Well color me stunned. Another terror act on American soil. People will be talking about this for days, except for the part where they will be talking about Tiger Woods talking, I suppose.

It would be easy to mention again the DHS report that warned of a spike in right-wing extremism I suppose. It would also be easy to mention the UnaBomber and Timothy McVeigh. It would be easy to mention the Knoxville Church murders; those people the crime was committed against were attending a liberal church. It would be easy to mention the Holocaust museum shooting, or the death of Doctor Tiller. It would be easy to mention the Tea Party. It would be easy for me to mention the people at those tea parties who carried signs mentioning a desire to 'Water the Tree of Liberty with blood', while a gun is strapped to a thigh. I want to make something clear, according to all accounts of the Austin-area Tea Party groups, it appears Stack was not a member. I don't really want or need those people threatening me, the way they have others, (just saying, I suppose).

It would be easy to dismiss all of incidents as tho they were not terroristic or designed to propagate fear. Each and every one were based upon a deep seated anger at either government or laws created to grant humans more equality -- those laws that were created by government. It is getting harder and harder for me to stomach the claims that these were all just bad apples, or isolated incidents. These people -- often found out after a tragic/deadly event -- are a result of a certain part of our culture that feeds itself upon fear, hatred and conspiracy. Maybe this is just normal, I suppose.

By now you have heard that Joseph Stack wrote an extensive suicide note railing against the government. He had a documented ongoing battle with the IRS and finally snapped, it seems. It leads me to wonder why he snapped now? The environment seemed right for it, I suppose, with so many people out there claiming they want their government back. Maybe that pushed him over the edge. The real question I want to ask is: when these people scream they want their government back, who exactly do they want to run it? Maybe people like Scott Brown? This Scott Brown who seemed to justify this act because no one likes to pay taxes? It would be easy to say "Thanks for that ever so subtle flame fanning there Senator Brown", but I don't think that was his intent, I suppose.

This so called 'populist rage' is becoming extreme and whether or not Joseph Stack is a part of this movement doesn't really matter. It was his anti-government manifesto that people will no doubt be drawn to. I will not link to it here on this blog. The Republicans won't claim him, nor will the Dems. This man was anti-government. There really can be little question about that. I guarantee someone will claim him as a representative of what they believe (EDIT: They already have). Still don't believe me? Take a look at this video. Yup -- he is a hero to this person, and will be to many others who are a part of the anti-government movement we have seen in the past year. Call it what you will, it would be too easy for me to label it. Someone else can, I suppose.

This is where the divisiveness in this nation is taking us. It would be too easy to deny that -- I suppose.


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