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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
Thu Apr 30, 2015, 06:34 PM Apr 2015

Tex. Gov. Abbott has his own kinda private Guard to prevent Jade Helm from taking over Texas.

So there are 2 stories here.

One is that the extensive military exercise Jade Helm is gonna happen this summer, and some people in the affected states are,
at best, suspicious, and at worst, downright foaming at the mouth paranoid.
Well, Gov. Abbott of Texas has come out to help his nervous citizens:

AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday ordered the Texas State Guard to monitor federal military exercises in the state, responding to citizen fears, stoked by online conspiracy theories, that the maneuvers are a ruse to impose martial law.
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/state/headlines/20150428-abbott-orders-federal-military-training-in-texas-watched-amid-conspiracy-talk.ece

Now here is real interesting part.....Abbott is talking about the Texas Guard...NOT the National Guard.

dear Jaunita Jean , who channels Molly Ivins like nobody's business, explains...
It’s like the Boy Scouts except with no adult supervision.
The Texas Guard is for people too old or too chicken to join the real military. They are for civil help only, like cleaning up after a hurricane. They do not get to carry guns, even if they have one.



Link for more and esp. reader comments from someone who was IN the Texas Guard:
http://juanitajean.com/ding-ding-ding-we-have-a-winner/#comments








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Tex. Gov. Abbott has his own kinda private Guard to prevent Jade Helm from taking over Texas. (Original Post) dixiegrrrrl Apr 2015 OP
Lots of states have an organized State Guard Lurks Often Apr 2015 #1
Juanita Jean was in good form on that post Gothmog May 2015 #2
So was this editorial cartoonist: dixiegrrrrl May 2015 #7
Yeah, most states have this kind of "guard". Adrahil May 2015 #3
Wee, Abbott has reassured Texans that these old white guys are gonna stand up to the military dixiegrrrrl May 2015 #4
It'd be comical to watch if it wasn't so tragic! n/t Adrahil May 2015 #5
But, hey...you get a "free Texas super combo hunting Saphire May 2015 #6
 

Lurks Often

(5,455 posts)
1. Lots of states have an organized State Guard
Thu Apr 30, 2015, 06:45 PM
Apr 2015

Texas is hardly the only state with it's own State Guard or variant of one, although it may be the largest.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:State_defense_forces_of_the_United_States

MA, CA, CT, IL & MD all have a state defense force and none of those states can be considered politically conservative.

Texas State Guard goes all the way back to 1871 with roots even farther back then that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_State_Guard

 

Adrahil

(13,340 posts)
3. Yeah, most states have this kind of "guard".
Fri May 1, 2015, 07:23 AM
May 2015

Its mostly old white guys pretending to be soldiers once in a while. Very little martial training. When activated, they typically provide disaster relief and are unarmed.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
4. Wee, Abbott has reassured Texans that these old white guys are gonna stand up to the military
Fri May 1, 2015, 09:08 AM
May 2015

and keep Texas FREE of Federal Gov't rule.

And apparently the closed Wal-Mart stores are gonna be used to incarcerate Free-dumb loving Texans....

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