Oath Keepers

I ran across this group: http://oathkeepers.org/oath/ on another site.

In brief, the group is oriented towards members of the military and law enforcement, reminding them that their oaths are sworn to the Constitution of the United States, not its government. They have issued a list of ten orders they will disobey in the event they are given (a quick scan; all ten orders look to me like clear violations of the US Constitution as written and ammended). Noteably, they will not disarm US citizens nor engage in unwarrented searches, arrests, or detentions.

This is one of those groups I'm ambiguous about. On the face of it, I wholeheartedly support their stated goals. I strongly suspect I'd be quite at home in any large assembly of such people, at least so long as the group stayed 'on topic.'

However, I'm wary as well. Such motives are used as comoflage by a particularly dangerous brand of extremist.

In the end, it comes down to timing. I have no doubt that if the US keeps going in the direction it is now there will come a time when our government will break the Constitution; it has certainly bent it almost out of recognition already! However I believe that the break has not happened yet, and also that it is not inevitable. And for the record, while the Assault Weapons Ban is high on my list of un-Constitutional legislation, the Patriot Act is much, much worse. The TSA (formed, you will note, by a Republican President) is more a violation of the rights of citizens than anything PBHO has done to date that I'm aware of.

So I don't want to connect myself to a group that believes the time has already come. However, I do feel the desire to support and spread the message.

Any thoughts?