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Did Joseph Stack Prove the MIAC Report Right?
Fri, 02/19/2010 - 2:12pm | posted by Brett Bittner
No doubt you heard about Andrew Joseph Stack flying his Piper Cherokee into an office building where about 200 IRS employees worked in northwest Austin, Texas. In addition to the intentional plane crash, he apparently set his home ablaze and possibly booby-trapped his car with a bomb. His suicide note/manifesto was briefly posted here, before the webhosting company took the site offline “due to the sensitive nature of the events.”
You may recall a report issued by the Missouri Information Analysis Center last winter that equated support of many “extreme” views common in libertarian thought, including resistance to the current tax levels and system, with domestic terrorism. It’s obvious from the note left by Stack that he is no fan of the government, specifically calling out the IRS and FAA, as well as Congress’ manipulation of the tax code. It will likely be a few small correlations between Stack’s manifesto, his actions, and the MIAC report that generate more government scrutiny of those who oppose the continued growth of the federal government.
Thought the MIAC officials who published it removed the report from their websites and claim to have ceased its distribution among law enforcement officials, it only takes one incident to dredge up connections “proving” it right. After all, in the court of public opinion, after the events of 9/11 every Muslim in America got a second look. The broad brush of “Safety” will undoubtedly paint many law-abiding, liberty-loving Americans who oppose any of the following as another “crazy Joe Stack”: The United Nations, Gun Control, The violation of Posse Comitatus, The Federal Reserve, The Income Tax, The Ammunition and Accountability Act, A possible Constitutional Convention, Universal Service Program, and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). I am sure that the readers take issue with at least one of those, if not all. Congratulations! You are on the government’s radar again.
I do not write this to re-open old wounds, but the same people trying to classify you and I as “domestic terrorists” began their calls not long after Mr. Stack’s crash as they seek somewhere to lay the blame. Rather than self-examine, the government will no doubt seize the opportunity to adopt the “research” of big government lapdogs like Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center, who has seemingly made it his life’s work to demonize those who do not believe in what he thinks about freedom and liberty. Less than 24 hours after the crash, not condemning Stack’s actions meant condoning them. For those of you who read his last public communication, Joseph Stack presents an interesting story of his life and how he is another victim of the bigger is better mentality of the federal leviathan and those who believe it to be the solution rather than the problem.
***Note: As a libertarian, I do not condone violence/destruction as a means to achieve a political end.***
I think Joe Stack is a HERO. Hardly a mad man, I believe he articulated his points well and had the courage to do something about it. I suggest we make 2/18 Joe Stack Day!
2/18 Joe Stack day? Are you encouraging people to kill others in the name of your extreme beliefs?
“I think Joe Stack is a HERO. Hardly a mad man, I believe he articulated his points well and had the courage to do something about it. I suggest we make 2/18 Joe Stack Day!”
Actually the only point that he made is that he’s a total nut job and he didn’t mind killing a completely innocent 67 year old man in the process. Not to mention how many other lives he put in danger.
What he was is NOT a hero. He was a coward.
I do not condone the action of harming people. especially innocent people just trying to earn a living.
But I do believe that Joe Stack was fed up, as MANY Americans are.
The IRS is the collection arm of the Illegal and unconstitutional Federal Reserve. (Which is a PRIVATE bank.)
Could you imagine if Bank of America sent a team of thugs to your home to beat you up or threaten you with jail time if you didn’t pay your overdraft fees?
The government has a real problem on its hands right now.
More and more people are starting to wake up.
We have been to war for nearly a decade with nothing to show for it other than *as of today 4376 American Troops have died in Iraq and 999 In Afghanistan.
The middle class has all but disappeared, Jobless rates have skyrocketed, The “Banker Bailout” of 2008 is turning out to be nothing more then a scam to siphon money from the American people to Goldman Sachs, and the federal reserve.
Since I worked in the car industry, I say worked, because I got laid off…
I am sure you are not aware that the bailouts that went to GM were used to move factories to other countries.
http://gmbailoutjobsoverseas.blogspot.com/
The American people are starving.
We have been lied to, threatened, and deceived.
Last year Americans came together to bring “CHANGE” into the white house, but all we have seen from our president is he filled his cabinet with Lobbyist, and has not fulfilled on of his campaign promises.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZvWilRn0L8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seAR1S1Mjkc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80b3wLKzK3Q
Now it is looking like Man made climate change may be in question,
The bill of rights has been trampled by the patriot act, and btw Obama resigned the patriot act.
Warrant wire tapping of the american people.
Unlawful search and seizure
All these things are happening RIGHT NOW.
Something has to change.
And has to change soon, or I am afraid that we will lose the great nation that our forefathers gave their lives to protect.
The Republic has fallen.
We need to get it back.
Through peaceful means.
“I do not condone the action of harming people. especially innocent people just trying to earn a living.
But…”
The minute you put that “But” on it you sign on to Joe Stack’s violence.
“The IRS is the collection arm of the Illegal and unconstitutional Federal Reserve. (Which is a PRIVATE bank.)”
You are sadly confused and deceived on that. The IRS does not work for the Fed. And the Fed is not private, no matter how much it want’s you to think so. If it exercises govt authority and has officers appointed by the president it’s a govt agency. Keep that in mind, and don’t let others forget it. That way it will be easier to rein in. Not easy, but easier.
“We have been to war for nearly a decade with nothing to show for it other than *as of today 4376 American Troops have died in Iraq and 999 In Afghanistan.
The middle class has all but disappeared, Jobless rates have skyrocketed,
…
Since I worked in the car industry, I say worked, because I got laid off…
I am sure you are not aware that the bailouts that went to GM were used to move factories to other countries.”
There is *NO* difference in that between today and 2004 other than the numbers. The principle has not changed.
The real villians in this are the conservatives who did not stand against Bush in 2004. No matter what you thought of Kerry, the blood of all who died since then is on your hands.
All the problems you complain about were there in 2004, just not as big. What happened was predictable, though the depth is unbelievable.
“The “Banker Bailout” of 2008 is turning out to be nothing more then a scam to siphon money from the American people to Goldman Sachs, and the federal reserve.”
And conservatives who supported Bush got what they deserved. The rest of us just got screwed thanks to them.
” The broad brush of “Safety” will undoubtedly paint many law-abiding, liberty-loving Americans who oppose any of the following as another “crazy Joe Stack”: The United Nations, Gun Control, The violation of Posse Comitatus, The Federal Reserve, The Income Tax, The Ammunition and Accountability Act, A possible Constitutional Convention, Universal Service Program, and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). I am sure that the readers take issue with at least one of those, if not all. Congratulations! You are on the government’s radar again.”
Practically everyone in this country is against some of those things.
Your paranoia is showing.
I doubt you could go to the next democratic convention and find one person who did not oppose at least one of those. Set up in any mall, you can get a booth to do that, and ask all passers by if they oppose even one of those things. I’ll bet everyone you ask will. Other than those who may not know what things like RFID are.
That list was lifted from the MIAC report, which did classify people who talk about those issues as “domestic terrorists.” The report was removed from their website and distribution stopped. If it had been a one time mistake, I could understand your calling out my “paranoia.”
The Alabama Department of Homeland Security issued a report with a similar claim, while the current Department of Defense entrance exam classifies protests as a “low-level form of terrorism.” I think that noting three instances from three different organizations hardly qualifies as “paranoia.”
This is not a Republican vs. Democrat issue, as I am neither, but I appreciate your attempts to marginalize my question.
No, it doesn’t prove MIAC right, because that “report” lumped all Libertarians, Campaign for Liberty, and Ron Paul supporters in with white-supremacist style hate groups.