Posted on 05/26/2011 11:23:12 AM PDT by ThirdMate
Text of a letter sent to Sen. Patrick, Rep. Simpson, Lt. Gov. Dewhurst:
Dear Sen. Patrick,
I understand from press reports that Federal agents have threatened to impose a "No Fly Zone" over Texas, as has been done in the past and present to rogue states such as Iraq, Libya and Bosnia, and this threat is in response to the exercise of the duly constituted legislative powers of the Texas Legislature.
I am of the opinion that this federal threat is contrary to the U.S. Constitution, as per Article 1, section 9 quoted below.
Article. I. - The Legislative Branch Section 9 - Limits on Congress No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of Commerce or Revenue to the Ports of one State over those of another: nor shall Vessels bound to, or from, one State, be obliged to enter, clear, or pay Duties in another.
I am further of the opinion that the regulations or policies imposed by the Secretary of Homeland Security regarding unwarranted searches and seizures of persons boarding aircraft are contrary to the 4th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Accordingly I strongly support your efforts for passage of HB 1937 in defiance of federal threats of a No Fly Zone and air blockade. I further suggest that should the federal authorities make good on their threat, the Texas Railroad Commission should, in the name of safety and security, shut down all interstate pipelines carrying natural gas and refined petroleum products out of Texas.
You have my full support.
Best regards, aka "ThirdMate"
Well, “maybe” certainly stakes out a bold position.
Will you at least send “Hair” a terse memo, or is bitching at me all you’re willing to do?
Hey, don’t get angry, I like sarcasm too. I’ve already NOT voted for the guy, perhaps you should send the memo.
Really, the best we got??? hehehe, okey dokey...
Tell me what you think of that little perk he introduced called SB905???
I’m sure that if a coalition of like minded Dan Patrick’s were in the Texas Senate that we would never see them put themselves before the constituency in such an idiotic bill, that is now law...
It takes a lot more than just words on the floor in Austin, and on their own radio show to make one’s self a Conservative...You have to live and lead by example, and that is something seriously lacking in that individual...
I know him personally, thats not just name dropping, or being something that I am not, I am very dissapointed in his and many others performance in the last two legislative sessions, and there are a lot of people like me who they know will let them know it...
If in your opinion he is the “best we got”...Hmmmmmm, I have to wonder in that entire Senatorial District that could be a better, principled representative than him???
Private assurances or not...That is not the way to build a coalition...If the coalition he had was privately coerced politically, then there was NO coalition or votes there to begin with...If you cannot be open about your intentions and spend all your time developing private assurances and committments, then how strong is that coalition??? We have a prime example here of how that doesn’t work...
I don’t know where you got the information about things going on out in the hallways, I would honestly like to know who told you that...And the deflective nature of him stating the the Lt. Gov. torpedoed this, is not a sign of my support for Dewhurst in the slightest...
You are not going to be able to hold Dan’s water if you can only defend him this way, you still have to be able to ask the hard questions, to him, and other elected officials, even the ones you like and agree with, to keep them on their toes...Thats what they get paid the big bucks for (sarcasm)...And it is our civic duty to do so, with no hesitation or concern for how poorly they may come back at you...
Remember, they work for US...And they are accountable to us...
I have very good and close friends that I work with very closely, every two years to get things done...And when they screw up, they hear about it...I also go out of my way to compliment them when they do good things as well, and at the end of the day we are still good friends and nieghbors...
This whole TSA thing would have been a real political boom for this state, regardless of the reaction of the Federal government...And our representative blinked...
How utterly cowardly (politically) of them to do so...Regardless if we were right or wrong in introducing this bill...
Deal?
(And I'm not angry, I am deeply disappointed in Texas, I had hoped that unlike California, the place wasn't run by girliemen. *sigh*)
See, I knew we could agree. I just have a habit of returning sarcasm with sarcasm. I’m not just a fan, I’m a practitioner. I too am dissapointed with the Texas GOP. They had a chance to be men. Men of history, like Travis, Crockett, Seguin and Houston, and they spit the bit.
Yeah. They blinked. Bottom line that’s all that really matters. They had a chance to make a real difference, a chance, possibly their only chance, to stop totalitarianism in its tracks.
and they blinked.
May the chains rest lightly on us and our children, may they forget that we were ever free, lest they pine for a single breath of free air.
NOOO! Say it isn't so!
I know...it is horrible. Never have I thought I’d live to see where the “pioneering” and independent spirit of this country would cower at the first thought of being uncomfortable or slightly inconvenienced. We’re allowing this country and it’s founding principles to be gutted before our very eyes.
Now that is priceless!!!
That should go viral!!!
Somewhere there is a photo of that picture displayed on a monitor at a TSA checkpoint (perhaps as a “desktop”).
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst wrote a letter to Gov. Rick Perry with a list of bills he would like on the call for the special session. Some -- such as Dewhurst's health care compact and reform bills -- are not a surprise.
But he has also requested for the special session call both congressional redistricting and the bill by Rep. David Simpson (R-Longview) to make groping without probable cause by Transportation Security Administration workers a felony. The Simpson bill died in the waning days of the regular session after senators received a letter from the United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas threatening to challenge the bill in court and shut down Texas airports if the bill passes.
We post the entire text of the Dewhurst letter below:
I’m confused...I thought the Lt Gov torpedoed this one. But now he’s recommending it back on the table?
I’m with Texas on passage!! May have to move there!! Just remember, Kentuckians were the second largest group represented at the Alamo!
Yup, game on!
The bill is back up for consideration. Spread the word.
Your support is most appreciated.
Freegards,
3/M
I think it's called, politics...
In any case, after cruising the web a while checking on the special session, it looks like the Texas Senate and light governor Dewhurst caught an earful at the end of the regular session about this and a couple other bills. There are plenty of Texans that want our people in Austin to poke a finger in the eye of the federales; just on general principles if nothing else. At this point the governor now picks what bills will end up being "called" during the special session. I think Perry will allow this one to come up becuase of fire in the bellies of those that support it. They and we want the feral government boot off our necks. If not Texas, who???
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