On this day in History

On April 21, 1836, Sam Houston and an army of Texans kicked the ever loving crap out of santa anna at San Jacinto. It was after this battle that santa anna traded his life for Texas.

The Texans caught the mexicans taking a midday nap and kicked thier asses in 18 minutes.

This is the statue of Sam Houston that is near Huntsville, Texas. I have seen it many times. Sam Houston was a true Bad Ass and deserves a statue twice this size.

On this day in history...

On March 6, 1836 the last of the 187 defenders of the Alamo fell to santa anna's mexican horde. The seige of the Alamo lasted 13 days. The defenders included such famous frontiersman as Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett.

The Texans got their revenge for the Alamo on April 21, 1836 when General Sam Houston and the Texas Army caught up with santa anna at San Jacinto and kicked the crap out of them. Killing 700 mexicans and capturing another 730. santa anna was one of those captured. At this point santa anna offered to trade Texas for his life, General Houston accepted his offer.

Simpson files anti-body-scanner bill

This is interesting. Do you think it will gain any traction? If these guys are able to pass it in Texas, maybe it will spread and we can put janet napolitano in her place. obama and his thugs have run amok. They have thrown all the rules out of the window and just do whatever they want, whenever they want. It's about time someone tries to reign them in.

It will be even better in 2012 when we can send the whole bunch packing...

By Andy Hogue - The Lone Star Report

A freshman Representative filed a bill to penalize airport body scanner operators: Including TSA agents.

Can they do that to a federal agent? Bill author Rep. David Simpson (R-Longview) thinks so. And he's not alone, with 18 co-sponsors from both parties (see list below) and a few organizations.

The bill, HB 1938, makes it a civil penalty for anyone working in a locally owned airport to install or operate whole-body imaging equipment -- "including a device that uses backscatter x-rays or millimeter waves, that creates a visual image of a person's unclothed body and is intended to detect concealed objects," the bill read.

The penalty is capped at $1,000 per day per violation.

The bill is supported by the Travis County Republican Party, the Travis County Libertarian Party, ACLU-Texas, and Austin-based Texans for Accountable Government which pushed for a city of Austin resolution against the scanners.

Simpson may also have the backing of U.S. Congressman John Carter of Texas, a member of the U.S. House Appropriations and Homeland Security committees.

"On Thursday I met with U.S. Congressman John Carter ... to discuss strategies for stopping the federal Transportation Safety Administration’s implementation of unconstitutional and unreasonable searches of U.S. citizens as a condition of travel," Simpson wrote in his weekly blog post.

If it becomes law, Texas will be one of at least two states opposing the measures, including New Jersey and New Hampshire.

A press conference on the bill originally scheduled for Monday has been postponed.

Co-authors so far include: Reps. Jose Aliseda (R-Beeville), Leo Berman (R-Tyler), Joe Deshotel (D-Beaumont), Allen Fletcher (R-Tomball), Dan Flynn (R-Vann), John V. Garza (R-San Antonio), Larry Gonzales (R-Round Rock), Ryan Guillen (D-Rio Grande City), Charlie Howard (R-Sugar Land), Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola), Jason Isaac (R-Dripping Springs), Jim Landtroop (R-Big Spring), Jodie Laubenberg (R-Rockwall), Charles Perry (R-Lubbock), Debbie Riddle (R-Houston), Senfronia Thompson (D-Houston), and James White (R-Hillister).