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   From: m@l.mal   
      
   On Wed, 09 May 2012 14:25:22 -0700, Bob Eld    
   wrote:   
      
   >On 5/9/2012 12:36 PM, Mal wrote:   
   >>   
   >> A labor union with strong ties to President Obama is helping make the   
   >> Occupy Wall Street movement a more permanent fixture in the nation's   
   >> capital, moving Occupy DC into office space the group can use to   
   >> organize and grow through the presidential election.   
   >>   
   >> The Service Employees International Union, one of Obama's most vocal   
   >> supporters among labor groups, is paying $4,000 a month for three   
   >> offices the Occupy protesters will use for at least the next six   
   >> months to plan future demonstrations, organize and host workshops.   
   >>   
   >> The offices are at the Institute for Policy Studies, a nonprofit   
   >> progressive group headquartered at 16th and L streets NW, amid the   
   >> major law firms, trade groups and lobbying shops that Occupiers have   
   >> spent the past seven months denouncing. The offices are just a short   
   >> distance from the tent city Occupy DC established in McPherson Square   
   >> in October.   
   >>   
   >> Occupiers moved into their new digs Monday. The SEIU will pay the rent   
   >> for six months, said John Cavanagh, director of the Institute for   
   >> Policy Studies.   
   >>   
   >> SEIU representatives did not return calls seeking comment   
   >>   
   >> http://washingtonexaminer.com/local/dc-news/2012/05/union-oba   
   a-ties-rents-offices-occupy-dc/588636   
   >   
   >   
   >So what? The Koch Broters are spending 100 million dollars to buy   
   >republican politicians, or haven't you heard? Of all the money spent on   
   >politicians and political races this BS you mention is total mouse   
   >nuts...Now grow up.   
      
   Soros who?   
      
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