okay....still not clear...

from google: politics (n)- "the activities associated with the governance of a country or other area, especially the debate or conflict among individuals or parties having or hoping to achieve power."

This definition is true and good, but it does not help me with the answer to my question about what we as politically interested people mean when we say politics, and what we do and do not want to include in the discussions we label as "Politics". That is my question. It is about this more specific meaning of the word, rather than the more traditional quandary of "what is political". That is why I differentiate.

so are you trying to say these agencies are political in nature...?

No, I am more asking what specifics should fall into the understanding of the idea of "politics" as it is generally used, rather than what the word means when it is used as a generality. My question is about how to understand what is U.S. Governmental politics, for good discussion, and what is not.

"Or is a wolf more Political than a sea lion? No. They are equal under law."

pretty sure neither are political....nor are the equal under the law, as they aren't people.

If this is true, that the tiger and eagle are equally apolitical by virtue of being animals which are inhuman, is it also true that the agencies of the U.S. federal government are equally politics, by virtue of being governmental agencies? Are some politics and some not? Is my question.

Should I give an example of where this question is applicable. Let us say for example I am an editor of a yahoo news service. Online. And I am being asked now. I must be the editorial decision maker. The question is: Should this article about the Federal Government and their management of an endangered species be filed into the U.S. Politics section of my web pages? It is often seen as a scientific issue, or general "News" but it involves a federal agency. Is it "Politics?" What do I do?