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created equal. there s a study that claims some fried foods aren t all that bad for you. well, are you up and at them under this sunday morning. it may only be 3:00 a.m. in california, but occupy protesters in oakland there are preparing right now for a big rally later today. this, of course, is coming up for a very violent day in the streets. what you are looking at there is a scene in oakland earlier yesterday. protesters threw bottles, metal pipes, even flares, and then you can see how police responded. they fired tear gas and beanbag bullets. some protesters say they were hit by rubber bullets fired by police. we know as many as 200 protesters were arrested, and we get more on the clashes and the controversy from patty lee of cnn affiliate ktvu there in oakland. taer gas and flash bombs filled this plaza where occupy erdz faced off with police. one of multiple clashes in oakland tonight. the tear gas is multiple times. all we were doing was marching. nothing. we did
in iraq. it is hard enough to figure out how americans can best help out popular uprisings of people that want to determine their own future instead of living under a despot. that is hard enough. how do you figure it out when the despot in question is our despot. when he has enjoyed american support, american seal of approval? that s why there was this collective national stomach turning when we saw images of made in the usa taer gas cannisters thrown at the people in egypt. the u.s. was neutral, then moved against mubarak. but had mubarak kept control of the military, ultimately it wouldn t have been taer gas, it would have been american tanks and f-16 fighter jets squaring off against the peaceful protest movement america was supporting. in libya now, there s some of that same awkwardness. justin elliott had a piece at salon.com that was helpful and