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Thu Dec 29, 2011, 03:45 PM

WinkyDink (37,068 posts)

62. Cheney thinks there are four. He was the 4th. NOT JOKING.

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http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3316434&page=1

quick civics quiz: Is the vice president part of the executive branch? You might think the answer is obvious, but apparently nA ot to Vice President Dick Cheney.

The man a heartbeat away from the Oval Office asserts that some rules that apply to everyone else in the executive branch do not apply to him.

Cheney has refused to comply with a request from the National Archives to hand over classified documents. The vice president's office insists that, unlike every other employee of the executive branch, that rule does not include him and his staff.

At a White House briefing, deputy press secretary Dana Perino was asked if the president believes Cheney is part of the executive branch.

"I think that's an interesting constitutional question, and I think that lots of people can debate it," Perino said.

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65 replies	Author	Time	Post
Only 1 in 3 American adults can name all three branches of government... [View all]	ellisonz	Dec 2011	OP
The humanities suffer; Math and Science are all that anyone care about	REP	Dec 2011	#1
yeah, but are people better in math and science ?	JI7	Dec 2011	#2
More time is devoted to it in K-12	REP	Dec 2011	#12
Here's the link:	KatyaR	Dec 2011	#27
NCLB mandated testing for Reading and Math ONLY...	YvonneCa	Dec 2011	#39
Math and Science may be "fetishized"	fujiyama	Dec 2011	#52
You wouldn't believe how many republican	B Calm	Dec 2011	#3
It's a good tactic...	ellisonz	Dec 2011	#4
I'll have to remember asking them when confronted.	LiberalFighter	Dec 2011	#37
Lemme see: Oak, Pine and Ash! So there, three branches	rustydog	Dec 2011	#46
Abc. NBC, and Fox.	ChairmanAgnostic	Dec 2011	#5
Legislative, the Executive and Corporate branches? nt	bowens43	Dec 2011	#6
I sent out some Tweets to educate my Twitter followers :)	Tx4obama	Dec 2011	#7
It's posts like this that make me wish...	ellisonz	Dec 2011	#9
Here ya go - just highlight the image, copy it, and save it somewhere	Tx4obama	Dec 2011	#15
This is true.	ellisonz	Dec 2011	#50
a public service	barbtries	Dec 2011	#11
Not nearly enough, only 1,640. n/t	Tx4obama	Dec 2011	#13
Not bad... I could tweet the cure for cancer in my	Glassunion	Dec 2011	#45
i believe the ptb want it this way.	barbtries	Dec 2011	#8
I think you're correct!	City Lights	Dec 2011	#25
This message was self-deleted by its author	Tesha	Dec 2011	#10
Right. That tends to get forgotten.	enough	Dec 2011	#19
She wanted to resign to take care of her husband (he had	tblue37	Dec 2011	#56
I couldn't agree more!	City Lights	Dec 2011	#24
Hyde on the 70's Show said the real branches of Government are	Ichingcarpenter	Dec 2011	#14
that sounds about right.	Soylent Brice	Dec 2011	#34
How about, The Military, The Corporations, and The Media? nt	Ilsa	Dec 2011	#43
When all they do in schools is teach how to take the standardized tests.	hobbit709	Dec 2011	#16
This is a freakin sad state of our country and may explain the dumb signs at the Tea party events.	Justice wanted	Dec 2011	#17
Understanding How Government Works Is Disdained...	KharmaTrain	Dec 2011	#18
This message was self-deleted by its author	HereSince1628	Dec 2011	#20
Three branches: Corporate, Military and Media Monopoly	Ichingcarpenter	Dec 2011	#21
What gets me is when the answer is "The White House, HOR, and Senate".	HopeHoops	Dec 2011	#22
Oh come on, that's easy. It's the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria. n/t	VWolf	Dec 2011	#23
No it's not--it's Larry, Curley, and Moe.	asjr	Dec 2011	#26
Most people can't even name their congressional district or their representative	tjwash	Dec 2011	#28
Easy question	SOS	Dec 2011	#29
I don't KNOW that this is the MOST critical information	Land Shark	Dec 2011	#30
but it's such a basic thing, i don't know anyone who would understand those other things you mention	JI7	Dec 2011	#32
In general, we need words to think clearly. Having words to label something	tblue37	Dec 2011	#57
It's awful, isn't it.	MineralMan	Dec 2011	#31
i never got that, these classes were one area where you can show current examples	JI7	Dec 2011	#33
Correct	ellisonz	Dec 2011	#51
Rick Perry can name two of them.	DavidDvorkin	Dec 2011	#35
Damn	tawadi	Dec 2011	#49
:)	DavidDvorkin	Dec 2011	#59
Wall Street, Big Oil and the NRA.	Glassunion	Dec 2011	#36
I believe you are the winner	Control-Z	Dec 2011	#41
The dumbing down of America - for real.	CakeGrrl	Dec 2011	#38
So are you sayng 1 in 3 American adults are not teabaggers?	William769	Dec 2011	#40
This is pathetic	The Genealogist	Dec 2011	#42
It's tertiary in that there's no test for it.	ellisonz	Dec 2011	#53
I did	The Genealogist	Dec 2011	#61
HAHAHAHA!!!!	Cali_Democrat	Dec 2011	#44
It's really not funny.	ellisonz	Dec 2011	#54
Their ignorance is forgivable. I, myself, thought the three branches were ...	T S Justly	Dec 2011	#47
The Republican presidential candidates speak as though they can	tblue37	Dec 2011	#48
+1000	ellisonz	Dec 2011	#55
I thought there were no longer 3 branches: just the crazy US House of Representatives	frazzled	Dec 2011	#58
and yet how many can name all the football teams within every division! It's amazing	book_worm	Dec 2011	#60
Cheney thinks there are four. He was the 4th. NOT JOKING.	WinkyDink	Dec 2011	#62
This is exactly what we are up against	NNN0LHI	Dec 2011	#63
2 in 3 Americans can't find their ass with both hands. nt	Javaman	Dec 2011	#64
So? They can name all three of the eldest Kardashian sisters.	Arugula Latte	Dec 2011	#65

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