Must-read: Sen. John McCain op-ed proves U.S. taxpayers are being ripped off

From Economic Policy Journal:

… In an op-ed Senator John McCain bemoans the fact that American cable and satellite subscribers are being ripped off, because they do not have the ability to cancel channels they do not watch…and for which they have to pay now.

The senator then cites how iTunes and Netflix are providing consumers with much more choices than the traditional entertainment suppliers. So what is the problem? The marketplace [...]

TEXAS prepares to NULLIFY the TSA and NDAA

Dissatisfaction is spreading rapidly throughout a very divided nation in the wake of the Nov. 6 elections, as citizens in nearly every state have begun petitioning the federal government to leave the union.

The secession effort is being led by the independence-minded citizens of Texas, with more than 111,000 residents having signed an online petition requesting secession as of this writing.

Lawmakers in Texas are set to respond to a growing wave [...]

Will Texas Nullify Both NDAA and TSA?

from TenthAmendmentCenter.com:

The Texas legislature will take up two bills designed to protect basic civil liberties in the Lone Star State during the 2013 legislative session.

On Monday morning, Rep. David Simpson (R-Longwood) prefiled The Texas Travel Freedom Act (House Bill 80). If passed, the law would make it a criminal act to intentionally touch “the anus, breast, buttocks, or sexual organ of the other person, including touching through clothing,” without probable cause [...]

Texas Bill Would Ban Invasive TSA Pat Downs

Feds torpedoed previous version after threat to impose blockade

Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
November 12, 2012

A new bill introduced today by Rep. David Simpson (R-Longwood) would criminalize invasive TSA pat downs in Texas and put the Lone Star State on course for another collision with the feds who last year torpedoed similar legislation after threatening to impose a federal air blockade.

The Texas Travel Freedom Act, House Bill 80, would ban the very [...]

Virginia House Passes NDAA-Nullifying Bill; Other States Join Fight

The sovereign states are courageously asserting their constitutionally protected right to self-determination by standing up to the federal government and refusing to execute the most noxious provisions of the recently enacted National Defense Authorization Act(NDAA).

Evidence of this laudable resistance to federal tyranny was most recently found in the Old Dominion, where on February 14 an impressive majority (96 out of 100 members) of the Virginia House of Delegates passed HB 1160, a [...]