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| Thu, 09-24-2009 - 8:09am |
Feds Probe US Census Worker Hanging in Kentucky
FBI checks whether US Census worker hanging in Ky. tied to his door-to-door data collection
MANCHESTER, Ky. September 24, 2009 (AP)
When Bill Sparkman told retired trooper Gilbert Acciardo that he was going door-to-door collecting census data in rural Kentucky, the former cop drew on years of experience for a warning: "Be careful."
The 51-year-old Sparkman was found this month hanged from a tree near a Kentucky cemetery with the word "fed" scrawled on his chest, a law enforcement official said Wednesday, and the FBI is investigating whether he was a victim of anti-government sentiment.
"Even though he was with the Census Bureau, sometimes people can view someone with any government agency as 'the government.' I just was afraid that he might meet the wrong character along the way up there," said Acciardo, who directs an after-school program at an elementary school where Sparkman was a frequent substitute teacher.
The Census Bureau has suspended door-to-door interviews in rural Clay County, where the body was found, until the investigation is complete, an official said.
The law enforcement official, who was not authorized to discuss the case and requested anonymity, did not say what type of instrument was used to write the word on the chest of Sparkman, who was supplementing his income doing Census field work. He was found Sept. 12 in a remote patch of Daniel Boone National Forest and an autopsy report is pending.
Manchester, the main hub of the southeastern Kentucky county, is an exit off the highway, with a Walmart, a few hotels, chain restaurants and a couple gas stations. The drive away from town and toward the area where Sparkman's body was found goes through sparsely populated forest with no streetlights, on winding roads that run up and down steep hills.
FBI spokesman David Beyer said the bureau is assisting state police and declined to discuss any details of the crime scene. Agents are trying to determine if foul play was involved and whether it had anything to do with Sparkman's job as Census worker, Beyer said. Attacking a federal worker during or because of his federal job is a federal crime.
Why are there so many people these days who want to see our country split apart and at war with itself? They fancy themselves some sort of modern-day patriots when in reality they are doing tremendous damage the nation as a whole.


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There's several mythes/urban legends/fear-mongering about this census taking.
>"Republican Senator Judd Gregg was Obama’s first choice for the Secretary of Commerce post, and Gregg was actually considering joining the Obama team, until he found out that control of the US Census was being stripped from the Commerce Department and placed under the direct control of White House Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel.
GPS Marking EVERY Front Door - Part II
Then, the same week that Americans learned that they were “domestic terrorists”—at least according to Obama’s new DHS (Department of Homeland Security),—if they own a bible, a pocket Constitution or guns, and still believe in Life, Liberty and Freedom, - they also learned that Obama’s Census Bureau had hired thousands of new temporary employees, equipped each with a handheld GPS computer and sent them out to mark GPS coordinates for every residential front door in America."<
More hysteria.... http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/10688
Congresswoman Refuses To Participate in 2010 Census
Video & article....
http://www.mytwocensus.com/2009/06/18/congresswoman-refuses-to-participate-in-2010-census/
This is a rush transcript from "Glenn Beck," June 24, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.....
http://news-and-stars.blogspot.com/2009/06/census-2010.html
Absolutely. This poor man, out just doing his job, trying to earn a living to feed his family and he's strung up like a dog. What a sad, sad statement that makes about our country.
This irrational paranoia is starting to worry me. It almost feels like sitting on a powder keg just wondering when these loons are going to band together and do something stupid on a larger scale. I'm just hoping they don't have that kind of smarts.
Yikes.....maybe don't even go there.....I agree wholeheartedly with you that these kooks don't seem to be smart enough to pool their hatred and do some really bad things to people. God rest this poor man's soul.....just out doing his job. Very sad.
Hope you're staying dry and safe down there friend.
Sick...sick...sick.
You know who you can thank for this? People like Congresswoman Michelle Bachman for one. She stood up and told people that they should refuse to take part of the Census and that Obama was using it to spy on them.
Great job Ms. Bachman! Way to stir up the kooks. Hope you're happy now.
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They don't even deserve dog food.
The man with a rope tied around his neck and the word 'FED' written on his chest was asphyxiated. Investigators look into the theory, while some liberal bloggers cite anti-government violence.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-kentucky-killing25-2009sep25,0,4710651.story
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