From: Miriam English (miriam@werple.net.au)
Date: Fri Nov 16 2001 - 19:35:51 MST
Thanks Pat for pointing out that link.
I can't believe I fell prey to such sucker bait and polluted this list with
it. My bullshit detector seems to be overdue for its periodic overhaul.
My apologies to this list for my uncritical post.
Cheers,
- Miriam
At 07:38 AM 17/11/2001, inniss@sprynet.com wrote:
>That one's been around for a while. Check out
>
>http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/congress.htm
>
>Regards,
>
>Pat Inniss
>inniss@sprynet.com
>http://home.sprynet.com/~inniss
>
>Hal wrote:
> > Miriam forwards:
> > 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
> > ...
> > *84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year
> > Can you guess which organization this is?
> > ...
> > Its the 535 members of the United States Congress.
>
>Can you or anyone else offer substantiation for these figures?
>
>Hal
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