Well This is Embarrassing

I am flabbergasted at how many people of high standing in Texas believe in the conspiracy theories that abound about the United States government.  Most recently, the Texas Governor, Greg Abbot, authorized the Texas State Guard http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/07/us/conspiracy-theories-over-jade-helm-get-some-traction-in-texas.html?_r=0 to monitor the United States government military training exercises in Bastrop County, to be sure they will not take over the State of Texas.  Come on.  This is military training exercises, not an attempt to take over Texas, although there are some things in Texas that need to be corrected (increased Medicaid coverage, increased WIC benefits, increased SSI benefits, to name a few.) I resent that the governor of Texas (who I did not vote for) is wasting my tax dollars on such an activity, when people in Texas go hungry, have no health care coverage, and are homeless. 

The following links give you more information about the situation.

http://www.forwardprogressives.com/jon-stewart-mocks-lone-star-lunatics-believe-obama-trying-invade-texas-video/

The history for Lubbock includes the comments from Judge Tom Head about the civil unrest that will occur if President Obama was re-elected

http://lubbockonline.com/local-news/2012-08-22/county-judge-head-concerned-civil-unrest-if-obama-re-elected#.VUl_SU1THwo

Nothing happened in Lubbock when President Obama was re-elected.

Judge Head said we will have civil unrest, civil disobedience, and maybe even civil war. He predicted the United Nations would send troops into Lubbock  What poppycock!

That was so embarrassing. 

This was in my facebook feed recently and It is great. 

 

 

Andy Borowitz

Obama Signs Executive Order Removing Texas from Nation
WASHINGTON - In an effort to calm Texans’ fears about a rumored Pentagon takeover of their state, Preside...nt Obama today signed an executive order removing Texas from the nation. While the President's order is expected to face a thicket of legal challenges, an instant poll suggested it was wildly popular, garnering the support of eighty-nine percent of the American people. The harshest criticism of the President's action came from those who expressed chagrin that he did not choose Arkansas or Alabama, while others warned of a new immigration crisis, as refugees pour into the United States from Austin. More: http://nyr.kr/1jTdlr4

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I am thankful it is not as simple as that. I do not want to have to immigrate to the United States from the disenfranchised country of Texas. I do not want to lose my civil rights protection that I am afforded from the United States of American government. Selfishly, I do not want to lose my Social Security retirement benefits.

I hope other people wake up and realize the insanity of the conspiracy theorists position. Save me from this insanity!