Get ready for silly season because there’s no stopping it

[struggle4progress]

Posted: Monday, May 18, 2015 10:31 am
Updated: 10:34 am, Mon May 18, 2015.
ANN McFEATTERS | National View

The silly season is coming, and we’re not ready.

... the real reason we tremble is the bevy of candidates coming our way. Really, we are not ready. This is such a busy time of year, what with graduations, weddings, reunions, school plays, concerts, finals and sports tournaments for 8-year-olds, but we have to take time to think about businesswoman Carly Fiorina, surgeon Ben Carson and preacher Mike Huckabee. They won’t become president but they might get into debates. Then we’ll have to listen to them ...

We’re not ready for regular rollouts of Texas angst. We’re still open-mouthed that some folks (thousands!) and even presidential candidates actually think U.S. military war exercises in Southwest states, including Arizona and Texas, dubbed Jade Helm 15, are a subversive effort to impose martial law. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the Texas state militia to monitor the eight-week, long-planned exercises. Sen. Ted Cruz, another Texas Republican who wants to be an anti-Washington president, is demanding explanations over speculation that Special Forces want to take over Texas ...

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[NYC_SKP]

1. Some say that bike shootout was the tip of the iceberg. I've packed my bugout bags and gold.

Ya need gold and booze, ya know, to barter once the poop hits the fan.



Or are we talking about the primaries and election season?

Well, still, grab your gold and booze and bug out bags!

[leftofcool]

2. I thought the Klown Kar was a sports tournament for 8 year-olds.