By now everyone has heard about the gunman this morning that tried to shoot up the Pentagon. Well, guess what: teabagger.
Audio of a 2006 rant by this guy can be found
here. As I read this, I can't tell if it's a manifesto, or the transcript from a recent Glenn Beck show:
Quote:
"Communist and socialist governments that abolished or disregarded private property," said Bedell in the recording, "created poverty, oppression and murder on a truly enormous scale." But, he continued, "Even in the United States, however, there has been a continual erosion of protection of private property justified by the belief that government is an efficient instrument for the positive direction of society."
Bedell added: "Governments lack the profit and loss incentives that individuals and private organizations must use..."
And he warned: "When governments are able to confiscate the resources of their citizens to fund schemes that need only be justified by lies and deception enormous disasters can result."
Bedell also denounced the monetary system, a frequent bete noir of anti-government extremists. "When the government can control how private property is used," he said, "and especially when the government controls the monetary system that is use to exchange private property, the government has the mechanisms and the motivation to control individuals to the smallest detail."
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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