Earlier today, Thursday the 18th, a man with a huge grudge against the IRS crashed his plane into an IRS office in Austin, Texas, committing suicide and injuring two other people. The man also burned his house down before commiting suicide. This man, his name now confirmed to be Joseph Andrew Stack, piloted his Piper Cherokee PA-28 into an IRS office with 199 employees, right next to the interstate. The aviation fuel that spilled due to the crash, caused the most damage by burning away at the building until firefighters were able to extinguish the flames approximately 75 minutes later.
Joseph Andrew Stack wrote a letter, which has now been revealed (read it at: http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2010/images/02/18/stack.letter.pdf), in which he explained, to some extent, why he committed this attrocity. The following is an excerpt from the note: "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," the online message says. "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 government states that this is an isolated incident and does not appear to be connected to terrorist activity. Though the IRS will not reveal any transactions or interactions with Stack, one has to wonder what must have driven this man to kill himself by deliberately crashing into that building. The full article is at :http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/02/18/texas.plane.crash/index.html
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Thats so crazy how someone can do that, I'm happy that their wasn't that much damage done. Joseph Andrew Stack was really not stable. why would he burn his own house down? Thats funny how he thinks hes not insane, "insanity is repeating the same process over and over and expecting the outcome to suddenly be different." I mean he just tried burning down a building.....
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