Pentagon shooter was anti-government nutbag
He hated public education, worshiped private property, was against drug legislation and thought 9/11 was an inside job.
Why do these middle-aged white guy terrorists come out of the woodwork when a Democrat is President?
The California man who opened fire last night outside the Pentagon was a property rights extremist who railed against the government's ability to "confiscate the resources of their citizens to fund schemes that need only be justified by lies and deception," and wanted to "eliminate the role of the government in education."
In a recorded manifesto called "Directions To Freedom", the audio of which he posted online in 2006, John Patrick Bedell, of Hollister, California, praised private property as "the most successful basis for structuring society that humanity has ever known."
Bedell shot two police officers last night during the rampage, before being mortally wounded himself.
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Bedell even railed against the concept of public education. "Government control of the schools that shape minds is pervasive in today's world," he said. "The imperative to defend the freedom of conscience must lead us to eliminate the role of the government in education and leave parents and communities free to raise their children as they see fit." He denounced public education as "no more legitimate than a government-run church for universal religious training."
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I was totally on the metro at that stop within 5 minutes of the incident. We were the first train through after they shut down the station. They kept the train running but just powered through the station without stopping. Creepy.
Posted by: milt | March 8, 2010 12:09 PM