Good article, unfortunately some in the media love to squash the 1st Amend. when it doesn't suite them, and it's sick that they attempt to capitalize on destruction to play politics. Also, obviously what the man in Texas did was terribly wrong, and I'm glad nobody was killed. But, I find it harsh that Michelle Malkin referred to him in this article as "nutball". What he did was very wrong, and he was disturbed obviously. But remember that he leaves behind a stunned wife and children who are now widowed and fatherless; the breakdown & death of their loved one is bad enough without insulting their memory of him.

Hey Feddie,

He "leaves behind a stunned wife and children" who he tried to roast before he set off to fulfill his death/slaughter fantasy. Why not round up some sympathy for Charlie Manson while we're at it.

My sympathies are with you.

I get it.

I have made plenty of bad choices I'd like to palm off on someone/something else. But it's taking responsibility for the Truth our own decisions that will set us Free.

And it's blaming everything on the world around us that leads to insanity a la Manson and Stack.

Not to mention the vast leftwing conspiracy to lay his actions at the feet of the Tea Party movement.

It is obvious to any right thinking man /woman that this man was suffering from severe mental distress.It could be that he was a victim of a Federal government that he thought was oppressing him, but that is not important to those who wrote articles blaming the T-Party movement.

The articles are nothing less than a liberal leaning group of desperate,frenzied people who are grasping at straws like a drowning man because they know the results in Virginia, New Jersey and Mass, and the retiring of Indiana Senator Evan Bayh show that the American people are rejecting the hard left movement of the Obama administration and the Democrat controlled Congress!

Michelle, great article. We in the grassroots movement know we are at War with the Left. The progressives(tax cheats, crooks out of Chicago, etc.)are going after us now that we are becoming of age if you will and are growing leaps and bounds across this nation. I attended a so called Town Hall mtg. in Suisun City, CA where I grew up hosted by another well known Liberal here known as John Garamendi. I like to call him Garataxandspendi. Check out his record!It was typical meeting where the Congressmans Rhetoric outweighed peoples genuine concern. About 30 of us rallyed with home made signs in front of the City Hall only to be reported by the local paper as "Picketers" rather than TeaPartyPatriots. I am calling Editor this am to ask for retraction. Keep up the good work, the "no longer Silent Majority" has been awakened!

FederalFarmer,

Stack was what he was. Deranged, sick, twisted, nuts, whatever label you want to put on him. Michelle called him what every other American has called him - a "nutball." That is her perrogative as an Amercian. To "call 'em as she sees 'em."

And, like Jimmy D. I have made my share of mistakes through the years. I have no one to blame but myself and I have accepted the responsibilities for my actions. It is left wing liberals and politicians (both parties, by the way) who never make mistakes. And, if they ever do, they just raise another tax to asuage their guilt.

If justice was the responsibility of each of us! What chaos? Justice is the duty of the law and courts. Mercy is my responsibility. I have a problem with forgiving someone who kills others and then think I must show mercy. I leave mercy to the Courts and forgiveness to the JUDGE! I can only help to prevent something from happening in my world and circle of influence, not dealing with trying to prevent what YOU are responsible for in the rest of the world. If I work diligently at improving myself and my world then I am pretty certain I will not be standing before the JUDGE....saying I am not guilty for something evidence so clearly proves I certainly did do! God Help Us!

To me this was simply a sick person fueled by belief that revenge or justice is mine! With all the liberal hate being espoused, we must be careful as to how we "society" motivate the unstable within us!

Not surprised at the left’s finger pointing. When the facts won’t/don’t/can’t fit the agenda then just point fingers at a made up boogieman hope the truth doesn’t come out. Or that if it does, that it comes out so far down the road that left’s plebs won’t notice it.

So a leftist murders her fellow leftist but because they were not white it must be Right’s fault?

Blame anyone and everyone. My kids out grew that by age 7. Brings new meaning to “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?”

Ever notice how the mainstream media is only concerned with *their* first amendment rights? The only things Tea Partiers are a threat to are government run amok and the free ride liberals *think* they're going to get from the government. So, basically, the left is saying that their members are all well-adjusted and would never commit any such atrocities? Really? The worst part is, too many people will blithely accept what the media tells them, never checking multiple sources, never questioning what they are told. That's thanks to the indoctrination of our government run school system. "Never question authority." I say, you should always question everything, that is the way to true knowledge and wisdom. Thanks, Dad.

This is from a reposting of this Blog, on my FB page.

http://www.facebook.com/richsmeyers45?v=feed&story_fbid=347402291653#!/richsmeyers45?v=feed&story_fbid=347402291653

Anne-Marie Perry Don't know if I have already posted this..but I knew Joe Stack, thru a friend..he was a musician...NOT a tea bagger....he was a very troubled guy. and if you read his manifesto..he goes from extreme left to extreme right thinking in his rantings.....he was just some really screwed up person who was pissed off at the IRS.....and would like to add..nothing wrong with tea baggers...I agree with the tea party movement.

Ms. Malkin, excellent article as always!

The Left is part desperate, panicked mob faced with fantasy-shattering realities and clutching at any reassurance that their delusions will continue -- and part predatory, cynical propagandists who coldly lie and manipulate any story they need to help their twisted cause.

Increasingly, Liberals are subscribing to the "SAY ANYTHING!" school of propaganda, which holds that 'a lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can get its boots on.' They know that there are many Liberal footsoldiers out there who only read Leftist news media and websites, and they believe whatever they're told. Odds are good that millions of dedicated Liberals out there will read those HuffPo blogs, accept that Stack was a Right-wing domestic terrorist, and never see the contradictory truth. They'll go on believing the lie because they will never know any better.

Then there are those who will hear the HuffPo version, then hear the facts, and conclude that it's impossible to know for sure what is true. That's increasingly popular among young people today, as they are taught in school that objectivity is bad and neutrality is good. So they strive for neutrality even when that means giving equal credence to nonsense and the facts, without any attempt to exercise objective reasoning. It's all just a matter of opinion, and the "best" opinion is always the neutral one.

Millions of people will believe whichever version of events they hear first, so it was important to the Left to jump out there immediately with some propaganda painting Stack as a Right-winger.

Funny, when a Muslim shoots up an Army base, we're cautioned not to jump to any conclusions. He screamed "Allahu-Akbar!" just before opening fire, but we weren't supposed to infer anything from that fact. Yet, Stack wrote a 6-page manifesto loaded with Leftist rants and pro-Communist propaganda so naturally the Left picks THREE LETTERS out of thousands of words, and uses those to "prove" he's a Right-winger and a terrorist. What happened to not jumping to conclusions?

Ah yes, the Left reserves such things only for ACTUAL terrorists.

I'm not sure if protocol allows this, but I'd like to link here to a blog I wrote exposing the blatant lies ABC is telling about the Tea Party movement supporting Joseph Stack. According to ABC News, Conservatives in large numbers are "hailing Stack as a hero." The article is chock full of lies, even using a quote supposedly from a white supremacist website to link the Tea Party Conservatives to racist groups. It's a shameful display of drive-by "journalism" and outright propaganda -- flat-out lying to the American people in order to protect themselves.

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.viewcustom&friendId=120754475&blogId=529523233&swapped=true

My apologies if linking to other websites is not permitted. If the moderators decide to remove this post, I will understand. I just thought the subject would tie well into Ms Malkin's column. It's important for people to see what a dangerous bunch of liars these radical Liberals really are.

Since the left is devoid of any constructive ideas the only thing they CAN do is bash conservatives and others who do not hold to their moronic beliefs. It is play number one in their Book of Leftist Rules. As conservatives we need to start by having a GREAT plan in place this year and in 2012 to shrink government and stop the insane spending that has been going on.

It is past time to take back America from the politicians and bureaucrats who have done all they can to bleed her dry of her vitality and that includes the destroyers from both parties.

Excellent article, Michelle! You are one of the most articulate writers and speakers on record and a fearless, patriotic American.