Remembrance of 2006 Election Day: Struggle to Find a Movement

Maverick Valeri gains inspiration from the Minuteman Statue on the Lexington Green


November 7 2006 was a victorious day for humans as a governement
that has pandered to a discriminatory and self righteous minority
began to dismantle. Humans all over the world rejoice and begin to
warily hope for peace.
Yet, unrest and indignation are still par for the course for
those of us who cannot read the ballots, or are too short to reach the
voting lever even when they are standing on their hind legs, or are
not relieved from guard duty long enough to to even visit the voting
sites.
Maverick, canine activist and leader of the newly formed Peaceful
Canine Anarchists party spoke on the steps of the local bodegas as a
crowd of dogs gathered to march peacefully to the voting sites.
"YAr!! My human will allow me to go to the voting booth, but WHY?
HUmans are the only species on the ballot! Who will I vote for?
HUmans don't even know how to vote. If all the candidates would give
a urine sample at the voting booths, we would all be able to smell
out the dishonest, the corrupt, and the megalomaniacs. Peace would be
inevitable!"
Maverick led the procession calling for the respect and
recognition of the 60 million canines in America, the end to the
hunting of wolves in all states, stronger restrictions on the number
of veterinarian hospitals, and a plan to quintuple the budget for
homeless dog shelters in order to allow for training and
rehabilitation programs and to build new shelters with trees and dirt
and soft pillows.
The growing pack chanting "No Vote without Dogs!!" included
dobermans, chihuahuas, pitbulls that had escaped from drug dealers to
speak their minds. Some of the dogs wore studded ccollars while
others wore tiny eddie bauer sweaters, but all were united in spirit.
Maverick himself, who will not run for office due to the staining
incident of allowing a cat to stay in his apartment, still led the
pack wearing a flower garland and carrying a walking stick in his mouth.
"Man, that dog has watched Ghandi too many times, but if he ccan
get all the dogs united then we can really do something! I want my
own house so my that cute retriever can stay over and we need to rescue the dogs
who are brainwashed into the drug trade." said a labrador named Sunny
from Bushwick Ave.
The dogs streamed into the train station on their way to the
voting site despite the beatings and yelling of the police. The
police dogs sat down in protest and several gave up their positions
as they joined the ranks. "Bite no human!" Cried Maverick, "We
will prevail on the basis of our rights and contribution!!"
Unfortunately the train was much louder than the dogs expected.
The larger dogs, never having been on the subway, were greatly pained
by the noise. Howling and chaos ensued. Maverick was seen fleeing the
station howling, "Traitors!! Traitors!!" , several dogs ran down the

tunnel and are reported to have begun an underground canine society
which may create splinters and divisions in the movement. Many of the
smaller dogs were able to ride the train and valiantly made their way
to the voting site, where unfortunately
they could not see the
ballots and became lost and a little confused.