Another death at the hand of Right Wing Crazies - Census worker hung, "Fed" scrawled on chest

[Flatlander Fox]

That's actually what I think too.

Even though it wouldn't suprise me in the least if one of those Birther nuts did it...

[SlowwHand]

That makes no sense, and hi FF.

[metalhead]

It seems to me that "fed" does send the message that it's drug related. If you wanted to make a political statement against the president, you'd use a different word.

[chequita guevara]

I highly doubt some fools a from a meth lab would go to all the trouble of hanging a man (or body, dunno if he was dead before he was hung) and slap a note on him. If you're trying to hide a lab, you don't call attention to your presence by doing something that sensational, unless you're really stupid, and I don't rule it out.

More likely, it was some crazy person all wound up by Beck and Limbaugh, who decided to restart the Civil War.

[Zkribbler]

Most likely.

[Lefty Scaevola]

I highly doubt some fools a from a meth lab would go to all the trouble of hanging a man (or body, dunno if he was dead before he was hung) and slap a note on him.

Tweakers have a strong tendancy toward paranoia and irrational violence. This sound EXACTLY like a meth inspired type crime to my experience.

[DaShi]

It was obviously a typical liberal wingnut who killed him but wanted to write "Go Fed, you rule!" on him. First, he wrote "Fed" because he loves the federal government so much and had to write it first. Then after a long masturbatory session, he got spooked and ran off before completing his sign. Duh!

[chequita guevara]

Tweakers have a strong tendancy toward paranoia and irrational violence. This sound EXACTLY like a meth inspired type crime to my experience.

I wouldn't think a tweaker would be particularly useful around a meth lab, given that they tend to be highly irrational people and meth labs have a tendency to kill people who aren't super careful.

On the plus side, now that it's possible to make your own meth in a two litre bottle, meth labs should soon be a thing of the past.

[Lefty Scaevola]

I wouldn't think a tweaker would be particularly useful around a meth lab, given that they tend to be highly irrational people and meth labs have a tendency to kill people who aren't super careful.

Happens, often enough, even though the irrationality part is towards other people, rather than mechanical tasks, but the just plain sutpid is enough to account for thoses casulaties.

[Straybow]

Plenty of tweakers like to make their own, plus a bit for cash. That's why the FDA decided to outlaw shelf-sale of pseudoephedrine.

[Drake Tungsten]

AP sources: Suicide eyed in Ky. census worker case

WASHINGTON – Investigators probing the death of a Kentucky census worker found hanging from a tree with the word "fed" scrawled on his chest increasingly doubt he was killed because of his government job and are pursuing the possibility he committed suicide, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press.

Two officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the case, said no final conclusions have been made in the case. In recent weeks, however, investigators have grown more skeptical that 51-year-old Bill Sparkman died at the hands of someone angry at the federal government.

The officials said investigators continue to look closely at suicide as a possible cause of Sparkman's death for a number of reasons. There were no defensive wounds on Sparkman's body, and while his hands were bound with duct-tape, they were still somewhat mobile, suggesting he could have manipulated the rope, the officials said.

Sparkman's naked body was found Sept. 12 hanging from a tree yet in contact with the ground in a remote patch of the Daniel Boone National Forest near Manchester, Ky.

The strange case attracted national attention when it first came to light, prompting worries that it may be a sign of increased anger toward the federal government in the first year of Barack Obama's presidency.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_census_worker_hanged

[MrFun]

Right - he scrawled the words on his chest before he killed himself.

[DaShi]

Sounds reasonable. Thanks for posting.

[Straybow]

If he wanted to make his suicide look like it wasn't suicide so his beneficiaries could collect, then yes.

[DaShi]

Right, and this is the way to do it.