Thoughts on Jade Helm

Can he play point guard?

 

My mom brought this up to me. Never heard of it.

From the way she was talking, it sounds like a bunch of nuts, be they right or left wing (I'm gonna say right, but not sure to be honest), have made up a bunch of conspiracy theories to make themselves feel less safe.

Of course, I'm talking from an unresearched point of view, too.

 

So they're actually serious about using taxpayer dollars to have the Texas State Guard monitor this crap?

I'd be pretty pissed about that if I lived in TX.

 

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It's doubly interesting, because as much as super-conservatives hate the Federal government, their near religious devotion to the infalability of the military has been sacrosanct and separated out from their paranoia about all things Federal. It's sort of a "crossing the Rubicon" moment for the super-nutters, and a point of fracture for more moderate conservatives who maintain their worshipful attitude about the military.

It's also depressing that the Governor of Texas apparently takes marching orders from Alex Jones. Reminds me of the Vonnegut quote about waking up to find the people you went to high school with running the world.

 

It's Barack Hussein Obama's not-so-secret plan to instill martial law and become ruler-for-life of the new world order's version of the republic of america. It's the fulfilling of the prophecy and there is nothing you can do to stop it. It will start at Buc-ee's.

 

I'll never cease to be amazed at the level of crap the seemingly decent people of Texas will buy in to. I understand opposition parties have to oppose, but the wingnut party has control of both Houses, it's not like they have to amp up the paranoia anymore.

I guess it really just that sensationalism is more fun. Nobody is going to notice your Facebook page when you post rational sane thinking.

I think I did convince my Mom this weekend that the Confederate flag is not just a symbol of a genteel way of life and if it represennts slavery to anyone, that is a heinous enough concept to defer to them.

 

It's called Bat****crazyitis.

 

I worked at Bucee's for 2 years and can confirm it will be the downfall of the USA and eventually all of humanity.

 

Yeah, it's a strange alliance of the Teaparty Obama-hating gunnutters and the Alex Jones BLACK HELICOPTERS! and precious bodily fluids crowd.

 

Texas Monthly reported that 44% of Texans believe this stupid ****. That's really depressing.

 

Judging from the Facebook, yes, this kind of thinking is alive and well. Fluorinated water, anti-terrorism drills disguised as military coups, etc. It seems to be prevalent among the Ron Paul and Alex Jones crowd. You can also find people posting about how Israel is the biggest terrorist state in the world.

 

I wonder what percentage polled live in cities

Rocket River

 

You know, full on tin-hat paranoia is a lot more interesting than everyday mundane life. Sort of like your sex fantasies are more interesting than your Saturday night sex with your wife. I think a lot of people engage in it out of tedium . It also relieves you of some of the guilt and responsibility for your own condition.

When I was a kid I remember my block of kids all got cut off broomsticks and we spent some Summer days strategizing how we would fight with them when the kids from the other blocks would come for us. I don't think we ever talked about why they would do that, but it was fun thinking they would.

 

Waiting for KingCheetah's "I'd hit it" or "would not hit" post.

 

That's a good analogy. It's like the grown up version of that. Although it's kind of excusable for children.