joke sent to me via email, cannot verify its veracity

[steve2470]

"Can you imagine working for a company that has a little more than 500 employees and has the following statistics:

It Must Be The NBA.

36 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, repeat 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 currently are defendants in lawsuits. And

84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year

Can you guess which organization this is?

Give up yet? . . Scroll down, citizen!

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 gotta pass this one on."

[mcscajun]

1. Always check with Snopes first

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

[Eric J in MN]

3. you beat me to it (nt)

nt

[Eric J in MN]

2. Snopes debunking

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

[Eric J in MN]

4. I don't believe that "8 have been arrested for shoplifting "

We would be able to name at least one if that were true.

[steve2470]

5. sorry folks, thanks for the debunking nt

[oasis]

6. Not valid, the list didn't include Joe Scarburough's murder of one of his

staffers.