US Government: Three Branches, Four Stooges

What Would John Wayne Do notes:

According to retired Justice Sandra Day O'Conner, the growing ignorance of the up coming generations on how our government operates will cause the problems with government to escalate in the future.

She added in her 12-minute speech that surveys have shown fewer teenagers can identify the three branches of government than can name the Three Stooges.

If more kids know the names of the Three Stooges (Larry, Curly, Moe, and Shemp) than the three branches of government then I have no problem with them calling the branches Larry, Curly, Shemp and Moe.

"How does that work, Wolf?" you ask.

Moe is the Executive because he's the leader. And he's the biggest jerk in the room whom the others are scared of.

Larry is the Judiciary because he's the one with the crazy Sandra Day O'Conner hair and the crazy Marty Feldman eyes who has secret stuff going on inside that you don't want to know. You don't want to know how the Judiciary comes up with their crazy eye-deas either.

Curly and Shemp are the Legislature because it's bicameral and there are two of them. One frightening and insane like a sinister clown (Curly, House) and one merely frightening and slow, or should I say "special" (Shemp, Senate).

Three Branches, Four Stooges. It tells you most of what you need to know about how the US government works. With the bonus being that if you start by believing that 3=4 then you can also understand how the government comes up with its budget.


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