Afternoon News Bytes: Feb. 7, 2012

Racial Discrimination Can't Be Solved By Fighting Poverty; In This Election Year, Let There Be Tolerance (OPINION); Flood The Zone (OPINION); The Poverty Problem: More Than Mitt Romney's PR Misstep (OPINION); Syria And The Pernicious Consequences Of Our Libya Intervention; Were Politics Buried Inside Eastwood's 'Halftime' Commercial?; A Line Of Would-Be Immigrants? There Isn’t One.; Waging War In Secret Vs. American Democracy; California Occupiers Camp Outside Former Marine’s Home To Prevent Foreclosure.