Houston Area Liberty Campaign

Great news!! Former HALC Chair and staunch conservative Bill Tofte is running for US Congress, CD 7!

Please RSVP on the Facebook event here

Bill NEEDS your support at this event and looks to all of us HALC members as his base as he prepares for a tough battle.

PLEASE try to attend this since numbers are the key to success at kick off events!

Check out his website at http://www.tofte2012.com/.

The area contained in the new CD 7 can be located here, http://gis1.tlc.state.tx.us/ , (under “Select Plan,” select “Base Plans,” then zoom in on the map to view CD 7).

CD 7 is the area now represented by John Culberson.

You do not have to reside in CD 7 to attend or help out in any way.  There are a few committee leader and worker positions that need to be filled, some paid. This would be a great opportunity for a college student, especially one who is a Political Science or Business major, a retired person or a self-employed person.

If you would like to help out the Tofte campaign, please by sending your resume and qualifications to volunteer@tofte2012.com.

To attend this event, please RSVP to rsvp@tofte2012.com .

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kHWeTqiPGYs

HALC member “TrinityTexas77″ shot videos of many of the speakers at this event. This is the video for former Graham County AZ Sheriff Richard Mack. Videos for other speakers will follow soon. Please share but give Miss Trinity credit… Enjoy!

HALC member “TrinityTexas77″ shot videos of many of the speakers at this event. This is the video for former Texas Republican gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina. Videos for other speakers will follow soon. Please share but give Miss Trinity credit… Enjoy!

HALC member “TrinityTexas77″ shot videos of many of the speakers at this event.  This is the video for Rep. Ron Paul.   Videos for other speakers will follow soon.  Please share but give Miss Trinity credit… Enjoy!

At least one Occupy Wall Street protestor Gets it – It’s the FED Stupid!!

Watching this was truly inspiring to know that at least some of the young people are Awake, Vocal and caring about America enough to speak veritas.

Ron Paul for President 2012
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Please read below for a narrative from HALC member Paul Smith regarding his recent correspondences with U S Rep. Michael McCaul’s office. Rep McCaul needs to go back to 7th grade Government class!  What an idiot McCaul is!  Maybe *****Joe Petronis***** will run against him again in the primary–and beat him this time and be elected in the General Election!
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I recently corresponded with Congressman McCaul on the issue of Obama’s ineligibility to be our POTUS and especially on the forged birth certificate which Obama posted to the White House web site (http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/rss_viewer/birth-certificate-long-form.pdf).  His response (below my sig block) was simply unacceptable.  In his opening paragraph, McCaul said: “As you know, the Constitution requires that the President of the United States be a naturalized citizen.”
WHAT?!?  Are you kidding me?  That’s not what the Constitution says!  He went on to provide four more lies:

“[I]t is my understanding that Federal Election Commission (FEC), the Federal Courts, and the Republican Governor of Hawaii have certified that the President’s Hawaiian birth certificate is genuine and the President is a United States citizen.”

• The FEC has no authority to vet presidential candidates and likely never even saw any documentation.The federal courts have never even heard an eligibility case much less ruled on the merits of the issue.
• As a matter of fact, Chief Justice Roberts admitted (with a grin and a chuckle) that they were avoiding that issue. 
• Hawaii has never verified that any of the three released COLBs were valid documents or contained valid information.
• The fact that Obama is a citizen (unverified so far) does NOT make him a natural born citizen (eligible to be the POTUS.) 

McCaul doesn’t know the definition of ‘natural born citizen’ (see http://naturalborncitizen.wordpress.com/2011/06/24/minor-v-happersett-is-binding-precedent-as-to-the-constitutional-definition-of-a-natural-born-citizen/ and the following article (link at top of that page)).

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[From Ron Paul Republicans Meetup.com group]

TSA Groping Gone Wild (“Shout,” by Tears for Fears… appropriate, isn’t it??)

In recent days, it has become clear that the Republican leadership is opposed to passing Rep. David Simpson’s “anti-groping” bill when House Speaker Joe Strauss violated the House rules by declaring a quorum on Friday and not bringing HB 41 up for a vote as scheduled, and Governor Perry publicly pronounced there was “no time” to pass the bill, before being shamed into calling the bill into special session.

You can remind our legislature that all polls show super-majorities of citizens across Texas and nation oppose TSA policies before they act on the bill in the House and in Senate committee tomorrow using the email tool at:
http://stopaustinscanners.org/come-and-take-it/ [This tool also works for other issues too, just change the subject line as needed.]

Please take the time to let our leadership know we have  grown weary of their charade and that it is time to respect and serve the public’s will.

Here is a sample email, which you could also send instead as a fax, since neither State nor US Senators nor Representatives are required to keep and log emails. However, both State and U S Senators and Representatives are required to keep and log faxes:

In recent days, it has become clear that the Republican leadership is opposed to passing Rep. David Simpson’s “anti-groping” bill.  

Texas House Speaker Joe Strauss violated the House rules by declaring a quorum on Friday and not bringing HB 41 up for a vote as scheduled. Governor Perry publicly pronounced there was “no time” to pass the bill, before being shamed into calling the bill into special session. 

The majority of citizens across Texas and nation oppose the TSA.  Moreover, innumerable Texans have expressed their support of legislation that would restrict these policies in this state. I hope that this outpouring of public opinion will guide your decision in supporting HB41/SB29 as originally drafted and without further amendment. 

Texas voters will remain vigilant on this issue and we WILL remember this at the next election.

Parody song of “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer,” performed by Elmo and Patsy Shropshire in 1979.

Also see:
http://www.links2love.com/christmas_songs_grandmarunover.htm#video 
http://www.41051.com/xmaslyrics/grandma.html

A very interesting first-hand personal account of how it IS possible to get through “security” at an airport and not be felt up or irradiated by TSA pervs.

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By Matt Kernan
“You don’t need to see his identification.”

On November 21, 2010, I was allowed to enter the U.S. through an airport security checkpoint without being x-rayed or touched by a TSA officer.  This post explains how.

Edit:  For the sake of brevity, most of the quotes below are paraphrases.  I have uploaded the actual audio and it is available here.

This past Sunday, I was returning from a trip to Europe.  I flew from Paris to Cincinnati, landing in Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. 

As I got off my flight, I did all of the things that are normally requested from U.S. citizens returning from abroad.  I filled out the customs declarations, confirmed that I hadn’t set foot on any farmland, and answered questions about the chocolates that I had purchased in Switzerland.  While I don’t believe that these questions are necessary, I don’t mind answering them if it means some added security.  They aren’t particularly intrusive.  My passport was stamped, and I moved through customs a happy citizen returning home.

But wait – here was a second line to wait in.

This new line led to a TSA security checkpoint.  You see, it is official TSA policy that people (both citizens and non-citizens alike) from international flights are screened as they enter the airport, despite the fact that they have already flown.  Even before the new controversial security measures were put in place, I found this practice annoying.  But now, as I looked past the 25 people waiting to get into their own country, I saw it:  the dreaded Backscatter imaging machine.

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