Census Worker Found Hanged Near Rural Kentucky Cemetery
Anti-government Militia Narrative Takes Wing..
There have been others, mostly by car accidents or illness, but none have been as gruesome or attracted as much attention as the 51 year old census worker who was found dead by hanging in rural Clay County, Kentucky with the word "Fed" scrawled upon his chest. There is a dearth of information about the likely homicide but early speculation is that the census worker was killed by someone who saw the federal government as the enemy. Of course, that in itself is a notion that incites speculation. Who would want to kill a harmless, bespectacled 51 year old guy who looks like someone's uncle? Since the official autopsy results have not yet been released, the death has not yet officially been declared a homicide..
Though the cause and motive for the death of Bill Sparkman has yet to be determined, the narrative is afoot that the man may have been done in by an anti-government militia. That is indeed possible, but it is just as likely at this point that Sparkman was murdered by moonshiners, operators of a methamphetamine factory, or by illegal aliens.
Strangely, the death of census worker Bill Sparkman occurred on September 12 but the case is just now lighting up as are the message boards on left-liberal blogs like the Daily Kos. That the census worker was murdered by people with a blind hatred for all government is a narrative which was given life with Homeland Security Chief Janet Napolitano's pronouncement that her office would be vigilant of potential militia groups which have their origin in groups of discharged military veterans.
Typical of the liberal line on this horrific tragedy is the long diatribe on the Daily Kos by a writer who writes in a self-consciously folksy style and calls himself (or herself?) "LiberalKentuckian."
"LiberalKentuckian" is a self described member of a "multi-racial minority," which, as a Sicilian considering the historic Moorish invasions of the Italian island, I could claim as well. As a "multi-racial minority," he has experienced "death stares and evil looks directed my way." Whooooh! That must hurt, but whether it does or not, the reader is urged to follow suit with the Daily Kos poster to conclude, as he does:
"This one act seems too likely to be the worst of mine, and all Liberal Kentuckians fears: Our state is consumed by Radical Right-Wing fear and propaganda, and we are moving to (sic) far to the right."
Of course, then we go on to mention the "deep hollers" of Clay County where the only contact people have with the outside world is Fox News. If anything, that is reason for President Obama and his political managers to relent and appear on Fox, a communications error that only makes the president look weak. But after fanning the racial flames of "multi-racial minorities" and flailing at conservatives and moderates with an indiscriminate sword, the "LiberalKentuckian" wants you to know that he's really a nice god-fearing "holler guy" and hedges his bets by praying to God "let me be wrong."
Wrong? Liberal outrage in advance of facts is never wrong on the Daily Kos.
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I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop about this one. Wonder if we will ever find out it was a bunch of Lefties trying to set up conservatives? Not that I maintain that, but wasn't there a guy a few weeks ago who vandalized various "liberal" establishment and he was a he/she who is a registered Lefty. Turns out he was doing it to make it appear that conservative rage was a danger to the population. We'll see.
Good story. I had not heard about it.
Excellent reporting as always. It is amazing how the far left, including the author of one of the related articles to your content..will exploit & trivialize a homicide to further their progressive agenda. Yep, I guess Bush whacked the guy
Al Cross - Thanks for your special insight into this. I don't know that area at all but I've been in the marijuana growing region of Humboldt County, CA where wandering is not encouraged and can be fatal. The narrrative of a local hick militia in Kentucky plays better in left-liberal circles than a liberal hick militia in Nancy Pelosi's home state. :) Again, thanks for your input--it's very interesting.
When it comes to the federal government, Clay County is a special case. It is a hotbed of marijuana cultivation, mainly in the Daniel Boone National Forest, which covers much of the county, and Sparkman's body was found on forest property. For nearly 30 years, federal and state authorities have targeted pot growers in Clay and adjoining counties, and in the last several years, the Justice Department has won indictments and convictions of officials and other local residents for vote fraud, other corruption and other crimes. And resistance to federal authority in the area dates back more than a century, to the era of major moonshine stills.
The AP reporters quote a Manchester Huddle House waitress who feels the government needs to "stick their nose out of people's business."
From http://irjci.blogspot.com:
AP quotes retired Kentucky state trooper Gilbert Acciardo's warning to Sparkman: "I told him on more than one occasion, based on my years in the state police, 'Mr. Sparkman, when you go into those counties, be careful because people are going to perceive you different than they do elsewhere.'" But Roy Silver, a sociology professor at Southeast Community College in Harlan County, told AP, "I don't think distrust of government is any more or less here than anywhere else in the country."
But when it comes to the federal government, Clay County is a special case. It is a hotbed of marijuana cultivation, mainly in the Daniel Boone National Forest, which covers much of the county, and Sparkman's body was found on forest property. For nearly 30 years, federal and state authorities have targeted pot growers in Clay and adjoining counties, and in the last several years, the Justice Department has won indictments and convictions of officials and other local