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Sunday, May 10, 2015

Slouching Toward Texas: Republicans Are Crazy

Jon Stewart discussing military takeover of Texas

Pssst....Texas.....you're losing it.


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Last night's show started out with Jon and The Daily Show crew hilariously reminding everyone when it is and is not alright to shoot people over cartoon drawings. Afterward, he got into the conspiracy of the week—that the United States military is preparing to takeover martial law in Operation Jade Helm 15.
His takedown of Texas nut jobs, which apparently includes Governor Gregg Abbot, begins at the 5:13 mark of the clip. Transcription and video below:
Stewart: Now, uh, I hope that settles it. The question, of course, is the incident in Texas an isolated event or part of a troubling trend? We've been hearing about this this fictionally for a while now.
(Clip of news broadcasters talking about ISIS sneaking into Texas via the Mexican border, knocking on the door of Texas)
Stewart: Oh, that's easy—just don't answer. Just turn off the lights and lie there. But, never fear. Uncle Sam is not going to let ISIS ring and run you, Texas. In fact, not only is the U.S. military conducting training ops right now for missions against ISIS-like groups, guess where they are doing them?
(News clips about training exercises in Texas and 6 other states, dubbed operation "Jade Helm 15")
Stewart: Ah, Jade Helm 15! I have that issue. It's uh, she imprisons Captain America, I think. Rest easy, Texas. Good guys with guns are on the case.
(Clips about Jade Helm 15 conspiracy theories, military preparing take over Texas and declare martial law)
Stewart: You know who's calling it a Texas takeover? Lone star lunatics. Dallas dipshits, Houston assholes. Texas, there's no Texas takeover. The United States government already controls Texas. Since like the 1840s and then you left and came back and...just borrow a textbook from a neighboring state, it's all in there.
Here's how un-belligerent the U.S. military is towards Texas. They sent a Lt. Colonel to a local Texas town hall to waste his time.
(Clips of Lt. Colonel explaining to town hall that this is merely a training exercise to train troops for combat overseas. Town hall attendee: "It is preparation for martial law." Lt. Col: "It is not a preparation for martial law." Attendee: "That's what you say." Brief shot of woman with her face-palming.)
Stewart: See that right there? That's the face of someone realizing there not getting around to the public comments on the planned parking lot down by Kroger's. Not today, not in this meeting.
But, come on. Crazy people attending a local town meeting isn't a Texas-specific story. The constitution says you can't hold a town hall meeting without crazy people. I think it's in there. It's not like this is being taken seriously by anyone who holds actual power.
(News clips of Texas Governor Gregg Abbott ordering the Texas National Guard to monitor U.S. military operations in Texas)
Stewart: Oh, dear lord. Yet another waste of Texas funds that could have been spent on actual threats—like your infamous chainsaw massacres. I mean, Texas, it's not that I don't find it adorable that your governor thinks your state guard could take on the United States military. It's like a little dog growling at a big dog. Or, an 8-year-old picking a fight with the predator. Um, but enough of the fear-mongering. All these types of exercises have been going on in Texas for years, right?
(News clips of previous large military training operations in Texas)
Stewart: Yeah, in Texas, Operation Roving Sand. In fact, one Roving Sand operation was the largest military exercise of its' kind in history. But, did then pre-oops Governor Rick Perry start spreading fear about a Texas takeover? He did not. Texas was fine with the concept of widespread military operations in their state in the 2000s. I don't know what's changed since then (photo of President Barack Obama)...ohhh, right. America elected a brutal, socialist, Muslim, Kenyan, ineffective, Harvard-schooled constitutional professor, agitator, warlock. So, Texas, it appears you are on the verge of being taken over by ISIS...or the United States of America. So, you have a choice to make. and when you make it, you have to remind yourself–and I never thought I'd be saying this—what would Rick Perry do?
Watch the segment here:
If there's one good thing about social media, it's illuminating how much hatred there is in the Republican Party for ordinary Americans, particularly those who question or challenge Republican policies.
You may have already heard the story about Chloe Hough, the Topeka, Kansas waitress who, on her last day on the job, had the "pleasure" of waiting on her state's Republican Governor Sam Brownback at Boss Hawg's restaurant.
In late March, Brownback signed a new school financing law that replaces the complex school funding formula with flexible block grants for the next two years. The bill reduces funding that districts had expected for the current school year.
Before Hough took the tab to the governor — which rang in at $52.16 — she put an X in the line where he would leave a tip. And to the left of that she wrote, “Tip the schools.”
Ms. Hough posted the image of the Governor's tab, with her writing on it, to her Facebook page, whereupon it immediately went viral: “Honestly, I wasn’t expecting a tip,” she said. “I was trying to make a point.”
In typical Republican fashion, rather than address her concerns about education policy in Kansas, Clay Barker, the Executive Director of the Kansas State Republican Committee, decided to viciously attack Ms. Hough. In a post on KNS TV's Facebook page, Barker summed up the feelings of the Kansas Republican Party towards this woman working for tips at less than minimum wage:
“So you are publicizing her arrogant stupidity and utter ignorance. Typical liberal KS media,” he wrote.
Barker later continued, telling The Topeka Capital-Journal by email:
“And yes it is perfectly in line with the party’s role — we get to say what everyone is thinking."

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