"Not sure I can tag this to the tea partiers, though."

Why not? The current amount of non-stop rancor, including rampant fantasy and paranoia about Obama's 'socialist' takeover of the government all supply background hum and context for those on the edge and only needing a slight touch to topple over.

The Teapartier's and their masters at FOX News will, of course, deny it and publicly disavow his actions but I'll bet you dollars to donuts that Joe Stack is already a folk hero in Tea Party circles.

BTW, this guy perfectly fits the description Pat provided of the little guy who 'plays by the rules' and gets 'hosed' by the system. Joe Stack is not going to be an isolated case. The Tea Partiers have ushered in a new age of American domestic terrorism.

Joe Stack could've had a sticker on his plane that read "FOX is my co-pilot".