Texas GOP Vote

This statement on the passage of the second reading of House Bill 41, or the “TSA pat-down bill”, was released today from the offices of Texas House Speaker Joe Straus (R-San Antonio).

"I want to thank the numerous members of the Texas House who worked hard over the weekend to resolve the major concerns with HB 41.   Read more »

Airline pilot Chris Liu recently posted a cell phone video tour of San Francisco International Airport on youtube to point out what he feels are serious gaps in airport security. According to News10:

He is also a helicopter test pilot in the Army Reserve and flew missions for the United Nations in Macedonia. 

Soon after CNN journalist Drew Griffin began a series of investigative reports critical of the TSA in May 2008, he was placed on the terror watch list. When Griffin questioned why he was on the watch list, the TSA couldn't really give a straight answer. At first they said he had the same name as a suspected terrorist. Later the TSA denied he was even on the terror watch list and blamed the airline for messing up.   Read more »

Since when is accusing everyone of terrorism acceptable, much less equal to accusing no one?

“It is acceptable and encouraged that a TSA government official can do something to an American citizen that US military personnel cannot do to a member of the Taliban.” - Woman who accuses TSA

I’m a 50-something, overweight Grandma who, last December, was subjected to a search at Chicago’s O'Hare airport

Former Senator from Pennsylvania Rick Santorum went "On the Record" Monday night to discuss the TSA procedures and said:   Read more »

A college kid made a statement going through security Tuesday by stripping down to nothing but a speedo and writing "Screw Big Sis" on his back. The back story is explained:

My friend Jimmy successfully navigated a TSA security checkpoint in a speedo swimsuit at the Salt Lake City International Airport on Tuesday, November 23, 2010 with the words, 'SCREW BIG SIS' written on his back.

In 2001 we experienced something most Americans had never seen before.  An attack by a foreign enemy on US soil resulting in massive loss of life. We demanded answers!  We demanded security! We demanded the government DO SOMETHING to make us safer!  The result - The Department of Homeland Security, the TSA, big expensive scanners and intrusive pat downs!   Read more »

More information has surfaced regarding the story of the young boy being strip searched at the airport including what airport the search took place at and what happened afterward. Below, the traveler who caught the footage on tape explains in detail:

We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a feather-bed. - Thomas Jefferson

Feeling that your world is UP SIDE DOWN is not very comfortable and it takes a while to adjust. Or should we?

Maybe if this young boy was wearing a burqa, he wouldn't have had to endure a strip search! A traveler caught this footage of a young boy who was selected for a pat down. In an introduction to the video, he writes: