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• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_Q4AP5EYCYRCGZGIJGWI6TLIUEA Tom

  Show me round your fruitcage
  ’cause I will be your honey bee
  Open up your fruitcage
  Where the fruit is as sweet as can be

• http://twitter.com/joncob Jon Coburn

  OCCUPY IS NO GOOD… also read this: http://bangordailynews.com/2011/10/30/news/woman-charged-with-pimping-teen-recruited-at-occupy-nh-rally/

  peaceful? I think not. BTW Bangor Occupation OVERRRRR back to the closet!

• Anonymous

  But, But,But, they are all peaceful and love one another! (Must be tough love!)

• Anonymous

  They are just a neighborly bunch making a change….

• Anonymous

  Actually, he isn’t homeless.  He’s just a weirdo

• Anonymous

  He fits right in with the rest of them.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_MTC57ZVP2MOL3D7UTJU3ZXSNLY JARODY

  Like hell I am.

• Dumbb All Over

  Right…whack job

• Dumbb All Over

  Yes you are a homeless mentally ill man…correct.

• Dumbb All Over

  LOL

• Dumbb All Over

  Good Morning…he is a homeless mentally ill person who believes that our government is composed of aliens from the planet zenon. The aliens have taken over our planet. He also believes that the aliens  have laced the public drinking water in Augusta with mind control agents.   He believes that the fairy princess Jarina will some day fly her ship here from planet zenon and release Paul LePage from her mind control which will allow him to put the mural back. He believes that ghosts and bigfoots have populated the areas west of Bangor and 5 miles off shore of Portland.  He also is a republican…but that goes without saying. HE changed his name to Jarody to honor the two overlords of the planet zenon earth ruling class that deal with Augusta Maine specifically..namely fairy princess Jarina and her side impotent side kick Ody-1 kenody..hence Jar-ody.  Jarody hopes that by changing his name he can have sex with the fairy princess. Unfortunately for Jarody she bears a striking resemblance to Paul LePage.

• Anonymous

  Now that was personal. So your point is you DO turn people away or do you simply call people names when you get caught in a lie?

• Anonymous

  You seem to be having a good time ridiculing and distancing yourself from one of your own.

• Anonymous

  These occutards drop their own like hotcakes when they turn out to be moonbats. No loyalty among the fools.

• Anonymous

  http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/12/04/man-found-dead-at-texas-occupy-camp/

  When they die of drug overdoses in the camp they are fellow occupiers, when they commit acts of violence they are “disturbed outsiders”.

• Sarah Pearce

  Everyone that hangs around the State House knows Jarody…he’s the guy that films all the sessions. He has been there since day 1.  He is a nice guy, maybe being out there so long has messed with his mind.

• Sarah Pearce

  Thats crazy…the reporter is not doing his job…EVERYONE knows Jarody and his last name…Nln. He hung out at the state house almost 24/7.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_DTKESEJXAHGWJYWWMLONGTJTDM JohnM

  Looks like Jarody wanted to bring back the ol Socialist Party with the sledgehammer. Reminds me of the USSR.  Just more proof the the Occutards are either Nazi’s, Marxist or Socialist!!

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_MTC57ZVP2MOL3D7UTJU3ZXSNLY JARODY

   lol

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_MTC57ZVP2MOL3D7UTJU3ZXSNLY JARODY

  I’m neither homeless nor mentally ill. 

• Guest

  Might be the DRUGS?

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_MTC57ZVP2MOL3D7UTJU3ZXSNLY JARODY

   I don’t even know who brought the accusation against me.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_MTC57ZVP2MOL3D7UTJU3ZXSNLY JARODY

   Sarah I did not threaten anyone.

• Guest

   Been listening to Peter Gabriel too much;

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqyc37aOqT0

• http://www.facebook.com/Arthur.Langley Arthur Langley

  HAMMER blow to the head amidst ILLEGAL Occupy squatters in Portland. 
  SledgeHAMMER threat amidst ILLEGAL Occupy squatters in Augusta. 

  Is it not FAR past the the time law enforcement and the courts brought the “hammer down” on ILLEGAL Occupy squatters ? ! ?

• Anonymous

  The article stated he was a participant.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_DTKESEJXAHGWJYWWMLONGTJTDM JohnM

  31 more Occupy protesters arrested in D.C.!!! yep real civil group.

• Anonymous

  Your the ‘tard, John M.  Jarody considers himself a conservative Republican.