the door of some home with suspected drug activity?
Were any of your members sent to the hospital by the guy who was responsible for dropping 6 home invaders in uniform, sending one to the morgue? How about a year earlier when the same SWAT Team killed a man for defending his home and hearth with a golf club...were any of your members on that team?
OathKeepers?
III Patriots: I am working with you to build a political machine. I refuse to help build an organization like NRA or any other that is more interested in paying high salaries to top members than doing the work promised to members. If you ever see our organization drifting in that direction, I invite you to call us on it, in public. I will either explain the circumstances in public to your satisfaction, or I will have failed you.
This is why I chose a 527 organization. Our filings must be public. Had I created a 501, all sorts of financial mischief could be hidden.
That is not how I operate. I put my name on everything I do. I stand tall and I welcome challenge for my beliefs. When the Enemies of Liberty have had enough of my presence, they'll know where to find me.
And that is the only way we will win the war for Liberty - by standing tall, in the open, and defeating by any means necessary every attempt the Enemies of Liberty make to infringe our Rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Thanks, AP: Here is a post AP published on this topic. Let's see if any OathKeepers answer the call.
Here's the link to the Rhodes/InfoWars piece.
Kerodin
III
