Take comfort in the fact that every time someone types out the phrases "should of (sic) complied" or "play stupid games win stupid prizes" a spirit appears like in A Christmas Carol and shows them the future where they die alone without ever having known the love of another living being.
We hear you, we see you, and we know - as you do - that you're a miserable sorta-excuse for a human being who will never know a moment's happiness let alone be tolerable to any other person. Your existence is a cancer on the world and everyone forced to encounter you, even for a moment, is worse off for it. And unlike this woman shot down in cold blood, the moment you die will pass entirely unnoticed and unremaked upon. It will be like you never existed, and you know every word I said here is true. That's why you act the way you do and talk the way you do - because at night, when you're alone, you know all of this. The only thing that never occurs to you is that everyone around you knows it about you, too. You think your act fools anyone, and that's the scariest thing to you: the possibility that people see you for the coward you are.
They do. We do. Sleep tight. ...
It takes an enormous amount of courage to stand there, keep filming, and scream "What the fuck, you asshole" at someone wearing a badge who just shot and killed one of your neighbors in cold blood.
If you're grasping for anything to feel good about right now - and that's a very difficult thing to find - feel good about the fact that not everyone is as much of a spineless, collaborating coward as our elites. Total strangers will risk their lives to stand next to you. ...
Martin Pollard says:
Correction: it's the Texas Guard, not the Texas National Guard. The latter is the official organization affiliated with the US armed services. The former is, in a nutshell, a bunch of ammosexuals playing soldier who'd probably shoot their own dicks off in a blind panic when faced with REAL opposition. You think that Crazy Train Abbott would ever put his trust in a group of soldiers that could be federalized at a moment's notice?
Leslee Beldotti says:
As an active duty Army veteran (Desert Storm era) and a current resident of Austin, TX, I can't even begin to articulate how bloody insulted and offended I am by this stupidity.
Would these paranoid idiots prefer that our soldiers die overseas because they didn't receive the training they needed here at home first?
cat says:
@martain
That maybe the case, but the Gov. of Texas ordered it based on the article.
slimlove says:
If Texans are so opposed to the presence federal troops, let's close the military bases in the state. I mean, just look at this list:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_installations_in_Texas
It's frankly amazing Texas hasn't been living under martial law since the end of World War II at the very least. In fact, just to be on the safe side, why don't we also close the Lockheed plants and anything else connected to the military.
J. Dryden says:
…Goddammit, Texas, if it weren't for Austin and your oil refineries, you would be SO FUCKING FIRED.
Martin Pollard says:
@cat, read the linked article again. You missed the fact that Abbott ordered the TEXAS STATE GUARD, not the TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD (which is what this article stated). They are NOT the same thing. This article needs to be corrected for the sake of accuracy. Are we not supposed to be better than slipshod wingnut blogs who post whatever they like without regards to fact?
What The Karp!?! says:
If I were in the Texas State Guard I'd be pissing in my pants knowing I was charges with keeping an eye on the SEALS and Green Berets.
Brian Ogilvie says:
There was a wonderful comment in the comments thread of a TPM article on this. I'll quote it in full:
Source: http://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/t/discussion-tx-gov-orders-nat-guard-to-monitor-possible-military-takeover-of-texas/19757/16
Xynzee says:
@What the Karp: you forget that for these ammosexuals in their fantasy world they single handedly overcome an entire unit Specials with nothing more than the toothpick from a Swiss Army knife. Or should that be a "Freedom" Army knife? Then the "girl" swoons for them.
Despite the fact the majority cannot walk up the stairs from their mother's basement w/o getting winded.
Racer X says:
@slimlove Like Reagan did to SoCal…great idea.
Robert says:
There's a historical precedent for Texas behaving as if it weren't actually part of the USA. Didn't end well, as I recall.
To be clear, I'm not referring to the period when it WAS a sovereign nation. There are times when I wonder how differently history would have gone if they'd stayed that way.
devtob says:
Went there for a look, and found there was a rough balance of deluded wingnuts and sane people mocking them.
You real Ph.D.s will like this. One of the more prolific wingnut commenters (Lynda Hardin-Poston) claimed to have a Ph.D. to prove she was "not a 'hilljack' with no education (who knows) when I am being lied to and someone is blowing smoke up my ass. GET IT BOZO???? Did you graduate 6th grade yet???"
She also cleverly referred to our president as "Heir Obama."
That didn't seem very Ph.D.-like, so I Googled her and found that her "Ph.D." was from a now-closed correspondence diploma mill in Alabama — the Clayton College of Natural Studies.
And, of course, she never taught anywhere that would be considered a real school, and is on Social Security and Medicare.
Yet another example of the old, white, paranoid, deluded, misinformed, ignorant voting base of today's Republican Party.
Phoenician in a time of Romans says:
"Oh good," say the SEALS, "live targets for the sneak and scare games."
Pat says:
Devtob, I liked your comment in the original thread. Well done.
mojrim says:
This isn't even close to Peak Crazy and you all know it.
Skepticalist says:
I've enjoyed Texas' threats of secession more than this invasion conspiracy.
In line with Robert, a successful secession by Texas would likely be quite a show. I'd be tempted to give it four stars for a long run.
Dubya on a Texas Air National Guard recruiting poster…..
stevenfrisch says:
I love that term, "Peak Crazy." I am going to steal it for my little county in California!
HoosierPoli says:
I don't know if anyone in Texas noticed, but the US Government ALREADY took over Texas. It was like 150 years ago, but the Army doesn't NEED to invade Texas anymore.
slimlove says:
I'll also point out that the US didn't take over Texas militarily. Texans asked for annexation, and had in fact started asking shortly after they founded the republic. The US was less enthusiastic, hence the 9 years between independence and annexation.
@Racer X: Just pointing out that a lot of Texans benefit from federal military dollars, either through employment with defense contractors or the general economic boost a community gets from having a base nearby, especially the smaller ones. San Antonio would most likely be ok without JBSA, but if Laughlin AFB (where my mom was born!) closed? I'm guessing there's not a lot going on in Del Rio otherwise, and these same idiots protesting the military's war games would be screaming bloody murder over the loss of jobs and dollars.
Mayya says:
Why wait for Texas to secede? I would be happy to sever the relationship now.
And ,of course, build a big ol' border fence.