Feds Threaten No-Fly Zone Over Texas
25th May 2011
Yesterday the U.S. Justice Department warned that the federal government may cancel all flights out of Texas if the state legislature approves a law aimed at preventing the Transportation Security Administration from groping airline passengers without probable cause. H.B. 1937, which was approved unanimously by the state House of Representatives and is being considered by the state Senate, applies to any government employee who, without probable cause to suspect a crime has been committed, “performs a search for the purpose of granting access to a publicly accessible building or form of transportation” and in the process “touches the anus, sexual organ, buttocks, or breast of another person including through the clothing, or touches the other person in a manner that would be offensive to a reasonable person.” Such a search would be a misdemeanor punishable by a $4,000 fine and up to a year in jail.
Works for me.
I should think that the Obamanation would love it. What better way to promote travel by rail?
May 25th, 2011 at 16:17
If they hate us so much, why not just let us secede?
May 25th, 2011 at 16:20
Yeah, it’s not as if we haven’t done it before.
May 26th, 2011 at 13:44
BTW, the Senate backed down on the anti-TSA bill yesterday, thanks to David Dewhurst. Dewhurst is not about to irritate his many friends in D.C., though it seems he discounted the number of folks he pissed off in Texas.
As for the last secession, that was different. The Yankees wanted Texas in the Union back then. Plus, Texas made the mistake of joining up with those southeastern states and they pretty much ran out of fight in 4 or 5 years.