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The long, rambling rant posted on a website eerily reflected the angry populist sentiments that have swept the country in the past year. In it, a Joe Stack inveighed against intrusive Big Brother government, corrupt corporate giants, irrational taxes, as well as the “puppet” George Bush. “I choose not to pretend that business as usual won’t continue,” he wrote. “I have just had enough. I can only hope that the numbers quickly get too big to be white washed and ignored that the American zombies wake up and revolt.” And then Stack apparently got in a Piper Cherokee PA-28 at about 9:40 a.m. at an airport in suburban Austin, Texas, and flew the plane into a commercial building housing an IRS office, killing himself, seriously injuring two people on the ground and starting a conflagration that lasted several hours.
The building houses regional offices of the IRS and other federal agencies. As one unidentified office worker from the building said, “If you have problems with the IRS, this is where you come in person to work them out.” According to news reports, 199 IRS employees work in the building, and all are accounted for. Toward the end of what appears to be his final note, Stack wrote, “Well, Mr. Big Brother IRS man, let’s try something different; take my pound of flesh and sleep well.”
These economic times are creating stress. This guy is being called a terrorist. Why are all these people named Joe?
If he thinks that let’s him off paying the tax…
>> aslightlycrankygeek said, on February 19th, 2010 at 11:26 pm
>> like taxes, so are you expecting everyone in the world except you to apologize to… who exactly? You?
Thank you for illustrating my point. People demanding that Muslims apologize for 911 was silly. Clearly you understand this now that I ask YOU to apologize for this terrorist attack. People don’t apologize for things they don’t do.
>>And yeah, nobody but you remembers anyone asking for all Muslims to apologize for 911. Not so good at debating reality so you have to create your own?
If you don’t remember Americans demanding that Muslims show contrition for 911, you have a very selective memory, indeed.
>> You sir, are an idiot.
When people run out of facts and logic, they name call.
I think this is terrorist act….and nothing more.