Note: From the office U. S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett . . .
Washington—Today, U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) introduced a resolution honoring Vernon Hunter, employees of the Internal Revenue Service, and the other victims of the suicide plane attack in Austin on Thursday, February 18, 2010, as well as lauding the heroic actions of federal workers and local first responders who rose to the call of duty. The resolution also strongly condemns the “terror attack perpetrated deliberately” against the IRS employees. He was joined on the floor by colleagues expressing their concern, including Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX).In his remarks, Doggett also referenced the Facebook page opened in tribute to Joseph Stack after the attack, and comments on the web and elsewhere that characterized the attack as “heroic” and aimed to justify Stack’s cowardly actions.
“Let us be clear,” Doggett said. "There is nothing noble about this terror. Any expression to the contrary deserves our condemnation. Like the larger-scale tragedy in Oklahoma City, this was a cowardly act of domestic terrorism. To promote his deadly wrongdoing, the suicide pilot posted a diatribe on his website that proclaimed ‘violence not only is the answer, it is the only answer.’
. . . This resolution soundly rejects such appalling tributes. The patriots were working in the building, not seeking to kill public servants like Vern Hunter. The only heroes that day were doing their jobs, not destroying others.”
5 comments:
Of course this Stack nutcase was a domestic terrorist.
It was just a couple of weeks ago I wrote in this blog numerous times just after the incident happened that the idiotic responder comments calling Stack a "frustrated man" or some other such phony compassion was either right wingnut hate or some form of perverted compassion.
Some hypocrites even used the moniker "objective" to lash out at me for pointing out the blog responders' hypocrisy and their lack of any intelligent understanding of political violence. Even the "Roundup" Editor missed the point on this one.
And then it was all topped of by some bimbo name Mary Carillo who twisted my comment about the use of the name "Hussein" to play the 'discrimination" victim herself because she has a Italian last name. What incredible insipidness.
Americans, but especially Texans, need to quit playing the victim every time something goes wrong in their lives. I work on the assumption that if I get the IRS on my ass, I didn't do something right or I didn't use a competent accountant. And even if the government does screw up, life is not fair. I assume I am always al least partly responsible for bringing to me what happens in my life. To live anyway else is folly and without common sense.
Stack was a deranged self-created victim who refused to take responsibility for his failures. So he killed and harmed others that had nothing to do with his pain and anger. Any individual (or member of a group) who "honors" such a heinous action is sick and should seek psychiatric help.
Politically, the right wingnut haters who support Stack's version of solution through violence are eventually going to see violence in return. In secret many of these right wing haters are probably wife beaters, victims of domestic violence, religion-justified philanderers, or even self-hating closet homosexuals. Right wing political hate is "Deliverance" in real life. These pathetic "rageaholic" souls live in the shadows of right wing hate.
Regarding Stack's temporarily insane daughter who called her father a "hero" and the hate-filled creators of the Stack tributes who "honor" him, kudos to Lloyd Doggett for calling a spade a spade and to not let the right wing hate mongers and the out-of-touch bleeding hearts get away with political lies, distorted compassion, and the perpetuation of a growing sickness in our country.
I agree with every word of Congressman Doggett's comments
Me, too. Thanks for your
words, Mr. Doggett.
Oh, I see, Lloyd Doggett and Ralph have never known the IRS to do anything wrong or ruin someone’s life out of spite or ignorance. The IRS is a collection of government employees containing many that could not hack it in the civilian arena. I have been a victim of their incompetence and arrogance and though I never resorted to violence it probably crossed my mind. My case was finally settled to my satisfaction except for reimbursement for my time and legal expenses. They were totally at fault and wrong but never even apologized. I have to feel that anyone who jumps in to take the IRS’ side in any dispute has never done “business” with them.
Joe Stark was simply a criminal that murdered an IRS agent. To make any more of it than that, is a reach. A spectacular murder now becomes a terrorist attack because he used an airplane. Since he was not a member of a group that could carry out similar future murders, his crime hardly qualifies as a terrorist attack.
The news media pushed the authorities to call it such terror. The job of the news media is to sell newspapers, magazines and TV commercials. The more they exaggerate and paint a negative and more importantly a fearful picture, the more their sales increase. They say, “If it bleeds, it reads.”
The last Anonymous who calls Stack simply a "murderer who killed an IRS agent" is really dense. I wonder if Mr. Al-Anonymous would be saying that if Stack's first name was Malik. I'm sure Anonymous would be singing a different tune if that were the case. Sure, he is just a victim of the big bad revenue agents. Duh!
Stack wrote his "Manifesto" just like a suicide attacker would have. And any one who flies an airplane into any government office with the intention to kill is a domestic terrorist, especially in this political climate. Just look at the "tributes" to the guy by the ultra-conservative sickos. Anonymous above is simply an inngorant apologist for right wing hate.
I guess the soldier in Killeen was "just a murderer who killed some soldiers?" Incredible naivete.
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