Summary of this week's report:
Speaker of the Texas House Joe Straus constantly attempts to
obstruct and derail any conservative initiative that comes his way,
and he's still at it. He is currently blocking a bill that would
make it a criminal offense for TSA agents to grope people's private
parts during airport security screenings. We need to let our
legislators know that we're outraged by the tyranny of intrusive
TSA agents, and we support this bill.
Full report:
Over the past year or so, anger has been building all over America
at the tyrannical behavior of TSA airport security agents who use
their government jobs to lord it over and abuse American citizens.
Conservative media outlets have been filled with stories of
outrageous abuses which go far beyond any notion of "reasonable"
search procedures. Recently a former Miss USA cried while
recounting how a female TSA agent touched her private parts four
times. One lady who had had a mastectomy was forced to remove her
prosthetic breast to prove she wasn't a terrorist. Three years old
kids are regularly patted down.
On top of this, the TSA agents often go out of their way to target
traditional Americans while ignoring young Muslim men, all in the
name of political correctness. Muslims have a virtual monopoly on
modern terrorism, but at the airport, young males in Muslim garb
are deliberately ignored, while young children and grandmothers are
harassed and in many cases virtually sexually assaulted.
This is an abomination and it needs to stop. It's an assault on
not only our dignity, but our Constitutional rights, and groping
American toddlers and grannies while ignoring the real risk groups
doesn't do a thing to make travel any safer. It's a tremendous
waste of time and money that serves no useful purpose. (This is to
say nothing of the indignity and health risks of being given a full
body scan.)
Unfortunately, given the public's concern about terrorism, it's not
feasible to call for an end to all TSA security procedures, no
matter how useless. However, that doesn't mean we have to put up
with our wives and children having to face being groped every time
they take a flight. Representative David Simpson (R-Longview)
introduced a bill during this past session that would ban
"intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly touching" the "sexual
organs" of someone during a security screening at a public
facility, including airports.
This law is an excellent idea. It's a disgrace that we even need a
law like this, but it is the refusal of TSA agents to respect the
rights, dignity and privacy of Texans which has brought the
situation about. Governor Perry added the bill to the agenda for
the special legislative session after Rep. Simpson told him that
there were probably enough votes to make it through both the House
and Senate.
Unfortunately it looks as if the bill is dead in the water, and
won't become law, thanks to the efforts of Old Unfaithful, House
Speaker Joe Straus. Straus never seems to miss an opportunity to
obstruct much needed conservative legislation, and this bill is no
exception. He says it is nothing more than an "ill-advised
publicity stunt" which will make Texas a "laughingstock."
How does Straus justify calling it a publicity stunt? He says it
would be "unenforceable", and he is also worried that it would lead
to a showdown over states' rights, after receiving a letter from
Obama's Justice Department threatening to shut down all Texas
airports if the bill becomes law. So Straus has employed his usual
tricks to make sure the bill goes nowhere and it's working. The
bill's sponsor, Rep. Simpson, says "at this point, it's doubtful...it
was a miracle that it got this far."
Well, frankly, it's about time we had a showdown with the
gargantuan and overreaching federal government over states' rights.
We can't keep putting it off or it will soon be too late. This
past weekend brought a new horror story about TSA agents ordering a
95 year old woman dying of leukemia to remove her adult diaper as
part of a 45 minute search. Incredibly, the TSA honchos in DC
defended these actions with this statement: "We have reviewed the
circumstances involving this screening and determined that our
officers acted professionally and according to proper procedure."
If states won't stand up to federal bureaucrats who think it's
necessary and "professional" to subject a dying 95 year old lady
to a 45 minute search in which she's forced to remover her diaper,
when will they stand up?
We need to take action. We need to try to save this bill, if it's
not too late, and we need to let Straus know that his latest
efforts to block the will of the conservative voters who gave the
GOP a 2-1 margin in Austin have not gone unnoticed. We won't
forget, and he and his cronies who delight in stabbing us in the
back will be in for the fight of their lives next election.
Take action:
Contact your Representative and Senator and let them know you're
sick of innocent people being groped and assaulted by government
agents in the name of "security" and you want this bill passed, no
matter what Joe Straus thinks.
Click here to find out who represents you in the Texas House and Senate:
http://www.fyi.legis.state.tx.us/
Hat tip: Peter Morrison Report
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