Showing posts with label wingnuts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wingnuts. Show all posts

Thursday, May 07, 2015

Rep. Louie Gohmert becomes the latest to buy into the "Obama is imposing martial law on Texas" conspiracy. Wait, he's just now buying in?

Courtesy of Policy Mic:  

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) is the latest Republican to express concern that a planned U.S. military exercise in the Southwest known as "Jade Helm 15" may be a ploy for imposing martial law on Texas. 

"This military practice has some concerned that the U.S. Army is preparing for modern-day martial law. Certainly I can understand these concerns," Gohmert said in a statement on the exercises. "When leaders within the current administration believe that major threats to the country include those who support the Constitution, are military veterans or even 'cling to guns or religion,' patriotic Americans have reason to be concerned." 

Gohmert, who has served in the Army and has participated in military exercises, explained that he understands why a training exercise in civilian territory would be a routine occurrence and useful for the military. But he claims that a map depicting the operation's parameters that labels Texas "hostile" territory has stoked his deeper fears that the president could be using the operation as cover for something more sinister.

Wait, there's a map?

 Oh hey, there is a map.

Oh I see, they marked Texas as "hostile."

Well that certainly seems reasonable to me.

Except I don't think it means "hostile" to the military in the same way it means "hostile" to me.

According to the Washington Post, which confirmed the map's legitimacy with Army sources, the map was likely made for local authorities, and the depiction of a domestic region as hostile territory is a regular feature of training exercises which — by definition — are simulating combat with an enemy. 

Oh I see, so the areas marked in red are only pretending to be hostile for the military maneuvers just like has been done for decades. And Louie Gohmert, who was in the military, should know that.

But he either doesn't, or is pretending he doesn't, in order to fit in with the crazy people who are convinced that Obama is going to round them all up and put them in FEMA camps.

My only question is what took Gohmert so long to chime in on this?

After all the Louie Gohmert I know, and think should be institutionalized, would have been taking point on this conspiracy theory, not following up in the rear.

You know if I were a barely coherent moron in Gohmert's district I would be sorely disappointed in the kind of support I was receiving from my Congressman. 

Monday, June 02, 2014

Hey do you remember those Operation American Spring folks? Well believe it or not, they are still around, and have now taken to shouting at the White House.

Courtesy of Freakout Nation:  

This is just sad. On a video posted on YouTube, the description reads,”If you do not like what is wrong with your government please come down and support…and yes you too can yell at the white house everyday.” Because why not. The video shows approximately 10 men taking orders military-style while yelling out ‘Benghazi.” In May, Operation American Spring garnered dozens of protesters, but now they’re apparently still at it and seeking recruits to ‘yell at the White House.”

Wow! Eleven people AND a dog. This is getting serious.

Personally I do not see how President Obama can stay in office with this kind of opposition working against him.

I mean they have a dog in a cool yellow t-shirt now. If they add a cat with a bow tie they will be able to overthrow the entire government.


Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Courtesy of Mother Jones, almost every Obama conspiracy ever.

Here are just a few courtesy of Mother Jones:  

Obama is a secret Muslim 
Obama is bringing 100 million Muslims to America 
Obama is in the pocket of the Muslim Brotherhood 
Obama married a Pakistani guy 
Obama was born in Kenya 
Obama is the son of Malcolm X 
Obama is the son of Frank Marshall Davis 
Obama's ghostwriter was Bill Ayers 
Obama secretly gave away American islands to Russia 
Obama is planning FEMA concentration camps 
Obama caused the BP oil spill 
Obama was behind the Aurora massacre 
Obama had Andrew Breitbart killed 

Etc. etc., etc..

What isn't included in this is the latest conspiracy, that Obama faked the shooting at Sandy Hook as an excuse to take the American people's guns.

And people wonder why the President has trouble reaching out to these people.