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To: longnshort who wrote (463008)	1/2/2012 1:20:31 PM
From: FJB	3 Recommendations Respond to of 794349

Iowa officials brace for Occupy protests By EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE \| 1/2/12 12:20 PM EST Excerpt: "Tempers can flare, and people can start to get out of control," said Jack Whitver, a state senator and precinct captain for one of the larger caucus sites, just outside of Des Moines. "With a crowd of over 700 people, you just want to keep everything under control and make sure that something ugly doesn't happen." Whitver promised a polite response to those who might try to chant or stage other disruptions at his caucus site - but that's not a unanimous position. Iowa state Rep. Clel Baudler predicted that potential protestors at his caucus site in Adair County should expect a response that "will be swift and it will be sure." "Since I'm not a state trooper anymore, they probably won't be handcuffed - but I have friends," Baudler said. "If an officer asks for help, I will help, believe me." "We're just not going to tolerate in rural Iowa what's going on in the big metropolitan areas," Baudler said. "A little thump therapy never hurt anybody." Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71006.html

To: longnshort who wrote (463008)	1/2/2012 2:07:00 PM
From: FJB	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794349

‘Occupy Wall Street’ Participation To Earn Class Credit At Columbia U. Announcement Comes As Dozens Are Arrested On New Year's Eve January 1, 2012 7:00 PM newyork.cbslocal.com NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Columbia University will offer a new course for upperclassmen and grad students next semester. An Occupy Wall Street class will send students into the field and will be taught by Dr. Hannah Appel, a veteran of the Occupy movement. The course begins next semester and will be divided between class work at Columbia’s Morningside Heights campus and fieldwork that will require students to become involved with the Occupy movement outside of the classroom. The course will be called “Occupy the Field: Global Finance, Inequality, Social Movement” it will be run by the anthropology department. Appel is a staunch defender of the Occupy movement, in her blog she said that, ““it is important to push back against the rhetoric of ‘disorganization’ or ‘a movement without a message’ coming from left, right and center.” Appel told the New York Post that while her involvement with the movement will color the way she teaches it will not prevent her from being an objective teacher...

To: longnshort who wrote (463008)	1/2/2012 6:02:35 PM
From: KLP	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794349

Good For Perry! Really a good slap down! Allen: "These are members of your staff." Perry: "You got a name?" Allen: "Who say --" Perry: "You got a name?" [pause] Allen: "You won't listen to --" Perry: "You got a name?" Allen: "Uh." Perry: "If you don't have a name to tell me this individual said this, then I don't take that as a corroborating source."