Houston Area Liberty Campaign

[scanned copy of original letter here]

The Honorable Rick Perry
Governor of the State of Texas
P.O. Box 12428
Austin, Texas 78711-2428

Dear Governor Perry:

If you are willing, there is still time to enact legislation to protect the dignity of travelers in Texas. Egregious intrusive searches without probable cause continue every day by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Texans and indeed Americans around this nation are fed up with this out of control federal bureaucracy that has promulgated practices that violate the 4th Amendment and that treat grandmothers, the handicapped, Iraqi war veterans with prosthetic limbs, boys, girls and infants as criminal suspects-touching their private parts as a condition of travel.

You write in your book, Fed Up, that you want to “help foster a nationwide conversation about the role of government in our lives” (Fed Up, 187). I can think of no role less suitable for our federal government than that of routinely violating innocent citizens of this state and those of the entire country.

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Related reading/viewing:
http://www.prisonplanet.com/bilderberg-behind-rick-perry-2012-run.html  (gives the low-down, dirty on the REAL Slick Rick… here’s a clue… what do the Bilderberg group, CFR, and the Council of Governors have in common?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NoUIFdaNC8&sns=fb (watch the worm squirm)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhBFykOqncQ&feature=related (features TAG’s Heather Fazio, scroll to approximately 10:40 in the counter)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q3R–cKxpM&feature=related (WPTV News, West Palm Beach, FL… listen to Hilary CLinton’s response to the question if she “would submit to ‘one of these pat-downs’”)
http://maylattanzio.blogspot.com/2011/06/tsa-and-texas-no-thanks-to-rick-perry.html 
http://wonkette.com/428522/another-story-in-the-saga-of-tsa-feeling-up-jeffrey-goldbergs-cock (WARNING: for those easily offended, this reading contains crude, graphic language, so be warned!!)
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/06/26/dying-woman-undergoes-additional-tsa-security-screening-says-family/ (95-yr old lukemia patient given choice to either not fly or fly sans Depends)

Well, this is semi-related but more of a stress reliever or a joke, if you’re a guy… http://www.ihatethemedia.com/tsa-pinup-calendar-2011 (scroll down about half-way).

TRENTON— Senator Michael J. Doherty (R-Hunterdon, Warren) and Senator James Beach (D-Camden) today announced they will present resolutions to the Senate and Assembly calling on the U.S. Congress to end TSA screening procedures requiring full body scans and pat downs at U.S. airports Their action comes in response to widespread concerns over privacy and radiation, as well as reports of inappropriate conduct by TSA agents during the screening process.

“The pursuit of security should not force Americans to surrender their civil liberties or basic human dignity at a TSA checkpoint,” said Doherty. “Subjecting law-abiding American citizens to naked body scans and full body pat downs is intolerable, humiliating, vulnerable to abuse, and is fast becoming a disincentive to travel. Particularly concerning to us is the fact that physical searches result in children being touched in private areas of the body. Terrorists hate America because of the freedoms upon which this great nation was built. By implementing these screening measures, the TSA has already handed a victory to those who seek to destroy our freedoms.”

For full press release, visit http://bit.ly/c0n2FL .

Origina music and lyrics by “Buck Howdy.”

Help You Make it to Your Flight

Take the ribbon from your hair
Shake it loose and let it fall
Leave your shoes right over there.
…Now…
GET UP AGAINST THE WALL!

I’ll run my hands inside your thighs,
Up your legs and out of sight
But you can trust the TSA
To help you make it to your flight.

We don’t profile that’d be wrong
Just ask the A.C.L.U.
We’d rather check your nooks & crannies
And every inch of you.

I’ve got no life except my job,
I don’t mind it, it’s alright,
I get to grope you legally
If you wanna take a flight 

This badge and uniform we wear
Well, it might look like a rent-a-cop
But your life is in our hands
We like it that way
‘Specially if you’re hot! 

It’s awful lonely being me
No girlfriend, boyfriend, husband, wife
So let me squeeze you
OOoo, right THERE!
If you wanna take a flight
You can trust the TSA
You’ll be in our dreams tonight!
Mmmm-hmmmm!

See also: http://floydreports.com/tsa-theme-song/?utm_source=Floyd+Reports&utm_campaign=db2699d1ae-FR_12_02_201012_4_2010&utm_medium=email

By Benito Segovia

HOUSTON TX – Just days after more than 70 red-light cameras were turned off thanks to a voter mandate, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it will be installing “250 to 300 cameras at downtown intersections in an effort to prevent and fight terrorism and crime.”

Although the timing of this announcement was likely coincidental, it couldn’t look worse for city officials. Almost immediately after a public mandate that such cameras be removed, DHS swoops in to install hundreds more.

While it is still unclear when the original red-light cameras are going to be removed, more than 50 DHS cameras have already been installed, with many more scheduled for installation this summer. The cameras are currently installed around the George R. Brown convention center, Discovery Green Park, the theater district and Minute Maid Park.

Big Brother at Home

The camera footage can be monitored in real-time from multiple locations. This is touted as way to allow police to monitor events remotely instead of staffing events in-person. (It has yet to be seen if this high-tech measure will reduce the cost of city security fees and permits for those holding such events.)

This measure has received opposition from both privacy advocates and budget hawks. Privacy advocates oppose the move because it would give the State an unprecedented look into the daily goings-on of average citizens. While others counter that there is no expectation of privacy in pubic places.

Incrementalism and The New Surveillance Society

Barry Klein, long-time Houston property rights and liberty activist, argued that the cameras would move citizens “deeper into the world of the surveillance society.”  His point is well taken.

In the UK where citizens are accustomed to 24/7 surveillance measures, horrifying levels of privacy invasion are becoming more common. Last July Read the rest of this entry »

Dr. Blaylock: Body Scanners More Dangerous Than Feds Admit
Wednesday, November 24, 2010 9:58 AM
By Dr. Russell Blaylock

Dr. Russell Blaylock is a nationally recognized board-certified neurosurgeon, health practitioner, author, lecturer, and editor of  The Blaylock Wellness Report.

The growing outrage over the Transportation Security Administration’s new policy of backscatter scanning of airline passengers and “enhanced pat-downs” brings to mind these wise words from President Ronald Reagan: “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help you.’” 

So, what is all the concern really about — will these radiation scanners increase your risk of cancer or other diseases? A group of scientists and professors from the University of California at San Francisco voiced their concern to Obama’s science and technology adviser John Holdren in a well-stated letter back in April. 

The group included experts in radiation biology, biophysics, and imaging, who expressed “serious concerns” about the “dangerously high” dose of radiation to the skin. 

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Posted by STEPHEN GANDEL via Time.com

What is the most likely cause today of civil unrest? Immigration. Gay Marriage. Abortion. The Results of Election Day. The Mosque at Ground Zero. Nope.

Try the Federal Reserve. November 3rd is when the Federal Reserve’s next policy committee meeting ends, and if you thought this was just another boring money meeting you would be wrong. It could be the most important meeting in Fed history, maybe. The US central bank is expected to announce its next move to boost the faltering economic recovery. To say there has been considerable debate and anxiety among Fed watchers about what the central bank should do would be an understatement. Chairman Ben Bernanke has indicated in recent speeches that the central bank plans to try to drive down already low-interest rates by buying up long-term bonds. A number of people both inside the Fed and out believe this is the wrong move. But one website seems to believe that Ben’s plan might actually lead to armed conflict. Last week, the blog, Zerohedge wrote, paraphrasing a top economic forecaster David Rosenberg, that it believed the Fed’s plan is not only moronic, but “positions US society one step closer to civil war if not worse.” Read the rest of this entry »

Related reading:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_fire
http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa111300b.htm
http://www.texaswatchdog.org/2010/08/threealarm-fire-destroys-nearly-all-of-harris-countys/1282942989.column
http://rangevoting.org/VotSystMap.html

By BRADLEY OLSON – HOUSTON CHRONICLE

A petition to ban red light cameras in Houston has been certified by the city secretary, making it all but certain that voters will decide in November whether the 70 devices at intersections across the city will be taken down.

“This is a great day for Houston,” said Michael Kubosh, one of three brothers that collected more than 20,000 signatures required to get the proposed charter amendment on the ballot in this election cycle. “People just need a right to vote, that’s all we’re saying. Now the citizens will have a chance to decide.”

Jim McGrath, a spokesman for Keep Houston Safe, a political action committee advocating the cameras, said the petition is illegal and represents an abuse of the city charter amendment process. He noted that Paul Kubosh, another brother behind the petition, is a lawyer who specializes in defending traffic ticket recipients and has a business interest in the outcome of the election.

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[From The Impeach Obama.com website, by admin,