Louie Gohmert Sounds The Alarm About Possible Military Takeover Of Texas

[Faygo Kid]

Source: Talking Points Memo

Tea party darling Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) on Tuesday demanded that the U.S. military alter a planned training exercise that some conspiracy theorists believe is cover for a possible takeover of the Lone Star state.

Gohmert said in a statement that he understands Texans' concerns that the exercise, dubbed "Jade Helm 15," may be a precursor for martial law. He directed his criticism specifically at what has been reported to be a map of the training exercise, which labels Texas, among other states, as "hostile" territory:



"Once I observed the map depicting ‘hostile,’ ‘permissive,’ and ‘uncertain’ states and locations, I was rather appalled that the hostile areas amazingly have a Republican majority, ‘cling to their guns and religion,’ and believe in the sanctity of the United States Constitution," Gohmert said in the statement.

"Such labeling by a government that is normally not allowed to use military force against its own citizens is an affront to the residents of that particular state considered as 'hostile,' as if the government is trying to provoke a fight with them," he later added. . .

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/louie-gohmert-jade-helm-15

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Tragedy tomorrow, comedy tonight. Louie is the gift that keeps on giving. Enjoy his full statement, and the comments on it, here: http://gohmert.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=398216

[shenmue]

1. Uh, dumbass Louie: Texas is already a state

Just so you know.

[Comrade Grumpy]

2. He's angling to take the "most idiotic congressman" crown from Steve King.

It's a close race.

[progressoid]

64. I bet they are sad that their fellow stooge is retiring.

[wolfie001]

83. Curly, Moe and Larry

[louis-t]

3. I hope they all give themselves ulcers.

Or at least TMJ.

[okaawhatever]

4. Yeah the label hostile is used for a geographical context dumb azz. In other words, some of these

soldiers will have to make their way out of "hostile" territory and into "permissive" territory as part of the exercise. They will probably have to travel at night and do other things that one would do if they were in a "hostile" area or behind enemy lines.

I read that the guy who designed this exercise is from a small town in Texas and saw this as a way to generate income for his old hometown. (In addition to having the terrain & climate needed). It was probably easier for him to plan much of this if he was familiar with the area. This isn't rocket science Louie.

[arcane1]

5. How do you take over a state that's already part of the country?

Sorry, I just put more thought into this than Gohmert did

[jtuck004]

6. Louie! Get a clue!. This is the plan to keep YOU in, you obnoxious twit. n/t

[drynberg]

7. I find a whole lot to be uncomfortable with Louie Gohmert...

But can you imagine actually being him?

[brer cat]

19. Oh, drynberg,

I will have nightmares tonight.

[Jamastiene]

52. I don't even want to.

That kind of ignorance coupled with that level of paranoia cannot be a good experience. I almost feel sorry for the ones that are that dumb and paranoid...almost.

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. Right on, Louie

Don't let the naysayers deter you.

You da man!

[TygrBright]

9. I just want to reassure all my friends in Texas.

I *DO* know, that no matter how hard many of your current crop of elected representatives are working to make you the punchline of a joke about idiocy, there are plenty of sane, smart, embarrassed people in Texas.

Hang on, this too shall pass.

sympathetically,
Bright

[LiberalArkie]

11. I met a sane one in Houston back in the 70's

[Manifestor_of_Light]

20. There were, and are sane ones in the Harris County Democrats (progressive wing of the local party)

Harris County Democrats was founded by Frankie Carter Randolph and Billie Carr back in the 1950s. They got disgusted with Democrats for Eisenhower and decided the Harris County Democrats (in Houston) needed a progressive organization.

[TexasBushwhacker]

29. I don't remember Frankie

but Billie Carr was the real deal.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

46. Frankie was before my day.

Frankie Carter Randolph was a rich liberal whose family owned Carter Lumber. She is buried in Glenwood Cemetery.
My parents told me about her.

[Jamastiene]

54. THE Carter Lumber?

Oh how I miss that place. My hometown here in NC once had a Carter Lumber store. I loved that place. I miss it.

[TexasTowelie]

27. "Hang on, this too shall pass."

Isn't that what they tell patients that have a gallstone?

[Jamastiene]

55. More likely constipation.

With gallstones, they put you on a table, stick a bunch of tubes in your belly, blow your belly up, suck out the gallbladder altogether, and destroy your figure for life. I haven't been able to contain all the hernias and other hideousness since having my gallbladder taken out. They told me to do situps starting the minute they were done operating on me. They kept making me get up and walk and do situps. They told me to keep doing them. I have hernias now everywhere they inserted a tube for the operation. I used to be so skinny and had such a nice belly. Gallstones are like children. They give you hernias and destroy your figure.

I wish it had been constipation, like this Louie guy is for Texas. I hope Texas can pass him soon and get some relief.

[calimary]

38. Yeah? Well, WHERE ARE THEY at voting time?

Texas looks pretty doggone hopeless, I've gotta say.

[hamsterjill]

57. Thank you very much!

Man, we have our share of idiots, don't we???!!!

But appreciate your acknowledgement that not ALL of us are nut cases!

[Jack Rabbit]

70. In celebration of sane Texans

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[DuckBurp]

10. Actually, I kind of wish he was right.

I live in Texas and maybe by a military takeover we could be saved from all the wing nuts around here.

[world wide wally]

12. Please secede?

PLEASE!

[A Simple Game]

13. You're right Louie, absolutely right. I think we should drop Texas from the war games.

Of course that will mean that millions that would have been spent in Texas will now be spent in the other areas of the war games.

To prevent any further chances of the USA taking over Texas I think starting immediately we should start moving all military installations, equipment, and personnel into other parts of the country leaving Texas worry free from invasion by the USA and placing the burden of supporting the US military on parts of the Country that are more deserving of being invaded by their own Country. The lost revenue for Texas shouldn't be over a few billion a year, every year.

[left-of-center2012]

14. This was mentioned on CBS' Sunday morning show

Unsubstantiated reports claim an unnamed "Texas Ranger" who wished to be unidentified (thus the unnamed part) said there are railroad box cars full of shackles for restraining tens of thousands of people.
And that Obama will declare martial law and refuse to leave office after 2016.

The Texas National Guard supposedly has been put on alert to monitor any movement within Texas by federal troops. Yeehaw!

Although CBS reported this as a conspiracy theory I was surprised they even mentioned it.

[red dog 1]

15. K&R...Thanks for posting

I think it's time for Gohmert to go on the Alex Jones show & spew his venom there.

[xocet]

16. Gohmert's asparagus is ashamed of him.... n/t

[Plucketeer]

17. Here's hoping...

..that the Army is successful in conquering Texas and they send it to Guantanamo while we spend a few decades defining the charges!

[heaven05]

18. what's his tea laced with?

fucking idiot and the whole section of the political spectrum is getting more unstable every day Obama is POTUS. Not a coincidence.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

21. So what are the rules of engagement for dealing with armed nuts who disrupt the exercise?

A retired German officer who did some training in the US in the mid-90's told me the briefing on militia groups in the area was far and away the most memorable part of the training exercise since the possibility of exchanging fire with these lunatics was portrayed as plausible.

[Thespian2]

22. Fortunately for us,

the GodOffalParty provides plenty of entertainment...Poor Louie...I'd feel real sorry for him if both his brain cells fired at once...

[Spitfire of ATJ]

23. Gomert's BFF is Alex Jones.

[Paladin]

24. Louie Gohmert: Shit-for-brains stupid, AND way late on this matter.

The Right-Wing Crazies train left days ago on this one, Louie. Pull your head out of your ass and play a little catch-up, OK?

[GP6971]

25. K & R n/t

[gelsdorf]

26. STD..Smokey The Dope n/t

[calimary]

41. Welcome to DU, gelsdorf!

Glad you're here! I am totally dumbfounded about Texas. My husband and I feel the same way. Every time we see "Governor Oops," it reminds us of his smug snarky shit - specifically when he strongly implied that "we could always secede." Both my husband and I still respond with some form of "well, WHY DON'T YOU????" Or "Please, please, pretty please!!!" Or "Quit toying with us and just DO IT!" Or "Go ahead. Make my day!"

I'm sorry. All I can think of when I see louie gohmert and his ilk is - THAT says a lot more about you Texas voters than it even does about him."

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

28. Ahh, the perfect storm. Combine this with the coming SC announcement that hating gays is no longer

able to be state sponsored; oh my are the sparks gonna fly.

[samsingh]

30. how are these people so stupid? seriously?

[cindyperry]

31. that is the stupidest thing

I have heard today

[roamer65]

32. Oh Louie...

You are about 150 years too late. You stupid moron.

[jomin41]

33. Okay Texas, you're surrounded,

We can do this the hard way, or we can do this the easy way. Give it up now and nobody gets hurt. Think of the children. You've got five seconds. Five....

[fmdaddio]

34. Critical Mass

Are we there yet? How far does this has to go before the disinterested majority realizes these people are dangerous nuts? Can't say I'm surprised that this is coming out of Texas. The Military takeover nonsense plus Pamela Gellar's idiotic stunt. I can't believe that they still can surprise me sometimes. But just when I think " no they cannot get any worse" well they do.

[bl968]

35. If that's what he wants, lets give it to him.

You know he's right, the Department of Defense should begin immediately taking steps to remove every soldier, marine, sailor, and airman from that state along with every defense department dollar that entails.

[Nay]

37. I agree completely. Remove all military bases, etc., from Texas, plus all the DOD money,

from that stupid state. See how well they do then, the morons.

[freshwest]

76. At my craziest moments, I wish for the same. But the 'Republic of Texas' was divided up to make 5

American states if IIRC.

The Army of Reconstruction needs to stay there in case they try to take that territory back!

I was born there. Texans are brought to think they are VERY special!

[Kelvin Mace]

36. The sad thing is

that once the exercise is over and the military coup fails to happen, they will claim it is thanks to their vigilance.

[Jackpine Radical]

44. Twice a day, every day, I throw salt over my left shoulder.

Somebody asked me why I do that. I told him--it keeps the elephants away.

"There are no elephants around here," he said.

"Damn effective, isn't it?" I replied.

[Kelvin Mace]

48. Yep!

I personally use my psychic powers to protects the Earth from Klingon invaders.

Look up in the sky. See any Klingon Battle Cruisers?

You're welcome!

[Jackpine Radical]

58. If it weren't for people like us,

the world would fall to ruin in short order.

Oh, wait…

[DRoseDARs]

39. Oh lick my ass, Louie! If that map were reversed...

...you'd be as happy as a pig in slop, you hypocritical fraud.

[GarColga]

40. Check out how stupid Gohmert looks

in this short clip I found on YouTube:

[Jackpine Radical]

42. Why don't we just pull our military bases out

or, better, shut them down entirely, and abandon the %$#& state?

With immediate apologies to all the wonderful Texans, including our own DU posters. Thoughts of Hightower, Wendy, The memory of Molly Ivins.

Hey, folks--we'll have lots of room for you when we send our own Teabaggers, homophobes, racists, and political dimbulbs (but I repeat myself) down there to be closer to their heroes.

[RecoveringJournalist]

43. Heh heh!

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[Red Mountain]

45. If the colors were reversed....

Would he be happier?

Would he abandon the traitorous trash talk if he thought the military was on his side?

Kinda guessing he would.

This asshole hates most of the country he pledges allegiance to.

He wants CONTROL.

[SoapBox]

47. This guy is dangerous.

[allan01]

49. all i can say is

. where do they come up with this stuff and what are they on ?

[davidthegnome]

50. Texas?

For a military takeover? Hmm. Why would they want Texas?

[Jamastiene]

51. If NC acted this way over training exercises,

the southern central part of the state would be in permanent turmoil. There are booming sounds as I type this. It's called training exercises. Special Forces, the UN, Camp Mackall, Fort Bragg and Pope all do some of their training in my county to the southwest of them and in some of the other counties nearby. It is make believe so that soldiers can learn what to do in different scenarios.

Does this guy not understand the concept of training exercises? I guess this article sort of answers that question. You'd think it would be a requirement that government employees at least be somewhat intelligent enough to understand very simple concepts.

[truthisfreedom]

53. Clown car hits giant puddle and stalls.

Total self-inflicted stupid.

[orbitalman]

56. Gohmert needs a military takeover of Gohmert

[Jackpine Radical]

59. Gohmert needs

a sanity takeover of Gohmert.

It sometimes seems like there's a grand collaboration between the media and the Republican Party to see how far they can lead the people of this country into brainless, paranoid absurdity. I personally know people who believe in ancient aliens, believe Obama is plotting to take over the country in some kinda Nazi Commie revolution, deny climate change theory and evolution, and are allowed to walk around loose and vote and everything.

[progressoid]

60. Sounds like somebody is angling to be a GOP vice-presidential candidate!

[mac2766]

61. This is interesting...

Claims Jade Helm 15 is a hoax.

There may well be a National Guard exercise called “Jade Helm.” Thus far, no one has seen anyone, nothing has happened and we can assure you this, nothing will happen. The whole thing is a hoax, part of the grand “fear porn” game.

Anyone spreading wild Jade Helm rumors, originated as Zio-Neocon talking points sent out to their paid bloggers, is going to have to sit in the corner with a tin foil hat for some time. We are talking a dozen states with 1200 of our own troops. Were it 60,000 we would at least see a rise in business at fast food restaurants and whore houses.

Much more at link

http://www.veteranstoday.com/2015/04/18/jade-helm-another-neocon-hoax/

[StandingInLeftField]

77. Unfortunately for sane vets everywhere....

the responses to Gordon Duff's (senior editor, veteranstoday.com) cogent plea for a reality-based response to Jade Helm are running about 75/25 in favor of a gubmint takeover.

So sad, so sad....

[bigworld]

62. I hate to say it but I fear that some serviceman is going to get shot over this

[workinclasszero]

63. Who in their sane mind would want to take over Texas?

It would be way better to build a fence around it and declare it the teabaggers homeland.

Inlet only, no outlet

[StandingInLeftField]

78. I agree.

Perhaps a sort of land swap could be set up, with sane folks who would like to LEAVE Texas exchanging property with insane folks in other states who would like to JOIN the TexasTeaHadists.

Is it possible for the United States to expel a state from the Union?

[workinclasszero]

82. Is it possible for the United States to expel a state from the Union?

Great idea! Call it the reich wing promised land!

The koch bros will rule as absolute monarchs and will strictly enforce Sharia teahaddist religious law, reinstate slavery, multiple spouses(for men only of course) and concubines, woman confined to the bedroom and kitchen for life, etc because...the mega church says so.

Of course Mexico may not like having such a medieval horror state just to its north and may decide to invade and liberate, oh well.

Viva la libertad!!!!

[Noah331]

65. Conspiracy theory

Could it be that our president has found away to out the crazy politicians holding office. Could be advantage for 2016 democrats.

[kairos12]

66. His announcement was followed by a run on tin foil at local stores.

[red dog 1]

67. Texas Gov Greg Abbott ordered the Texas National Guard to monitor the activity of the

U.S. military in his state, to insure nothing suspicious was going on, a move which was so preposterous that it drove former Republican Texas Rep. Todd Smith to write to Abbott begging him to stop "pandering to idiots"
http://www.forwardprogressives.com/texas-rep-louie-gohmert-jade-helm-conspiracy-ridiculous?

[NBachers]

68. I've got my Black Obama '16 armband ready so they'll know I'm a "friendly" when the time comes.

[IdiotsforPalin]

69. Best Rant Ever.....

regarding Texass:

http://www.stonekettle.com/2015/05/jade-helm-insanity-that-ate-texas.html?m=1

[StandingInLeftField]

79. I concur!!!!!!

Absolutely necessary reading for everyone at DU.

[treestar]

71. What will this idiot say when

nothing happens?

[1StrongBlackMan]

75. You know ...

"We made them not do it" ... just like ...

[whereisjustice]

72. Texas IS a hostile state, thanks to idiots and dumb shits like Gohmert. If there is going to be

martial law, it's going to come at the hands of dumb asses like Gohmert who want to turn Texas into Jesusland.

[allan01]

73. federal take over of texas , might be good for it

[Yallow]

74. Louis Gohmert Is Far Smarter

Than any dumbass that voted for him.

Just sayyyyin....

[Helen Borg]

80. Yeah, Texas annexation by the US tyrants is always a possibility, isn't it?

[packman]

81. Being too rough on Louie

I love him. Never fails to evoke a laugh and provides comic relief that is all too rare today. He's Laurel's dumb brother, he's the fourth Stooge, he's the dumbest of Dumb and Dumber. In addition, if one needs to point a finger at all the stupidity and asininity going on in the Conservative movement, there's Louie sitting in the corner.