tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35437039.post2376072655488394587..comments2023-10-16T06:16:42.086-04:00Comments on Blue Dog State: Extorting Schenectady: New York SPCA Shows True ColorsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35437039.post-50807427700052949942012-02-23T14:42:17.611-05:002012-02-23T14:42:17.611-05:00Tully enjoys leaving anonymous comments, but lacks...Tully enjoys leaving anonymous comments, but lacks the nads to sign them.<br /><br />Sure, Matt. It was the State Police that arrested me. AFTER they'd recieved several hundred hysterical calls from animal rights activists demanding my head on a pike.<br /><br />Now WHY did several hundred shrieking harpies call the NYSP expressing a very un-Gandhi like desire to see me in handcuffs? Why, because my story had been on prime time news for several days. Why was the media interested in my case? Because Tully made seven separate UNSOLICITED press releases to every news venue in the Capital District, that's why. <br /><br />The arrest, while unjustified, was a minor inconvienience. My life family and career were derailed by the endless media coverage, complete with hyperbolic adjectives like "horrific". I think I could have handled the 3 hours I wasted at the police station being "booked" on charges everybody knew would be dropped due to the vet report.<br />It was Tully's media-whoring, not the NYSP's uncharacteristically timid decision to arrest me that did the damage to my life.<br /><br />In fact, I was only arrested to appease the army of fanatics who called the State Police. That army was ginned up by the media manipulation of Schenectady SPCA and one or two other local animal rights groups. These groups decided to destroy my life in order to improve their fund-raising.<br /><br />Tully made a conscious decision to splash my case all over the news in the name of self promotion, destroying my life in the process. He did this before having all the facts, knowing full well what its effects would be on my family. This man is a menace and an eloquent illustration of why privately-funded activistist should not be given police powers or the aura of authority that goes with it.<br /><br />Greg CasalainaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35437039.post-16830015876610843782012-01-03T12:00:11.201-05:002012-01-03T12:00:11.201-05:00according the news the spca never arrested you it ...according the news the spca never arrested you it was the new york state police who arrested you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35437039.post-52174049890292338672011-11-14T08:49:55.277-05:002011-11-14T08:49:55.277-05:00Selma, I hate to wheel out the old "media bia...Selma, I hate to wheel out the old "media bias" trope, but...this isn't in the New York Times because these groups are bulletproof as far as the media is concerned. This is for three reasons:<br />1)Part of this is due to ignorance. Heck, before they ruined my life, I thought SPCAs were "little old ladies in tennis shoes who run neuter clinics". I had no idea they were armed, armored brownshirts until I started researching them after they systematically destroyed my life to maximize their fundraising opportunities. This image of the "old style" SPCA protects these yahoos from media scrutiny. <br />2)The Animal rights complaint machine. When news venues run stories even mildly critical of these groups, they have to spend the next week fielding "outrage" calls from Legions of Self-Righteousness. Who wants to deal with that?<br />3) These groups provide access. "Animal abuse" news stories are highly successful at getting people to "tune in". They are also easy. The newscaster simply parrots the SPCAs "press release" (aka propaganda) and voila! Free outrage! And nothing fills airtime or sells papers like outrage. If news venues are publically critical of SPCA goon squads, there is a fear that the SPCA will cut off the tap of "free 'n easy", stories thus forcing reporters to actually report stuff.<br /><br />To my knowledge the John Stossel 20/20 thing was the only major news venue to "do" anything on this subject.<br /><br />I have contacted over 100 news agencies in an effort to interest them in my story. Only one very small, very local paper even bothered to call me back:<br /><br />http://www.timesjournalonline.com/details.asp?id=62465<br /><br />That's a pretty good story. But no interest from the big agencies, because everybody knows, Tully and his ilk are the "good guys".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35437039.post-60069789642910593102011-11-12T12:08:56.993-05:002011-11-12T12:08:56.993-05:00Why isn't this on the front page of the NY Tim...Why isn't this on the front page of the NY Times an elsewhere? This is similar, but much worse, to what happened in Ontario when the OSPCA, a private charity, got public money to the tune of $7 million initially with promised continued funding and a mandate to enforce laws with no oversight and no accountability. At least their continued operation wasn't contingent on the number of fines they collected. That's the stuff of nightmares!Selmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35437039.post-18467968990414759772011-11-11T10:34:04.822-05:002011-11-11T10:34:04.822-05:00Schenectady SPCA is a menace. They ruined my life...Schenectady SPCA is a menace. They ruined my life, destroyed my farm, caused me to lose a $50,000/yr job, and now my children get death threats. When the courts threw out the charges due to the complete non-existence of evidence, Tully wouldn't even toss me an apology. The man is probably a sociopath. <br /><br />Upstate New York needs an organization to "watchdog" this neo-fascist psycho. Protest his fundraisers, expose his machinations, succor his victims, etc. <br /><br />Greg CasalainaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com