The Lafayette LA guman has been identified as 58 year-old John Russell Houser.
A google search shows a John Russell Houser registering on the site Tea Party Nation in June 2013:
http://www.teapartynation.com/...
Not much there though. Gives location as Phenix AL.
There's a linkedin page for a John Russell Houser in Phenix, AL:
https://www.linkedin.com/...
He lists operating two bars previously:
Owner/OperatorEntrepreneur
Rusty's Buckhead Pub
April 1998 – July 2000 (2 years 4 months) 110 Main Street Lagrange Ga
In a small town one in the entertainment business had better be in with all crowds.We successfully provided entertainment for all while maintaining an atmosphere worth a regular visit.Well rounded bands,food, and genuine communication coupled with a "don't hold back" approach was a winning combination.
I imagine the "don't hold back" refers to the political conversation there.
He also guest hosted on talk radio a long time ago:
RISE AND SHINE WLTZ NBC 38
Calvin Floyd
January 1993
Guest host one day per week for more than 60 episodes. Invited political controversy on every one of them, and loved every minute of it.
On 13 occasions I was a guest of Doug Kellet on WRCG talk radio.
Doug Kellett is still lighting up the airwaves as a right-wing blowhard.
Twitter @jrustyhouser:
john russell houser @jrustyhouser 5 Jun 2013
If you don't think the internet is censored, try reading a newspaper from a country that hates liberals the way I do.
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john russell houser @jrustyhouser 5 Jun 2013
The Westboro Baptist Church may be the last real church in America[members not brainwashed].
Definite digital footprint there. More Rusty Houser snippets below the fold.
Rusty Houser | December 22, 2013 at 2:40 pm | Reply
America is so sick that I now believe it to be the enemy of the world. I know next to nothing about Iran, but the little I do know tells me they are far higher morally than this financially failing filth farm.
Rusty Houser | December 24, 2013 at 3:02 pm | Reply
It is possible, you might be the only one on the internet that has gotten through the censors.Though you probably are no less than a government information gathering devise, I will tell you how happy I am that the yield on the 10 year tres note is almost 3%. The end comes, and I love it.
Referring to a European action promoting gay rights:
RUSTY HOUSER on February 11, 2014 at 9:42 am said:
They who would deny this to be the action of the enemy, ARE THE ENEMY.
Responding to the statement of principles of the neo-Nazi group Golden Dawn:
Rusty Houser on January 8, 2014 at 4:40 pm said:
Greece as it stands, has no chance of success. With the philosophical principles you are proposing, they have all of the potential of a united people, unlimited.
Rusty Houser
deportation, not immigration problems
March 24, 2013 01:04AM Registered: 2 years ago, Posts: 1
The US has next to no problem with the folks coming in from the south.They are hard working family people.We have a real problem with people who will not work, or in any way recognize moral/family values.These people may be identified by race also.
Apparently Matt Taibbi had an
interaction with him back in 2007:
By now there isn't anyone left "across the aisle" who'd even think about buying this shit, but that's OK, because McCain is no longer talking to "everybody." The comments from McCain supporters after his appearances make it clear who this candidate is embracing during his last days in the foxhole. Rusty Houser likes McCain's stance on the war; when I ask him why we are in Iraq in the first place, he tells me, "To get rid of Al Qaeda." When I point out that Bush himself has admitted there was no connection between Iraq and Al Qaeda, Houser shrugs. Bush, he assures me, "doesn't always let people know what he knows."
EDIT: Matt Taibbi tweets:
The Rusty Hauser I met in 2007 does not appear to be the same guy who shot up the LA theater. On video, he's not a match lookswise.