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Herb Meadows, aka Chief Negotiator was an active poster on Free Republic from Houston Texas. Chief's main issue was a flat tax. He was also a former Marine Sharp Shooter from the Viet Nam era. The last post that Herb made on Free Republic told of his visit to the Marine recruiting office, where he attempted to re-enlist, saying that he wanted a chance to kill Osama Bin Laden and that he was still better equipped to do the job than most young shooters that the Marines had. Two days later, we learned that Herb was killed in an explosion and house fire, trapped in a bathroom in the back of his house. The explosion and fire were ruled homicide.