Virtually <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=occupy+oakland&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;aq=t&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;client=firefox-a#q=occupy+oakland&amp;hl=en&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;hs=trS&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;prmd=imvnsu&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=nws&amp;ei=HnipTpvbAY6asgLJ0L2iDw&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=mode_link&amp;ct=mode&amp;cd=5&amp;ved=0CBkQ_AUoBA&amp;bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.,cf.osb&amp;fp=2662daf986d7c86a&amp;biw=1202&amp;bih=756" target="_blank">every major news source</a> is being forced to deal with the events in Occupy Oakland.  The following account is from <a href="http://www.occupytogether.org/2011/10/26/occupy-oakland-will-continue-to-stand/" target="_blank">Occupy Together</a>.
<blockquote>"<a href="http://occupiedmedia.com/2011/10/occupy-oakland-raided/">Police tore down the Occupy Oakland encampment</a> early Tuesday morning around 5:00am. There were estimated to be over 200 officers in riot gear present to remove protesters, set up a barricades and clear the encampment. About 75 arrests were made and bail was set at $10,000 each protestor, holding them until their arraignment. After, police shut down the second encampment at Snow Park.

As demonstrators returned to Oscar Grant Plaza, the police read them the Riot Act and gave them a five minute warning to leave. Shortly after the warning, ABCs helicopter news coverage ended their live broadcast. Moments later tear gas, flash bangs, and beanbags were launched at the crowd."</blockquote>
Scott Olsen, Iraq war vet, is reported to be in <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/26/occupy-oakland-veteran-critical-condition?newsfeed=true" target="_blank">critical condition</a> with a fractured skull and brain swelling from the events. Scott was hit with a tear gas canister as the events unfolded.

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In many ways these scenes unfold like a scene from Al Jazeera and the streets of Beirut.  One writer even compares Olsen to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Bouazizi" target="_blank">Mohamed Bouazizi</a>, a street vendor who set himself on fire in December 2010 to protest how he was mistreated by state police.  It's sad at the same time it's tragic.

But my question is this.  <strong>How does the Occupy movement make you feel?</strong>  It's far from being a small movement anymore. Some of the <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=occupy+wall+street&amp;hl=en&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;hs=9dn&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;prmd=imvnsu&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;ei=zXmpTpH9Mq_gsQLaoKnoCw&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=mode_link&amp;ct=mode&amp;cd=2&amp;ved=0CCUQ_AUoAQ&amp;biw=1202&amp;bih=756#hl=en&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;hs=Cen&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=1&amp;q=occupy+wall+street+comic&amp;pbx=1&amp;oq=occupy+wall+street+com&amp;aq=1&amp;aqi=g3g-S1g-sS1g-S5&amp;aql=1&amp;gs_sm=e&amp;gs_upl=1294l9086l0l11692l4l3l0l0l0l0l255l721l2-3l3l0&amp;bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&amp;fp=7f9bd0d8e2ff78e7&amp;biw=1202&amp;bih=756" target="_blank">editorial comics</a> are absolutely <a href="http://judicial-corruption.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/wallst_facebook.jpg" target="_blank">brilliant</a>.  Oakland will only create fuel for the movement.