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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (123512)	2/7/2012 11:23:02 AM
From: TideGlider	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224717

That isn't consequential to the post I have made is it?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (123512)	2/7/2012 11:28:30 AM
From: lorne	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224717

ken...Bet hussein obama is paying very close attention to this...it will be a learning thing for him. Socialist stuff ya know. Brazilian soldiers clash with police on strike in Salvador About 3,500 troops were sent to the capital to break up a protest by Brazilian police, who are on strike. Talia Ralph February 6, 2012 globalpost.com Some 3,500 soldiers clashed with Brazilian police, who have been on strike outside the assembly in the state capital of Salvador since last week, BBC News reported. The soldiers surrounded the building and fired rubber bullets and charged the crowd of about 4,000 police and their families, who are camped out in the legislative building, the Associated Press reported. The government told the BBC that about one third of Bahia's 30,000 state police officers are involved in the strike. More from GlobalPost: Yet another minister resigns from Brazil government Police in the state of Bahia declared a strike last Tuesday to demand higher wages and better working conditions, CNN International reported. Since then, 93 people have been killed, double the number in the same period last year, according to CNN. There have also been multiple reports of looting, according to the AP. Marcos Prisco, a police officer and strike leader, told the BBC that the striking police were frustrated with the Brazilian authorities. "If the problem is the lack of security, just sign the deal and police officers will return to work today," he said. The soldiers began arriving in the capital on Sunday, and some were patrolling the streets in armored personnel carriers, which calmed residents' nerves and reined in looting, CNN reported. "The Army's actions have gone well, they've been very positive with the presence of troops patrolling the city," the interim Defense Minister Gen. Enzo Martins Peri told state-run Agencia Brasil. The strike has cast worry about preparations for the upcoming Carnival in Brazil's third largest city, which draws thousands of tourists from around the world, the AP reported.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (123512)	2/7/2012 12:19:16 PM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224717

Obama campaign to support super PAC fundraising Posted by CNN Chief White House Correspondent Jessica Yellin (CNN) - In a change of position, Barack Obama's reelection campaign will begin using administration and campaign aides to fundraise for Priorities USA Action, a super PAC backing the president. Obama has been an outspoken critic of current campaign financing laws, in particular a Supreme Court ruling that allowed the creation of super PACs. Until now he has kept his distance from Priorities USA Action. Follow the Ticker on Twitter: @PoliticalTicker But in the wake of the group's anemic fundraising, made public last week, the campaign decided to change its position, and announced the new stance to members of its national finance committee Monday evening. Two Obama campaign aides confirmed that senior campaign and administration officials who participate at fundraising events for the president's campaign will also appear at events for Priorities USA Action, the PAC supporting Obama. "This decision was not made overnight,” one campaign official said. “ The money raised and spent by Republican super PACs is very telling. We will not unilaterally disarm." The president, first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden will not appear at super PAC events, the aides said. In an e-mail to supporters, Obama campaign manager Jim Messina said the decision was a reaction to massive fundraising posted by super PACs supporting GOP presidential candidates. "The campaign has decided to do what we can, consistent with the law, to support Priorities USA in its effort to counter the weight of the GOP Super PACs," Messina wrote. "We will do so only in the knowledge and with the expectation that all of its donations will be fully disclosed as required by law to the Federal Election Commission." Messina was careful to point out the president's opposition to a Supreme Court ruling that sparked the onset of super PACs, noting the administration was still looking for ways to put limits on campaign spending. "The President opposed the Citizens United decision," Messina wrote. "He understood that with the dramatic growth in opportunities to raise and spend unlimited special-interest money, we would see new strategies to hide it from public view. “He continues to support a law to force full disclosure of all funding intended to influence our elections, a reform that was blocked in 2010 by a unanimous Republican filibuster in the U.S. Senate. And the President favors action - by constitutional amendment, if necessary - to place reasonable limits on all such spending.” Priorities USA Action posted receipts of $4.4 million through December 31, 2011, compared to the more than $30 million reported by Restore our Future, a super PAC supporting former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. In an e-mail blast, Jonathan Collegio, spokesman for the conservative groups American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS, called the Obama campaign's move a "brazenly cynical" reversal for a president who just two years ago called spending by these outside groups a threat to democracy. Collegio highlighted a quote from an October 2010 rally in Philadelphia, when the New York Times quoted Obama as saying, "You don’t know, it could be the oil industry, it could be the insurance industry, it could even be foreign-owned corporations. You don’t know because they don’t have to disclose. Now that’s not just a threat to Democrats, that’s a threat to our democracy." American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS plan to raise $300 million to help defeat Obama and his agenda in November. Mitt Romney's super PAC reported raising $30 million in 2011, the vast majority of which was spent on negative advertising.