[Vision2020] FWD: Hummm

[Dan Carscallen]

This has been floating around for at least 5 years, according to Snopes:

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

DC

-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com
[mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of Scott Dredge
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 11:50 PM
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] FWD: Hummm


The exact post is duplicated all over the internet. 
Which newspaper(s) did it appear?  These stats are not accurate.

-Scott

--- Donovan Arnold <donovanarnold at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Newspapers
> 
> >From: "Art Deco aka W. Fox" <deco at moscow.com>
> >To: "Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> >Subject: Re: [Vision2020] FWD: Hummm
> >Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 19:47:31 -0800
> >
> >Donovan,
> >
> >What is the source of this information and where
> can the details be found?
> >
> >Wayne
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: Donovan Arnold
> >   To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> >   Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 6:55 PM
> >   Subject: [Vision2020] FWD: Hummm
> >
> >
> >   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?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >   It's the 535 members of the United States
> Congress. The same group
> >   that crank out hundreds of new laws each year
> designed to keep the rest
> >of
> >   us in line.
> >
> >
> >   You gotta pass this on.....
> >
> >
> >  
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