
P. "Scooper" O'Dell
2014
15 x 22 x 33

Thank you for responding to my urgent request. I am overwhelmed with joy and pride by the intelligence, strength and determination that I see in your eyes. Together we can and will rise to fight against the misguided and corrupt that threatens the basic values of our nation, those of our founding fathers, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I know that you have been subject to severe criticism and character assassination as I have for our beliefs. We can and we must fight for the sake of our puppies and our puppies’ puppies as we near the tipping point. Look to the right and to the left, reach out and touch the dog next to you, you are no longer alone.
But what can we do. My name is P. Scooper O’Dell and we are just a tiny part of a giant effort by dogs across the nation to collect the facts about the many cancers that are growing in our society fed by the powers that be. We will be the entry point of this information as we live in households that suffer from injustice of that which is really going on. Big government controls by rules, regulations and taxes that take away their means to care for their family and save for old age and give it to others who are sucking on the system or on crazy projects that come out of ideological think tanks. Your owners hear rumors about the secret life of politicians that betray public trust.
And big business, big business stacks the economic deck against you. Too big to fail means too big to fail to get your money. Access to capital when you want to start a business, Ho, Ho, Ho; fluctuating interest rates that put you in a bind, goody, goody, goody; layer after layer of lawyers that write contracts, bid up, sell off to little people like you, let it fall, and jump back in where amongst the broken dreams they handpick for value at 1%. Big business, “I’m sorry we are not responsible”, they say through swarms of lobbyist, (rhymes with locust).
And what do you think will happen when one man or woman walks into a politicians office and says I have $100M dollars and I’m prepared to spend it on your campaign or your opponent’s campaign. Let’s talk between friends. I have a problem with my taxes and of course I do not expect quid pro quo.
We can fight against these forces with the information that we collect since TV and talk radio must show up 24/7. They must have information to catch and hold people. We feed it to them, they pay real good money, and it’s the American way. I’ve never seen the market for negative information so good. We’re in the catbird seat. All we have to do is give them the rumors, worries, and disappointments of our owners, the broken dreams. Facts and the whole story are not necessary. You have no responsibility for what the media does with this information. Do not worry about the overall mood of our country, about the creation of a fear culture with group think. You and your owners will be protected by a coded system that I have worked out to protect you from government snooping. Some old dog said a long time ago, when you’re sucking eggs you’ve got to break the shell. In a struggle of this magnitude and intensity we have to go to the wall. Give me leads that can be used over and over again, the juicier the better. The media have their own spin experts that are paid well, their own so called pollsters that are paid well, and their own perfectly coffered talking heads that all use the same makeup artists that are paid well. We intend to be paid well in this struggle. I don’t and certainly you don’t do this for the money, it is for the welfare of our puppies and our puppies’ puppies, and the welfare of our beloved nation.
Now to operational details, I have set up drop boxes under houses across town, appropriately marked as us dogs do. You drop off the information that you have collected from your contacts, I sell it to the media, and I collect the money and pass back a fair share to you. It’s a good deal, a win-win for everyone and above all for our future.
Hattie Mae:
The only time that I ever heard Scooper tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth was when he said, “How do you like my teeth? My dentist is from Hollywood.”


