Occupy Denver: City Council's Susan Shepherd calls protests most important thing in country

The Tea Party is much smaller, when you subtract the retirees who were paid and brought in on tour buses for a nice "day trip."

"It's an inevitable fact that change in this country has not happened by people acting legally, judging by all the people in the civil rights movement. And our founding fathers weren't acting legally when they founded this country."

It is obvious which kind of kool-aid Ms. Shepherd has been drinking, the Liberal kind.

Our founding fathers were obeying a higher law, God's law. Their whole protest was based on the premise that the King of England was breaking that higher law, and THAT FACT justified our breaking away from England to form our own country and form a system of government that WOULD obey that higher law, and recognize the rights that God gives to all people, and protect those rights from usurpation by their government in the new United States of America.

The fact that our government has strayed from its purpose of protecting our God given rights is the whole point of the TEA party. That differs from the purpose and goals of the 'Occupy' movement, because those people have "discovered" new "rights", like "the right to healthcare" and "the right to a guaranteed income" that are definitely NOT rights, because they compel innocent citizens to give up their right to property and come up with the money to make them possible.

True God given rights don't cost others anything. My right to free speech costs you nothing UNLESS you want to silence me. Your "right to free healthcare", on the other hand, demands that I pay extra taxes to provide it. That means that it cannot possibly be a right, because it demands others give up their rights!

TEA Party = belief in the U.S. Constitution, liberty, freedom, individual and property rights"Occupy" movement = socialism, communism, "collective" rights for their favorite groups

Bless You Susan Shepherd!!!  

At least this city/state has ONE honest and courageous person in office!!!

I believe Occupy Denver/USA  is about the the greedy CEO/CFO's lining their pockets with profits after we the tax payers bailed them out. This is not about Replubicans Democrats, Independents. This is about the banks paying it forward without the taxpayers and Obama's efforts the CEO/CFO's would be on the streets like the pictures from the Great Depression WAKE UP>

Susan is a typical idiot, she has never starved, been forclosed on or knows what a real hard time may be. The people protesting have no clue what they are protesting for, none of them work, they don't invest and in fact most of them don't have a care in the world. On welfare, lazy, want handouts and free stuff, that is all these people are so someone says I will support you with food if you go downtown and protest.

What is with the all the Joe McCarthy here on these comments? This is crazy. You do realize that you can't call just someone a commie and not back it up with reasons WHY THESE IDEAS ARE WRONG. Its not the 1950's anymore people. There are plenty of reasons to dislike capitalism, just go down to the Capitol building and ask someone. They can explain themselves and their discontent. Can you?

For many young people capitalism HAS NOT WORKED. It has not lived up to its promise. We got degrees, we're applying for these jobs we were promised and for nothing. We lived up to our end of the bargain. The economy didnt. This is why we're upset. We're in debt with nothing to show for it. This is why socialism is a true part of the discussion for young people. Because capitalism has not worked for us.

So when you point your finger and scream "Socialist Pinko Commie!" you actually have to explain why its a problem to be a socialist, pinko commie. Because there are hundreds of people at the Capitol building more than ready to tell you the problems with capitalism.

can the honorable councilwoman tell us JUST WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE FOR?...they seem to want to take the money from the top 1% and redistribute it to themselves?....THAT IS WHAT SHE IS FOR?

Susan Shepherd's true color?  Red.

Another stupid vacuous zealot attains a position of power and sides with the flavor of the month. Denver is toast. 

I'm glad Susan Shepard has openly come out on the side of the American Nazi Party, the Communist Party USA, George Soros (Nazi Collaborator, turned Communist) all of the Soros front groups as well as all of the other treason-crats and useful idiots to support the violent overthrow of the United States Government. The "Occupy" groups are openly calling for murder and violent revolution and she's right there to giver her full support.  It makes it crystal clear who she is, who she stand for and who we're not going to put up with.

Thank you Susan Shephard for informing the voters by opening your mouth.  What a nitwit!These are the leaders you elect in Denver.  A rubber stamp city council for the mayor.  All democrats with no counter balance.  Say goodbye to the Stock Show under their leadership.Way to go Councilwoman Shephard, you are a useless piece of machinery.

Where were you Ms Shepherd when the Tea Party (a far larger group of citizens) were gathered in larger numbers at the Capitol? You didn't support them. And that movement has had no violence nor racism but the OWS movement surely has. Such pandering to special interest groups. And dangerous one's at that. Backed by every left wing radical group available. Communists, leader of Arab Spring movement (radical violent and deadly for Christians, Jews, and muslim dissenters), socialists, CAIR (front for radical jihadists, and so on. All trying to collapse the capitalist system. Susan Shepherd if you want to live in a communist society... leave and go elsewhere. Don't help pull a "Cloward and Piven" move, here in the USA. You looked at what the protestors looked like? Really? So what to violent jihadists, communists, and unionist's look like? Ordinary people until they want to put their dangerous ideology into play. You are woefully ignorant or willfully informed and choose to play games with our American way of life.

Could the reporter follow up and find the city council members who were there Friday morning for the arrests and query them on their views?

I am a resident of District 1, and I am so proud to have Susan Shepherd as my councilwoman. I'm happy that she not only "gets it" as far as the Occupy protest goes, but that she's willing to put her money (and her political capital) where her mouth is and take a public stand. I am so tired of elected officials who are afraid to go out on a limb and actually speak up for the issues that matter to their constituents. Given the Mayor's stance toward the protesters so far, it could be seen as politically risky to come out publicly in favor of Occupy Denver -- yet this freshman Councilperson stood up for what she believes in. 

Way to go, Councilwoman Shepherd! You have my support in your efforts.

I stole this from another post. It is a good questionWhat would SS say if she knew the University of Colorado Boulder is allowing select employees a method to increase their salaries despite a classified employee pay increase freeze? If you want to know how follow this discussion. The University of Colorado Boulder is allowing select employees to reclassify from the state system of classified employees to a classification of Professional Exempt employees. Under the Professional Exempt employee classification select employees are receiving up to a 130% increase in salary. To steal more tax payer money, and more student fee funds, few of the Professional Exempt employees meet minimum job skill and education requirements. Supervisors, who are in the Professional Exempt classification, write job descriptions few, if any, potential job seekers match other than the individual they seek to move from a State Classified position and reward them with a huge salary increase under the Professional Exempt classification. If you are not aware where your tax dollars go or, if you are a parent paying student fees at the University of Colorado Boulder, now you know how you are swindled out of your taxes and tuition/fees under the current corrupt system of Professional Exempt employee classification at the University of Colorado Boulder. SS isi a represents the city of Denver so she might have contacts at the state level.

Yes, I like her attitude and the message. People are out protesting a real problem, so instead of spending tens of thousands using police to try to control and shut them down start focusing on those problems. I hope more elected officials listen to her. You do represent the people after all.