I wonder if we will look back on the apparently-lynched census worker in Kentucky

[Atticus]

as the first of many victims of the anti-government mania encouraged by millionaire neo-con apologists on our public airwaves and condoned by the very leadership of the once-patriotic Republican party?

[bbinacan]

1. More likely

he just ran across a meth lab.

[Eric J in MN]

3. I doubt it. If the murder is solved, then we'll find out. NT

NT

[Atticus]

6. No way.

I have more than just a little familiarity with methamphetamine addiction.
Tweakers might have shot the man, but they'd never have taken the time to hang him. And they almost certainly would have hidden the body---badly, but they'd have tried.

[timeforpeace]

9. It's so unsubtle that it's unlikely to be what it's supposed to appear to be.

[OregonBlue]

21. Please, who are you kidding? Has any information been presented that indicates he ran across a meth

lab?

[KansDem]

2. The GOP are stooges for the oligarchy and its media propagandists are no better than Goebbels...

The only difference is Goebbels was better educated, having received a PhD from Heidelberg University.

Goebbels used modern propaganda techniques to psychologically prepare the German people for aggressive war and the annihilation of civilian populations. Among other propaganda devices, he accused many of Germany's ethnic and national minorities (such as the Poles, the Jews, the French) of trying to destroy Germany, claiming that Germany's belligerent actions were taken in self-defense.

Wikipedia

Sound familiar?

[Junkdrawer]

4. Officials kept the death quiet for 10 days...I'm guessing it will be ruled a suicide..

Politically inconvenient for high profile Republicans to have it be a "homicide".

His family will not only lose their breadwinner, but also his insurance. So sad.

[ThoughtCriminal]

7. They sure didn't want this out during the 9-12 media news cycle

What? Talk about a possible murder of a government worker for political reasons, while reporting about extreme anti-government protesters? That wasn't going to happen.

[Junkdrawer]

8. Good point

:thumbsup:

[chalky]

10. +1

[Mojambo]

15. I think you're right.

This will end up being washed away.

[ThoughtCriminal]

5. One thing the RW-nuts learned from McVeigh

only murder a few at time, so that it stays beneath the media outrage threshold.

[timeforpeace]

11. Yeah, he really stayed under the radar all right.

[Forkboy]

13. You missed the point.

The poster was saying they learned from McVeigh's mistake of NOT staying under the radar.

[ThoughtCriminal]

17. My point

McVeigh was too high profile and set back the right-wing, anti-government, militia movements. These smaller attacks do not bring as much attention.

[izquierdista]

12. First?

Are you forgetting Tiller? The DC security guard?

[Barack_America]

14. I seem to recall three police officers in Pittsburgh who died....

...at the hands of a RW nut convinced Obama was going to take his guns.

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. You remember correctly and a few up in Oakland nm

[Atticus]

19. You are correct.

I think I may unconsciously used the 9-12 Teabagger hate-apalooza as a "starting point" since I actually witnessed that obscenity.

[nadinbrzezinski]

16. He is the first where it is obvious rage against the govermment

but he is one in a string of murders.

The violence will only increase

[safeinOhio]

20. I'm sure FOX will send out some

crack investigators for hidden camera shots.

[FarCenter]

22. Somebody thought he was a snitch

Manchester Police Chief Jeff Culver, whose agency is not part of the investigation because the death was outside city limits, said the area where Sparkman was found has a history of problems with prescription drug and methamphetamine trading.

"That part of the county, it has its ups and downs. We'll get a lot of complaints of drug activity. They'll whittle away, then flourish back up," Culver said. He said officers last month rounded up 40 drug suspects, mostly dealers, and made several more arrests in subsequent days.

From
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090924/ap_on_re_us/us_census_worker_hanged

Also

Mary Hibbard, a teacher in Manchester, said she recognized Sparkman on the news as the census worker who visited her house this summer for about 10 minutes. Hibbard said he asked some basic questions including the size of her house, how many rooms it had and how much she paid monthly for electricity.