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DEATH BY GOVERNMENT: GENOCIDE AND MASS MURDER

DEATH BY GOVERNMENT: GENOCIDE AND MASS MURDER
All told, governments killed more than 262 million people in the 20th century outside of wars, according to University of Hawaii political science professor R.J. Rummel. Just to give perspective on this incredible murder by government, if all these bodies were laid head to toe, with the average height being 5', then they would circle the earth ten times. Also, this democide murdered 6 times more people than died in combat in all the foreign and internal wars of the century. Finally, given popular estimates of the dead in a major nuclear war, this total democide is as though such a war did occur, but with its dead spread over a century

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Thursday, June 30, 2011

Govenor of Texas and lawmakers let TSA pat-down ban die...

Texas lawmakers let pat-down ban die

Texas lawmakers adjourned their special session Wednesday without passing a ban on Transportation Security Administration pat-downs, to the dismay of staunch conservative critics of the agency.

The bill, which would have criminalized touching passengers' genitalia during hand searches at airport security checkpoints, had already been watered down by the Texas Senate. The upper chamber of the Texas Legislature added provisions to allow TSA agents to deliver a hand search if they have a reasonable suspicion one is necessary. The provisions were added to the House version of the bill, but the chamber adjourned without taking a vote on the tweaked bill it had already passed.

The bill's sponsor in the Texas House, state Rep. David Simpson (R), vowed Wednesday to try again next year.

"We will never give up the fight for liberty," he said on his Facebook page. "Though we were not successful in passing the TSA bill to protect travelers' dignity, I am continually encouraged by the efforts of so many Texans who have fought hard to see the Constitution upheld."
Democrats in the Texas House were happier about the outcome.
"It's disconcerting that we spent the last moments of the special session attempting to take a petty political swing at our president," Texas state Rep. Garnet Coleman (D) said in a statement. "The truth is, SB 29 could never have become law because the constitutional deadline for passage in the House had already passed. It was never their intent for this legislation to become law, just to posture and pander for political gain."
TSA has argued that the ban would be unconstitutional because the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution allows federal law to trump state law, and the Department of Justice said that it could result in flights to Texas being cancelled.

Source:
http://thehill.com/blogs/transportation-report/tsa/169109-texas-lawmakers-let-tsa-pat-down-ban-die

Comments (124)

The Republican Party of Texas campaigned on lies: they promised the state a good sanctuary cities bill, to screen for illegal aliens in our jails. Gov. Perry has not called a second special session to make the lawmakers pass this important bill. Gov. Perry appears to be just like "W", all talk and no action on illegal immigration. They reassure the voters while giving a "wink, wink" to their greedy business friends. Shame on the Republican Party of Texas. Good luck getting us to the polls in 2012.BY Larry on 06/29/2011 at 18:41
It is time to vote out some reps and senators. The pat downs are unconstitutiona l to begin with. Obviously, you have a bunch of Democrats pretending to be Republicans running Texas.

Obama could stop these pat downs and x-rays any time he wanted to. TSA is under the executive branch. He is using TSA to kill the airlines. He is a cap and trade guy who wants the high speed rail. Planes emit a lot of CO2.
BY BabtheScan on 06/29/2011 at 19:15
Unless these elected officials caterwauling about "liberty" take the lead in attacking the clearly anti-Constitutional "Patriot" Act, they're nothing but easily-debunked hypocrites of the most rank type.BY KingCranky on 06/29/2011 at 19:18
I will vote against Perry for all of his spineless lies. Not voting on the TSA bill just proves he is only for himself. He doesn't care about the people of Texas. He is corrupt just like the rest. This proves he can be bought.BY krista on 06/29/2011 at 19:31
The Commerce clause does NOT give the Federal Dam Government any 'trump' over state law.

You must read the Constitution.

The Commerce clause is to ALLOW the Federal Government to level the playing field to some degree so the states WILL TRADE among each other,, rather than become independent of all other states due to trade unbalances.
BY dbeall on 06/29/2011 at 21:24
A great start for the 2032 election…BY Perry 2032 on 06/29/2011 at 23:31
Republicans are a joke.

Oh wait, all of our "representatives " are a joke, political party doesn't matter.
BY oh wait on 06/30/2011 at 01:32
It's beyond time to clean house in Austin. Let's start with Governor Perry. We need elected representatives who are concerned about the issues which impact the daily lives of the citizens they represent. We are not getting that with the majority of the politicians in Austin.BY Tex on 06/30/2011 at 03:09
I don't care if TSA checks put you people off. If I'm gonna ride on an airplane with you I want everyone of you screened to make sure you aren't carrying a bomb. Maybe TSA can be a little smarter about the way they do business but it is important work.

Quit whining about it!
BY MPRanger on 06/30/2011 at 05:05
I'm glad I own a private jet and know lots of places that have no TSA pat down. Finally, I can vaporize cannabis on a plane. BY get real on 06/30/2011 at 06:39

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