Articles on Occupy Wall Street Fri. Jan. 27, 2012

1. Occupy Innovation... 
Read @:  Fire Dog Lake

2. Subpoenas issued to financial firms in expanded probe... 
Read @:  Reuters

3. In Defense of Amateur Journalists...  Read @:  Free Keene

4. "What Does Twitter’s Country-by-Country Takedown System Mean for Freedom of Expression?"... 
Read @:  Boing Boing

5. Crime ‘Obama Fanatic’ Threatens to Fill AZ Sheriff Joe Arpaio With a ‘Thousand Bullet Holes,’ Deputy Chief Interviewed... 
Read @:  The Blaze

Obama Shows The GOP The Consequences Of Their Obstruction

Over the past three years, Americans have witnessed Republican obstruction in the guise of fiscal responsibility and anti-big government rhetoric that benefited the wealthy, corporations, and Wall Street. The main reason Republicans give to justify their obstructionism is that they are preventing the president and Democrats from killing jobs, increasing the nation’s debt, and steering the country toward Socialism...  Read @:  Politicususa

Obama Signs Off on NDAA "With Serious Reservations"

Let the gnashing of teeth commence:

Two days before the deadline, President Obama signed a defense spending bill into law - while admitting he has "serious reservations with certain provisions" related to how suspected terrorists are held and questioned...  Read @:  Crooks and Liars

Giving Obama The Credit He Deserves For Defending The 99%

Over the past 12 months, Americans were subjected to, and learned about, the extremists in the Republican Party who have lurched so far to the right that Ronald Reagan would be considered a Liberal. After assessing the economic damage Republicans caused nearly every American throughout 2011, 99% of the population can be grateful that Democrats control the Senate and that President Obama is in the White House...  Read @:  Politicususa

Sit-In at San Diego Democratic Party HQ Being Planned for Monday, Dec. 19, to Protest Defense Bill

Upset over plans by President Obama to sign the National Defense Authorization Act, various members of local progressive groups had an emergency meeting Sunday morning and formed San Diegans to Save the Bill of Rights... 
Read more:  OB Rag

Why Healthcare is a Right and How America Rations People To Death

Wondering why Obama can’t get nominees confirmed who know what they’re doing and share your vision?

Or any vision at all based on reality? The Republicans, naturally. They block anyone with remote competence as they bet against our country in their game of chicken meant to win power back. It just might work, and that’s even more troubling...  Read more:   Politicususa