Census worker found hanged; 'fed' scrawled on body

[babsbunny]

AP source: Census worker hanged with 'fed' on body

http://rawstory.com/blog/2009/09/census-worker-found-hanged/

FBI probes hanging of census worker in Ky.; AP source: 'Fed' scrawled on dead man's chest

DEVLIN BARRETT and JEFFREY McMURRAY
AP News

Sep 23, 2009 17:42 EST

A U.S. Census worker found hanging from a tree near a Kentucky cemetery had the word "fed" scrawled on his chest, a law enforcement official said Wednesday, and the FBI is investigating whether he was a victim of anti-government sentiment.

The law enforcement official, who was not authorized to discuss the case and requested anonymity, did not say what type of instrument was used to write the word on the chest of Bill Sparkman, a 51-year-old part-time Census field worker and teacher. He was found Sept. 12 in a remote patch of the Daniel Boone National Forest in rural southeast Kentucky.

[cali]

1. posted multiple times.

[obliviously]

6. People should read whats already posted before they post!

[geckosfeet]

2. And so it begins.

[cali]

4. well, the jumping to conclusions with very little and very ambiguous evidence

has certainly begun.

[geckosfeet]

22. Whatever the reason, the murder was heinous and hateful. I am simply saying

that murder seems to have become an acceptable form expressing ones hate.

Whether the murderers hate was founded in politics or a particular hate for Mr.Sparkman or something else entirely is almost irrelevant to anyone outside the legal process. That it was acceptable to commit a murder like this seems to foretell a turning point in society.

[stuball111]

7. Seems that way...

Bachman's message seems to have got through to somebody....

[cali]

8. no, actually it doesn't seem any particular way but it's typical

that loads of DUers are happy to jump to unfounded conclusions.

[stuball111]

12. Either way, it's a tragedy...

Could be suicide, I said it "seemed" that way, meaning it "could" be a possibility. I sincerely hope not... :hi:

Update: on Rachel Maddow: law enforcement declares it an "Apparent Homicide"

[stuball111]

20. Also seems that the conclusions are rapidly becomeing "Founded"

And we shall see what develops in the next few days...eh?

[Zoeisright]

17. I think you're right. We're going to see more of this unless

someone stops the hatemongering and inciting violence from the right.

[anigbrowl]

21. yes, with people repeating empty cliches long ago rinsed clean

[Kievan Rus]

3. Another wingnut attack probably

Seriously, these wingnuts are more dangerous than al-Qaeda or the Taliban.

I live in Pittsburgh and this city has had to put up with their acts of violence twice this year (Poplawski the paranoid cop-killer and Sodini the misogynist gym shooter).

[Mojambo]

5. I wouldn't want to be doing a census in rural Kentucky, that's for sure. n/t

[Eric68601]

9. Talibaptists

[madeline_con]

10. The Post Police never sleep.

:eyes:

[Bonobo]

11. Neither do the Mouse Police.

[pipi_k]

18. With thoughts of mouse-and-apple pie, tail balancing at half mast

[Bonobo]

19. I will post all the lyrics because they are so good. Thanks!

...And the Mouse Police Never Sleep
by Ian Anderson

Muscled, black with steel-green eye
swishing through the rye grass
with thoughts of mouse-and-apple pie.
Tail balancing at half-mast.
...And the mouse police never sleeps ---
lying in the cherry tree.
Savage bed foot-warmer of purest feline ancestry.
Look out, little furry folk!
He's the all-night working cat.
Eats but one in every ten ---
leaves the others on the mat.
...And the mouse police never sleeps ---
waiting by the cellar door.
Window-box town crier;
birth and death registrar.
With claws that rake a furrow red ---
licensed to multilate.
From warm milk on a lazy day
to dawn patrol on hungry hate.
...No, the mouse police never sleeps ---
climbing on the ivy.
Windy roof-top weathercock.
Warm-blooded night on a cold tile.

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

13. OMG!!! That is horrifying! Truly!

:scared:

Horrible. I just don't know what else to say,...the poor man!

[Locrian]

14. hard to say...

I think I read in Harpers an article where that area (Daniel Boone National Forest) is a hot spot for drug growing etc. Who have no qualms about taking out anyone who gets "close".

[blueknight]

15. i live in ky

this happened in one of, if not the most red neck, racist , right wing counties in the state. the county seat is MANCHESTER, but often referred to as GUNCHESTER because of the popularity of guns there

[Junkdrawer]

16. "Michele Bachmann's Census Theories Too Much For Glenn Beck"

As we related yesterday, Michele Bachmann has drawn a line in the sand, and will not fill out the Census, and no one really cares because who in America really wants to see government resources allocated to the Bachmann demographic, anyway? Nevertheless, Bachmann is the Neda Agha Soltan of fighting ACORN and the Census. "Why does the government need our phone numbers?" complains Bachmann, making me wonder if she plans on robo-calling her constituents come re-election time. You know I'll be watching for that!

Anyway, yesterday, Michele Bachmann went on the Glenn Beck Common Sense Comedy Hour to talk about all of this. Understandably, Bachmann is concerned with whether the government should know about its citizens' "mental stability." And here is one of Bachmann's amazing insights:

BACHMANN: You know the question that's not on this survey, Glenn? "Are you a U.S. citizen?" This would be your perfect opportunity to find out how many illegal aliens are in the United States.

...

But here's the revelatory part of Bachmann's conversation: It appears that there actually is a point at which you can even out-bonkers Glenn Beck! Watch as the video gets to about the two-minute mark. That's when Bachmann starts up her "OMGZ! THE INTERNMENT CAMPZ" spiel. Beck starts shaking his head in disbelief, and then just shuts her down, mid-thought! Is that a bridge too far for Glenn Beck, who runs the most realistic Doom Room in Cable news? Maybe! Of course, I can't help but notice that Beck set Bachmann up perfectly to proffer that answer.

...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/26/michele-bachmanns-census_n_221427.html