Domestic terrorism in Austin?

A software engineer named Joe Stack upset with the Internal Revenue Service set fire to his home Thursday and then flew his plane into a multistory office building that houses federal tax employees, authorities said.  Stack, apparently a deranged man with a grudge against the government in general, and the Internal Revenue Service in specific, killed at least three people, including himself.

Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) not wanting this opportunity to go to waste then rationalizing the actions of a domestic terrorist.

“I don’t know if it’s related but I can just sense not only in my election, but since being here in Washington, people are frustrated. They want transparency. They want their elected officials to be accountable and open and talk about the things affecting their daily lives. So I am not sure if there is a connection, I certainly hope not, but we need to do things better.”

He then added , “No one likes paying taxes obviously.”

So, let me get this straight. An anti-government nut flies an airplane into a building and Scott Brown thinks the incident reminds him of … his own election?  Brown almost seems to say Stack’s actions can be understood if we just appreciate how “frustrated” people are.

This guy is a United States senator? Seriously?