How sad, a middle aged guy battling cancer, working extra jobs

Assume the worst – because even *this* is just the tip of the batshittery iceberg

AbominableThere are no words to describe the depth of depravity exhibited by whomever is responsible for this despicable, inhuman act. It is beyond comprehension that our country has been reduced to this. The forces at work in this nation that motivate such a crime share culpability for it and deserve whatever scorn is heaped upon them. May the perpetrators and accomplices be found out, exposed, and punished without mercy.  

Watch The Murdererturn out to be a male welfare queen who hates the government so much, most likely collecting other government handouts as well.  
If anyone’s going to be pointing fingers at who could have stirred up this kook, aim for Michelle Bachmann.  

HuffPo has this man’s pictures on their lead story

I hope they name Michelle Bachman as a G*D DAMN accessory to this lynching

the Patriot Act is still lawDomestic terrorism is at §§ 802 et seq of the Act. Like it or not, it’s on the books, and maybe this is a good time to invoke it.
http://epic.org/privacy/terror…

the term `domestic terrorism’ means activities that–
`(A) involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State;
`(B) appear to be intended–
`(i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population;
`(ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or
`(iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; and
`(C) occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States.’.

Trust me don’t go look at the HuffPo commentsThe unimaginable callousness and denial of the freepers will turn your stomach

i lookedAnd Michelle Bachman’s name starts turning up. “Probable cause,” anybody? Because unless her anti-census incitement was entirely on the House floor, she is not covered by the Speech or Debate Clause’s immunity (Art. I, § 6, clause 1).
She might also have criminal liability under the Patriot Act § 802 on domestic terrorism, but I’m sure she could plead insanity.

Fiat justitia ruat coelum.
Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.

I think it was on a radio show – so I’m keeping my fingers crossed that she’ll be the example made

A thought…

the term `domestic terrorism’ means activities that–
`(A) involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State;
`(B) appear to be intended

Wouldn’t it be interesting to see how many people who voted for the Enabling, er…, Patriot Act oppose ENDA because of the latter’s “perceived” language?
They had no problemn with such vagueness when it involved ripping the Constiution to shreds to benefit BushCo.

WTF?WHAT the holy hell is wrong with these people? How can anyone exist with this much hate? You know, I am not a religious man but I do believe there is some very evil stuff going on.

as a previous Minnesotan
I want every appearance Michelle Bachman makes in the state to have a lynched effigy with FED written across it, and SHAME, SHAME, SHAME yelled so loud she is drowned out.
EVERY APPEARANCE

I repeated my comment on the Minneapolis Star and Tribune Newspapercommenting on this story

these details about Bill Sparkman were in the Strib“Sparkman’s mother, Henrie Sparkman of Inverness, Fla., said her son was an Eagle scout who moved to the area to be a local director for the Boy Scouts of America. She said he later became a substitute teacher in Laurel County and supplemented that income as a census worker.
Gilbert Acciardo, a retired Kentucky state trooper who directs an after-school program at the school where Sparkman frequently substituted, said he had warned Sparkman to be careful.”
  http://www.startribune.com/nat…

the comment above reminded me of the drek on HuffpoOne I think I got deleted (by flagging it dozens of times) that pretty much said
“stiffs show up all the time….so what?”

I jsut love howthe police say it’s “an apparent homicide”…. nobody would ever write carve “fed” into their own chest and hang themself. this really is a hatecrime, against federal workers.  

His will not be the last deaththat can be attributed to the insanity our country is engaged in. This is horrific.

most definitelyI hope census workers have the right to carry weapons.

Fox “news” dot com has no reference to this story anywhere. None. But…
On the blog section of the KC affiliate I found this very very good analysis – along with a chronicle of Beck/Bachman/Boortz
quotes over the past months.
This is WORTH READING.  
http://community.fox4kc.com/_T…

This is straight out of the “Freedom Riders” slayings
Does anyone else remember 1964?  
Dangerous times folks.

And then there is the rise in guns and ammo hoarding -
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200…
6.1 million background checks for gun sales were issued from January to May, an increase of 25.6 percent from the same period the year before.
Americans usually buy about 7 billion rounds of ammunition a year, according to the National Rifle Association. In the past year, that figure has jumped to about 9 billion rounds, said NRA spokeswoman Vickie Cieplak.
Jason Gregory, who manages Gretna Gun Works just outside of New Orleans, has been building his personal supply of ammunition for months. His goal is to have at least 1,000 rounds for each of his 25 weapons.
25,000 rounds?  That’s enough to equip an army battalion !

OK, and?Not everyone who has bought a gun and ammo is a neocon whackjob, thakn you kindly.

That’s procedureUntil the investigation finishes, it is “apparent.”  That’s the whole point of having investigations in the first place.

You’re weclome!

But if you read the article, (which I can see you didn’t)You will see that the rise in new gun permits and ammo sales are directly attributed to the election of Barack Obama.
I know of NO liberal Obama supporters who ran out on January 21 to stock up on additional firepower.
Do you?

UmmmmHave you seen what the prices of ammo have been doing?    I’ve been buying whatever I can get my hands on when I find a decent deal on it, purely for the financial reasons.   (And the impending Zombie Horde.  It’s coming, I tell ya.)
I mean, if you want to call me nuts, go ahead, but I’ve got way more than 25,000 rounds sitting in storage right now.   (Of course, that’s spread across about about fifteen different calibres, and Shotgun Gauge sizes.)

This definition sounds like the far right wing of the Rethugsso, by this definition, shouldn’t Maggie Moo, Labarbera, Barber, and all those people at the Values Voters Summit be arrested and charged with terrorising us?

Iceberg?More like a subcontinent.

So your place will be one of the first they loot.Just sayin’.

I did. Precisely because I do not doubt the ignorance fear, and racism of the general public.

I don’t thinkZombies are much for the looting.   They’re more into Brains and stuff.

Wow! Both this story and the symbolism(with a man hanging from a noose) is terrifying.

what goes around, comes around, history teaches usMssrs. Robespierre and his Jacobin friends built the Reign of Terror, with loose laws, fast courts and very efficient guillotines. Eventually they wound up on the same tumbrils. If you don’t want to lose your head, don’t build a guillotine. Simple, non?

Robespierre will follow me; he is dragged down by me. Ah, better be a poor fisherman than meddle with the government of men!
– Danton, on his impending execution

Beck and Bachman discussing fear of censusON AIR, not protected in Congress, and implicates FOX too.
Beck says he fears if you don’t  fill out the census they will take your guns, bat sh*t Bachman says census information was used to send Japanese Americans to Internment CAMPS.
 

Sean Hannity and census columnHe says counting Illegals will give CA congressional seats they dont deserve, and adds a shot at San Francisco and Pelosi.
“2010 Census Stirring Up Controversy
Wednesday, August 12, 2009  
By Sean Hannity
Print ShareThisA quick trip around Hannity’s America…
Counting Illegals
The 2010 Census is fast approaching and it’s stirring up a great deal of controversy.
An op-ed in The Wall Street Journal recently pointed out that the Census will count illegal immigrants currently living in the United States. Experts say that this practice has traditionally given states like California congressional seats that they do not deserve, all because they have more illegals.
Unfortunately the upcoming census is expected to have similar results, and California could gain nine new congressional seats.
That should make the San Francisco speaker happy, anyway.”
    http://www.foxnews.com/story/0…

Hannity saying Census going to Commerce dept = POWER GRABaudio of Hannity’s radio show
 

GOP House Trio Urges Bachmann to Reverse Boycott of Census
By Jackie Kucinich
Roll Call Staff
July 1, 2009, 2:21 p.m.
Three House Republicans on the subcommittee overseeing the 2010 Census are asking Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) to reverse her decision to boycott the national population count, fearing others will follow her lead.
  http://www.rollcall.com/news/3…

Bachmann Rants About the Census With Sean Hannity   
transcript at link
   http://dumpbachmann.blogspot.c…

It’s called CYA!But we got the tapes!

I needed to go with something lighter…..Jon StewartSo You Think You Can Douche…7/29/09
  http://www.thedailyshow.com/wa…

Bachman again on FOX   http://videocafe.crooksandliar…
“Michelle Bachmann once again proves to America that she’s downright insane. TPM and Think Progress have more debunking Bachmann’s fear mongering.
Bachmann: Take this into consideration. If we look at American history, between 1942 and 1947, the data that was collected by the census bureau was handed over to the FBI and other organizations, at the request of President Roosevelt, and that’s how the Japanese were rounded up and put into the internment camps. I’m not saying that’s what the Administration is planning to do. But I am saying that private, personal information that was given to the census bureau in the 1940s was used against Americans to round them up and put the Japanese in internment camps.”

GOPers Believe the Census is “Noncensus”…..Steve Colbert    http://www.thedailytube.com/vi…

Wow, the ignorant….well, never mind what I was gonna say (ignorant was to be used as an adj.), you can well imagine…
And she supported the most intrusive administration in history. And they didn’t use a Census.

My head is about to EXPLODE“”Well, I think everyone in the country has been happy about what I’ve said — other than the U.S. Census Bureau,” said Bachmann. “So I think other than that, we’re doing pretty well.”
  http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo…
Almost identical to putrid Barbara Bush after Katrina

and from the ADULTSAmy Klobuchar To Michele Bachmann’s Constituents: Please Fill Out Your Census
It’s all well and good to have fun at the expense of Rep Michele Bachmann, but it’s also worth noting that her oddball behavior has real-world policy consequences.
Case in point: Senator Amy Klobuchar is now strongly urging residents of Minnesota (some of whom are Bachmann’s constituents) to fill out the 2010 Census, according to her office, saying the failure to do so could hurt Minnesota.
This puts Klobuchar at odds with Bachmann. As you know, Bachmann has aggressively crusaded against the Census as an unconstitutional invasion of privacy.
Klobuchar, by contrast, is urging Minnesotans to fill it out – for their own good. “The Census has a profound impact on Minnesota’s communities,” said Klobuchar in a statement given to Minnesota press by her office. “It’s important that every Minnesotan is counted, so we get our fair share of congressional seats and federal funding.”
  http://theplumline.whorunsgov….

I am noting, toothat Bachmann is playing a race card by referencing the internment of the Japanese in WWII.
You know, Obama’s poll numbers have noticeably fallen among Latino (about 13-16 pts. from the time of the Sotomayer confirmation).

Daily Dish by Andrew SullivanHanging From A Tree In Kentucky
“From this profile
   http://sentinel-echo.com/local…
of the cancer survivor and volunteer, it appears suicide is unlikely. We’ll find out. But at some point, unhinged hostility to the federal government, whipped up by the Becks, can become violence. That’s what Pelosi was worried about. The Dish will keep its eyes on this story.”
   http://andrewsullivan.theatlan…
the only story I’ve seen on the Right which isn’t in total DENIAL
Malkin didn’t even cover this story…*I won’t say the stream of slurs, I won’t say the stream of slurs*

Right Wing bat sh*t crazy “mommy life blog”Beware Census 2010, Part 1 – Michele Bachman
“Michele Bachman is one of those beautiful, outspoken conservative politicians the Left is bent on savaging …”
  http://mommylife.net/archives/…
…………………..
Dobbs and Malkin stoking anti Illegal count on census
Right-wing commentators like columnist Michelle Malkin and CNN’s Lou Dobbs, as well as Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., already are targeting the Census Bureau for counting undocumented immigrants.
The right-wing critics believe counting those who entered the country illegally unfairly inflates Latino political influence.
Mark Krikorian, head of the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Immigration Studies, which advocates for more restrictive immigration laws, described Rev. Rivera’s plan as “a boycott I can get behind.”
Krikorian noted that the Federation for American Immigration Reform, or FAIR, has sued twice, unsuccessfully, to have undocumented immigrants excluded from the Census. (The Southern Poverty Law Center has classified FAIR as a hate group.)
“I honestly don’t understand the logic of it,” Krikorian wrote of the Census boycott in the National Review online, “since the more illegal aliens who are counted, the more (illegitimate) representation hard-left elites receive … since illegal aliens are included in the counts for apportionment. But whatever the thinking, we should hope for its great success.”
  http://news.newamericamedia.or…

BreibartTV members have gone from denial to making jokes about the lynchingChris   September 24th, 2009 – 8:03 pm
“FED”? Really… Maybe he just ate. ha
    http://www.breitbart.tv/fed-wa…
…………….
here’s my response
“@Chris
Tell that to Bill Sparkman’s mother and child.
What putrid refuse you folks really are, deep down.

Better Stay Away From Copperhead RoadI know a few folks from that area.
The word there is that John Lee Pettimore IV is sending a message.
DEA, Census Takers, ATF – they’re all Feds to them, Revenoors, and this was to send a message not to go poking around there.
The local Moonshiners would have hidden.
The commercial MJ growers would have quietly disposed of him, so he was never found – their “respectable” Organised Crime buyers don’t want any trouble. Just business.
But the Meth manufacturers – they want to make a point.

I knew quite a few queers who armed themselves after 2004 electionAfter 12 of 13 states WON using hating fags to win elections, LGBT gun clubs grew in all 50 states.

They f*cked up bigtimeThey aren’t dealing with bribed good ol boy sherrifs anymore, they have the FBI poking into any G*D DAMN place they choose. They would have been smarter to leave the census folks alone.

I certainly did!No matter who won the election, I was going to stock up on teh ammo–either to defend myself against the Dominionists when they decide to purge the non-Christofascists, or to defend myself from the teabagger whackjobs.