Politics(?): Tractor-Man, Day 2

Dwight Watson, a 50 year-old tobacco farmer from Whitakers, NC, continues his stand-off with Park Police on the National Mall. Though it isn't fully clear, some reports indicate that Watson is angry about government levies on tobacco, which is feels is putting the American tobacco farmer out of business. Watson claims to have explosives, apparently in the John Deere tractor he drove into the pond behind the Washington Monument.

Just one question: If an Arab guy drove a tractor onto the mall and said through a bullhorn, after playing some traditional Arab folk music, that he had explosives in the tractor, would he still be there the next morning to snarl traffic and get jokes from morning DJs? If he kept sticking his head out of the tractor, wouldn't he get it blown off if he were an Arab man? I think you know the answer to that.

Anyhow, here's the best quote from this local news story about Tractor-Man:

A neighbor of Watson's in North Carolina told the Washington Post that she believes Watson is "trying to make a point" about the government's tobacco policy.

The neighbor said she believes Watson isn't a crazy person, adding that he's "just been pushed to the edge."

You're telling me.