Remember the Alamo!

Yeah I have a brother in law that's a real coocoo and he thinks the military is going to invade so he's stockpiling ammo and guns like that's going to keep the military out of his house if that would ever happen. A bunch of coocoos I tell ya! I told him that was insane and let's just say the military would come take over his house, would his little gun stop them? HAHA! They'd just throw in a bomb and blow it up if some crazies were taking over. These are the same people that believe Obama is the Antichrist...LMAO!

And the closed Walmart stores are going to be FEMA detention centers. Where does this stuff come from???

My dear husband, 'Bless His Heart' believes all of the FEMA detention center propaganda too. I really hope in this case that I'm right in staying calm and that he is just visiting too many alarmist websites.

You've got to be kidding....

Wonder what happens to the conspiracy theorists when none of this pans out? Just wander along to something else equally as ridiculous, I suppose.

they run for election

"The US military are planning to invade the state and take it over."

And do what with it? The US Military is known for having plenty of cash, so if y'all come, bring the loot, we need better schools and health care, more public transportation, more help to fight the gangs and cartels. Oh yeah, and fix Blue Bell up and bring it back.

I was told once of a study done in the '80's or '90's (knowing exactly vis-a-vis world events would be nice). Seems they read the Bill of Rights, without identifying them by that name, to passersby and ask how they felt about them. The most common reaction was that it sounded like a communist plot and in no way did they approve of them (the rights, not plots). And people wonder why the rest of the world laughs at us...

If a provincial (state equivalent) or national leader in most any other developed country made similar public statements, you could bet that they'd never again be elected to public office. Here, it might propel his career further along. Especially in a place like Texas that has such a rich history in recent years of loony governors and peculiar politics.

violetwest - yes, they run for election and what's worse is that there are enough other "conspirator nuts and plain nuts" in this state to get them elected....... They're scary as a den of pissed off rattlesnakes. I honestly cannot believe that we have so many intelligent, highly educated people in this state but we can't seem to get them into public office.

Please realize that not all of us that live in Texas believes this! I think the governor is just pandering to the fringe, he can't possibly believe it either

Hasn't anyone seen "Seven Days in May"?

This sounds like a joke. I'm putting on TV news right now.

It's not seven days in May wantoretire... it's Dr strange glove or how learned to stop worrying and love the bomb......yeeee haaaw!

Happylady, I believe mostTexans roll their eyes about this. The gov. On the other hand???

Let's tell CNN the gov. Bought a tunnel, running from Texas to Mexico from a drug Lord and has planned to escape the military invasion. Do y'all think it'd fly? :-)

No, I was referring to Seven Days in May, per IMDB: "United States military leaders plot to overthrow the President because he supports a nuclear disarmament treaty and they fear a Soviet sneak attack."

My bad wantoretire, I should have phrased it, it's more like Dr. Strange glove. I've seen seven days in May, great movie. Strange glove is more of a satirical rendering of dropping the bomb movie. Very dark humor. Produced in 1964, a very scary time. If you haven't seen it you need to. The paranoia and ludicrous themes are complementary. A stellar cast, Peter sellers, George c Scott, James earl Jones in 1964 ! The list keeps going.

Jeff...do you mean Dr. Strangelove?

Does anyone know how to turn off the ###$@ spell check on kindle? Still, it's a great movie. STANLEY KUBRICK at his best.

Arkansas_girl: " These are the same people that believe Obama is the Antichrist...LMAO!"

You mean he's not??!!!

You have nothing to worry about Arkansas girl. I just received a pop up message from the unholy one. First born Texan sons will have to report to the nearest wall Mart for "processing". All others, must stay. ;-)

but they do have some factions across the border or did...one of my mom's bff's would go across to teach English, and was finally chased out by what she described as communist faction?? now granted this was at least 20+ years ago...but who's to say, as we have heard the stories of drug runners ect..

it's so sad as el paso was our home for 6 months while my dad was installing elevators for the va in the late 40's, (after ww2) and we truly enjoyed our time there...

Jeff, do you think your Kindle is a Richie Allen fan?

It once tried to pass off a bug as an operational feature. But Richie Allen?

Even if it was true A) I really think the military would refuse to do it, and B) Chuck Norris/Walker Texas Ranger could beat them single-handed.

After the military takes over, aren't they going to impose Shariah law???

This sounds like the rantings of the survivalists during the period just before the millennium. They, too, were stockpiling weapons and ammo. Whatever happened to them and their beliefs?

Sheila.....they didn't stockpile toilet paper, and surrendered because of the hardships.;-)

There are a boatload of Doomsday preppers out there. There's a show about them. In fact, there's a person on my husband's delivery route who was supposed to be on that show. After they started filming, they decided he was too extreme for their show. Imagine that.....too extreme....hubby says the guy is quite "out there".

Jeff, I put the wrong "Dick" in. Brain cramp. :) Baseball player in the early '60's. Dick Stuart was called Dr. Strange Glove. Not Dick (Richie) Allen. My booboo. :)

The Jade Helm 15 "exercise" was to be carried out across several Southwestern states, including Colorado, which backed out of it for concerns that were similar to many private citizens in Texas. Texas, along with Utah is labeled as "hostile" on drill maps, which has been questioned by Congressman Louis Gohmert, who along with many citizens, wonder why Republican-leaning states happen to be the hostile territories. Colorado, which pulled out of the exercise was labeled as "permissive".

The military sought the "invitation" of private landowners ro conduct their drills. We will be having a CRF event near where we live according to the map. That is a Crisis Response Force drill by special operational forces on private land. We also will have a JOAX event further west where the 82nd airborne will parachute onto hostile territory. Imagine being out on your back porch and seeing that up in the sky. It's poor permissive southern California that has the "insurgents" though. Look at the maps- they are quite interesting.

Besides all the foolishness about the Walmarts and tunnels- last time I checked, my tax dollars already have been spent for numerous military bases with plenty of land for drills. Do people have a right to question why so much money is being spent on a drill of such enormous scope? You bet they do.

My son-in-law served in Afghanistan and is from Bastrop where much of the questioning has been going on. Many people here think this whole thing stinks of training for domestic military intervention which is forbidden by Posse Comitatus except now by an act of Congress or an executive order. They are not necessarily preppers, antimilitary, conspiracy nuts or uneducated hicks. When people stop questioning governance and relinquish their critical thinking skills, we are all going to be in a lot of trouble.

You can't make this stuff up pillog. It hurts my brain trying to follow all the connections from these few post. Richie Allen is one of those, alternative news report radio shows. I ran across his site on you tube last week ,and figured you were a listener. I get the feeling he might be at home in Texas, though I've never listened to the show.