Why are the wingnuts saying that Texas has been invaded?

[Bill219]

I was out this morning tending to my garden and my very very right wing neighbor asked me how our president can be on vacation while two ranches in Texas have been seized by the Mexican drug cartel Los Zetas.

I told him that I had not heard about any of this and told him that I assumed that if we had been "invaded" or ranches in the US had been "seized" by a foreign entity that the media would be having wall to wall coverage of this. He countered that President Obama and Eric Holder have imposed a media blackout on the situation.

Anyone know how this story got started?

[tridim]

1. Shouldn't your neighbor already be in Obama FEMA camps?

[Emit]

46. lol!

:spray:

[ananda]

2. google search came up with this

http://www.thecypresstimes.com/article/News/National_News/LOS_ZEDAS_TAKES_OVER_TEXAS_RANCH_NOT_A_PEEP_FROM_MSM/31840

[Frustratedlady]

5. There are several links, but beware of white pages you can't get out of.

I can't imagine it is true. Doesn't Texas have law enforcement? Why would Obama have to cancel his vacation?

Idiots.

[relayerbob]

6. Note the one comment

" Added: July 25, 2010. 10:20 AM CST

It's your credibility

The 1st RULE of good journalism is VERIFY… A bunch of bloggers, and apparently, The Cypress Times, failed to do so…

You guys are being played I am afraid, and I am saddened to see a so-called NEWS paper falling for this scam...

It's called Journalistic Integrity… Look into it…

Fred Witzell aka: TexasFred "

So even their one reader doubts the story.

[tjwash]

7. LOL...here's their national news feed:

:crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

- BREAKING: MULTIPLE RANCHES IN LAREDO, TX TAKEN OVER BY LOS ZETAS
- NORTH KOREA THREATENS TO NUKE U.S.
- CORNYN SPEARHEADS EFFORT TO OBTAIN 2010 CHINESE MILITARY POWER REPORT FROM U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
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- US RAMS THROUGH UN APPROVAL OF HOMOSEXUAL GROUP THAT OPPOSES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
- FIX YOUR EYES ON JESUS
- THE OVERTON WINDOW, BY GLENN BECK
- HEAVEN SANG
- SO YOU THINK YOU CAN PRAY

:crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

[XOKCowboy]

8. So this guy confirmed the story thanks to one of the Minutemen...

and a woman who worked with Breitbart on the Acorn "scandal".

I think I'll pass on this one..

[pinboy3niner]

17. That Breitbart connection made me laugh out loud

And, suddenly, all of their claimed multiple sources dried up. So it MUST be a blackout. :tinfoilhat: :rofl:

[XOKCowboy]

23. Oh yeah! She's no "whippersnapper". If she worked with Breitbart....

on Acorn then according to these geniuses she's gotta be an expert.

[WolverineDG]

20. We handed the Minutemen their asses on a platter

when they showed up to "help" us a couple of years ago.


dg

[islandmkl]

3. you should have asked your neighbor how he found out about it...

what with the blackout and all...

[Subdivisions]

4. If my neighbor came at me like that, I'd tell him/her to go fuck him- or herself. n/t

[Bill219]

19. I have done so many times

I mostly laugh off most of the crap that he comes up with because it is so out there.

He is a Glenn Beck/ Alex Jones droid.

[Subdivisions]

36. Apparently the assholes think the President has to be inside the

Oval Office in order to take care of business. They also forget that bush took more days vacation than Reagan and Obama - combined - during their first year. Carter and Clinton took less vacation days in their first year than Obama did.

President George W. Bush spent even more time away from the presidential mansion in the nation’s capital than Reagan. Of the 77 total "vacation" trips the former president made to his Texas ranch while in office, nine of them — all or part of 69 days — came during his first year as president in 2001, according to Knoller.

http://www.factcheck.org/2010/01/president-obamas-vacation-days/

But we NEVER heard a single complaint from the rightwingdicks about how rethug presidents took more vacation days in their first year of office than any Democratic president going back to Carter.

[WolverineDG]

9. Probably just looking for an excuse to bash undocumented folks

which the Zetas have nothing to do with anyway (other than trafficking them into this country).

on edit: I see they're saying it's happening in Laredo. Well, I've heard none of it, but will make the rounds of the local blogs to see what's up.

dg

[proud2BlibKansan]

15. Better lock yourself in your basement with your guns and some drining water!

Or you could go out and about and report back to us about all the local wingnuts who are locked in THEIR basements due to the invasion. LOL

[WolverineDG]

18. Uh, what basement?

:)

We just had a flood here, remember? ;)

Not saying that we aren't having any spillover violence (because we are), but this is a bit extreme.

dg

[proud2BlibKansan]

21. Quick! Build a shed in your backyard! LOL

[sarge43]

10. Just a guess, but probably the same way

Faux Noose kited the story about Mexican women helping Afghan officers at Lackland AFB Language school desert to Canada. Honest.

No lie too big, no lie too stupid.

[mike r]

11. I have friends in South Texas and they've never heard of such a thing

[WolverineDG]

16. I live in Laredo & have heard nothing

with contacts in the LPD & sheriff's department. The article cited above says the stand off is between LPD & Border Patrol---um, the Border Patrol is not a law enforcement agency, so :wtf: are they doing out there, & I think the "ranches" are not inside the city limits, so LPD wouldn't be out there, the Sheriff's Department would.

dg

[The Traveler]

12. This was posted on facebook

| Multiple Ranches in Laredo, Tx Taken Over by Los Zetas

Possible disinformation. The publisher emphasizes the story is unverified and in attempting to do so they have received conflicting reports.

Trav

[MyNameGoesHere]

13. How did it get started?

Well since the story was covered by not so brightbart and gwenn becky I am sure their zombie warriors took it and ran with it.

[WolverineDG]

14. Update after checking 1 local blog (got a couple of others to check out)

http://www.lasanbe.com/2010/07/spillover.html

I have no doubt that there is some spill over from what's going on across. They've started using grenades & in C. Juarez (near El Paso) car bombs.

dg

[jwirr]

22. To the other point that our president is on vacation doing nothing

about the situation: What is law enforcement doing in that area to combat the violence that is spilling across the border? We sent troops down there not too long ago. The story is mostly false but has an element of half truth and leaves out a lot.

[oneshooter]

29. "The border is as safe and secure as it has ever been"

The Prez don't like Texas, and will do nothing to help. There are signs in Arizona, put up by the Border Patrol, that urge American Citizens not to enter parts of the county, as they are not safe due to the drug and human smugglers. That is the limit of the Feds "help".

Oneshooter
Armed and Livin in Texas

[mike r]

24. People in El Paso can hear the gunfire from Juarez

especially at night.

That may be how the rumor got started.

[Bill219]

25. I just did a twitter search for "Los Zetas"

and I am astounded by the stupidity that is going on about this story. The wingers have really lost their minds, what little they had to begin with.

[sufrommich]

42. I doesn't matter to them if it's true. It just proves that it

could be true!!! :crazy:

[tammywammy]

50. Keep us informed Wolverine

:hi:

[rhett o rick]

26. Hey! We stole Texas fair (?) and square. nm

[TheCowsCameHome]

27. Tell him to use the parental control to block Fox News.

It's probably the source of this stuff.

[Vickers]

28. Oh, so *NOW* they're worried about a President taking vacation.

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[alfredo]

30. Laredo Morning Times says local law enforcement

know nothing of this rumor.

And nothing on their local TV stations

[Turbineguy]

31. He spends too much time on the crazy side of the tubes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I7vPbthvWo

[pinboy3niner]

33. That's perfect, ROFL!

With only a few minor changes, the adaptation is complete:

There is nothing wrong with your television.
Do not attempt to adjust the picture.
WE are now controlling the transmission.
We control the horizontal AND the vertical.
We can deluge you with a thousand falsehoods,
OR expand one single image into a cosmic distortion and beyond.
We can shape your vision to anything our imagination can conceive.
WE will control all that you see and hear.
You are about to experience the awe and mystery
that reaches from the deepest inner teabagger mind
to the Faux Nooze Outer Limits.

Welcome to Fox--"The Lupus of News"

[Turbineguy]

38. "The Lupus of News"

That's rich. And so completely true.

[pinboy3niner]

44. Credit Jon Stewart for that, on The Daily Show, 4/20/2010:

Fox is the Lupus Of News ~ Jon Stewart Takes Down Bernie Goldberg
By Shoq, on April 21, 2010, at 4:03 pm

"Bernie Goldberg Fires Back"
The Daily Show 4/20/2010 — Length: 11:54

Jon "apologizes" for criticizing Bernie Goldberg and Fox News, but it's only because they're a terrible, cynical, disingenuous news organization. Do NOT shut this off half way thru. The real punchline comes after the lengthy setup.

<....> Once again, Stewart explains what all the rest of the media never can. People need to see it.


The Money Shots

Jon Stewart to Bernie Goldberg (with gospel backup singers behind him.)

Bernie Goldberg..

You're criticizing me for not living up to YOUR tag line!

And you dismiss any criticism as further evidence of how the rest of the media persecutes you.

You like to pretend that the relentless conservative activism of Fox News is the equivalent of the disorganized liberal influence you find at NBC, ABC and CBS.

You may be able to detect a liberal pathogen..in the bloodstream.. however faint.

But Fox news is such a crazy overreaction to that perceived threat,

you're like an auto immune disorder.

I'm not saying the virus doesn't exist in some small quantity.

But you're producing way too many antibodies.

Fox News. You're the Lupus of news.

So I guess what I'm saying to you is this.

So long as "Fair and Balanced" is how you sell yourselves.

So I guess what I am sayin' to you is this:

Go fuck yourselves.


Read more with video:
http://shoqvalue.com/fox-is-the-lupus-of-news-jon-stewart-takes-down-bernie-goldberg#ixzz0uimdlrgz

[blondeatlast]

48. That was the funniest thing I've seen in some time! Thanks. nt

[blondeatlast]

41. "The Lupus of News." Perfect, just perfect! nt

[pinboy3niner]

47. See # 44...

The link includes the video, which is hilarious--well worth watching.

P.S.: Hope you're staying cool there--and that we'll hear news of the judge's preliminary decision soon... :hi:

[UTUSN]

32. K&R #4 for, it's standard wingnut hysteria-mongering. 2 months ago some kid reporter

FROM FLORIDA ran a story on ABC.com about "pirates" at the S. TX border. I had an e-mail exchange with him and I've got to say he was totally polite throughout. At first he defended his stories, saying that the precise term for crimes-on-the-water is "piracy" and that one of his main sources was a county sheriff right on the river/U.S.-Mexico boundary. I did some Googling and found out that this sheriff is a John WAYNE type who has been a go-to for HANNITY and other wingnut hysteria-mongers and is the head of TX governor GOODHAIR's "border law enforcement coalition" (a vested interest in hyping the mongering (whereas other border sheriffs have refused to participate on the grounds that immigration is not their job). Not to mention that the highly charged words "PIRACY" and "PIRATES" automatically triggers terra-ism hysteria.

The young dude ended by complimenting my research and saying I should try to get it in a venue.

Flash forward a couple of months and then NBC runs an almost idential "PIRATES ON THE BORDER" story by a female reporter out of Houston. I sent e-mails to the NBC venues, but got no answer.

[janet118]

34. Facts? We don't need no stinkin' facts. n/t

[Jane Austin]

35. Rick Perry is letting Texas be invaded without doing anything about it?

Oh, my!

Say hello to Gov. Bill White, righties. :)

Really. When righties make up shit like this, they should think about how it reflects on their own.

[jberryhill]

37. Because they are idiots

Can you imagine people like that being put in charge of anything?

The freeptards have loaded their imaginary weapons onto their imaginary vehicles and are on the way!

[Iggo]

39. Oh, I dunno. Racism, maybe?

[blondeatlast]

40. Jan Brewer is sending some leftover decapitated heads over as we write.

Gotta have some sort of physical evidence, right?

[booley]

43. Because saying Texas has been visited or settled in

.. Doesn't quite fire up the militarism and fear that an invasion does.

Cons long ago figured out how useful emotional language was to manipulate people.

[southmost]

45. your neighbor is right about one thing

yeah, Texas has indeed been invaded: (several times as a matter of fact) by the Spanish, French, and then the United States

[pinboy3niner]

49. As some of Mexican heritage there say:

"We didn't cross the border--the border crossed us!"

Welcome to DU, southmost! :hi:

[Jim__]

51. Gee, how did governor Perry react?

[XOKCowboy]

52. Isn't he down there on a white horse brandishing a saber or something?

It'd probably mess up his hair though. Dammit i miss Molly Ivins. She's be giving us the truth here.

[WolverineDG]

53. Update: I talked to someone in the know

There was an incident at a ranch on Friday. SWAT was called, but later called off. No bodies, no arrests, no Zetas.

Link to La Empty's (LMT) story & comments (they are getting hysterical btw):

http://www.lmtonline.com/articles/2010/07/25/front/news/doc4c4b6b53d2179200438464.txt

Local blog that's mentioned this (with blog roll of other local blogs):

http://www.lasanbe.com/


Another blog, Que Fregados, hasn't said anything about this & she's usually the first to report on cross-border violence as she lives downtown.

dg

[pinboy3niner]

55. Thanks for the update, dg. nt

[teach1st]

54. Even the regular whackos think this story is whack

(ON EDIT: Warning: The second link goes to the infamus biggovernment dot com site. Even they don't buy in)

From the Jeering Section blog..

http://thefortunestage.wordpress.com/2010/07/25/about-that-takeover-by-los-zetas-in-laredo/#comments

According to Bob Owens, a blogger over at Andrew Breitbart’s biggovernment.com, the Examiner who broke “broke” the story is refusing to confirm her sources to him. Now, biggovernment is itself right wing, having been responsible for the destruction of ACORN through selectively edited video by James O’Keefe,(I should also point out, that ACORN has been cleared of wrongdoing, but the goal has been achieved) and caused the firing of Ms. Sherrod again by selectively edited video. Mr. Owens, while still blaming the Obama Admin. for the hoax, still calls everyone who promoted it:

http://biggovernment.com/bowens/2010/07/25/whats-wrong-with-laredo-part-i/

Cypress News publisher John G. Winder is sticking with the story, not because any additional evidence has been produced, but because the two sources for his version of the story, blog Digger’s Realm and Examiner.com’s San Diego (CA) County Political Buzz Examiner blogger Kimberly Dvorak are standing by their militiamen and anonymous police sources.

The original Cypress Times story? A re-publication of the original Digger’s Realm story.

The Digger’s Realm story? Two anonymous Laredo police sources and a San Diego California Minuteman named Jeff Schwilk who claims he got his information from… an anonymous Laredo PD officer.

San Diego County Poltical Buzz Examiner Kimberly Dvorak? She claims her information also comes from two anonymous Laredo PD sources.

Are we noticing a pattern here? Every bit of of this claim, which has now scattered far and wide across the Internet, can be traced back to two anonymous police department sources of a police department that does not even have jurisdiction where the alleged invasion is taking place.