Does Austin Plane Crash Pilot’s Rambling Suicide Note Sound Like An Alex Jones Manifesto?
It’s strange how the rambling suicide note written by Austin Texas plane crash pilot Joseph Andrew Stack sounds vaguely like the rantings of paranoid, conspiracy theorist, talk show host, Alex Jones.
Guess what?
Stack hated Big Brother and was a fanatic tax hater. When I first hear that someone slammed their plane into the IRS building in Austin and had a ranting manifesto (which was revised 27 times) against the government that was titled, “Well Mr. Big Brother IRS man… take my pound of flesh and sleep well,” I thought surely this must be the words of Austin-based radio host, Alex Jones.
Below are a few excerpts from Stack’s angry manifesto. Can anyone argue that it doesn’t sound exactly like the ramblings of puffy-faced Alex Jones? Or at least the teachings of Jones, along with the tri-corner hat Tea Party Patriots can be heard echoing in his words.
Sure disturbed Stack wasn’t a Tea Party member, but this lone wolf acted in the footsteps of their ideology–only in the most extreme manner. We laugh when we see the angry Tea Party Town Hall meetings. The group quickly dismisses the few nuts who carry Obama=Hitler signs as not fair representations of the movement. As Joseph Andrew Stack proved, by slamming his plan into the side of Austin’s IRS building, here’s what happens when the lone nuts act out their frustrations. How many other lone ticking time bombs are out there ready to carry out their anti-goverment stance? There words would make Alex Jones and the Tea Party proud; there actions disgust all. Is this the beginning of what they been referring to as the Tea Party Revolution?
I once did a story where I interviewed the head of the Sacramento F.B.I. on white supremacist groups. What he said was, they aren’t as worried about a white supremacist group acting out; what worries them is the loner surfing the Internet who takes in the ideology and then acts upon it because they feel that they are at the end of their rope. It’s all apart of the same machine.
And now, click on to read excerpts from Alex Jones’s, I mean Joseph Andrew Stack’s rambling manifesto……..
-We are further brainwashed to believe that there is freedom in this place, and that we should be ready to lay our lives down for the noble principals represented by its founding fathers.
- The joke we call the American medical system, including the drug and insurance companies, are murdering tens of thousands of people a year and stealing from the corpses and victims they cripple, and this country’s leaders don’t see this as important as bailing out a few of their vile, rich cronies. Yet, the political “representatives” (thieves, liars, and self-serving scumbags is far more accurate) have endless time to sit around for year after year and debate the state of the “terrible health care problem”. It’s clear they see no crisis as long as the dead people don’t get in the way of their corporate profits rolling in.
-I know I’m hardly the first one to decide I have had all I can stand. It has always been a myth that people have stopped dying for their freedom in this country, and it isn’t limited to the blacks, and poor immigrants. I know there have been countless before me and there are sure to be as many after. But I also know that by not adding my body to the count, I insure nothing will change. I choose to not keep looking over my shoulder at “big brother” while he strips my carcass, I choose not to ignore what is going on all around me, I choose not to pretend that business as usual won’t continue; I have just had enough.
-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.
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“Sounding like” Alex Jones does not automatically invalidate the claims. You know the drill, even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
The point is that this terrorist (yes, I’ll call a spade a spade) felt so desperate that he didn’t have a choice. Many feel this way and yes, some actually do get desperate enough to act upon these urges.
I don’t condone what Stack did in any way. But ask yourself if this was some ultra-religiously motivated person, or whether this just might have been someone who had reached the end of his rope.
There is a difference.
I updated the post with my thoughts which are:
I once did a story where I interviewed the head of the Sacramento F.B.I. on white supremacist groups. What he said was, they aren’t as worried about a white supremacist group acting out; what worries them is the loner surfing the Internet who takes in the ideology and then acts upon it because they feel that they are at the end of their rope.
It’s all a part of the same machine.
In response to another comment. See in context »I disagree. Those “loners” are people on the margins of society who can’t seem to make a place for themselves in an increasingly difficult society to live in. Some will turn to any kook theory to explain their predicament because nothing else seems to work for them. You can’t blame the kook theories for what these loners do.
On the other hand, the 9/11 hijackers were well off, well educated, but religiously brainwashed to the point that they had nothing but contempt for people they didn’t even understand.
The former we can reach out to and help; the latter is a malicious force that is often unstoppable by anything short of military weaponry.
Think about this guy and then think about what Aum Shinrikyo did. If these are the same thing to you, then we have no basis for further discussion.
In response to another comment. See in context »It’s really to bad that Joe Stack had give up his life to send a message to the filthy fucking government. R.I.P Joe, Joe The Martyr, Joe The Revolutionary! Cheers: Maximus, Maximus, Maximus, Maximus! Alex Jones IS a patriot and a God send to REAL americans. Your not an American IN ANY WAY if you even remotely sympathize with the government.
It’s really to bad that Joe Stack had give up his life to send a message to the filthy f***ing government. R.I.P Joe, Joe The Martyr, Joe The Revolutionary! Cheers: Maximus, Maximus, Maximus, Maximus!” Alex Jones is a TRUE patriot and an American. You are NOT AN AMERICAN if you support in any way shape or form the government. If you sympathize with the government, you are guilty of treason.
You submitted two comments. In one you write “filthy fucking government” and in the other you censored yourself and wrote “filthy f***ing government.” Why did you do that? In the second were you intending “filthy farting government” but were too ashamed to print that?
Alex Jones is a true eater of lots of hamburgers and friend chicken. He’s an idiot and a very paranoid man. Watch the IFC documentary New World Order as he actually believes his delusions of grandeur
In response to another comment. See in context »WHAT? Come on! Yes Alex Jones is a little on the nutty side. But. This Dude who decided To crash his plane, and kill him self was Joe Stack, and not Alex Jones, and not anyone else who hates big brother or the IRS. People have a right to think how they want. Murder is wrong especially what this maniac decided to do. But to say it is The fault of Alex Jones and people who think like he does, is just as insane as Joe Stack. Lots of people have committed horrible crimes, but lets say a person committed a horrible crime that was a catholic, or a priest, or a preacher, or musician, or a baseball player. That does not mean that we should punish or jail everyone that is a priests, a singers, or Willy Mays. People need to stop blaming a whole group of thinkers just for the sole purpose of inciting hate and false guilt. This maniac Joe Stack did this crime on his own. Just because the idiot hated the IRS or big brother does not mean that Alex Jones was responsible. To say or even consider that thought is as insane as Joe Stack’s actions.
So what fueled his ideology? Did he come to those conclusions on his own?
Yes, Stack was a lone wolf taking to the extreme what was fueled by Tea Party protests and ranting talk radio hosts.
In response to another comment. See in context »If he had not found this ideology to follow it could have been a thousand other things that fueled his hate…. his ex-wife, co-workers, anything…. and people act on that all the time to varying degrees. I agree that Alex Jones preys on people and is an idiot who fuels hatred but where did the illusion of hell come from? To control people by finding a weak spot…… and that was a long time ago it was figured out.
Some people look so hard to find a source of the problem without ever placing blame right where it goes, on the person. I bet Stack did not have worse circumstances than thousands of other people who don’t act on it.
I feel it really dilutes the opportunity to use this as an example by running around blaming others for this mans actions. The reality is, he was not pushed to do this by anyone, he acted like a loner… alone.
Then there was the shooting in Pittsburg of a rabid Alex Jones fan that was afraid that the government was going to take away his guns:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09095/960750-53.stm
In response to another comment. See in context »What a ladies man…. misses the gal so much he threw his tray at the drill instructor, then threatens to kill her. No responsibility for his own actions.
But again, I don’t see how that is Alex Jones’ fault. Jones is like any other talking head out there, saying what is needed to keep people listening…. BTW, I love waiting for the news to tell me what can kill me… after the commercial… it is all entertainment.
If this guy needed a reason to be the way he is, Jones did not provide it. He was/is a bad egg and was drawn to Jones, not the other way IMO.
In response to another comment. See in context »To answer your question, no. You obviously don’t listen to his radio program and have labeled him. If you had any real intelligence beyond being brainwashed and programmed by television, you’d be able to appreciate Alex Jones and what he stands for.
Ha! Speaking of brainwashing; apparently you’ve already have sipped the Alex Jones Kool Aid–you cult member, you.
In response to another comment. See in context »LOL again the cockroach from the dishwasher is yelling at the other cockroaches. You yourself are brainwashed by the media to not think for yourself.
Asumming that all people who agree with anything that Alex Jones says drink kool-aid. Which is worse, those that drink the kool-aid, or those that yell against it because most likely their pockets have been lined to do so?
In response to another comment. See in context »[...] has acted at. Last month embittered pilot Joseph Andrew Stack flew his plane into the side of the IRS building in Austin Texas. His rambling manifesto sounded like a puffy-faced Alex Jones broadcast. Then [...]