Shelby: Occupy Denver's Leader

Shelby sits at attention in the GA circle for 1.5 minutes of the proposal to make her the leader of Occupy Denver.

Shelby, of course, won the vote and now leads us proudly.

Occupy Denver's leader is a 3 year old part Border Collie, part Cattle Dog, resident of Boulder.

I only had my old camera that isn't designed for video, and it was night. The picture is very dark and grainy, and I couldn't record the many wonderful debates about (mostly in favour of) Shelby.

(Not to mention the development of her Secret Service and oaths to take a bullet for her, if necessary...)

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• Colorado
• Hickenlooper
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[mikejharris1]

Has it occurred to anyone that a border collie is a sheep herding dog? What does that make Shelby's followers?

[madamecp]

@mikejharris1 Judging by my experience, it makes us people with frisbees and rubber bone toys.

[mikejharris1]

@madamecp You elected a leader that was bred to herd sheep.  Enjoy the occupation, lamb chop.

[madamecp]

@mikejharris1 No, read the text. She's PART Border Collie, part Australian Cattle Dog (both are Australian breeds, mind you, and this isn't Australia). When you factor in the Cattle Dog, and that in Colorado there are far more cattle than sheep, that would be more likely to make us cattle (and therefore steak).

However, she is also a Boulder dog. If you know anything about Boulder's long-running reputation, this actually implies that we're all a bunch of Falafels.

[madamecp]

@madamecp I suppose I COULD explain why this makes us Falafels, instead of recycled-fiber bags of granola... Eh.

[MoneyIsSilver]

ENORMOUSLY GAY - I hope you all get tazed.

This isn't how you change things. The idea is to not have a "leader". You sound like a bunch dumb sheep with the "repeat after me" idiocy.

[madamecp]

@MoneyIsSilver If it makes you feel any better, I've inhaled my fair share of tear gas and pepper spray fumes over the years. I also used to get beaten up a lot when I was younger.

[bertthree8]

@MoneyIsSilver So you use their rules with them good for you. I'm sure you didn't mine the silver yourself. So what slave labor did you use to get the silver? I'd be willing to bet you don't know. As far as silver bettering humanity not much use for it. (vanity does not better humanity) With a limited use in the role of technology and science it's REAL value is low. So now that you helped over inflate value of silver whats next for you? Remember all money starts with a form of hard labor.

[joekiddone]

I feel bad for Shelby. Obama's dog "Bo" would've been a better choice. Then again, Bo won't qualify because he flew on his own "corporate" jet to Martha's Vineyard, a clear indication that he's part of the 1%.

Sad side note: Bo, a Portuguese Water Dog, was a gift to Obama from the late Ted Kennedy -- who also had a Portuguese Water Dog that he had named "Splash" in honor of the "Chappaquiddick incident" -- I kid you not.

[jtcolfax]

I wish Shelby would BITE some of you assholes that have to turn a joke into such an ordeal, but Shelby is a peaceful leader.

[baghwanb]

One of the points of Shelby being leader is that she is much closer to being a person than any corporation is. But they have been given more rights than her. How's that make sense?