Truer words. For serious.

Why is no one declaring this an act of terrorism?

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On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 12:14 AM, Keith Johnson
<keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote:

>
>
> 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.
>
>
> 
>

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