Texas Lawmakers Decide Not To Make TSA Gropings Illegal

from the oh-well dept

Thu, Jun 30th 2011 7:00pm — Mike Masnick

Given a second chance to pass an anti-TSA groping bill in Texas, it appears that Texas state elected officials chickened out again. While the State Senate had watered down the bill so that it allowed the TSA to continue to do the "enhanced patdowns" if they had a "reasonable suspicion" (rather than the "probable cause" standard in the original bill), the House failed to vote on the newly revised bill by the end of the session yesterday, which apparently means that the bill can't be introduced again this year.

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Filed Under: flights, groping, texas, tsa

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Jay (profile), 30 Jun 2011 @ 7:18pm

Another thought song...
Oh where, oh where, has our dignity gone...
Oh where, oh where can it be?

Our safety's cut short, and the gropings are wrong.
Oh where is the sanity, please?

Oh where, oh where have the cowboys gone...
Oh where, oh where can they be?
They tucked tail and ran when given their chance...

...

So Beretta fights for my liberty.

Fin
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- Liz, 30 Jun 2011 @ 8:05pm
  
  Re: Another thought song...
  Going for the 2nd Amendment Option, eh?
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  - Hephaestus (profile), 30 Jun 2011 @ 8:52pm
    
    Re: Re: Another thought song...
    Actually he is going for his Fourth Amendment rights using his second amendment rights. ;)
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TWiT, 30 Jun 2011 @ 9:27pm

I say grope back. They'll stop.

::: MICR ink painted on underwear that says, "GROPE YOU!" :::
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- Chris in Utah (profile), 1 Jul 2011 @ 3:16am
  
  Re:
  Only fair and now its legal in the airports. Civil disobedience with a bonus. Yaaaaay!
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Pixelation, 30 Jun 2011 @ 9:42pm

You had a chance
Texas apparently is as small as all of the other states. You had a chance.
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Anonymous Coward, 1 Jul 2011 @ 3:54am

So it is okay to mess with Texas.
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jimbo, 1 Jul 2011 @ 4:05am

surprise, surprise! cant imagine where the pressure came from !
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Anonymous Coward, 1 Jul 2011 @ 7:13am

Texas Lawmakers Decide Not TRY To Make TSA Gropings Illegal

FTFY
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Anonymous Coward, 1 Jul 2011 @ 1:36pm

NEW TEXAS SLOGAN
Go ahead, mess with Texas. We love it. YEEE-HAW!
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gorehound (profile), 2 Jul 2011 @ 6:44am

texas lawmakers like to grope old ladies and childrne so they had to shut down this bill.
it would've ruined the fun they are having
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