Marvin Heemeyer, an American hero

[Antonio]

This guy is my hero, a magnificent specimen of humanity:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Heemeyer
http://marvin-heemeyer.com/en/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qZgbVtL_RM&feature=player_embedded



Killdozer, RIP!
PS. I checked the search and saw that there was no thread about him so here it goes...

[iOWNme]

Not sure if i would call him a hero. He violated others private property, but luckily didnt kill anyone else. I cannot condone actions of this magnitude. ALthough it can be fun to say its cool, it most certainly is not cool.


"Marvin John Heemeyer (October 28, 1951 – June 4, 2004) was a welder and an automobile muffler repair shop owner. Outraged over the outcome of a zoning dispute, he armored a Komatsu D355A bulldozer with layers of steel and concrete and used it on June 4, 2004, to demolish the town hall, a former judge's home, and other buildings in Granby, Colorado. The rampage ended when the bulldozer became stuck. After a standoff with law enforcement agencies, Heemeyer killed himself with a handgun.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/23/Marvin_Heemeyer.jpg/200px-Marvin_Heemeyer.jpg

Heemeyer had been feuding with Granby officials, particularly over fines for violating city ordinances and a zoning dispute regarding a concrete factory constructed opposite to his muffler shop that caused his business to fail.[1]

Heemeyer leased his business to a trash company and sold the property several months prior to the rampage.

Heemeyer had bought a bulldozer two years before the incident with the intention of using it to build an alternative route to his muffler shop, but city officials rejected his request to build the road.

Notes found by investigators after the rampage indicate that the primary motivation for Heemeyer's bulldozer rampage was his fight to stop a concrete plant from being built near his shop. The notes indicated Heemeyer held grudges over the zoning approval. "I was always willing to be reasonable until I had to be unreasonable", Heemeyer wrote. "Sometimes reasonable men must do unreasonable things."[7]

Heemeyer took about a year and a half to prepare for his rampage. In notes found by investigators after the incident, Heemeyer wrote: "It's interesting how I never got caught. This was a part-time project over a 1½ year time period." Heemeyer was surprised that several men who had visited the shed late the previous year did not discover the modified bulldozer, "especially with the 2,000 lb. lift fully exposed". "Somehow their vision was clouded", he wrote.[7]

The machine used in the incident was a Komatsu D355A bulldozer[8] fitted with makeshift armor plating covering the cabin, engine and parts of the tracks. In places, the vehicle's armor was over one foot thick, consisting of concrete sandwiched between sheets of steel to make ad-hoc composite armour. This made the machine impervious to small arms fire and resistant to explosives; three external explosions and over 200 rounds of firearm ammunition fired at the bulldozer had no effect on it.[1] National Guard units were placed on standby orders by Governor Bill Owens for possible anti-armor support.[9]

For visibility, the bulldozer was fitted with several video cameras linked to two monitors mounted on the vehicle's dashboard. The cameras were protected on the outside by 3-inch shields of bullet-resistant plastic.[1] Onboard fans and an air conditioner were used to keep Heemeyer cool while driving and compressed air nozzles were fitted to blow dust away from the video cameras. Food, water and life support were present in the almost airtight cabin. Heemeyer had no intention of leaving the cabin once he entered; the hatch was permanently sealed.[1] Authorities speculated Heemeyer may have used a homemade crane found in his garage to lower the armor hull over the dozer and himself. "Once he tipped that lid shut, he knew he wasn't getting out", Daly said. Investigators searched the garage where they believe Heemeyer built the vehicle and found cement, armor and steel.[1]

Afterwards, the modified bulldozer came to be known as "Killdozer", although only Heemeyer was killed in the incident"

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/96/Killdozer.jpg

[ShortJohnSilver]

Meanwhile we pay the Israelis $1.5 million plus per each up-armored Cat bulldozer ...

[Twisted Titan]

Not sure if i would call him a hero. He violated others private property, but luckily didnt kill anyone else. I cannot condone actions of this magnitude. ALthough it can be fun to say its cool, it most certainly is not cool.


And how many times does City Hall and Black Robed Thugs do the exact same thing with absolute impunity?

I wish he would have gotten more then just CH.

Every council memeber would have been a nice score a well.

I will wager three Mercury dimes every one involed will think twice before the screw over another taxpayer again.

They only respect force

[Awoke]

Wow, I've never heard a thing about this whole incident.

???

[mrnhtbr2232]

No, not an American hero, just another guy who spent a year and a half preparing for his own suicide. I fail to see what he accomplished that changed anything. If all we have left is our personal destruction to make our point then no wonder City Hall is winning. If he had used his .357 Magnum on the right targets instead of himself *then* he would be a hero - and a patriot. Instead he joins Joe Stack as just another man who got fed up and became reactive without a net gain for his actions. If you dig deep enough into the story you will find the National Guard was about to come in with armor-piercing artillery to finish him off. The only reason they "only respect force" in this case is because their own superior force was late to the party and he got his treads stuck first. Heroes do not off themselves when cornered, rather they engage their enemies despite superior firepower and take as many of them along for the ride to Valhalla as possible.

[madfranks]

Wow, I've never heard a thing about this whole incident.

???


The Badass of the Week - Marvin Heemeyer and his Killdozer:

http://www.badassoftheweek.com/heemeyer.html


Marvin Heemeyer was a professional welder living in the quiet Colorado town of Granby, just trying to make a living for himself running a small muffler repair shop. Unfortunately, he was also in the business of getting royally fucked over by everyone in town, ranging from the paperboy to the asshats in City Hall who wouldn't compromise with him on some crazy fucking wacky zoning issues he was trying to work out. Eventually, after years of petitions, appeals and negotiations that proved about as fruitful as smashing his face into a cinderblock, the bastards at the Granby Zoning Commission basically told Marv that he could go fuck himself gently with a chainsaw. They were going to build a concrete plant adjacent to Heemeyer's muffler shop, cut off his business' sewer line, slap him with a bunch of increasingly-massive fines, and ultimately run his ass out of town on a fucking rail.

But Marvin Heemeyer wasn't the sort of mewling pussy coward who was going to sit there and let a bunch of stuffed-suit bastards fuck him over like a little bitch. He was an insane badass motherfucker with an arc welder and a mad desire for vengeance at all costs, and he decided he wasn't going to take it anymore. Heemeyer paid his $2,500 fine to City Hall, scribbling the word "cowards" in the memo portion of the check. Then he bought a massive bulldozer, sold his business, and spent the next year and a half turning this gigantic piece of construction equipment into the most insanely fucking awesome vehicle ever constructed by human hands: The KILLDOZER.

More at link. :)

[Awoke]

He had been jerked around enough, and he was fucking going to do something about it. Sure, his quest for revenge was a little misguided, but it was also completely fucking awesome, and he made a hell of a fucking statement without hurting anybody but himself. In the end, the desire to "go that extra mile" in the pursuit of vengeance is one of the fundamental tenants of ultimate badassitude, and Marvin Heemeyer walks a fine line between being a fucking nutcase and living the American dream of crushing your enemies beneath the treads of your badass fucking awesome home-made tank.




http://www.badassoftheweek.com/heemeyer2.jpg

[Antonio]

Believe it or not, I first read about him on a Russian Stalinist anti-ZOG forum, they had a giant thread about him.
The guy`s life was destroyed by fuckin bureaucrats. He could`ve waited for something as boring as prostate cancer to finish him off but instead went out in style. As for him not soiling his hands with murder, this makes him unique. There are plenty of those who kill their enemies at the end. The only thing he could`ve accomplished by doing so would simply be a reputation of having gone postal.
Small-time bureaucrats are instantly replacable and are not worth having become a murderer, we are not talking rapists here.
I don`t approve of suicide in most cases and he certainly could`ve avoided it but it was his choice to do so. He did what he chose to do and it couldn`t have been done better. He certainly destroyed his enemies morally.

[hoarder]

No, not an American hero, just another guy who spent a year and a half preparing for his own suicide. I fail to see what he accomplished that changed anything. Suicide missions are one of the things our rulers fear the most.

[sirgonzo420]

No, not an American hero, just another guy who spent a year and a half preparing for his own suicide. I fail to see what he accomplished that changed anything. Suicide missions are one of the things our rulers fear the most.


"When ya ain't got nothin', you got nothin' to lose"

[solid]

He caused a lot of damage on his way out. No loss of life. Gotta give him props for that. He made one heck of a statement!