Air Bud has
been enjoying his new home in Washington, D.C. He has been taking in all of the
sights and learned a lot about American history. He has even begun sporting an
American flag bandana. He is grateful for all the opportunities he has been
given, and feels blessed to live in such an excellent country. He wants to give
back, but he doesn’t know how.
Then, on
October 1st, 2013, something terrible happened. Congress could not
come to a spending agreement, effectively shutting down the government. To many
people, this was not a big deal as the shutdown did not have an immediate effect
on them. Most people saw this as an opportunity to make jokes on social media, but
not Air Bud. You see, this shutdown meant that all national parks would close. Buddy
loved going to the parks and enjoying the majesty of the great American skies,
because he is a dog. He knew he had to do something to fix this.
He collected
pages and pages of signatures. Then, when he remembered that collecting
signatures has literally never solved anything, he took to the streets to inform
people of the problem. He was very vocal about the issues, and people respected
his bipartisan barking. He even started his own political party, the “Dogocrats”.
The Dogocrats were committed to getting the parks reopened as soon as possible.
All the most important dogs gathered in Air Bud’s basement one day to discuss
their strategy. Clifford, Marmaduke, Snoopy, Goofy, and even the politically
apathetic Scooby Doo were there. More importantly, Barack Obama’s own dogs Bo
and Sunny were there. When Bo and Sunny showed the President how important
these parks were, he decided to bring all the dogs to the Capitol to present
their case to Congress.
Clifford, Marmaduke, Snoopy, Goofy, the politically apathetic Scooby Doo, Bo,
Sunny, and Air Bud all took turns barking their case to Congress, and after
each one spoke they were given a treat. Congress realized how this issue was
bigger than any disagreement and passed the funding necessary to re-open the
parks. They still haven’t figured out what to do with Obamacare, though.
The End
