The Establishment is Scared

by Greg Stuessel

Here in the Lone Star State, it has been almost 3 months since the Texas Special Session came to an end. Many Texans, who steadfastly believe in the Tenth Amendment to the U.S Constitution, fought a long hard battle for states’ rights by trying to get SB 29 (HB 41) passed. As the bill(s) made its way through the Texas House and Senate, it came to be known in the media as the “Anti-TSA Bill” or the “TSA Anti-Groping Bill”. Although many worked very hard to get this bill passed it was ultimately defeated. Despite the bills defeat there are several good things that came from it.

First, the anti-groping bill captured much of the state of Texas’ and indeed the nation’s attention as a “showdown” between the Federal and State Government. It set the stage for conversations to take place of where exactly do the bounds of the states’ powers end and those of the federal government’s begin? These conversations had not been in the public domain for quite a while and it was high time that this issue be re-visited upon the public consciousness.

Secondly, this bill scared the establishment and powerful forces were brought to bear to stop its passage. These forces came not only from outside the borders of Texas but, tragically from the inside as well. The bill’s author, Rep. David Simpson of Texas District 7, was a guest speaker at the We Texans monthly dinner and discussion. Rep. Simpson discussed with the group about the bill’s inception and path through the legislature. He also explained about the concerted effort between all three branches of the Texas Government to kill it. These being:

• The Executive under Governor Rick Perry
• The Texas Senate under Lt. Governor David Dewhurst and
• The Texas House of Representatives under the House Speaker Joe Strauss

These members played typical politics telling the media and the constituency that they were in favor of the bill while actually behind the scenes doing everything in their power to kill it.

Here’s David Simpson at the recent WeTexans meeting….watch it:

Greg Stuessel has been active for the past 3 years as an individual liberty activist who works with We Texans, Texans For Accountable Government and is an avid States’ Rights supporter.