We've been misinformed all these years when we believed that the U.S. government consisted of three branches. Now we discover there's a fourth branch: The Dick.
The Dick branch is composed solely of the Office of the Vice President, headed of course by "Dead Eye" Dick Cheney. As disclosed in today's WaPo, the Dick branch is refusing to follow rules set by the Executive branch (you know, the Decider) for reporting on classified materials to the National Archives. The Dick was so upset over the bothersome requests to report that they tried to get the offending office in the National Archives abolished. Now that Congressman Waxman's committee in the Legislative branch is seeking documents from them, The Dick is arguing that they're not governed by things like "rules". This may all end up in the Judiciary branch, which may have things to say about The Dick branch. (Photo: Dead Eye peeved that someone's asking him to follow "rules")
