Vote? Nobody Asked Me! – Conversations with the Pack

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I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges.

Sweetie: Lady Human, why did you leave us awhile ago? Were you doing some weird human nonsense? I feel so left out.

Me: I went to vote.

Doodlebug: Nobody asked me to do that, whatever it is. Was there food?

Me: It’s a selection process. We make choices by pushing a button. Not something that would interest dogs. Or cats. Or birds…

Sweetie: So something that doesn’t matter then.

Me: I wouldn’t say that.

MoonCat: Something that matters to us, but once again humans control the buttons.

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A Bulldog’s Freedom of Speech – Conversations with the Pack

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I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges.

Sweetie: NOW HEAR THIS!

Me: It’s hard not to.

Sweetie: I hereby declare my bulldog right to freedom of speech!

Doodlebug: Does that mean me, too?

Sweetie: Only when I’m not talking.

MoonCat: That pretty much squeezes the rest of us out.

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