Well consider these lines from the article:

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"Oath Keepers collaborates regularly with like-minded citizens groups; last Fourth of July, Rhodes dispatched speakers to administer the oath at more than 30 Tea Party rallies across America."

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Thought this line fit with your often saying that due to the Tea Party rhetoric "somebody is going to get hurt", Ed. Take a little Tea Party and add lots of guns and I wonder what might happen?

Or how about the fact that the Right Wing noisemakers are endorsing them?

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"In a column last October, Pat Buchanan predicted that "Brother Rhodes is headed for cable stardom." Glenn Beck has cited the group as a "phenomenal" example of the "patriot revival movement," while Lou Dobbs declared that its platform "should give solace and comfort to the left in this country."

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Or how about the idea that if they are attacked on tv by a guy like Matthews they get a surge in new members?

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"After a combative Hardball interview in October—host Chris Matthews asked Rhodes whether Oath Keepers had the "firepower to stand up against the federal government"—the group says it gained 2,000 members in three days."

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I wonder if folks at the Huffington Post are actually acting as recruiters for the Oath Keepers?

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"IT IS EASY ENOUGH to dismiss the Oath Keepers as (in the words of Britain's Independent) "right-wing crackpots" or "extremist nimrods" (Huffington Post)."

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