A guy named Gary is known as German Talis to his Truther friends. It is being reported that he bravely and without regard for his own safety yelled obscenities at Laura and Jenna Bush and then beat up a teenager in a wheelchair. If it turns out that he did those things then what a brave soul this guy must be!
Twenty-two year old German Talis was arrested after an altercation following a talk First Lady Laura Bush and Jenna Bush gave about a children’s book, Read All About It. Talis intercepted the Bushes as they left the Y on 92nd Street in New York City. As per the video below and reports in the press he began heckling them, yelling questions about Iraq and Iran and screaming obscenities at the two women.
Maureen Lovetro and her parents were in the audience to hear the First Lady and Jenna Bush speak. Maureen is an eighteen-year-old who has been wheelchair bound due to cerebral palsy. She has been a fan of Laura Bush for years. The Lovetro family had the misfortune of crossing paths with the ever-so-brave German Talis. Maureen’s father, John Lovetro recounted the incident.
“He began yelling about Iraq and Iran at Jenna Bush. She was waving at the crowd. I told the guy, ‘What are you doing? Shut up. This is about a child and books,’ ” said John Lovetro. “He was unperturbed. I said, ‘Get out of here! You’re being a moron!’ ”
The next thing he knew, Talis was allegedly punching Maureen, a fan of the first lady since meeting her in 2004.
Maureen’s mother, Wendy Lovetro, said that she heard her daughter yelling that he was hitting her. She reports that her husband pushed Maureen’s wheelchair out of the way, but German Talis continued to reach over the father and hit Maureen.
Thankfully, according to reports in the New York Post, Maureen’s father had at the ever-so-brave Talis and pounded the living sh*t out of him. Talis was then arrested and charged with assault and resisting arrest.
Of course, this is being reported completely differently on the 9-11 Truther site. They are saying that Talis was attacked by John Lovetro for no apparent reason and then unfairly arrested. In whatever dealings I’ve had with groups of Truthers, it appears to me that they love to see themselves as victims and build fantasies about other people sitting around coming up with conspiracies against them. Their version of events as related on their website doesn’t mention anything that Talis did. Instead they call for action at the ‘unlawful and outrageous’ treatment of Talis at the hand of the police. Boo - freakin’ - hoo.
So let’s recap this story as I see it. There’s a guy named Gary or German Talis who is a brave freedom fighter and who has to use aliases because he’s so important that all sorts of people in authority spend time watching his every move. He is a proud member of the 9/11 Truth Movement. He goes to a reading of a CHILDREN’s BOOK apparently for no other reason than to get the opportunity to yell obscenities at two women who are there to talk about a children’s book. So far we get the image of a guy who finds it easiest to pick on women.
Next, he doesn’t like that a guy in the audience tells him to shut up. So instead of attacking the MAN, he goes after the man’s daughter who has cerebral palsy and is in a wheelchair. Again, a guy who finds it easiest to pick on women and even easier to pick on women in wheelchairs. He’s one paragon of bravery!!
While he’s beating on the teenager in the wheelchair the teenager’s father steps in and stops him. Most men would do that, but apparently this Truther thought it was terribly unfair. Remember, if the reports in the press are correct, it would appear that he prefers to hit women and especially women in wheelchairs. A man hitting him is not something he liked at all, it would appear.
Immediately after he was arrested, his Truther friends start rallying around him declaring he should get pro bono legal assistance because of the unfair and outrageous treatment he’s been subjected to. They also declared that he should sue the NYPD for treating him so unfairly. So this is the kind of paragon of manliness that the 9/11 Truther movement offers up. All of that is on the front page of their website.
He yelled obscenities at First Lady Laura Bush and Jenna Bush and then beat on a teenager in a wheelchair with cerebral palsy. Just so you remember what the New York newspapers are reporting that he did.
German Talis might even give Truthers a bad name and THAT would take some doing!
UPDATE:The Truthers sent a video of their version of events. Its included below. The video is mostly this German Talis guy being enormously irritating (in my opinion). They claim the camera was broken right at the point that would have proven his argument that he was attacked rather than that he attacked Maureen Lovetro. I hate when that happens!! How unfortunate for him.
The video is the We Are Change devotees argument. They just argue and argue and argue and argue and argue and argue …….
They have rights to free speech, but apparently according to them, no one else does.
German Talis Beats Wheelchair Bound Maureen Lovetro (Video)










April 25th, 2008 at 3:19 am
Yikes! I hope the young lady (at 18 not a girl anymore) is ok and her father too. This jerk should be thrown in with some Bruno’s who have been told about his antics. I wonder how he would react around a bunch of men in prison who thinks he’s pretty….
April 25th, 2008 at 4:01 am
So much for the “Make love, not war” rhetoric!
Turns out they are always the biggest hypocrites.
April 25th, 2008 at 4:27 am
What is it like to be truly brain dead? You are completely out of your mind. The fact that you push this absolutely absurd story is without a doubt the reason why this country is falling. I’m completely ashamed to even breath the same air that you do.
April 25th, 2008 at 6:03 am
John answers his own question.
April 25th, 2008 at 6:04 am
What is it like to be truly brain dead?
You tell me.
The fact that you push this absolutely absurd story is without a doubt the reason why this country is falling.
Oh, I see. A punk #ss b#tch attacks a girl with cerebral palsy in a wheelchair, and that’s not why the “country is falling”…but the reporting of that story is! Got it. Thanks for the clarification.
I’m completely ashamed to even breath the same air that you do.
You could always stop. That wouldn’t bother anyone.
Dipsh#t.
April 25th, 2008 at 6:07 am
It is amazing to me how these good-willed, peace seekers always “find” themselves in these types of unfortunate situations! They have the worst luck I’ve ever seen! I mean, they’re just wanting peace, right?
It must be another government conspiracy!
April 25th, 2008 at 6:08 am
I surprised John has the wherewithall to even access the Internet.
April 25th, 2008 at 6:13 am
BTW, is there a dumber organization in the entire world then the 9/11 truthers? I mean, I think the Flat Earth Society is more rational then these jackasses. I guess it just goes to show that some people will believe anything (I’m talking to you Rosie O’Donnel). And yes, fire does melt steel dumbasses, pick up a book some time, books are these things made out of paper with words on them. They are kind of cool because you can actually learn stuff from them. However, you cannot learn stuff from Daily Kos (except how to ban people with rational arguments) or Moveon.org.
April 25th, 2008 at 7:08 am
Yo, John, you have my permission to stop breathing our “same air” whenever you wish!
Please feel free to hold your breath.
April 25th, 2008 at 8:12 am
[...] 911 troofer got his ass waxed by Maureen Lovetro’s dad. The troofer, German Talis, went after the girl right [...]
April 25th, 2008 at 8:25 am
“911 truthers”. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin did say something about slogans. Is “truthers” even a word ;). This story is obviously an attack on someone who’s right to free speech was not appreciated. Punching a wheelchair bound girl with cerebral palsy! Could the new york post push anything more ridiculous. How about a grown man using his daughter with cerbral palsy as a shill to quell free speech and physically attack a man and then have him falsely charged. A certain fella named John Lennon comes to mind when he wrote
Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV,
And you think you’re so clever and classless and free,
But you’re still @%$*ing peasants as far as I can see,
A working class hero is something to be—– (so buzz off
April 25th, 2008 at 8:34 am
John,
Your nuts, but have a nice day and feel free to stop back.
April 25th, 2008 at 9:09 am
The story sounds pretty phoney to me. Typical comic book stuff.
Evil 9/11 Truther beats up girl in a wheelchair. Uh huh. Does he eat puppies too?
By the way, the incident as reported by the NY Post was directly contradicted by eyewitness accounts. Seems you guys are too busy thumping your chests to check out the facts.
April 25th, 2008 at 9:20 am
Fred, CFR please. I’ve read this story in several different places now and not one mentions that the witnesses contradict what happened.
April 25th, 2008 at 9:27 am
German Tails? That sounds like a porn movie.
April 25th, 2008 at 9:54 am
Bryan,
You’re just reading the same old NY Post story in several different places.
Go here for the account that contradicts the NY Post article:
http://www.infowars.com/?p=1704
April 25th, 2008 at 9:58 am
Bryan,
You’re just reading the same old NY Post account in several different places.
For a very different account, go to infowars.com
April 25th, 2008 at 10:00 am
Do ‘Truthers’ really believe that fire doesn’t melt steel? I have never heard of this delightful bunch until yesterday. I checked out their website and noticed their president showing off profanity themed garments. I’m not at all surprised one of their members attacked a handicapped female. I watched ‘Gary’s’ spew on Youtube. He does not lie very well. He stumbles through his scripted interview in some room that looks like a gang banger hangout. Great piece of work!! Why can’t you ‘Truthers’ just disband, and try to live like normal people. The economy will pick up again and you will find jobs. Have faith!
April 25th, 2008 at 10:08 am
Hmmm… seems we got on the one functioning nerve fiber that the thruthers and their minions and apologists have left.
Great work Beth! Keep it up! Perhaps the few of them that can manage to find their way onto the internet will spend their time chasing their tails here.
April 25th, 2008 at 10:54 am
Fred - the only place there are different accounts of the incident are on Truther forums. I looked for other accts when I was writing the story.
The Truthers conveniently leave out German Talis’ culpability in the incident and only focus on Maureen’s father attacking him.
Free speech? Nobody stopped him from speaking his mind. Of course, he was trying to keep other people from speaking their minds.
It wasn’t until he starting beating Maureen and her father started stopping (and stomping) him that he got arrested.
There really isn’t a big conspiracy out there with your name on it. You just aren’t that important.
April 25th, 2008 at 11:01 am
ignatiusreilly - I thought it sounded like a porn movie too! LOL
April 25th, 2008 at 11:04 am
MBT - thanks! They are pretty good at the internet, oddly enough. They spend a lot of time in various forums spinning their paranoia.
For whoever might come here and read this - they have medication for that now. There’s some great meds out there that make all the little green men go away!
April 25th, 2008 at 11:27 am
Brilliant.
April 25th, 2008 at 11:40 am
You’re wrong Beth. Read the link I provided. The eyewitness account clearly contradicts the incident as reported by the NY Post. It doesn’t merely leave out Talis’s alleged culpability.
You should also note that other news outlets are treating this story with more caution:
http://gothamist.com/2008/04/24/bush_league_fig.php
April 25th, 2008 at 11:42 am
John,
Place the tin foil on top of your head and tilt it a 46% (trust me) angle to the sun. That way the mother ship will be able to communicate directly with you. Good luck!!!