Today I went for a walk.  I had already shit once and pissed on at least 12 trees, but as I neared home I passed a home with a political sign urging citizens to vote no on the Amendment 2, the so-call stem-cell initiative, in next Tuesday's election.  (The initiative, itself, is really a farce; it merely gives scientists the constitutional right to pursue stem-cell cures in Missouri without fear of criminal prosecution.  The amendment was necessary because some right-wing nut jobs in the Missouri legislature wanted to ban all stem-cell research).  Being a dachshund who could some day benefit from stem-cell research which might allow me to be a German Shepard or a Giant Snauzer, I decided to roll up onto their finely mainicured lawn and muster another big shit.  And Josh, my owner and ever-diligent liberal, left the steaming pile of shit for all to see, even though he had another bag with him, so that others could draw a symbolic connection to the sign.