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Title: True Tale?
Post by: DREDIOCK on July 16, 2005, 12:06:13 AM

Got this in the mail. Anyone know how many of these claims really are true?

_____________________________ _______________________

Can you imagine working for a company that has a little more than 500 employees and has the following statistics:
29 have been accused of spousal abuse
7 have been arrested for fraud
19 have been accused of writing bad checks
117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses
3 have done time for assault
71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit
14 have been arrested on drug-related charges
8 have been arrested for shoplifting
21 are currently defendants in lawsuits
84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year
Can you guess which organization this is?

Give up yet?

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It's the 535 members of the United States Congress. The same group of idiots that crank out hundreds of new laws each year designed to keep the rest of us in line. You've gotta pass this one on!

Title: True Tale?
Post by: Dead Man Flying on July 16, 2005, 12:12:16 AM

I really doubt this is true.

-- Todd/Leviathn

Title: True Tale?
Post by: Nash on July 16, 2005, 12:29:19 AM

Hasn't Sandy or someone Snoped this already?

It's like the 2 billion hundred thousandth time this has been posted here.

Title: True Tale?
Post by: DREDIOCK on July 16, 2005, 12:35:43 AM

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Originally posted by Nash
Hasn't Sandy or someone Snoped this already?

It's like the 2 billion hundred thousandth time this has been posted here.

Dunno. thats why I'm ask'n
really? Musta been away those 2 billion thousand days and missed em LOL

Title: True Tale?
Post by: kevykev56 on July 16, 2005, 12:45:57 AM

Snopes doesnt say its false.


http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/congress.htm (http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/congress.htm)

Title: True Tale?
Post by: Sandman on July 16, 2005, 11:21:01 AM

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Originally posted by Nash
Hasn't Sandy or someone Snoped this already?

Yes, he did. ;)

Title: True Tale?
Post by: Dead Man Flying on July 16, 2005, 11:41:50 AM

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Originally posted by kevykev56
Snopes doesnt say its false.

Don't confuse that with meaning that it could be true.  Basically, Snopes states the the categories are so incredibly vague that they have no way of confirming or denying them since they have no standard by which to compare members of Congress to one another.  As such, they don't even bother to really test the statements made since they have no way to test them.

-- Todd/Leviathn