Walmart, Pentagon try to knock down 'JadeHelms15' conspiracy theory

[Panich52]

Maddow blog

If proponents of the “Jade Helm 15” conspiracy theory hoped to generate more attention for their bizarre cause, they’ve succeeded – it’s become a national story. But as was obvious on “The Daily Show” last night, the attention isn’t exactly positive for the fringe activists and their fringe paranoia.
 
As we discussed last week, right-wing conspiracy theorists fear the Obama administration is planning some kind of invasion of Southwestern states, and as the Houston Chronicle noted, the activists also believe “Walmart is in on it.”
 
It’s tough to understand as a coherent thought, but those who fear Obama-imposed martial law apparently suspect Walmart stores in Texas will be used to detain prisoners and/or serve as staging areas. “Secret underground tunnels” are also somehow expected to be involved.

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[Kip Humphrey]

1. See? This is the reason right wingers should never smoke pot.

[Chan790]

2. +1. I laughed.

The worst, craziest potheads I ever knew are all Republicans. Most of them are professional political workers too; let's just say the future of the GOP may be very bizarre.

[Kip Humphrey]

6. " the future of the GOP may be very bizarre."

like it isn't already!!!

[Chan790]

10. Not like this.

One of my former pothead GOPer roommates in DC believes that the fictional novels of Malachi Martin about Satan's subversion and interloping in the Papacy and Roman Catholic Church are factual.

Another believes that Jerry Garcia is the model that all Libertarians and Republicans should strive for and that the Dead are secretly both Objectivist and Conservative.

[Kip Humphrey]

11. oh... ewwwww... LOL, what can I say?

[Buzz Clik]

3. Next up: NASA tries to deflate concerns over chemtrails.

[octoberlib]

4. BWAHAHAHA!

This whole thing is nutty as hell.

[fredamae]

5. I thought the whole Bundy

thang was the outer fringe of the outer fringes. Apparently I thought wrong.

That they're (for all appearances) actually serious about this, is Deeply concerning.
What. the. hell?

[davidsilver]

7. What is the purpose of the exercise? Why the need to have soldiers in civilian clothes watch us?

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I've heard all about this exercise of late but nobody has explained why it is happening. This is the first time, in my life, that I have ever heard of the military conducting an exercise that sends soldiers, in civilian clothes, to spy on us or the test whether or not troops disguised as civilian can infiltrate a community unnoticed.

I don't believe an invasion is being planned or any of the other RW conspiracy theories, I just want someone to tell me why?

[jakeXT]

14. The creation of NORTHCOM by Bush has consequences for the homeland

http://www.progressive.org/rothschild0209.html

[janlyn]

8. Geez, just when I thought conservative politicians

had reached the apex of stupid, they double down!
Every year military and national guard have summer exercises, last year my boyfriends unit were practicing how to deal with chemical attacks. They don't call central casting for people to portray civilians, they pick who plays the part from their unit. He and I were laughing our asses off on this newest display of idiocy by the right!!

[spanone]

9. racism must eat the better parts of your brain...these idjits are living proof

[Downwinder]

12. If Texas does not want US military around give them top

spots on the next Base Closure List.

[okaawhatever]

13. Wouldn't it be funny if Wal-Mart was forced to admit they closed the stores to keep them from

unionizing to prove they didn't close them as part of the Obama takes over Texas plan.

[Tsiyu]

15. that would be: Sweet justice under the Hot Texas Sun

yeehaw!