« previous next »
Pages: [1] 2   Go Down

Author Topic: DU alumnus DistressedAmerican now the poster child of Occupy Albany  (Read 3128 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Chris_

  • Little Lebowski Urban Achiever
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 46845
  • Reputation: +2028/-266
DU alumnus DistressedAmerican now the poster child of Occupy Albany
« on: November 15, 2011, 08:10:38 AM »
DU alumnus DistressedAmerican now the poster child of Occupy Albany

Picture this:  The City of Albany lets the Occupiers pitch their tents in the city-controlled part of Layfayette Park and says they'll let them stay in their tents forever, with no arrests.   Everything is going well, and the local paper just "loves" them.  Gov. Cuomo wants them out and places an 11:00 pm curfew on the state-controlled part of the Park.

So, what does DistressedAmerican (AKA Bradley Russell the anthropologist) do?  He creates a fort on state land and challenges Cuomo to come and arrest him.  They have, at latest count twice.

Thought you might enjoy DistressedAmerican taking down Occupy Albany all on his own.  Here's the latest arrest, with a great pic (click to enlarge):

http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/88262/for-second-night-occupy-albany-protesters-arrested/

http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/24-arrested-at-Occupy-Albany-2265945.php

http://occupyalbany.org/


State Police officers arrest Occupy Albany protester Bradley Russell, 39, in Lafayette Park. (Jimmy Vielkind/Times Union)


Bradley Russell was arrested by State Police just before 3 p.m. on Saturday after he built an "illegal structure" in Lafayette Park, a small section of state land that borders the Occupy Albany encampment. (Michael P. Farrell/Times Union)
Logged
If you want to worship an orange pile of garbage with a reckless disregard for everything, get on down to Arbys & try our loaded curly fries.

Offline Chris_

  • Little Lebowski Urban Achiever
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 46845
  • Reputation: +2028/-266
Re: DU alumnus DistressedAmerican now the poster child of Occupy Albany
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2011, 08:11:31 AM »
:rofl: :lmao:  What the **** is he wearing in that first picture?  It reminds of the punchline of a joke... "Because Tuesday's your night in the barrel."

And a 'Thank You' to the anonymous tipster who passed this along to our email inbox.
« Last Edit: November 15, 2011, 08:13:40 AM by chris_ »
Logged
If you want to worship an orange pile of garbage with a reckless disregard for everything, get on down to Arbys & try our loaded curly fries.

Offline Aristotelian

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1589
  • Reputation: +167/-10
Re: DU alumnus DistressedAmerican now the poster child of Occupy Albany
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2011, 08:20:27 AM »
Goodness he's aged. Certainly no Dorian Grey there.
Logged

Offline Splashdown

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 6729
  • Reputation: +475/-100
  • Out of 9 lives, I spent 7
Re: DU alumnus DistressedAmerican now the poster child of Occupy Albany
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2011, 08:58:15 AM »
Wonder if he ever finished his PhD, or if he ran out of crayons...

I kinda miss him. He was a horrible artist, stupid debater, and an all-around idiot. In all, the quintessential DUmmie.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxAiLuPHnHs[/youtube]
Logged
Let nothing trouble you,
Let nothing frighten you. 
All things are passing;
God never changes.
Patience attains all that it strives for.
He who has God lacks nothing:
God alone suffices.
--St. Theresa of Avila



"No crushed ice; no peas." -- Undies

Offline Tucker

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 10935
  • Reputation: +535/-97
  • Making money the old fashioned way- Paid Mole
Re: DU alumnus DistressedAmerican now the poster child of Occupy Albany
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2011, 09:00:55 AM »
Quote from: chris_ on November 15, 2011, 08:11:31 AM
:rofl: :lmao:  What the **** is he wearing in that first picture?  It reminds of the punchline of a joke... "Because Tuesday's your night in the barrel."

And a 'Thank You' to the anonymous tipster who passed this along to our email inbox.

Sandwich board? I think he replaces the "Bill of Rights" placard with one that read "Eat at Joe's" in the daylight hours.
Logged
Come to think of it, unions do create jobs. Companies have to hire two workers to do the work of one.

Offline Chris_

  • Little Lebowski Urban Achiever
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 46845
  • Reputation: +2028/-266
Re: DU alumnus DistressedAmerican now the poster child of Occupy Albany
« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2011, 09:13:22 AM »
Quote from: Tucker on November 15, 2011, 09:00:55 AM
Sandwich board? I think he replaces the "Bill of Rights" placard with one that read "Eat at Joe's" in the daylight hours.
I was referring to the junk he's got piled up on his shoulders.  It looks like he went overboard with his Legoland playset.
Logged
If you want to worship an orange pile of garbage with a reckless disregard for everything, get on down to Arbys & try our loaded curly fries.

Offline Ballygrl

  • Lipstick Renegade
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 14934
  • Reputation: +983/-120
Re: DU alumnus DistressedAmerican now the poster child of Occupy Albany
« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2011, 09:40:57 AM »
Is he the only protester there?
Logged
Quote
"The nation that couldn’t be conquered by foreign enemies has been conquered by its elected officials" odawg Free Republic in reference to the GOP Elites who are no difference than the Democrats

Offline BlueStateSaint

  • Here I come to save the day, because I'm a
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 32553
  • Reputation: +1560/-191
  • RIP FDNY Lt. Rich Nappi d. 4/16/12
Re: DU alumnus DistressedAmerican now the poster child of Occupy Albany
« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2011, 10:00:20 AM »
Quote from: Ballygrl on November 15, 2011, 09:40:57 AM
Is he the only protester there?

Naah . . . they arrested a few others.  But, the Albany County DA, David Soares (sp?), says that he won't prosecute.  Today's Times Union has a piece on the front page, below-the-fold, which suggests that Governor Cuomo could get around the refusal to prosecute by appointing a special prosecutor for the OA cases.  I hope that ol' Hardball Andy does it.
Logged
"Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty." - Thomas Jefferson

"All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don't sit looking at it - walk!" -Ayn Rand
 
"Those that trust God with their safety must yet use proper means for their safety, otherwise they tempt Him, and do not trust Him.  God will provide, but so must we also." - Matthew Henry, Commentary on 2 Chronicles 32, from Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible

"These anti-gun fools are more dangerous to liberty than street criminals or foreign spies."--Theodore Haas, Dachau Survivor

Chase her.
Chase her even when she's yours.
That's the only way you'll be assured to never lose her.

Offline Karin

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 17547
  • Reputation: +1630/-80
Re: DU alumnus DistressedAmerican now the poster child of Occupy Albany
« Reply #8 on: November 15, 2011, 10:42:47 AM »
Lord, what a loon.

I wish Andy would start getting tough with this crap.  It's infringing on the rights of everybody else, as witnessed by that counter-protest of business owners in the city.  I thought Andy was going with the "I may be a democrat, but I'm not batshit crazy" approach. 
Logged

Offline Odin's Hand

  • is your new god!
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 5486
  • Reputation: +366/-25
  • Quarters Champion
Re: DU alumnus DistressedAmerican now the poster child of Occupy Albany
« Reply #9 on: November 15, 2011, 11:00:26 AM »
He looks like even more of a ***** than before.
Logged
"Hell is full of good wishes and desires"~St. Bernhard of Clairvaux

"Brave men are found where brave men are honored."~Aristotle

"Generally speaking, the "Way of the Warrior" is resolute acceptance of death."~ Miyamoto Musashi

Offline zeitgeist

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 6194
  • Reputation: +390/-44
Re: DU alumnus DistressedAmerican now the poster child of Occupy Albany
« Reply #10 on: November 15, 2011, 12:16:54 PM »
Wasn't he the one swapping spit with Ka'boy Pitt at the Ditch Witch Meat-UP.



Ah those halcyon days..  Wonder how sis is doing.  ( or should one mention doing and sis in the same post as DA?)
Logged
< watch this space for coming distractions >

Offline ChuckJ

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4796
  • Reputation: +534/-37
Re: DU alumnus DistressedAmerican now the poster child of Occupy Albany
« Reply #11 on: November 15, 2011, 02:19:35 PM »
Quote from: chris_ on November 15, 2011, 08:10:38 AM
DU alumnus DistressedAmerican now the poster child of Occupy Albany

Picture this:  The City of Albany lets the Occupiers pitch their tents in the city-controlled part of Layfayette Park and says they'll let them stay in their tents forever, with no arrests.   Everything is going well, and the local paper just "loves" them.  Gov. Cuomo wants them out and places an 11:00 pm curfew on the state-controlled part of the Park.

So, what does DistressedAmerican (AKA Bradley Russell the anthropologist) do?  He creates a fort on state land and challenges Cuomo to come and arrest him.  They have, at latest count twice.

Thought you might enjoy DistressedAmerican taking down Occupy Albany all on his own.  Here's the latest arrest, with a great pic (click to enlarge):

http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/88262/for-second-night-occupy-albany-protesters-arrested/

http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/24-arrested-at-Occupy-Albany-2265945.php

http://occupyalbany.org/


State Police officers arrest Occupy Albany protester Bradley Russell, 39, in Lafayette Park. (Jimmy Vielkind/Times Union)


Bradley Russell was arrested by State Police just before 3 p.m. on Saturday after he built an "illegal structure" in Lafayette Park, a small section of state land that borders the Occupy Albany encampment. (Michael P. Farrell/Times Union)


At first glance I thought the second photo was Father Guido Sarducci.
Logged
“Don’t vote for the person who tells you you deserve something. Just don’t do it if it’s something other than life, liberty, or the pursuit of possible happiness. If everyone is telling you you deserve something, vote for the one who is promising you the least. Be suspicious of the man or woman who tell you deserve everything. Because you don’t.” ---Mike Rowe

Offline wasp69

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 7566
  • Reputation: +900/-520
  • Hillbilly Yeti
Re: DU alumnus DistressedAmerican now the poster child of Occupy Albany
« Reply #12 on: November 15, 2011, 02:34:17 PM »
Quote from: zeitgeist on November 15, 2011, 12:16:54 PM
Ah those halcyon days..  Wonder how sis is doing.  ( or should one mention doing and sis in the same post as DA?)

He wasn't actually frigging his sister, was he?
Logged
"We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and then bid the geldings to be fruitful."

C.S. Lewis

A community may possess all the necessary moral qualifications, in so high a degree, as to be capable of self-government under the most adverse circumstances; while, on the other hand, another may be so sunk in ignorance and vice, as to be incapable of forming a conception of liberty, or of living, even when most favored by circumstances, under any other than an absolute and despotic government.

John C Calhoun, "Disquisition on Government", 1840

Offline 67 Rover

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 5760
  • Reputation: +1220/-41
Re: DU alumnus DistressedAmerican now the poster child of Occupy Albany
« Reply #13 on: November 15, 2011, 02:57:49 PM »
I see there is plenty of time for this ass to protest about the lack of Anthropology jobs paying a living wage here in the U.S.. Nice choice of study there diseased American.
Logged
NRA Benefactor member
G.O.A. Life member
G.O.A.L. Life member
Certified Law Enforcement Sig Armorer

Offline franksolich

  • Scourge of the Primitives
  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 58690
  • Reputation: +3064/-173
Re: DU alumnus DistressedAmerican now the poster child of Occupy Albany
« Reply #14 on: November 15, 2011, 03:38:48 PM »
Quote from: 67 Rover on November 15, 2011, 02:57:49 PM
I see there is plenty of time for this ass to protest about the lack of Anthropology jobs paying a living wage here in the U.S.. Nice choice of study there diseased American.

Uh, at the age of 39, he's still in college.

Trying to defer repayment of those student loans.
Logged
apres moi, le deluge

Offline DumbAss Tanker

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 28493
  • Reputation: +1707/-151
Re: DU alumnus DistressedAmerican now the poster child of Occupy Albany
« Reply #15 on: November 15, 2011, 03:47:39 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on November 15, 2011, 03:38:48 PM
Uh, at the age of 39, he's still in college.

Trying to defer repayment of those student loans.

So, apparently he is just as useless and ineffectual as he looks, then.
Logged
Go and tell the Spartans, O traveler passing by
That here, obedient to their law, we lie.

Anything worth shooting once is worth shooting at least twice.

Offline 67 Rover

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 5760
  • Reputation: +1220/-41
Re: DU alumnus DistressedAmerican now the poster child of Occupy Albany
« Reply #16 on: November 15, 2011, 03:51:29 PM »
Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on November 15, 2011, 03:47:39 PM
So, apparently he is just as useless and ineffectual as he looks, then.

It is good to know that some things just don't change like his tiedyed shirt for instance.
Logged
NRA Benefactor member
G.O.A. Life member
G.O.A.L. Life member
Certified Law Enforcement Sig Armorer

Offline franksolich

  • Scourge of the Primitives
  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 58690
  • Reputation: +3064/-173
Re: DU alumnus DistressedAmerican now the poster child of Occupy Albany
« Reply #17 on: November 15, 2011, 04:09:34 PM »
Quote from: wasp69 on November 15, 2011, 02:34:17 PM
He wasn't actually frigging his sister, was he?

I've always wondered about that myself; the story's been around since all of us were at our old home, at least since the dysfunctional American became the first Top DUmmie back in 2005.

I do recall he has some problems with literacy, perception, and behavior, making him "disabled."

And at the time an infant girl subsidized by the taxpayers of New York.

Obviously he's still in college not so much to learn, but to remain on the dole, somehow.  If not college, he'd be somewhere else doing something else that'd keep him flush in money earned by other people.

How much better both society and the dysfunctional American had been served, had he after high school gone to work on the assembly line at the local factory.
Logged
apres moi, le deluge

Offline DumbAss Tanker

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 28493
  • Reputation: +1707/-151
Re: DU alumnus DistressedAmerican now the poster child of Occupy Albany
« Reply #18 on: November 15, 2011, 04:37:01 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on November 15, 2011, 04:09:34 PM
How much better both society and the dysfunctional American had been served, had he after high school gone to work on the assembly line at the local factory.

Or stepped in front of a speeding bus.
Logged
Go and tell the Spartans, O traveler passing by
That here, obedient to their law, we lie.

Anything worth shooting once is worth shooting at least twice.

Offline Freeper

  • Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 17779
  • Reputation: +1311/-314
  • Creepy ass cracker.
Re: DU alumnus DistressedAmerican now the poster child of Occupy Albany
« Reply #19 on: November 15, 2011, 05:06:47 PM »
I had forgotten about that idiot.
Logged
I may not lock my doors while sitting at a red light and a black man is near, but I sure as hell grab on tight to my wallet when any democrats are close by.

Offline Duke Nukum

  • Assistant Chair of the Committee on Neighborhood Services
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 8015
  • Reputation: +561/-202
  • O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
Re: DU alumnus DistressedAmerican now the poster child of Occupy Albany
« Reply #20 on: November 15, 2011, 06:44:35 PM »
Shouldn't he be searching for the Shiva stones in the Temple of Doom? Or eating peyote with Yaqui Indians?
Logged
“A man who has been through bitter experiences and travelled far enjoys even his sufferings after a time”
― Homer, The Odyssey

Offline Splashdown

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 6729
  • Reputation: +475/-100
  • Out of 9 lives, I spent 7
Re: DU alumnus DistressedAmerican now the poster child of Occupy Albany
« Reply #21 on: November 16, 2011, 07:29:49 AM »
Quote from: Freeper on November 15, 2011, 05:06:47 PM
I had forgotten about that idiot.


I used to lurk at LiberalUnderground just to watch a bunch of CUers hand him his ass every time he tried to "debate." It was so much fun to watch, I almost felt guilty.
Logged
Let nothing trouble you,
Let nothing frighten you. 
All things are passing;
God never changes.
Patience attains all that it strives for.
He who has God lacks nothing:
God alone suffices.
--St. Theresa of Avila



"No crushed ice; no peas." -- Undies

Offline JohnnyReb

  • In Memoriam
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 32063
  • Reputation: +1997/-134
Re: DU alumnus DistressedAmerican now the poster child of Occupy Albany
« Reply #22 on: November 16, 2011, 07:38:07 AM »
Quote from: ChuckJ on November 15, 2011, 02:19:35 PM

At first glance I thought the second photo was Father Guido Sarducci.

That's exactly what I thought too.... :lmao:

But Laugh-ins Father Guido Sarducci was so much smarter than he.
Logged
“The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of ‘liberalism’, they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened.” - Norman Thomas, U.S. Socialist Party presidential candidate 1940, 1944 and 1948

"America is like a healthy body and its resistance is threefold: its patriotism, its morality, and its spiritual life. If we can undermine these three areas, America will collapse from within."  Stalin

Offline Aristotelian

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1589
  • Reputation: +167/-10
Re: DU alumnus DistressedAmerican now the poster child of Occupy Albany
« Reply #23 on: November 16, 2011, 09:03:22 AM »
Quote from: zeitgeist on November 15, 2011, 12:16:54 PM
Wasn't he the one swapping spit with Ka'boy Pitt at the Ditch Witch Meat-UP.



Ah those halcyon days..  Wonder how sis is doing.  ( or should one mention doing and sis in the same post as DA?)

Thanks for the reminders - I had vague memories of the man, but had forgotten about the depth-plumbing hate for that is civilised and decent.
Logged

Offline BlueStateSaint

  • Here I come to save the day, because I'm a
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 32553
  • Reputation: +1560/-191
  • RIP FDNY Lt. Rich Nappi d. 4/16/12
Re: DU alumnus DistressedAmerican now the poster child of Occupy Albany
« Reply #24 on: November 16, 2011, 10:47:18 AM »
IIRC, he got busted again last night.  Resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.  The Soros-backed DA is still not prosecuting these things.
Logged
"Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty." - Thomas Jefferson

"All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don't sit looking at it - walk!" -Ayn Rand
 
"Those that trust God with their safety must yet use proper means for their safety, otherwise they tempt Him, and do not trust Him.  God will provide, but so must we also." - Matthew Henry, Commentary on 2 Chronicles 32, from Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible

"These anti-gun fools are more dangerous to liberty than street criminals or foreign spies."--Theodore Haas, Dachau Survivor

Chase her.
Chase her even when she's yours.
That's the only way you'll be assured to never lose her.
Pages: [1] 2   Go Up
« previous next »