Texas Governor Deploys State Guard To Stave Off Obama Takeover

By Verified Atheist on Mon, 05/04/2015 - 10:06am |

From TFA:

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.

Note that this is from NPR and not The Onion.

URL:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2015/05/02/403865824/texas-governor-deploys-state-guard-to-stave-off-obama-takeover

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Both the link and the Onion comment came from a friend's Facebook post, but as the link shows, this is really, truly an NPR story. No kidding.

by Verified Atheist on Mon, 05/04/2015 - 10:07am

Yeah, I am struck that we see Texas as out of this world.

Let us void all agreemets, close all forts....

Let them secede for chrissakes!

by Richard Day on Mon, 05/04/2015 - 4:41pm

I am beginning to wonder about if the insane have totally taken over the GOP. These militia guys know better then to attack the special forces. They might of been able to play patty cake with the Department of Land Management but this is a little too crazy. Texas is hot and dry, like the middle east, so where do you think they are going to train? Duh?

by trkingmomoe on Mon, 05/04/2015 - 5:52pm

LOL...Ted Cruz is jumping in. No one out crazies Ted in Texas.

http://thinkprogress.org/election/2015/05/04/3654652/ted-cruz-jade-helm/

President Obama is planning to use Special Forces to impose martial law in Texas and will hold political prisoners in abandoned Wal-Mart buildings, according to a group of concerned Texans. This internet-fueled conspiracy theory may sound too ridiculous to actually believe, but Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is pandering to those who distrust the government, telling them he will ask the Pentagon for answers.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said last week he is ordering the Texas State Guard to monitor Jade Helm 15, a Navy SEAL/Green Beret joint war simulation which will take place across seven states beginning this summer. The conspiracy theoriests say Obama is actually planning to use the exercise to put political prisoners into FEMA camps in the closed Wal-Marts by transporting them in train cars that already have beenprepared with shackles.

by trkingmomoe on Mon, 05/04/2015 - 10:38pm

It's all ridiculous but there's an easy way to convince them it couldn't happen that I think they will find totally believable. Just tell them Superman would never let the military take over American because it's unamerican and he stands for Truth, Justice, and the American way. It wouldn't be the first time he intervened. In the early days of his career he uncovered corruption in the congress and met several times with FDR.

by ocean-kat on Tue, 05/05/2015 - 2:55am

I am laughing so hard right now at this. This is a funny take on all this. Please read and enjoy.

http://www.stonekettle.com/2015/05/jade-helm-insanity-that-ate-texas.html

by trkingmomoe on Tue, 05/05/2015 - 1:45am

Hilarious in a scary kinda way. Not surprisingly, Chuck Norris is joining in.

by Verified Atheist on Tue, 05/05/2015 - 8:59am

It's scary because it proves that for a very large segment of our population political ideology trumps objective reality, and the ability for critical thinking is nil, making them easy targets for control by despots or the purveyors of the ideology.

by NCD on Tue, 05/05/2015 - 10:33am

Everyone seems to have had a good laugh about the paranoia attack in Texas but those crazy Texicans may have done us all a favor by forcing SOCOM to release some information about this huge 'Training Exercise'

Jade Helm 15 , Mastering The Human Domain, will take place in eight western states, Colorado refused to participate, and last for two months this summer. Unconventional Warfare training is the stated goal and if reports are true it will also include groups of military personnel infiltrating civilian populations to test those intelligence capabilities.

I wonder what new war this massive operation is training for?

by Peter (not verified) on Mon, 05/11/2015 - 1:28pm

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