The hostage taker is crazy, drunk, going through a divorce, and those are ROADSIDE flares in his

[MADem]

bomb. He's depressed on top of everything else....suicide by cop, maybe? He should do that in a place where he isn't WELL KNOWN to police...!

Channel 9 is getting ready to interview the stepson and ex (or soon to be) wife.

[yardwork]

1. Oh. So he's a freeper? We should have known.

[tridim]

Maybe, I do know if he was a Dem it would have already been reported on Faux.

So, as of this minute he's either a RW nut, or a non-political nut.

[Lex]

20. Oh, if he's a freep, Fox will still report him as Democrat

and Hitlery lover.

[Swamp Rat]

33. d-i-t-t-o

[napi21]

2. So why in the world did he pick on Hillary? n/t

[MADem]

6. He said he wanted help, and there is an ad running in very regular rotation

that shows an older "everyman" looking into the camera and telling us how Senator Clinton helped his family with his seriously ill and near-death son.

Maybe, in his disordered mind, he thought the Senator could "save" his failed marriage. He might have looked at the guy, and said "He looks like me--if she can help him, she can help me!"

[Bluerthanblue]

56. good guess- that ad is kind of in your face- and

I can see someone thinking that HC would do the same for them under similar circumstances.

I hope this ends well for everyone involved.

I'll be glad when this damn primary is over-

[Lone_Star_Dem]

3. Yep. They said he'd been drinking for 72 hours

I'm beginning to think he went in there trying to get himself killed also.

[northernsoul]

8. I would think that 72 hours of straight drinking would be enough

to kill you right there.

[Virginia Dare]

71. No, you can build up a tolerance for it..

just ask the shrub.

[Gman]

10. Is he one of these guys?

Note the empty bud cans, Jack Daniels and Jim Beam bottles...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z2F96rCnHg

[Up2Late]

17. If that's 72 Hours without sleep, that enough to make you extremely crazy right there!

Most people start to hallucinate after about 40 hours without sleep.

I stayed up for 44 hours straight one time back during Film School, and that's about when I started hallucinating.

[MADem]

21. I don't know for a fact, but I would guess he drank till he passed out, and

when he woke up, he had booze on his post toasties.

[Virginia Dare]

72. Damned straight..

I did that before during and after the birth of my daughter, and I was definitely hearing voices.

[CJCRANE]

4. And I thought *I* 'd had a bad day! nt

[Lone_Star_Dem]

7. The OP left out that he was also unemployed.

They guy is going down a particularly rough patch of road.

[MADem]

16. He's BEEN unemployed. He's been Not Quite Right for the last three months, too.

Having to do with the divorce. Odds are good he's medically noncompliant on top of everything else.

He is well known to Rochester cops as a consequence of his mental illness, apparently. His stepson calls him "harmless."

Seeing as he's on a three day drunk, he's probably got a helluva tolerance. If I tried to drink for three days running, I wouldn't get past a chunk of Day One.


It explains why the police are standing around in very mellow fashion--they know who he is, how drunk he is, what he's packing (road flares), and what the odds are for him doing harm to anyone other than himself.

It isn't clear if there's anyone left in the office either, at this point, per Channel 9 in NH. They might be just waiting the guy out.

If I were them, I'd send in a pizza and a bottle of whiskey laced with sleeping pills!

[JDPriestly]

52. Good argument for national health insurance of some sort.

[MADem]

54. I am starting to wonder if his wife wasn't a Clinton volunteer...what with that stalking charge. N

[goodgd_yall]

67. And total coverage for mental health

[JDPriestly]

73. Absolutely. This is a very sad story.

[MADem]

9. Well, the answer to our problems aren't to be found at Ace Hardware!

"Ace is the place with the helpful hardware man!!!"

Road flares--half price--this week only! Stock up for winter!

[Fleshdancer]

5. shhhh! wait a minute....can you hear that? can you?

That would be the collective sigh of disappointment coming from Rush, Hannity, Coulter and the nuts who listen to them. :eyes:

[MADem]

19. Yeah--it's a slippery slope when you start making fun of people as pathetic as that guy.

Drunk on his ass, mentally ill, well known as a harmless putz, going through a divorce, carting a FAKE bomb--the quintessential definition of PATHETIC LOSER.

Apparently, the father said to the stepson that he "needed help" too.

[Fleshdancer]

75. actually, I was making fun of the people who would want this sort of thing to happen

I think there were a few people out there who got their hopes up today.

[MADem]

76. Sorry--by "YOU" I was actually referring to Rush/Hannity, and so forth, not YOU you!!!

Damn the printed word sometimes...it would have been obvious had I said it rather than typed it.

Don't want you to think I see you as unfeeling in that regard!

[jefferson_dem]

11. FauxNews has said repeatedly that this is a man who is not active in politics...

but has been critical of the government in general not specifically Dems or Reps), in a conspiratorial sort of way.

They are hoping like hell he's not a freeper type.

[Lex]

23. Hahaha. They're worried. Tim McVeigh wanna be

is what this guy probably was.

[MADem]

25. Naaah--he's just a crazy drunk loser going through a divorce.

With ROAD flares taped together to look like a bomb.

[Lex]

that's the "wanna be" part -- road flares for god's sake

nt

[malaise]

12. This press conference is a complete waste of time n/t

[MADem]

40. The best interview was with a cute young lady named Chelsea Cool

She works at the Governor's Inn where the stepson went to get coffee for himself and his mom, as they need a lift because they were being interviewed quite relentlessly by cops to figure out what the deal was with Crazy McRoadFlare, there.

He told Chelsea everything about the guy's state of mind, drinking, and so on, as she was getting him the coffee--that's where the salient info is coming from.

[malaise]

58. Thanks for that

Poor man probably can't afford health care to treat his mental problems.

[Up2Late]

13. Yep, NPR just reported the Roadside Flares too, and that the hostages have been released or...

...gotten away, probably both (my guess, not theirs).

[tridim]

15. Are they really using the word "roadside" flare?

Considering there's really no such thing.. ROAD flares yes, roadside flares, no.

[Up2Late]

24. Yep, that's what I heard, but you are probably right.

Road Flares would probably be the right way to refer to them, unless there is another type or brand.

Don't they make Road Flares that have a metal spike on the end to stand it upright? Would they that type a "roadside" flare? :shrug:

[tridim]

28. Well, "roadside" is one of those Orwellian terms now.. as in "roadside bomb".

It's like mistakingly calling Obama Osama.

[Up2Late]

35. Doh! Someone must have said something to the News reader at NPR, because they just fixed it...

...in the 5:00pm EST News Update. He called them Road Flares just now.

[yardwork]

37. It's probably deliberate, then. They're desperately trying to conjure up FEAR

It's just too reassuring to say that the man has "road flares." He's got roadside flares by jiminy! Like IEDs!! Fear fear fear!!! Terra terra terra!

Hillary pandering to terrorists. Fear fear fear! The drumbeat of the average moran.

[MADem]

41. No it ISN'T. The term was put forth by Chelsea Cool, a pretty young lady

who served coffee to the STEPSON of the crazy guy. She's the one who used the term in an interview aired on channel nine; it is assumed she got it from the stepson, who got it from the father, who asked where he could buy some 'roadside flares.'

Unless a little waitress at a local Rochester inn is somehow part of the great Gubmint Borg Conspiracy Group....

:eyes:

[yardwork]

46. What difference does it make that she's pretty and young?

And aren't the major news media capable of correcting an obviously false term? I guess that you think that Fox News is fair and balanced, too? Bush doing the best he can?

[MADem]

64. What difference does it make if I DESCRIBE her for those who aren't by their TVs?

Jesus. I could ask why you're so fucking OFFENDED by a description? Care for some CHEESE with that?

You sound, for all the world, like someone who is FURIOUS that this lovely YOUNG and BEAUTIFUL woman, with dark hair and flawless skin and lovely eyes, to say nothing of a delightful speaking voice and a VERY pleasant demeanor, has these qualities.

And that sounds like your own little PERSONAL problem.

One more time, there, Hyper-Sensitive--the woman was quoting the stepson who was quoting the crazy guy, Leeland. That's the ORIGIN of the word, capisce???

You want they should EDIT the term, pretend the guy didn't say, per the stepson reporting to the PRETTY young lady, that word? For "political correctness?" That's your sick idea about how things should be reported? Change what he said, because it 'sounds too much like roadside bomb.' That's almost the stupidest reason I've ever heard for changing a FACT.

Your remarks about Fox and Bush, too, show me exactly where YOU'RE coming from--and it ain't a 'regular' place, either.

Your anger is unreasonable--it comes off like a fit of jealous pique, frankly.

[MADem]

32. That's what NH Ch. 9 is calling them. He went to the hardware store and got his goodies, apparently

This is just a crazy, drunk, loser, who's being divorced by a wife who has had enough.

He wants attention, or he wants the Senator to 'save his marriage' or something.

Shit--he shoulda gone down the street to Obama's office, and asked Obama to call Oprah and have her set up an appointment with....



That hostage-takin'....how's that werkin' fer YEW? Whut are YEW gonna DEW na-OW?

[Beetwasher]

14. I Will Be VERY Happy If This WAS NOT Politically Motivated

And there is no loss of life. I hope this man and his family get the help they need.

[DangerDave921]

36. Great sentiment

The great majority of people who do insane things like this are not politically motivated. They are mentally ill, or going through major life-upsetting events that skew their perception of reality. This was not some RW Hillary-hater I can almost guarantee. He was a mentally ill man, probably with drugs/alcohol usage, and probably some precipitating event that triggered things. It wasn't some confederate-flag waving gun nut who drove up from Alabama in a pick-up truck to teach HRC a lesson. As much as some on DU would like to believe that.

This man needs sympathy for his illness and he needs treatment. All this immediate attacking of him is unseemly.

[dave29]

18. Hold your horses... MSNBC says they are being told the suspect is not this Troy fellow

someone named Leland Eisenberger?

[fightindonkey]

22. Leland Eisenberg, And None Of This Other Info Is Correct. He Is A Stalker

[PeaceNikki]

26. Who does he stalk?

[fightindonkey]

27. Police files

Don't know who yet.

[PeaceNikki]

30. Oh! Gotcha. Heard on MSNBC a moment ago, too.

[havocmom]

29. was looking for someone to take my bet that he was 'going through a divorce'

No takers

Tis the season for all the worst feelings people have going to take on a whole lot more power.

[MADem]

43. According to the waitress at the Governor's Inn, he IS going through a divorce. NT

[yardwork]

47. You forgot to say again that she's "pretty, young, and little."

[MADem]

60. Ah!!!! Those are CRIMINAL offenses, now? Or is it that you don't share

any of those characteristics, and you deeply and angrily resent those that do?

Sure seems that way!!!

She was a lovely young lady--a delightful human being. It was an ACCURATE discription of the young woman.

Get over your bitter, cranky self, why doncha?

[havocmom]

49. People in that state, whether mentally ill, drunks, or just fairly normal, can become pretty weird

When one hurts that much, one can lash out, try to control in profoundly horrible ways, or cause enough damage to 'show em' in some wrong-headed plan to extract some sort of revenge.

It is a very bad time and too many people don't grasp just how ugly it can get.

Then, there is Christmas coming up. Time for all really disturbed, hurting people to ratchet up the intensity. Always breaks my heart. So many really hurt people, limping along trying to function until one thing too many hits and they snap.

Glad the police didn't have to take the guy out. That puts a horrible burden on some poor cop trying to get through his/her day.

[MADem]

61. This guy, from all reports, is the town asshole.

He's got a bunch of DUIs, two stalking counts (my guess--his soon-to-be ex-wife), he likes to make a stink.

Not a Charlie Charm, I think...

[man4allcats]

31. Except for the stepson part, it sounds like

this guy:

[Gman]

34. Wow! I googled "Leland Eisenberg"

and this thread was the first link.

[CJCRANE]

38. DU is ahead of the crowd

as usual.

[PeaceNikki]

39. Spell it Leeland

Here's reference to stalking:
http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070420/FOSTERS06/70420029/-1/NEWS18

DUI here:
http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070611/FOSTERS01/106110226

LTTE complaining about him here:
http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070320/FOSTERS05/103200025

[CJCRANE]

42. delete

[MADem]

44. Probably stalking his soon-to-be ex-wife.

Police log entries:

7:51 p.m. --Leeland Eisenberg, 46, of Milton Road, 16, is charged with two counts of stalking.
------------------------------
With the help of a resident who called to report a suspected drunken driver on Washington Street, police charged Leeland Eisenberg, 46, of 182 Milton Road, Apartment 16, Rochester with driving while intoxicated.

And the letter (Capt. Dumas becomes the local saint):

Rochester police get slap in the face

To the editor:

The Rochester Police Department was trying to be proactive and help the citizen's of Rochester from thieves and what they got was a slap in the face.

For every minute that Capt. Dumas has to spend dealing with the antics of Leeland Eisenberg it is one less minute he has to spend helping someone with something important. Mr. Eisenberg is wasting the time and the money of the taxpayers.

Police officers risk their life every day helping people, and to make them question if they should put a piece of paper in a car is just wrong.

Why can't people focus on the important things?

Melissa Picard
Rochester

This guy is the local loser--every small town has one.

[H2O Man]

45. It would be

interesting to know when the arrest happened, and if there is any up-coming court date.

[MADem]

66. April for the stalking, June for the DUI... nt

[H2O Man]

74. Post #68

He reportedly had a court date today.

[fed-up]

70. the best LTE is the one right after Rochester Police Get Slap ---"Democrats should not be tiptoeing"

Democrats should not be tiptoeing

To the editor

I am unsure how a country can impeach a president with a 60-70 percent approval rating for a private sexual affair yet somehow think that the Bush crime family has not committed impeachable offenses.

We now have an administration that outs covert CIA agents for political reasons and pushes us into what is quickly looking like two illegal wars of aggression. Impeach these criminals, stop funding the illegal war accept for the funds to have a full immediate withdrawal and stop dragging your feet for fear of political retaliation.

Democrats were elected to put and end to all of this, not to politically tiptoe through to the next election.

Dan Pike
Rollinsford

[Snazzy]

48. Fliers prompt criticism...

Fliers prompt criticism: Outcry erupts over Rochester police warnings left in unlocked vehicles

By AARON SANBORN
Democrat Staff Writer
[e-mail]


Article Date: Friday, March 16, 2007


ROCHESTER — Police have stopped placing fliers in unlocked cars warning residents about motor vehicle thefts after one resident complained his constitutional rights were violated.

Leeland Eisenberg of Gonic is questioning the new police strategy that had officers checking for unlocked vehicles, opening the doors and placing fliers on the driver's seat urging residents to lock their doors.

...

"What they're doing is going around during the middle of the night under the pretense they're looking out for your property rights and they're telling you 'we found your car unlocked and you should always lock your car and valuables up, don't be a victim of property crime,'" Eisenberg said. "Well, I just was a victim of property crime; you entered my vehicle unlawfully without a warrant."

....

http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070316/FOSTERS01/103160230

VID:

http://www.wmur.com/news/11264969/detail.html

[Bolo Boffin]

50. Um, crazy man has a point here. n/t

[MADem]

57. Crazy man thought the cops were searching his car and having a party--using the

ashtray, yee haw.

I suppose they could always make it a city ordinance that unlocked cars are subject to towing, all fees to be paid by the car owner. That would give the police more authority do a safety search once they have the car in their possession...and all simply to try to reduce car theft.

That said, I do, in actual fact, agree with the larger point, but there wasn't any INTENT to abrogate rights--I do believe that.

Getting the police to cease should have been the end of it. The "I'm gonna SUE" attitude just fucks a small town with a limited budget, and is the action of a crank who seeks attention.

[Bolo Boffin]

62. I agree on no intent as well. n/t

[Tesha]

63. His name's spelled Leeland, though.

And if you Google that, you'll get several articles
from Foster's Daily Democrat that show previous
"interactions" with the Rochester police.

He's just your average deranged NH White Guy with
a Grudge or Ten; we have them by the thousands.

Tesha

[durrrty libby]

51. This guy thinks police go too far

http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070316/FOSTERS01/103160230

[MADem]

53. He's been bagged for DWI more than once, apparently Here's PICTURES of him, too

<a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a>



Saturday, June 9 2007

11:13 p.m. - Near Cumberland Farms on Milton Road, Leeland Eisenberg, 46, of 182 Milton Road, 16, is charged with DWI.
http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070621/FOSTERS06/70620055



He's also a fucking crank who likes to jerk chains:
http://fdimg.sv.publicus.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=FD&Date=20070316&Category=FOSTERS01&ArtNo=103160230&Ref=V2&MaxW=250
ROCHESTER — Police have stopped placing fliers in unlocked cars warning residents about motor vehicle thefts after one resident complained his constitutional rights were violated.

Leeland Eisenberg of Gonic is questioning the new police strategy that had officers checking for unlocked vehicles, opening the doors and placing fliers on the driver's seat urging residents to lock their doors.

Eisenberg said police did this to his red Chevrolet Monte Carlo early Tuesday morning while it was parked at the McDuffee Brook Place apartment complex, where he lives. Eisenberg said he's "outraged" because police opened his vehicle without permission.

Eisenberg said he's complained to the state attorney general, the governor and the U.S. attorney.

"What they're doing is going around during the middle of the night under the pretense they're looking out for your property rights and they're telling you 'we found your car unlocked and you should always lock your car and valuables up, don't be a victim of property crime,'" Eisenberg said. "Well, I just was a victim of property crime; you entered my vehicle unlawfully without a warrant."

http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070316/FOSTERS01/103160230

http://fdimg.sv.publicus.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=FD&Date=20070316&Category=FOSTERS01&ArtNo=103160230&Ref=H3&MaxW=250

This article tells you just how disordered his mind is, frankly--if people are gonna search your car surreptitiously, they aren't gonna make themselves at home, smokin' and jokin' while they do it!!!

[opihimoimoi]

55. Send him to NORWAY.....

[tridim]

59. No, I want to go!

Their prisons are nicer than my neighborhood.

[helderheid]

65. Same guy?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2379690

[Tesha]

68. He's just been taken prisoner. Show's over.

He apparently was due in court today at 1:30 (with his wife)
for a final "domestic violence" hearing. Instead, he went to
the Clinton campaign office and took several people, mostly
young women, hostage.

Tesha

[goodgd_yall]

69. End of hostage situation---the suspect has been escorted out by police

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