Oathkeepers

mimi · **Posted:** Sat May 30, 2009 11:19 pm

Really, Tasha? I wonder how many of your members voted for Obama?

PatGund · **Posted:** Sat May 30, 2009 11:23 pm

mimi wrote:

Really, Tasha? I wonder how many of your members voted for Obama?

Considering how cozy the birthers and the tax protest people seem to be with the "Oathkeepers", I'd say not many.

My attitude was where were these "oathkeepers" when Bush and Chaney were taking a dump on the US Constitution, running our armed forces to the point of burnout, and using the troops for stage props?? It seems strange they have this sudden "concern" for the Constitution now that Obama is President...........

mimi · **Posted:** Sun May 31, 2009 12:52 am

The Oathkeeper ponders liability. And money.

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I am still trying to sort out what our membership policy will be. At the moment, it is open membership, and starting on April 19, we began charging $20.00 a year dues (that amount can change, perhaps to $25.00 a year).

We have had some (both current police and retired police) suggest we have a more exclusive membership process, by which we screen people carefully as a form of protection of our reputations and also to limit liability (both legal, and political) but I am really leaning toward a broad, inclusive membership with no screening, such as the NRA, GOA, JPFO, and Campaign for Liberty. All of those groups let anyone join, and don't screen people. For example, NRA charges $35.00 a year for membership. Go here to see their application:

https://membership.nrahq.org/forms/signup.asp

Anyone can join. And here is the sign up page for Campaign for Liberty, which is also $35.00 a year for dues paying, or free, with much reduced access and perks:

https://www.campaignforliberty.com/signup.php#form

None of those groups screen their many members, and because they don't screen, it is allot tougher to hold them responsible for something one of their many, many members does. We have already gotten hundreds of emails asking how to join Oath Keepers, and people really want to be members, and are apparrently willing to pay dues. I think it likely we could very quickly have thousands of members. That could both bring in much needed revenue, and also give us some serious political clout and cover. And, as with the other orgs, it is precisely because we would not screen or vett people that we cover our butts (just as I currently have the blog set on open comments, without pre-screening and approval, since I don't have time to read each comment, but will remove any offensive, racist, or threatening comments once I become aware of them).

If we make it a very exclusive, small club of members made up of only those we have screened and vetted, with others being just supporters with no membership status, I think it will really hurt the growth of Oath Keepers and lessen the enthusiasm, And it will mean we forgo the funds that come with many dues paying members.

And if we vett people, now the media, and even a prosecutor, can all the more argue that we own what they do. [...]

http://www.thementalmilitia.com/forums/ ... ic=21625.0

bogus info · **Joined:** Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:19 pm **Posts:** 5492

Mimi,

As always, you are a wealth of information for me. I cannot be everywhere and collect everything to provide for my law enforcement contact. Keep up the good work and I appreciate you always providing the source.

mimi · **Posted:** Mon Jun 08, 2009 9:23 pm

Tasha has suggested that we stop "discussing" her. So... from now on... nobody discuss Tasha.

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I'm considering removing those last post because some freaks from around the web are copying my blog and "discussing " it.

Apparently liberals have suddenly caught a disease. Wherein they now believe the executive is all powerful and saying anything against him amounts to treason.

Liberals, Listen Up

For eight years I've been yelling from the roof tops til I was blue in the face warning against Bush and essentially everything he was doing and or about to do.

For eight years liberals have been saying "right on". We're with you. The President should not be a dictator.

I have not changed!!!

I'm saying the same thing but now receive a totally different response. "Where have you been for the last eight years. What do you mean Obama can't do this? "

I've been here! Where are they now?

If I say I'm being targeted for my political beliefs they say,"What? Well, how does it feel? This is what we've been dealing with for eight years."

If warn against Obama's gun grabbing pals, they say "What? That's fear mongering! "

Listen you "tolerant" liberals; say what again. Say what one more goddamn time.

Do I look like a bitch?

Maybe I am.

But I'm a libertarian bitch.

-Tasha

I'm not posting the link, cuz she might get all paranoid or something.

Meanwhile, over the The Oathkeeper Husband's blog, the newest member is a Lawyer.

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My name is Stevan Douglas Looney. I live and work in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I am a veteran of the US Army, where I was an infantry soldier ( 11 Bravo) from 1970 to 1972. After completing jump school at Fort Benning, Georgia, I was assigned to the 82nd Arbn Div. at Fort Bragg, NC. I was honorably discharged in March 1972.

I am a lawyer admitted to the Bar of New Mexico, the US Supreme Court, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, the US Tax Court and the US District Court for the District of New Mexico. I have been practicing law for nearly 30 years.

and a truther.

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My political and economic ideology and points of view are best depicted in the works of Edwin Vieira (Pieces Of Eight, Crash Maker, and his work on revitalization the Constitutional Militia), G. Edward Griffin (The Creature From Jekyll Island, Freedomforce), David Ray Griffin (exposing the contradictions in the official conspiracy theory of 9/11), among others. Putting my name into a search engine will yield some of the work I have been involved in, including pro bono work testifying before the New Mexico Legislature to impeach Bush and Cheney, seeking to ban the distribution of products in New Mexico containing aspartame, and seeking to protect the civil rights of persons who have been subjected to violations of their civil rights, e.g., Timothy "Little Rock" Reed and Ernest Garcia. I am also one of the founders of Veterans for 9/11 Truth. www.v911t.org

http://oath-keepers.blogspot.com/2009/0 ... r-and.html

realist · **Joined:** Fri Jan 23, 2009 1:33 pm **Posts:** 23571

OMG!!! I know Steve Looney. I have known him for at least 20 years. Amazing. I would have never guessed he really was...well, looney. :shock:

A little different, yes, but...

Dallasite · **Posted:** Tue Jun 09, 2009 2:50 am

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My political and economic ideology and points of view are best depicted in the works of Edwin Vieira (Pieces Of Eight, Crash Maker, and his work on revitalization the Constitutional Militia), G. Edward Griffin (The Creature From Jekyll Island, Freedomforce), David Ray Griffin ([highlight]exposing the contradictions in the official conspiracy theory of 9/11[/highlight]), among others.

Lola_Getz · **Posted:** Tue Jun 09, 2009 4:33 am

realist wrote:

OMG!!! I know Steve Looney. I have known him for at least 20 years. Amazing. I would have never guessed he really was...well, looney. :shock:

A little different, yes, but...

Looney by name, looney by nature.

mimi · **Posted:** Thu Jun 11, 2009 12:21 pm

Tasha posted the links to her husband's old blog. I just went over. It's the blog he wrote before he became "The Oath-Keeper". His bio appears at the top.

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[center]Dirt Rhodes Scholar[/center]

Blog of E. Stewart Rhodes, ex-paratrooper, disabled vet, ex-firearms instructor, former Ron Paul staff member, Yale Law grad/Research Scholar, & Montana/Nevada lawyer. Stewart has written for Gerry Spence's The Warrior, for moreliberty.org, writes the Enemy at the Gate column for S.W.A.T. Magazine, and is writing a book on the dangers of applying the laws of war to the American people in the "war on terror." Stewart is NOT a liberal, unless you want to consider him a classical liberal.

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About Me
Stewart Rhodes
Rocky Mountain, Montana, United States
Stewart is the founder and Director of Oath Keepers. He served as a U.S. Army paratrooper until disabled in a rough terrain parachuting accident during a night jump. He is a former firearms instructor and former member of Rep. Ron Paul's DC staff. 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. He is a staff attorney with Jefferson Legal Foundation and has assisted in constitutional litigation in state and federal courts. Stewart currently writes the monthly Enemy at the Gates column for S.W.A.T. Magazine, and has written for The Warrior, the journal of Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyer’s College; for www.moreliberty.org; and for JPFO. Stewart has appeared on several radio shows, was invited to speak at Stanford University on unlawful enemy combatant status, and teaches classes on the Constitution and Bill of Rights. He welcomes e-mail at stewart.Rhodes@aya.yale.edu.

mimi · **Posted:** Fri Jul 17, 2009 2:37 am

They are getting restless over at Repubx. But, knowing how Stewart & Tasha feel that Oathkeepers is just a big, happy family, I thought I'd bring this comment over:

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7/16/2009 2:51:23 PM #

@ Phineas M.:
The worse peril to our security is the Muslim 'usurper' in now..hold onto your hat..he's about to be removed by a resistance movement waiting and ready to take our country back(unless he escapes and could be the reason they sold their house that wasn't really their house)...........check out this site if you have the balls.....

http://oath-keepers.blogspot.com/

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JJ

http://216.221.102.26/blogger/post/Robe ... px#comment

Adelante · **Posted:** Thu Jan 21, 2010 9:31 am

Little Green Footballs

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Tea Party 'Hero' Arrested For Rape, Stolen Grenade Launcher Discovered

A former Marine and current member of the Oathkeepers militia group, who was a featured speaker at the July 4th tea party in Oklahoma, has been arrested on suspicion of rape — and when his home was searched, police discovered a grenade launcher stolen from a California Army base: Domestic Terrorist In Texoma.

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“We come home and those bastards want to talk about how we’re domestic terrorists and a threat to this country. It makes me so angry,” said Charles Dyer, who has been accused of committing rape.

Dyer has been charged with first degree rape. When police searched Dyer’s home for evidence on that charge, they found a grenade launcher that matched the description of one of three that were reportedly stolen from an Army post in California.

More incriminating evidence against Dyer has surfaced in a YouTube video. The Video shows Dyer, a former U.S. Marine, talking proudly about domestic terrorism. “Join the military?”, said Dyer. “Depends on what you want to do with it. Me? Im going to use my training and become one of those domestic terrorists that you’re so afraid of from the DHS reports.”

Res Ipsa · **Posted:** Thu Jan 21, 2010 9:38 am

A rapist with a stolen grenade launcher was a featured Tea Party speaker on behalf of Oathkeepers.

Why am I not surprised.

bogus info · **Joined:** Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:19 pm **Posts:** 5492

He's probably not the only one either. :shock:

Adelante · **Posted:** Thu Jan 21, 2010 10:59 am

The victim was a child.

According to this.

Butterfly Bilderberg · **Posted:** Thu Jan 21, 2010 1:51 pm

Res Ipsa wrote:

A rapist with a stolen grenade launcher was a featured Tea Party speaker on behalf of Oathkeepers.

Why am I not surprised.

Charles Dyer is this guy -- remember him?

link

PatGund · **Posted:** Thu Jan 21, 2010 3:37 pm

It's interesting to note that Oathkeepers seems to be scrubbing their site of anything in reference to "July4Patriot".

For example, the Google Cache

And today's version

Some more interesting stuff here:

http://www.gossip-boy.com/

mimi · **Posted:** Thu Jan 21, 2010 9:07 pm

I posted this under "General Topics" where this guy is being discussed, but thought I'd post it here as well.

GG alerted me to this post by Ed Hale:

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What a nut!!! ***goodbye and stay gone ***

this guy is like a former host here by the name of Jim. They want to use voliences to get thier agenda done. I hope this guy never see the light of day again. If I had know this guy, I would have been the 1st one to call the FBI. I cannot nor will I ever tolerate anyone with this kind of a mindset. Good ridiences.

State Texas

http://pub44.bravenet.com/forum/static/ ... 1&cmd=show

editorkorir · **Posted:** Sat Feb 20, 2010 2:22 pm

This is one of the "lost" posts. On Thursday, I think, Oreilly had the Head Oathkeeper on, and didn't buy the "put Patriots into FEMA camps" paranoia of the Oathkeepers. I saw Mimi posted on this as well, before the darkness fell and PJ went offline.

mimi · **Posted:** Mon Feb 22, 2010 2:21 pm

Mother Jones did a feature. Finally... someone called it what it is. But, I gotta tell you, if these folks made you nervous before, the article won't calm you.

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Oath Keepers and the Age of Treason

Glenn Beck loves them. Tea Partiers court them. Congressmen listen to them. Meet the fast-growing "patriot" group that's recruiting soldiers to resist the Obama administration.

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Yes We Can! ~ Thomas Jefferson

mimi · **Posted:** Mon Feb 22, 2010 2:34 pm

I posted this awhile ago, but just want to point it out again in light of the Mother Jones article. Stewart Rhodes knows he has loose cannons. He thought about it. And, he decided if he didn't screen people, he couldn't be held liable for their actions.

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What Should the Membership Policy for Oath Keepers Be? NEED YOUR INPUT

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Yes We Can! ~ Thomas Jefferson

mimi · **Posted:** Thu Jun 10, 2010 9:25 pm

via: http://ohforgoodnesssake.com/

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Man With Napalm Bomb is Latest Oath Keeper to Face Trial
Posted in 'Patriot' Groups, Extremist Crime by Larry Keller on June 9, 2010

Print This Post Print This Post

This is getting embarrassing. Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes keeps insisting his year-old organization is composed of nothing more than patriotic, Constitution-loving Americans who aren

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Yes We Can! ~ Thomas Jefferson

Dallasite · **Posted:** Fri Jun 11, 2010 8:19 am

mimi wrote:

via: http://ohforgoodnesssake.com/

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Man With Napalm Bomb is Latest Oath Keeper to Face Trial
Posted in 'Patriot' Groups, Extremist Crime by Larry Keller on June 9, 2010

Oops! I think Stewie is gonna be in trouble. Busted with a bomb while on probation for a weapons charge conviction is not a good combo.

Adelante · **Posted:** Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:26 pm

Possibles.

21News - Pennsylvania

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2 prison guards face charges for shooting range homicide

Two corrections officers from the State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill are charged in the shooting death of a Cumberland County attorney and the theft of his custom, silenced rifle, authorities announced late Friday.

Raymond Peake, 64, of Hampden Township, Cumberland County is charged with homicide, robbery and other crimes for the shooting death of Todd Getgen, 42, of Enola. The shooting happened last Wednesday at a State Game Commission rifle range in North Middleton Township, Cumberland County. ...

On Saturday, CBS 21 News obtained court records. In them, Peake told police during an interview that he and Getgen were the only two people at the range. Peake said he found Getgen dead, then took his AR-15 with the attached suppressor. Peake said he later took the AR-15 to Thomas Tuso's home for the purpose of having Tuso keep it for him in Tuso's bedroom. Peake said he told Tuso that the weapon was from the man killed at the rifle range. Peake said Tuso kept guns for him and said they'd been " stealing guns for the purpose of overthrowing the federal government" ( of the United State of America.) Peake said he and Tuso together are members of this organization. Peake refused to name that organization and told police he would " kill to defend his country and he was stealing weapons to defend his country."

mimi · **Posted:** Sat Nov 20, 2010 10:22 pm

Remember July4Patriot (Charles Dyer)? Video is a few posts up. The guy with the mask. He was arrested for stolen grenade launcher and child rape. Anyway, the other day he posted:

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July4Patriots daughter is back in her mothers custody

# Posted by July4patriot on November 16, 2010 at 9:39pm in MILITIA, UNCATEGORIZED

I want to thank everyone for your assistance and support with the situation with DHS.

At 3:00 PM today, custody of the child was given back to her mother under the stipulation that she leave the state of Oklahoma immediately and that her child never have communication with me forever. Yes, even after I am found not guilty in a court of law. DHS gets to decide who is guilty and who is not. Never mind those pesky not guilty jury verdicts. But the most important thing is that the child has been released and is now safe with her mother. She is at this time, being escorted out of the state by 2 unmarked vehicles.

I will give more details to this story in the morning. I will say however, that the militias involvement in this case is the reason that she was returned today and not after the adjudication hearing.

I thank those of you that were involved from the bottom of my heart.

broken:
http://well regulatedamericanmilitias.com/forum/topics/july4patriots-daughter-is-back?xg_source=activity

In the prior stories about him it mentions he was involved in tea party stuff in both Oklahoma (where he was arrested) and in Texas.

Offtopic :

Coincidentally I came across a news article from Nov. 9 of another guy named Charles Dyer in Texas who is charged with sexual assault of a minor. But the oathkeeper's father is "John". Later I saw reference to his stepfather, who may be "John". So, I don't know? Could be just a weird coinkydink I guess.

http://www.cbs7kosa.com/news/details.asp?ID=22382

To refresh your memory, July4Patriot was found not guilty of the grenade launcher thing back in April. He still paypalled for donations for his legal fees for the rape charge.

From April, when he was found not guilty of the weapons charge:

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Stephens County has a hold on Dyer, 29, to return to face local charges of child sexual abuse. A date has not been set by the District Attorney’s office for that charge. It is not known when Dyer will be transferred back to the county jail.

The federal indictment alleged that Dyer was found to be in a possession of a Colt M-203, 40-millimeter grenade launcher on Jan. 12. The weapon was not registered to Dyer in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Records, according to the court documents filed in January.

The National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database had the grenade launcher listed as a stolen weapon in 2006, from Fort Irwin, Calif.. It is allegedly one of three that were stolen from the military base and is not known if the other two have been recovered.

http://duncanbanner.com/local/x99349837 ... not-guilty

I figured maybe he was cleared of those second charges. But I just went to look, and the trial doesn't start until January:

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At the courthouse, Charles Dyer, 29, was also seen on the grounds of the building outside. Dyer is free on bond regarding a felony child sexual abuse charge, after allegations were made against him in January. Dyer faces a trial in January 2011 on that charge.

During that investigation, Dyer was found to be in possession of stolen military property, and appeared in federal court on separate charges. Dyer was found not guilty in a federal courtroom by a jury in April following a two-day trial on the charges of possession of a grenade launcher.

Stephens County Sheriff Wayne McKinney said today that he could not comment on the hearing this morning, but noted that the Federal Bureau of Investigations was involved. SCSO deputies along with Oklahoma Highway Patrol officers were visible around the courthouse which was in a semi-lockdown status.

Dyer and members of a militia he is involved with were waiting outside the courthouse, Dyer said.

http://duncanbanner.com/local/x69328760 ... rity-added

That article indicates that they have to beef up security at the Courthouse. Sounds like a little town in Tennessee.

From what I've seen, people are congratulating him and some are apologizing for things they may have said. They are reacting to his daughter's release from child welfare (or whatever it's called) into her mother's custody as if the trial has been concluded. That he was found not guilty.

He has a militia forum of his own as well. Different than the one I posted above.

He's still active. I can't see his latest video cuz I'm not on the desktop and I forget my YouTube password. He has over 5,700 followers there.

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http://www.youtube.com/user/July4Patriot

There's also a video in his account of Orly at the Cook trial. It's his video, and he narrates at the beginning. He says the clip was taped by a guy named Jim Stachowiak. The video includes a photo of Jim with Orly & the Kook.

I wonder if Jim is the same Jim that Ed Hale says ...

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this guy is like a former host here by the name of Jim. They want to use voliences to get thier agenda done. I hope this guy never see the light of day again. If I had know this guy, I would have been the 1st one to call the FBI. I cannot nor will I ever tolerate anyone with this kind of a mindset. Good ridiences.

That Ed Hale quote from a few posts up.

There's a bunch of stuff running through the intertubz about Jim. This page is from a militia member. They don't think too highly of Jim:

broken:
http://www. jimstachowiak.com/basics.php

So, I thought maybe that was all make up stuff. But, I followed the link back to the gossip boy, and then to the MSM news link:

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The man, whom police identified as James Stachowiak, said he was at the home with the suspect and a woman acquaintance Jennafer Thompson, when the suspect began doing cocaine and became aggressive.

Mr. Griffey allegedly pointed a gun at the victim and began striking him because he claimed the victim set him up in a robbery several years ago, Lt. Peebles said.

Ms. Thompson tried to stop the beating and Mr. Griffey then began beating her in the head with the gun. The suspect then ordered Mr. Stachowiak to remove his shirt and shoes then ordered him into a back bedroom.

Two more men arrived at the home and they all began beating the victim. Fearing for his life, Lt. Peebles said Mr. Stachowiak ran from the room and began yelling for help.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/la ... 1138.shtml

Nothing surprises me anymore.

Reality Check · **Posted:** Sun Nov 21, 2010 1:34 pm

Thanks mimi! Great research - again.

This guy sounds like a dangerous dude. I wish they had more details about the trial for possession of the grenade launcher to see how he beat that one.

Falsehoods unchallenged only fester and grow.

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