Forget Libya - Obama threatens "No-Fly Zone" over Texas

The Lone Star state's efforts to protect its citizens from the wandering hands of the federal behemoth fail as the administration says the Constitution gives it the right to touch our "junk." Once leaders such as Patrick Henry proudly proclaimed, "Give me liberty or give me death!" Now our government offers us the choice of scanning our bodies in an arguably unsafe manner or submitting to an enhanced "pat down" usually reserved for law enforcement officers apprehending criminals. The Texas of Gov. Rick Perry has objected — as it has in other areas of federal encroachment or neglect, such as with ObamaCare, EPA regulations, border security, etc. — that grandmothers and grandchildren flying from Dallas to Houston had to submit to this without what the courts would call "probable cause." A bill passed by the Texas House of Representatives 138—0, HR 1937, explicitly made it a felony for a security officer to intentionally touch someone's private parts — even outside their clothing — "as a condition of travel or as a condition of entry into a public place" unless the agent could show probable cause...more

So far, so good. Texans protecting the rights of their fellow Texans. The bill passed their House 138-0, so what on earth happened?

When the bill was on its way to the state Senate, U.S. attorney John Murphy, acting on behalf of the Transportation Security Administration, drafted a letter, which was sent to Texas lawmakers, including Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, House Speaker Joe Strauss, the House Clerk, and the Senate Secretary. The letter stated that if the Texas Senate passed the bill the TSA would halt all flights leaving Texas. Federal intimidation of a state challenging the authority of a federal government created by the states held sway.

Obama threatened a "No-Fly Zone" over Texas and they caved. In 1836 a band of Texians, out numbered almost 10 to one, took on Santa Ana at the Alamo. They lost but a month later the Texians defeated the Mexican Army at San Jacinto. Fast forward to 2011: Texas receives a piece of paper from Santa Obama and they scurry for cover.

Republican Dan Patrick, who was the sponsor of the bill in the Senate, withdrew it, telling the Texas Tribune: "There was a time in this state, there was a time in our history, where we stood up to the federal government and we did not cower to rules and policies that invaded the privacy of Texans."

No large army, no cannons, just a piece of paper. And look at the power exercised by the feds against a state and it's people. Want to fly? Then bend over.