01 of 04 What Is Politics? A little boy goes to his dad and asks, "What is politics?" Dad says, "Well son, let me try to explain it this way: I'm the breadwinner of the family, so let's call me capitalism. Your Mom, she's the administrator of the money, so we'll call her the Government. We're here to take care of your needs, so we'll call you the people. The nanny, we'll consider her the Working Class. And your baby brother, we'll call him the Future. Now, think about that and see if that makes sense," So the little boy goes off to bed thinking about what dad had said. Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up to check on him. He finds that the baby has severely soiled his diaper. So the little boy goes to his parents' room and finds his mother sound asleep. Not wanting to wake her, he goes to the nanny's room. Finding the door locked, he peeks in the keyhole and sees his father in bed with the nanny. He gives up and goes back to bed. The next morning, the little boy says to his father, "Dad, I think I understand the concept of politics now." The father says, "Good son, tell me in your own words what you think politics is all about." The little boy replies, "Well, while Capitalism is screwing the Working Class, the Government is sound asleep, the People are being ignored and the Future is in deep poo."

02 of 04 Cows & Politics Explained A CHRISTIAN DEMOCRAT: You have two cows. You keep one and give one to your neighbor.



A SOCIALIST: You have two cows. The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor.



AN AMERICAN REPUBLICAN: You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. So what?



AN AMERICAN DEMOCRAT: You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. You feel guilty for being successful. You vote people into office who tax your cows, forcing you to sell one to raise money to pay the tax. The people you voted for then take the tax money and buy a cow and give it to your neighbor. You feel righteous.



A COMMUNIST: You have two cows. The government seizes both and provides you with milk.



A FASCIST: You have two cows. The government seizes both and sells you the milk. You join the underground and start a campaign of sabotage.



DEMOCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE: You have two cows. The government taxes you to the point you have to sell both to support a man in a foreign country who has only one cow, which was a gift from your government.



CAPITALISM, AMERICAN STYLE: You have two cows. You sell one, buy a bull, and build a herd of cows.



BUREAUCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE: You have two cows. The government takes them both, shoots one, milks the other, pays you for the milk, then pours the milk down the drain.



AN AMERICAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. You are surprised when the cow drops dead.



A FRENCH CORPORATION: You have two cows. You go on strike because you want three cows.



A JAPANESE CORPORATION: You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create clever cow cartoon images called Cowkimon and market them World-Wide.



A GERMAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You reengineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.



A BRITISH CORPORATION: You have two cows. They are mad. They die. Pass the shepherd's pie, please.



AN ITALIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows, but you don't know where they are. You break for lunch.



A RUSSIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you have 12 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka.



A SWISS CORPORATION: You have 5000 cows, none of which belong to you. You charge others for storing them.



A BRAZILIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You enter into a partnership with an American corporation. Soon you have 1000 cows and the American corporation declares bankruptcy.



AN INDIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You worship both of them.



A CHINESE CORPORATION: You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim full employment, high bovine productivity, and arrest the newsman who reported on them.



AN ISRAELI CORPORATION: There are these two Jewish cows, right? They open a milk factory, an ice cream store, and then sell the movie rights. They send their calves to Harvard to become doctors. So, who needs people?



AN ARKANSAS CORPORATION: You have two cows. That one on the left is kinda cute.

03 of 04 Three Brazilian Soldiers Donald Rumsfeld is giving the president his daily briefing. He concludes by saying: "Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed."



"OH NO!" the President exclaims. "That's terrible!"



His staff sits stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the President sits, head in hands.



Finally, the President looks up and asks, "How many is a brazillion?"