rights and bringing the texas people itself into war-time captivity. in this latest chapter soon to arrive in this country s paranoid history, the politicians down there are pandering to the idea in texas that a u.s. military training exercise called jade helm 15 has, as its real design, a mass scale federal invasion of the state that has been part of the union of course since the texas republic joined up with us in the 1840s. last week setting worries about safety and constitutional rights, greg abbott called in the state s guard, he said to address concerns of texas citizens and to ensure that texas communities remain safe, secure, and informed, i am directing the texas state guard to monitor operation jade helm 15. and over the weekend, ted cruz said the pentagon assured him that his own government s military was not invading texas, but that doesn t stop him from playing carnival barker for the