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People standing in line for the new iPhone outside the Apple store on Michigan Avenue were met with this gentleman. The front of his sign says: "Obama is simply a creation of our Russian-infested media (& rigged polls)!!! He has no previous accomplishments that would qualify him for the most important job on Earth!!!!" The back reads: "Obama has never had a major (or even minor) management position!!! .....Does it make any sense to *risk* hiring him for the biggest & most difficult management job in the U.S.?!!"
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This dude has been out there pulling these shenanigans for a long time now. Months at least, maybe even a year or more.
His messages always involve the Russians and how they are out to control our country.
One of my better walks home came when he was sharing turf with the "free hugs" folks. Plenty to be amused about in the Chicago and Michigan intersection area that afternoon.
This guy also has signs that say Al Gore is a communist robot.
"Russian" ha ha.
Time must have stopped for this guy back in the '80s.
I think the important question is... are there pants under there?
Somebody should ask him for a sampling of his precious bodily fluids and watch him wig out.
Or tell him that THEY are going to activate his implant tonight.
Andrew: I saw that guy when I worked near there in 2005. He's been there forever, still talking about the Russians.
You know, I did find it strange to see Obama eating borscht and vodka the other day...hmm....
this guy has been walking around with this russian plot stuff since I started working in the loop in 1992 - but he looks the same, this sort of outdoor work must keep one young!
I have work near Michigan Ave. I have seen him at least once a week for the past ten years. His informational posterboard is how I learned that Al Gore has/is an evil twin.
i really like the free hugs people.
Yeah, he's been out there for a few years. I'm surprised he updated his signage finally. The last one was going on about the Russians and the Gulag.
AndrewJStone:
Now that you mention it, I don't recall pants.
"This dude has been out there pulling these shenanigans for a long time now. Months at least, maybe even a year or more."
"This guy also has signs that say Al Gore is a communist robot."
Well now we know how he stands on OBama. Keep us posted Chicagoist!
p.s any body miss the miniture water mellons at the Daley Center Farmer's Market? I had one last Thursday and they were excellent! Now they are gone! This is more of a story?
This guy has been around at LEAST ten years. I distinctly remember seeing him when his sandwich board announced that Al Gore had been assassinated and replaced by a communist impostor.
Yeah, this guy has been harmlessly wandering around for years. He's apparently mentally ill (duh!), so please don't bug him or try to engage him on his "ideas". Let's just all be glad that he doesn't get himself in troble and seems to be either able to take care of himself or he's being well cared for.
(On the other hand, come February '09, there will probably be a bunch of unemployed neo-cons wandering the streets of America spouting similar irrational crap - those are the guys who we should be pestering! ;^) )
I agree with Darch
i really like the free hugs people.
Unless you are an attractive woman, your free hug is costing me.
I love neighborhood nuts. Just walk up to the guy and say "The Squirrel are very festive in Moscow this October" nod, smirk and walk away to a safe distance.
Ah, yes. One of my favorite Chicago Characters.
Here I got some photos of him in 2005 with signage about how hurricane Katrina was a "Russian war attack" - because the Russians have weather control! They got it from the Nazis!
But I swear I remember seeing him even way back when I was in college, circa 1988-92.
Aren't the Chinese braggging about being able to control the weather for the Olympics?
Maybe he's not so crazy afterall... yeah, he still is!
that's an awfully nice sign, perhaps Kinko's also has a policy against communists?
Is that sign handwritten? It is nice if so.