Originally posted by showintail
Now I can respect that We get a whole text book on Texas history here. Dont know if other states do (there own state of course) but they should. Texas has alot of interesting facts and such. It is legal here to hang a man if he steals your horse, lol.

You have a great weekend. That is sincere, incase it reads as sarcasm

Indeed a whole year of education on the subject in fact. That may in fact be why Texans are such a proud breed. We see the crap our ancestors put up with to get to where we are and are.

In any case, have a happy holiday weekend to those in the US. Remember that we are supposed to be celebrating the sacrifices made by our armed forces to protect our liberties -- not the scare tactics used to make us happily accept bondage for security. Keep that in mind.

It's unfortunate that Texas caved in on this one, at least for the time being. It's also really sad that states can't seem to override federal law, yet the feds/current administration can decide which federal laws it wants to enforce and which it doesn't, and then sue a state (like Arizona) that decides to have their own law to reinforce federal law.

Personally I've been turned off of flying long before this TSA crap came along; I resolved to avoid it at all costs when it dawned on me that the airlines treat their human cargo worse than veal calves much of the time. When animals are stuffed into tiny cages for long periods of time and not given adequate food, water and ventilation, animal rights advocates cry foul. But airlines have been doing that to people for years now, and worse yet you now get fondled before being crammed into that sardine can. You might avoid some of the inhumane conditions if you can pony up for business class, but apparently that doesn't help you avoid the heavy-duty pat downs. Honestly I don't know why anyone who doesn't absolutely need to fly (meaning fly on commercial airlines) would do so. I remember the day when flying was cool and fun in and of itself, way back when I was a child. Not so anymore. My mom and I were talking about going on an Alaskan cruise one day, and all the while figuring out how we would get to the west coast WITHOUT getting on a plane. I don't care if I have to save up and take three weeks off to do it, but either I'm driving or taking trains (or a combo of both) or I'm not going. Of course, if they start doing this groping stuff on trains then I'll just plan on motoring the whole way cross country and back, gas prices be damned.

they made their point....too much commerce(money) flows into Texas by air....they made obama look bad so thats ok

This thread is funny everyone knows the Bush family is from Texas right? The state isn't exactly going against the grain it's carving it.

Originally posted by ezwip
This thread is funny everyone knows the Bush family is from Texas right? The state isn't exactly going against the grain it's carving it.

edit on 30-5-2011 by ezwip because: (no reason given)

GWB is NOT from texas, he just happens to live there

George Walker Bush was born in New Haven, Connecticut at Grace-New Haven Hospital (now Yale – New Haven Hospital), on July 6, 1946

Fair enough but I think it is far fetch to believe Texas is going to pull out.