Most frightening of all? I was watching CNN today ,and Rick Sanchez said they were getting a *lot* of e-mails, Tweets, and Facebook messages from people who said they understood this guy's feelings. They were quick to say they didn't agree with his *actions*, but did understand how he felt so upset and helpless.
That's the kind of bullsh** talk that explains why Congress is paralyzed, Tea Partyers abound, and we have a thinly veiled racist attack against all things Obama. I find it amazing how so many "mainstream" Americans are so quick to sympathize with those who rail against big government, the IRS, gun control, etc. I remember when the government would go after nutty racist/child-abusing/gun packing survivalist/white supremacy groups, many Americans railed against the government. Terms like "jack-booted thugs" were used to describe federal agents going after the Branch Davidians, where men were force marrying eleven-year-old girls, yet the government was seen as evil. Yet when that same government fights the "war on terror", or persecutes groups like the Move Organization, or tortures foreign prisoners, suddenly that government is just aces. It still amazes me how many "mainstream" Americans are so quick to understand hatred of the government, to sympathize with those who make all kinds of threats against politicians, and to be proud of all but toting guns to rallies and yelling about "the blood of patriots". And they get away with it. Todd Palin hangs out with separatist Alaskan nutjobs, and his wife's a celebrity. Michelle Obama says she's proud of America like never before, and she's a commie/pinko traitor. If black people were half as vocal in expressing much more justified hatred and distrust of the government, if we were so quick to speak about overthrowing the government and sympathize with anti-government nuts, they'd be all over us. Just ask the Panthers, the Move Organization, and Mumia Abu Jamal... ************* www.cnn.com (CNN) -- The remains of two people have been found in an Austin, Texas, building where a man crashed a small plane, authorities said. The identities of the two dead people have not been confirmed, the Austin Fire Department said in a statement. Two other people who were injured in the incident were taken to a hospital, and 11 others were treated for minor injuries, Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo said. Authorities said Andrew Joseph Stack III, 53, an Austin resident with an apparent grudge against the Internal Revenue Service, set his house on fire Thursday and then crashed a Piper Cherokee PA-28 into the building, which houses an IRS office with nearly 200 employees, federal officials said. "This appears to be an intentional act by a sole individual," Acevedo said at a news conference. A fire created by the crash had been put out, save for some small areas, officials said. Fire crews were expected to continue to work through the night.
