Oh Christ.

CNN is quoting a federal official who says that an airplane that hit a seven-story building in Austin was deliberately crashed. Not only that — the plane was stolen, and the pilot had set his own house on fire before taking flight, the channel reports.

Some blogs (including Business Insider) are claiming to have found a manifesto/suicide note by the pilot, Joseph Andrew Stack, that rants against the IRS and sounds a little teabaggy—and a lot communist. (A confusing combination, I know.) Mr. Stack (if he did write this) is angry about taxes, about the broken health care system, about the "vile, corrupt Catholic church," the rich ("when the wealthy fuck up, the poor get to die for the mistakes"), and the political system that supports them:

Why is it that a handful of thugs and plunderers can commit unthinkable atrocities (and in the case of the GM executives, for scores of years) and when it’s time for their gravy train to crash under the weight of their gluttony and overwhelming stupidity, the force of the full federal government has no difficulty coming to their aid within days if not hours? Yet at the same time, the joke we call the American medical system, including the drug and insurance companies, are murdering tens of thousands of people a year and stealing from the corpses and victims they cripple, and this country’s leaders don’t see this as important as bailing out a few of their vile, rich cronies. Yet, the political “representatives” (thieves, liars, and self-serving scumbags is far more accurate) have endless time to sit around for year after year and debate the state of the “terrible health care problem”. It’s clear they see no crisis as long as the dead people don’t get in the way of their corporate profits rolling in.

And:

It has always been a myth that people have stopped dying for their freedom in this country, and it isn’t limited to the blacks, and poor immigrants. I know there have been countless before me and there are sure to be as many after. But I also know that by not adding my body to the count, I insure nothing will change.

It concludes:

I saw it written once that the definition of insanity is repeating the same process over and over and expecting the outcome to suddenly be different. I am finally ready to stop this insanity. Well, Mr. Big Brother IRS man, let’s try something different; take my pound of flesh and sleep well.

The communist creed: From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.

The capitalist creed: From each according to his gullibility, to each according to his greed.

Two were reportedly aboard the plane, both killed. (Though sources differ: some sites are reporting one person aboard the plane, some reporting up to three.)

UPDATE

A statement from the IRS:

We can confirm a small plane hit a building in Austin, Texas that includes IRS offices in Echelon Building I that houses about 190 IRS employs. We are still in process accounting for all employees and will update as information is available.

And first reports of casualties come from the Austin Business Journal:

Two victims of the plane crash were admitted and treated at University Medical Center Brackenridge, according to Matilda Sanchez, a spokeswoman for Seton Family of Hospitals.

One person was treated and is in good condition, suffering minor injuries and smoke inhalation. The second patient was treated, stabilized and was sent to San Antonio’s Brooke Army Medical Center to be treated in their special burn unit, Sanchez said.