HAPPY KILLDOZER DAY!
Posted on 06/04/2019 5:12:24 PM PDT by Drew68
June 4th, 2019 marks the 15th anniversary of the Killdozer's rampage through Granby, Colorado.
Sit down kids, and let me tell you a tale. A tale about a reasonable man driven to do unreasonable things.
Marvin Heemeyer was a man who owned a muffler shop in Granby, Colorado. The city council ordained to approve the construction of a concrete factory in the lot across from Marvin's shop. In the process, this blocked the only access road to the muffler shop. Marvin petitioned to stop the construction to no avail. He petitioned to construct a new access road, and even bought the heavy machinery to do so himself. Denied.
The concrete factory went up in disregard to the ramifications on Marvin's business. To add insult to injury, the factory construction disconnected the muffler shop from the city sewage lines. An indifferent city government then chose to fine Marvin for this.
His business and livelihood were in ruin. Rather than lie down and die, Marvin chose to fight back. Over the course of a year and a half, Marvin secretly outfitted the bulldozer he bought to save his business with 3-foot thick steel and concrete armor, camera systems, and enclosed bulletproof glass.
On June 4th, 2004 Marvin Heemeyer lowered the armored shell over top of himself, entombing himself inside the Killdozer to make his last stand. He burst forth from the walls of his muffler shop and straight into the concrete factory that ruined his business. Over the course of the next several hours, Marvin drove his Killdozer through 13 buildings owned by those officials that had wronged him, including the city council building itself.
SWAT teams swarmed the dozer, but it proved immune to small arms fire and even explosives. Another piece of heavy machinery was even brought out to fight the Killdozer, but it too fell to the dozers righteous fury.
In the end, Marvin's Killdozer became trapped in one of the buildings it was built to destroy. Marvin chose to take his life, the only life he took that day.
Today, we celebrate Killdozer Day and Marvin Heemeyer, the last great American folk hero. A man driven to the brink who chose to fight back against an indifferent system.
From notes left behind after his passing:
"I was always willing to be reasonable until I had to be unreasonable. Sometimes reasonable men must do unreasonable things."
HAPPY KILLDOZER DAY!
HAPPY KILLDOZER DAY!
Its clear the town council deliberately screwed this guy over for the concrete factory, and drove him to this. Very clear.
Politicians think they are gods. Especially DemonRats. They’re not!
Holy smokes! Remember this FR thread way back when? LOL.
My favorite review of the movie “Killdozer” is “If you only see one movie in your lifetime about a killer bulldozer, make it Killdozer.”
This place was a hoot back in 2004. Same crowd today and we’d be over 100 replies by now!
“””Same crowd today and we’d be over 100 replies by now!”””
Yeah, how many were banned and purged for saying things that came true and are said all the time? FR used to get 3 or 4 hundred posts a day now it takes a week to get that many.
Armed Man in Bulldozer Goes on Rampage in Colorado Mountain Town
RIP my friend, you did what you had to do and hopefully an example for others to do the same dam thing better and bigger when the need arises.
You’re right. Was here under a different screen name.
Way more discussion back then.
There was the guy in southern California that went on a rampage in a real tank. Those were the good ole days.
I miss Registered.
His “History of Free Republic” was the best thing I ever read here. Started with the cave men!!! LOL!
“Ain’t many things a man can’t fix..
With seven hundred dollars and a thirty ought six.” -
Original author not readily known.
Fester’s post that got it all started: “Time to call in Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel.” LOL.
I remember that evening thread like it was last week.
Way Too Many! I myself was banned a couple of time by "overly zealous" admin moderators for posting the truth about muzzies.
Posts that are now acceptable.
In fact, we had some mods back then who were "ZOT Happy" imho.
We lost a lot of very good people.
P.s. Thanks for the Qxir post.
Entertaining in a weird way and love the Irish accent (Scot’s have the best.)
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