11-11-2011, 11:02 AM
From LAT, on their newly elected leader of OWS-Denver, Shelby.
"Shelby is closer to a person than any corporation: She can bleed, she can breed and she can show emotion. Either Shelby is a person, or corporations aren't people," the Occupy Denver statement said, quoting one of the border collie's supporters.
In keeping with her new prominence, Shelby's dance card has quickly filled up. The protesters plan to introduce her to Hancock and Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper this week, their statement said. She is also scheduled to lead an Occupy Denver march "against Corporate Personhood" this weekend.
"Shelby is closer to a person than any corporation: She can bleed, she can breed and she can show emotion. Either Shelby is a person, or corporations aren't people," the Occupy Denver statement said, quoting one of the border collie's supporters.
In keeping with her new prominence, Shelby's dance card has quickly filled up. The protesters plan to introduce her to Hancock and Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper this week, their statement said. She is also scheduled to lead an Occupy Denver march "against Corporate Personhood" this weekend.
"Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws. - Mayer Rothschild
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass