MoJo Says Rick Perry's No-Fly Zone Idea To Jump-Start His Presidential Aspirations

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Does Rick Perry Want to 

Make Texas a No-Fly Zone?

Posted: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:00:00 +0000

Texas lawmakers are expected to vote on a bill Wednesday that would
effectively outlaw many routine airport searches by the Transportation
Security Administration. If it passes, a TSA screener who touches the
"anus, sexual organs, or breasts" of a passenger without probable
cause could face jail time—a prospect that has the Obama administration
threatening to sue the Lone Star state and even cancel flights. A rattled
 state Senate seemed to have dropped the bill before Gov. Rick Perry put
it back on the agenda again last week, perhaps seeing a high-stakes fight
with the feds as fuel for a presidential bid. But why stop at that? Some of
the bill's most enthusiastic backers view it as a key first step towards an
even bigger goal: The establishment of an independent Republic of Texas.

"If the federal government follows up on its threat and suspends air travel,
I honestly think we are going to gain a lot of members in a big hurry," says
Dave Mundy, media director for the Texas Nationalist Movement(TNM),
a pro-secession group that claims an active membership of 10,000. "An air
embargo, which is what they are talking about, would actually be an act of
war.

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