Wow

[kiranlightpaw]

So most of you have probably seen, by now, the news of a small plane crash into a building in Austin, Texas. That building that, as it turns out not coincidentally, contained the Austin IRS offices. The minute I heard that, I had a bad feeling I knew exactly what happened.

Minutes later, via Twitter, Joe Stack's manifesto / suicide letter surfaced. First on the homepage of his self-owned company, then reprinted in the Statesman. And it contained pretty much exactly what I was expecting.

"Well, Mr. Big Brother IRS man, let’s try something different; take my pound of flesh and sleep well."

I may or may not have more to say about this later, but for now, I'll leave my thoughts at this: dude made a lot of poor economic decisions in his life, blamed everyone else for it, and thought that by getting a high enough "body count" he could get the "American zombies" to "wake up and revolt."

Probably what Timothy McVeigh thought too.

Comments

[jarrellwoods.livejournal.com]

I know several people on lj, me included who are out of work right now, in the worst job market I personally have ever seen. I've had steady job since 1985, and prior to that was only out of work for 2 days, when I was laid off by a church. I don't condone what this guy did, but people are going to get desperate and snap in their own individual ways unless something happens soon. If you have a steady job, thank God for it every day you're able to get out of bed and drive to it. I was thankful for mine, but it wasn't enough for me to keep it as bad as everything is. I don't place full blame on my previous employer - she did what she felt she had to do, but I've been pushed out of a plane without a chute.