Since General Sam Houston executed his famous retreat to glory to defeat the superior forces of General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Texas has been ground zero for military training. We have so many military bases in the Lone Star State we could practically attack Russia.
So when rookie Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced he was ordering the Texas State Guard to monitor a Navy SEAL/Green Beret joint training exercise, which was taking place in Texas and several other states, everybody here looked up from their iPhones. What?
It seems there is concern among some folks that this so-called training maneuver is just a cover story. What's really going on? President Obama is about to use Special Forces to put Texas under martial law.
Imagine that the United States military is conducting a training exercise in the state where you reside—something that happens continuously throughout the year to various sizes and scales—as our brave soldiers, sailors and Marines work hard to prepare to proficiently execute their jobs.
Now, imagine that the governor of a state—someone so riddled with paranoia and a profound sense of self and state importance that he is capable of concluding that these training exercises might, in reality, be a ‘cover’ for a military invasion of his state by the federal government—assigns his State Guard the critical task of “keeping an eye” on the U.S. military lest they commence their invasion.
If you find this scenario beyond your imagination and little more than the stuff of novels, welcome to the world of the sane and rational.
However, should you find this scenario—involving the federal government utilizing a Trojan Horse maneuver by shipping out a bunch of American military to invade and take control of an American state by pretending to stage war games—to be remotely worthy of fear and loathing, then welcome to the world of…Texas.
Responding to conspiracy theorists jamming the Internet with their fears that the military exercise, dubbed “Jade Helm 15”, is nothing more than a ruse designed to hide the true intentions of the federal government—the invasion of Texas—Texas Governor Greg Abbott yesterday ordered the Texas State Guard to carefully monitor the military training exercise—looking for signs that the military is planning to confiscate Texans’ guns or impose martial law.
I thought this was an Onion article where I first came across this! Wouldn't you need more than a few Spec Ops units to take over state the size of Texas? You know, like several divisions? What kind of idiots are running the Republican party in Texas?!
Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions. – G.K. Chesterton
The same ones who would like to run the country, unfortunately.
"If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts." - Albert Einstein "I don't stand by anything." - Trump “Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.” - John Stuart Mill, Inaugural Address Delivered to the University of St Andrews, 2/1/1867 “It is the impractical things in this tumultuous hell-scape of a world that matter most. A book, a name, chicken soup. They help us remember that, even in our darkest hour, life is still to be savored.” - Poe, Altered Carbon
"My office has reached out to the Pentagon to inquire about this exercise," Cruz, a Texas senator, told Bloomberg at the South Carolina Republican Party's annual convention. "We are assured it is a military training exercise. I have no reason to doubt those assurances, but I understand the reason for concern and uncertainty, because when the federal government has not demonstrated itself to be trustworthy in this administration, the natural consequence is that many citizens don't trust what it is saying."
Every time he opens his mouth, I feel the need to shower. He's the epitome of the sleazy scumbag politician.
"My office has reached out to the Pentagon to inquire about this exercise," Cruz, a Texas senator, told Bloomberg at the South Carolina Republican Party's annual convention. "We are assured it is a military training exercise. I have no reason to doubt those assurances, but I understand the reason for concern and uncertainty, because when the federal government has not demonstrated itself to be trustworthy in this administration, the natural consequence is that many citizens don't trust what it is saying."
Every time he opens his mouth, I feel the need to shower. He's the epitome of the sleazy scumbag politician.
So....I don't get it. Does he support the troops or not? Is he patriotic or not? These aren't just weekend warriors on training, these are probably career lifers.
"Military training exercise" could mean anything. They could be training to storm the statehouse and force the governor into a gay marriage at gun point.
"My office has reached out to the Pentagon to inquire about this exercise," Cruz, a Texas senator, told Bloomberg at the South Carolina Republican Party's annual convention. "We are assured it is a military training exercise. I have no reason to doubt those assurances, but I understand the reason for concern and uncertainty, because when the federal government has not demonstrated itself to be trustworthy in this administration, the natural consequence is that many citizens don't trust what it is saying."
Every time he opens his mouth, I feel the need to shower. He's the epitome of the sleazy scumbag politician.
So....I don't get it. Does he support the troops or not? Is he patriotic or not? These aren't just weekend warriors on training, these are probably career lifers.
"My office has reached out to the Pentagon to inquire about this exercise," Cruz, a Texas senator, told Bloomberg at the South Carolina Republican Party's annual convention. "We are assured it is a military training exercise. I have no reason to doubt those assurances, but I understand the reason for concern and uncertainty, because when the federal government has not demonstrated itself to be trustworthy in this administration, the natural consequence is that many citizens don't trust what it is saying."
Every time he opens his mouth, I feel the need to shower. He's the epitome of the sleazy scumbag politician.
So....I don't get it. Does he support the troops or not? Is he patriotic or not? These aren't just weekend warriors on training, these are probably career lifers.
Yes...if they're protecting the borders from the Mexican and other latino hordes and as long as the military bases in Texas stay open.
Black lives matter!
Wise words of warning from Smoove B: Oh, how you all laughed when I warned you about the semen. Well, who's laughing now?
I can't imagine, even at my most inebriated, hearing a bouncer offering me an hour with a stripper for only $1,400 and thinking That sounds like a reasonable idea.-Two Sheds
I'm intrigued. Can you tell me more about the Tiger repelling rock? Would it work with other felines? Or is it just Tiger based? Would two rocks expand the repelling parameters? Can these rocks be made mobile? And lastly, can I blame Obama for the Tiger crisis we're currently facing in Texas?
"The world is suffering more today from the good people who want to mind other men's business than it is from the bad people who are willing to let everybody look after their own individual affairs." - Clarence Darrow
“It’s pretty sad and bad when major military ops are ordered in a large, fiery state like Texas and not even the governor or its senators know the specifics.”
Ted Cruz is on the Senate Armed Forces Committee. What isn't he telling us?
“It’s pretty sad and bad when major military ops are ordered in a large, fiery state like Texas and not even the governor or its senators know the specifics.”
Ted Cruz is on the Senate Armed Forces Committee. What isn't he telling us?
You'd think the tin-foil hatters would realize that and think he's in on it. But maybe they just give all Canadians a pass.
Reagan was the president of a union in Hollywood. There's no way anyone with those credentials could make a conservative campaign work these days, even with making it public that he was an informant.
Isgrimnur wrote:Reagan was the president of a union in Hollywood. There's no way anyone with those credentials could make a conservative campaign work these days, even with making it public that he was an informant.
And his credentials are what, he played a grunt in the movies?
Credentials? He's Chuck Norris!
"The world is suffering more today from the good people who want to mind other men's business than it is from the bad people who are willing to let everybody look after their own individual affairs." - Clarence Darrow
And his credentials are what, he played a grunt in the movies?
Credentials? He's Chuck Norris!
He's one of the original Delta Force members! And he single handedly saved us from a Cuban invasion! Who better to tell us the truth... (or he's in on it)
Black lives matter!
Wise words of warning from Smoove B: Oh, how you all laughed when I warned you about the semen. Well, who's laughing now?
“It’s pretty sad and bad when major military ops are ordered in a large, fiery state like Texas and not even the governor or its senators know the specifics.”
Ted Cruz is on the Senate Armed Forces Committee. What isn't he telling us?
Cruz has missed the majority of committee hearings and now ranks 97th in the first three months of this year in showing up for roll call votes on the floor.
And his credentials are what, he played a grunt in the movies?
Credentials? He's Chuck Norris!
He's one of the original Delta Force members! And he single handedly saved us from a Cuban invasion! Who better to tell us the truth... (or he's in on it)
And as such he is immanently qualified to reinforce paranoid delusions. Go Chuck!
Too bad they lost the element of surprise. The army totally could have taken over Texas, but now that the National Guard is there - there's no way tanks and jets could stand up to that.
U.S. Rep. David Brat (R-Virginia) told conservative talk radio host Rusty Humphries that a Middle Eastern militia had already raised its black flag in the Lone Star State.
"In our country it looks like we have an ISIS center in Texas now, that's been reported last week," he said. "You can't make up what a terrible problem this is."
"The world is suffering more today from the good people who want to mind other men's business than it is from the bad people who are willing to let everybody look after their own individual affairs." - Clarence Darrow
Norris!
