will it be 4 years of this?

[mellowtigger]

Yes, the sky is still falling.  It's not a good time to live or work in Dixieland.

A private group called PEER, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, tracks violence against employees who enforce environmental regulations. The group's executive director, Jeff Ruch, said it's hard to know about all of the cases because some agencies don't share data on violence against employees.

From 1996 to 2006, according to the group's most recent data, violent episodes against federal Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service workers soared from 55 to 290.

"Even as illustrated in town hall meetings today, there is a distinct hostility in a large segment of the population toward people who work for their government," Ruch said.

"Feds probe US Census worker hanging in Kentucky"
- http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jbzG_BlkG2Hfc818EPRRn1bBlP6gD9ATHO580

The hanged man had the word "fed" (federal government) written on his chest. 

It's like pulling a band-aid off slowly, wondering what new shocking thing will happen each week that proves civility is waning in America.

*sigh*

edit 11:19pm: I learned while watching Rachel Maddow tonight that the original AP news story on which this article is based may have stated details incorrectly.  Authorities are being very tight-lipped about explanations.   This man died of asphyxiation, yes, and he had rope around his neck that was tied to a tree.  He might or might not have been hanged.  He might or might not have had "fed" written on his body.

edit 9/26/2009 1:30am:  Apparently it's all true as initially stated.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/census-worker-found-gagged-bound-nude/story?id=8677271

Comments

[dangerdhotrod.livejournal.com]

what is your profile picture on this post from?

[mellowtigger]

I don't know. I checked tags on the image, but there were none. The date on my hard drive is from April 2008. I've seen it many places in the last year or two, but I don't remember any of them offhand.

"Who Would Jesus Kill" seems like the appropriate icon, though, for topics of violence in the Bible Belt (which overlaps Dixie).

edit: There are several to choose from, it turns out.
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=jesus+rifle