Plane crashes into building housing IRS

[Will E Worm]

A low-flying small plane crashed into an office building that houses the Internal Revenue Service in Austin, Texas on Thursday, and at least one person was missing, witnesses and officials said.

Assistant Austin Fire Chief Harry Evans said two people have also been taken to a hospital. Their conditions were not immediately known.

A law enforcement official said the crash did not initially appear to be the result of a crime or terrorism. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to publicly discuss the crash.

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The IRS is under attack!

 

[Hot Mega]

Official: Plane crash pilot left anti-IRS Web note

Homegrown terrorist. In all likelihood the clown just got a tax break and owned a plane....but becomes a suicide attacker because he hates the IRS. What kind of bubble did this whiny ass baby grow up in?? At least he saved taxpayers the cost of trying his loser ass.

AUSTIN, Texas – A software engineer furious with the Internal Revenue Service plowed his small plane into an office building housing nearly 200 federal tax employees on Thursday, officials said, setting off a raging fire that sent workers fleeing as thick plumes of black smoke poured into the air.
A U.S. law official identified the pilot as Joseph Stack and said investigators were looking at an anti-government message on the Web linked to him. The Web site outlines problems with the IRS and says violence "is the only answer."

Federal law enforcement officials have said they were investigating whether the pilot, who is presumed to have died in the crash, slammed into the Austin building on purpose in an effort to blow up IRS offices. All the officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing.

"Violence not only is the answer, it is the only answer," the long note on Stack's Web site reads, citing past problems with the tax-collecting agency.
"I saw it written once that the definition of insanity is repeating the same process over and over and expecting the outcome to suddenly be different. I am finally ready to stop this insanity. Well, Mr. Big Brother IRS man, let's try something different; take my pound of flesh and sleep well," the note, dated Thursday, reads.

At least one person who worked in the building was unaccounted for and two people were hospitalized, said Austin Fire Department Division Chief Dawn Clopton. She did not have any information about the pilot. About 190 IRS employees work in the building, and IRS spokesman Richard C. Sanford the agency is trying to account for all of its workers.

After the low-flying plane crashed into the building, flames shot out, windows exploded and workers scrambled to safety. Thick smoke billowed out of the second and third stories hours later as fire crews battled the blaze.
"It felt like a bomb blew off," said Peggy Walker, an IRS revenue officer who was sitting at her desk in the building when the plane crashed. "The ceiling caved in and windows blew in. We got up and ran."

In a neighborhood about six miles from the crash site, a home listed as belonging to Stack was on fire earlier Thursday. Two law enforcement officials said Stack had apparently set fire to his home before the suicidal plane flight.

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[~~whimsy~~]

Jeez. Apparently George Bush and Dick Cheney just don't know when to stop flying planes into government buildings

Damn neocons and their senseless violence!!!

 

[calpoon]

artysml:

 

[Marlo Manson]

It looks like Joseph had enough and literally blew his Stack!

 

[Ace Bandage]

Does this mean that we get an extension on our taxes? I actually have to pay this year instead of getting a return. I'm single, teach for peanuts, and rent an apartment - thanks for fucking me over Obama! :hatsoff:

 

[HE1FiNEARTiST]

Does this mean that we get an extension on our taxes? I actually have to pay this year instead of getting a return. I'm single, teach for peanuts, and rent an apartment - thanks for fucking me over Obama! :hatsoff:

:1orglaugh I thought the pilot was you when i heard this morning :1orglaugh

 

[Will E Worm]

 

[titsrock]

Smiley faces and balloons in a thread about domestic terrorism. Sad.

 

[HE1FiNEARTiST]

sad? no, its reality. people do things to the extreme to get their point across. sad? no, i understand. theres times when i want the balls to do what they do, just that i enjoy looking at the blue sky and fucking my gf and i dont want to miss that, that is why i dont act on my feelings. sad? nope 'tis reality.

here is the note he left:
http://www.statesman.com/blogs/cont...010/02/18/internet_note_posted_by_man_li.html

 

[StanScratch]

Smiley faces and balloons in a thread about domestic terrorism. Sad.

Bingo. Some redneck flies his plane into a building, it is cause for celebration. Goes to show you how remarkably fucked up this country has become.

 

[titsrock]

I read his rant (if it is real) and the first thing that popped into my mind was that this seems like the summary and generalization use of a Glenn Beck book or tv program.

Essentially, this person has been ruined by big business and has watched our gov't bail out big business. That line of reasoning won't fly with the GOP but I guess it remains to be seen if this person becomes the martyr for the Tea Bag militia movement or Beck's 9/12 organization. :dunno:

Will this person be the wedge which drives the GOP away from embracing Tea Baggers? Maybe that FixedNoise poll has been "fiddled with" afterall...

 

[HELLRAISER]

i just heard a report that his wife and daughter were by a neighbor that suicide bomber Joe Stack burned down

 

[Hot Mega]

Does this mean that we get an extension on our taxes? I actually have to pay this year instead of getting a return. I'm single, teach for peanuts, and rent an apartment - thanks for fucking me over Obama!

Well, I don't see how Obama is responsible for you being a teacher, what salary you are paid as one, your marital status or the fact that you live in an apt. He is responsible for you getting a tax cut this past year though. Haven't quite figured out the relationship to that and it fucking you over.:dunno:

sad? no, its reality. people do things to the extreme to get their point across. sad? no, i understand. theres times when i want the balls to do what they do, just that i enjoy looking at the blue sky and fucking my gf and i dont want to miss that, that is why i dont act on my feelings. sad? nope 'tis reality.

here is the note he left:
http://www.statesman.com/blogs/cont...010/02/18/internet_note_posted_by_man_li.html

You sound like a spokesman for Al Quaeda. You don't think they feel their cause is any less rational than the rationalization you just asserted? Unfucking real. But why am I still surprised by repetition of situational ethics constantly on parade by some in this country? Attacking innocent people with violence is terrorism no matter the "cause".

Bingo. Some redneck flies his plane into a building, it is cause for celebration. Goes to show you how remarkably fucked up this country has become.

Smiley faces and balloons in a thread about domestic terrorism. Sad.

See situational ethics.:2 cents:

 

[Kingfisher]

Who doesn't dislike the IRS. Sorry, can't be mad at this guy.

 

[PlasmaTwa2]

It's totally been done before.

 

[blusolstice]

everyone has missed the point that this guy could afford to own a plane...if you've got that much disposable income then pay your damn taxes and shut the hell up.

 

[Hot Mega]

everyone has missed the point that this guy could afford to own a plane...if you've got that much disposable income then pay your damn taxes and shut the hell up.

Bingo. I tried to point that out earlier in this thread.:thumbsup:

 

[drf]

This guy had his own plane and shelled out the money for a pilot license and goes postal because, what? He didn't want to pay his taxes?!! He couldn't have been doing that bad if he owns his own fucking aircraft! I can't rub 2 pennies together. You don't here me bitching about my taxes. This crackpot thinks what he did was patriotic, I can see that, sure and maybe my ass will sprout wings and I can fly around the stage at a David Gilmour concert.

 

[CunningStunts]

I guess this guy just lost it, and had some misplaced anger towards "the man" because he wasn't doing well... crazy shit.