Texas bill would outlaw some TSA searches
 

This bill, H.B. No. 1937, is currently going before the Transportation and Homeland Security Committee in the Texas Senate.

http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodo...pdf#navpanes=0

They will argue that they only search those who have purchased a ticket and therefore consented to any search or detainment they find appropriate.

This won't have any teeth. I applaud the sentiment but it will be ineffective.

I support the TSA 100% I don't fly so I won't be in their way and won't have to deal with them

^ troll alert

Why, because I refuse to spend my money to wait in long lines and be molested and abused by a system that should be abolished? If more people followed my lead this sbhit would stop.

How long before you stand in line to have your SS# tattoo'ed on your forearm or a RFID chip implanted? If they aren't stopped now, this will be the future

Now that's more like it. It was the "I support the TSA 100%" that confused me.

That's the 4th Amendment to the Constitution, folks. I'd like to know where exactly the TSA fits into that.

Amen to the 4th amendment and why I won't deal with tsa & road check points.

It doesn't. At all. The government is using Clear and Present Danger as an excuse to go around the 4th Amendment. Or should I say, MISusing

It's a basic thing and part of the our Bill of Rights. There is no side stepping, misusing it, or go around. That's BS and until more people stand up to it, the govt will continue to abuse us.

That.

Can I get an AMEN?

Would a hearty fucking "Hear, hear!" do?

Sure...

I remember this one time... after a crazy night at the club...

I pissed out a skank in the morning... it was bananas. :D

Are your international airports federal reservations,down there? Ours are, so a locally passed law would have absolutely no application.

Actually, that's what's really fucked up about the whole thing. They are not federal, and many of them are even privately-owned. The TSA is simply forced upon them, scanners and all.

Of course, the owner of the company who makes the backscatter machines being a personal friend to the President and accompanying him on vacations probably doesn't have anything to do with that.

Oh say it ain't so!!!

Yeah, but I'm sure everything is on the up-and-up. Politicians tend to be very honest people, especially ones from Chicago.

Do you have some supporting documentation on the personal relationship?

:lol:

I'll have to dig it back up, but it was documented a while back when Obama went on that huge overseas vacation and everyone was all up in arms about the price tag. The backscatter guy was one of his personal entourage that joined him on the trip, then the scanners suddenly became mandatory at every airport in America. Like I said, I'm sure it was strictly coincidental and there was no corruption involved in any way.

I'm sure there haven't been and won't be any political contributions coming from those folks, either.

Well....so much for common sense.

http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/20...p1=Upbox_links

Before the Tuesday's scheduled vote US Attorney John E. Murphy wrote to Joe Straus, speaker of the state House, Senator David Dewhurst, president of the Senate, and Patsy Shaw, secretary of the Senate, basically reprising the Constitutional argument. But Murphy went farther, suggesting that if the bill were passed the TSA would have no choice but to cancel flights going into Texas in the interest of public safety.

Big Brother has spoken....and he's told us all to sit down and shut the fuck up.

America. Fuck Yeah. :/

I'll still wait for confirmation of the "facts" before coming to a conclusion, thank you very much ;)

The one thing that is clear regarding both Democrat and Republican presidents: Both are more than willing to sell out the American public's rights for their private agendas.

Is your Google broken?

http://publicintelligence.net/body-s...trip-to-india/

Hardly. I found that in less than 10 seconds. It neither mentions a 'personal friendship' between the two, nor does it remark on the two of them going on 'vacations' together. It discusses a Presidential trade visit to India.

Shmike is right, I remember this shit.

I like black and white ;)

Too many times internet rumour gets treated as truth, even by 'responsible' media.