With all the freedoms and rights abused after 9/11 the government admitted essentially to every King, every dictator, every bandit and despot and pirate; "You were right. Our country is nothing but the heirs of a bunch of elites who betrayed their King to cheat him of his taxes. Our ideals were just lies to get the little people to go along with us and then we taxed them more than the king ever would. Our laws, ideals, are paper thin at the slightest stress, we just repeat the lie again and again but all that matters is that we are strong and you must fear us."
Although Texan dreams of arbitrary secession are both laughable and pathetic, I have a hard time bashing anyone for finally taking on the Bush/Obama era TSA. I'm sick of the theater and the attacks on our civil liberties, so even if the initial shot has to be fired from an arrogant Texan cowboy I'll still take it. Although to be fair there is no guarantee this first vote will lead to an actual law or that such a law will be successful in turning back the tide.Best of luck to lone star loonies on this, and on that secession thing too. Enough "states rights" garbage.
:hi: As a Texas Native and one who Chose to return here after Retirement let me assure you Patrick that not all Texans are Gun Nuts or Timothy McVey types!(I live in Austin, a Blue Dot surrounded by a Sea of Red Ignorance!) Our Governor (Gov. GoodHair) is the Biggest Phony in Politics (and that's saying something with all the T- Party Nuts and Fox News "Pundit/Politicians around)but lots of us are only Fanatics (hence the word fan) about such things as, well, Trains! ^_^Best of luck to lone star loonies on this, and on that secession thing too. Enough "states rights" garbage.
Please don't mistake big talk for big action. As someone who flies into/out-of/through Texas fairly regularly (four flights in as many days this week) I can assure you that you are just as likely to be x-rayed and/or vigorously groped today as you were before. As a Texan I can assure you that our politicians talk big but rarely act big.As a result of this policy, I will end my self-imposed moratorium on flying (begun when the TSA patdown was introduced), and when I travel internationally, I will now only fly from Texas (my domestic travel is of course done via Amtrak). I hope many, many people do the same as I do, and that Texas airports are flooded with passengers.
Link...Texas state lawmakers have shelved a bill to outlaw controversial airport pat-downs. The legislation, which would have made it illegal for Transportation Security Administration agents to perform hand searches at airport security checkpoints unless there was probable cause, was approved by the Texas House. But the U.S. attorney general's office threatened to cancel flights to Texas if the bill passed, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported this week, and that was enough to give Texas senators cold feet.
I see. I was under the impression that this bill had passed. Probably just misread it. Okay, then. Previous policy of flying out of Ontario reinstated.Please don't mistake big talk for big action. As someone who flies into/out-of/through Texas fairly regularly (four flights in as many days this week) I can assure you that you are just as likely to be x-rayed and/or vigorously groped today as you were before. As a Texan I can assure you that our politicians talk big but rarely act big.As a result of this policy, I will end my self-imposed moratorium on flying (begun when the TSA patdown was introduced), and when I travel internationally, I will now only fly from Texas (my domestic travel is of course done via Amtrak). I hope many, many people do the same as I do, and that Texas airports are flooded with passengers.
Link...Texas state lawmakers have shelved a bill to outlaw controversial airport pat-downs. The legislation, which would have made it illegal for Transportation Security Administration agents to perform hand searches at airport security checkpoints unless there was probable cause, was approved by the Texas House. But the U.S. attorney general's office threatened to cancel flights to Texas if the bill passed, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported this week, and that was enough to give Texas senators cold feet.
As Elton John would have said, "Don't shoot me I'm only the piano player!"With that said, somebody do let me know if John Murphy (the guy who wrote the letter to the Texas Senators) ever runs for office so I can give some money to his opponent (and I say this because you get a not-insignificant number of US Attorneys running for office later on in life).
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