According to Dewhurst himself (as reported in the Austin American-Statesman), his activity on the Senate floor that night was about the Sanctuary Cities bill, not the TSA bill (also known as the Anti-Groping Bill)...but that doesn’t seem to match up with what state senators are saying. They accuse him of lobbying against legislation that would make it a state-jail felony to perform the sexual-assault searches now being used in airport security checks...with federal lawyers in tow as he wandered the Senate floor. I’m not going to get into whether or not that constituted a violation of lobbying practices according to Texas law, but David Dewhurst has received his last vote for any office from yours-truly. And we definitely don’t need someone like him in the US Senate!
But what I am really irritated over is the federal government’s threat to turn the entire state of Texas into a no-fly-zone if the bill became law! Apparently, more than a few of our state senators can’t read a bluff and should never play poker for the rest of their lives. Shutting down all air traffic in and out of Texas (even if the Feds had the huevos to try it) would in all likelihood be the spark for a full-blown revolt against an overreaching Federal government...a government that is now reaching into areas we teach our children to scream loudly for help when touched there! [I know, Miss D: bad grammar.]
We have got to get people to understand that Washington is NOT the heart of the USA...our state capitols are. I can’t remember who to cite as the author, but someone stated it very plainly:
“The states are not creatures of the Federal government, the Federal government is a creature of the states....States: get your creature on a leash!”But like the fictional Dr. Frankenstein, I fear our monster has become uncontrollable.
