White House On A Possible Military Takeover Of Texas: Um, No

[DonViejo]

The White House said Wednesday that a planned U.S. military training exercise called "Jade Helm 15" would not infringe upon Americans' constitutional rights, as some conspiracy theorists have posited in recent weeks.

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest was asked to weigh in on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's (R) request that the State Guard monitor the training exercise to ensure that Texans' "safety, constitutional rights, private property rights and civil liberties will not be infringed."

"I have no idea what he’s thinking," Earnest said Wednesday in a press briefing, according to a transcript.

"I think what is clear is that I feel confident in expressing to you without having a lot of detailed knowledge of the particular exercise is that the civil liberties and constitutional rights of Americans citizens will be in no way affected by this exercise," he added.

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/white-house-texas-military-takeover

[Stallion]

1. Is it a Coincidence that the Guber'mint Also Announced a Cut-Back on Fluoride in Our Water?

Obama and his Million Man Black Army is coming for us. Well Come and Get It Obummer

[seabeyond]

2. living in texas, my 17 yr old son was telling me this story. it took a really long time

cause i kept cutting in with an "outrage" and then belly laugh. i heard abbott was bring in texas guard to "watch" our u.s. military. what? chinese crossing the boarder, or is it isis, now. the hippies of austin outraged? what? texas all of a sudden fearful and worried about our u.s. military? really?

was a hoot.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

4. First off...

Second off, you're posting material from a FAR RIGHT WHITE SUPREMACIST SITE on a Democratic message board.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Freedom_Party

[951-Riverside]

5. ...

[SidDithers]

12. Skinner thought so too...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=272312&sub=trans

Sid

[Dr Hobbitstein]

13. Good. I alerted on his 3 posts from A3P.

Ended up being completely coincidental that I found them, too. He happened to post them on mostly unrelated threads that I had interest in reading.

The last few months, most of his posts consisted of pics of Obama with his own caption consisting of some sort of RW/CT smear.

[sufrommich]

15. Ha! Good for Skinner. nt

[Historic NY]

6. Why don't we just pull all federal facilities out of Texas..

and see what the moron says then.

[Angleae]

8. Except for DoD facilities his response would most likely be

Don't let the door hit you on the way out. As for military bases, you'll never get the money to do it.

[UTUSN]

7. f***ing wingnuts would be pathetic if they weren't so dangerous n/t

[herding cats]

9. I totally missed this one.

The Republican's in Texas are trying to win some kind of award in the nutty representation category it seems.

[cherokeeprogressive]

10. There's "tone-deaf", THEN there's BLIND TO FUCKING REALITY.

Beyond that... WHAT FUCKING IDIOT SUPPORTS IT?

[Jesus Malverde]

11. Surprised were all apparently for letting the U.S. military

Play war games in our cities. It's creepy and a bit sad.

[sufrommich]

14. WHAT DID YOU EXPECT OBAMA THE USURPER TO SAY????

STUDY IT OUT,SHEEPLE !!!