Texas National Guard Deployed to Stave Off Obama Takeover

[libertybele]

Obviously there is enough concern surrounding Jade Helm, that Texas is reacting.

Texas Governor Deploys National Guard To Stave Off Obama Takeover

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 National 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...

...It's true that the paranoid world-view of right-wing militia types has remarkable stamina. But that's not news.

What is news is that there seem to be enough of them in Texas to influence the governor of the state to react — some might use the word pander — to them.

That started Monday when a public briefing by the Army in Bastrop County, which is just east of Austin, got raucous. The poor U.S. Army colonel probably just thought he was going to give a regular briefing, but instead 200 patriots shouted him down, told him was a liar and grilled him about the imminent federal takeover of Texas and subsequent imposition of martial law.

"We just want to make sure our guys are trained. We want to hone our skills," Lt. Col. Mark Listoria tried to explain in vain.

One wonders what Listoria was thinking to himself as he walked to his car after two hours of his life he'll never get back. God bless Texas? Maybe not.

The next day Gov. Abbott decided he had to take action. He announced that he was going to ask the State Guard to monitor Operation Jade Helm from start to finish....

http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2015/05/02/403865824/texas-governor-deploys-national-guard-to-stave-off-obama-takeover?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=politics

[libertybele]

Also reported:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3061947/Texas-deploys-national-guard-monitor-Special-Ops-training-exercise-conspircay-theorists-fear-takeover.html

[Big Dog]

Gov Abbott did not order the Texas Army National Guard to observe the exercise. He ordered the Texas State Guard to do so. It's reasonable for a governor to assert the state's right under the 10th Amendment.

The iPad cluching assholes could get their facts straight, but that would  ruin their perfect record.

[libertybele]

Gov Abbott did not order the Texas Army National Guard to observe the exercise. He ordered the Texas State Guard to do so. It's reasonable for a governor to assert the state's right under the 10th Amendment.

The iPad cluching assholes could get their facts straight, but that would  ruin their perfect record.

Thanks for the correction.

[txradioguy]

Gov Abbott did not order the Texas Army National Guard to observe the exercise. He ordered the Texas State Guard to do so. It's reasonable for a governor to assert the state's right under the 10th Amendment.

The iPad cluching assholes could get their facts straight, but that would  ruin their perfect record.

Exactly.  There is a HUGE difference between the Texas National Guard and the Texas State Guard.

[Bad Dog]

Better yet, Greg should send one TX Ranger to keep an eye on things.

[txradioguy]

Better yet, Greg should send one TX Ranger to keep an eye on things.

The idiot that took umbrage with my comment on Twitter to NPR seems to think the Govhas no reason sending anyone.to keep an eye on the Feds.

[Big Dog]

Thanks for the correction.

It's more than a semantic difference. The NPR headline says that the governor is 'deploying' the 'National Guard' to 'stave off' an 'Obama takeover'.

Would you like to catalog the liberal lies, or should I?

[obumazombie]

It's more than a semantic difference. The NPR headline says that the governor is 'deploying' the 'National Guard' to 'stave off' an 'Obama takeover'.

Would you like to catalog the liberal lies, or should I?

Just the intentional ones.
The unintentional ones would take up volumes.

[Crazy Horse]

I'm going to give the SEALS and GB the benefit of the doubt.

[BlueStateSaint]

I'm going to give the SEALS and GB the benefit of the doubt.

Seeing that a whole bunch of Green Berets signed a letter to the Obamessiah stating their resistence to any sort of crackdown on the USA . . . it was over a year ago, IIRC, and maybe 1,100 of them signed said letter . . .

[txradioguy]

Ok two thoughts on this..One...did of the Libtards who've got their panties in a twist over this...to include friends of mine from Texas...ever think that possibly...maybe...the DoD/Army/USASOC told the Governor or at the very minimum the TAG that they could send observers to this training and Gov. Abbott chose to send the Texas State Guard instead of TXANG or TX Air NG assets because he doesn't have to pay these guys like he would Guard soldiers? I mean after all with the quality reporting (Mistaking the National Guard for the Texas State Guard...really?That's sloppy fact checking.) that little factoid could have and probably was ignored on purpose.


Two...Ruby Ridge, Branch Davidian Compound and Elian Gonzales.  THAT is why along with the 10th Amendment the Governor has good reason to observe what the SF folks are doing in my state.

[americanlibertypac]

Why is the White House downplaying the fears of ordinary Americans? I love how this is covered in the MSM as if the worried citizens are crazy!

Don't worry guys, we're just deploying our elite military in areas where people don't like the federal government. This will work!

http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/34utr2/why_is_the_white_house_downplaying_martial_law/

http://americanlibertypac.com/2015/04/white-house-downplays-americans-fears-of-martial-law/