Can you imagine working for the following Company ?

[ozarky]

Can you imagine working for this Company ?

The Company has a little over 500 employees.

29 have been accused of spousal abuse.

7 have been arrested for draud.

19 have been accused of writing bad checks.

117 have bankrupted at least two businesses.

3 have been arrested 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 current defendents in lawsuits. In 1998 alone, 84 were stopped for drunk driving. Can you guess which organization this is ?

It is the 535 members of the United States Congress. The same group that perpetually cranks out hundreds upon hundreds of new laws designed to keep the rest of us in line.

[dexter]

wow, really? our gov't isnt perfect, who wouldve thought that?!? geeze louize ozarky, your really opend it up for me, but on a more serious note,i dont think that that is a very good thing,m but look at the normal public, how many of us have done the same thing, io mean, i beat my spouse all the time(j/k, im not married)

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when christianity ruled the world, it was called the dark ages.

-dexter (nimrod242 :aol sn)

[Oxygen]

I would offer an alternative company to run the country. The last thing upper management cares about is what color your skin is or what your gender is...genuinely. All the company itself cares about is how well you do your job, how well you relate to your teammates, and how much you contribute to putting out a good, reliable product. The lines of communication from department to department are so open that anything delivered to an incorrect department soon finds its way into the proper hands. The CEO and his personal staff are not afraid to answer for their actions directly. Although their help desk is undermanned, they recognized the fault are have taken steps to swiftly correct the problem before it escalates. The company is even turning a steady profit.

This company actually exists, and it exists in America. Cypress Semiconductor is a model of accountability and teamwork that many governments could learn from. When Rev. Jesse Jackson came to Silicon Valley and started complaining that not enough minorities were represented on the boards of Silicon Valley companies, the CEO of Cypress rose to his challenge not by proving diversity, but by proving that around here the only color the bigwigs are interested in is gold, as in "How much of it can you make for the company?" Hewlett-Packard broke the glass ceiling not because it was time to have a female CFO, but because the person who qualified the best for the position happened to be a woman. The money was just too important for the old-boy network to worry about things like that.

Perhaps we need to pick our officials not from the ranks of the jolly good chums from Harvard or Yale, but from the best and brightest that have proven that they can take a grain of sand and turn it into the future.

[Fukushi]

and,...? Has there been any change?

[Alejandro]

Can you imagine working for this Company ?

The Company has a little over 500 employees.

29 have been accused of spousal abuse.

7 have been arrested for draud.

19 have been accused of writing bad checks.

117 have bankrupted at least two businesses.

3 have been arrested 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 current defendents in lawsuits. In 1998 alone, 84 were stopped for drunk driving. Can you guess which organization this is ?

It is the 535 members of the United States Congress. The same group that perpetually cranks out hundreds upon hundreds of new laws designed to keep the rest of us in line.

Where did you get this information from?

[Cottontop3000]

Yes, though I don't doubt it, I'd like a reference for it too.

[Ophiolite]

29 have been accused of spousal abuse. The operative word is accused, not convicted.

7 have been arrested for draud. Perhaps it wasn't fraud, but an accidental spelling error.

19 have been accused of writing bad checks.The operative word is accused, not convicted.

117 have bankrupted at least two businesses. Where are the references. Were they, perhaps, the sole owner and employee of a one man business?

3 have been arrested for assault. Which can include bad mouthing a cop, or standing your ground on a peace march. Arrested, not charged.

71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit. The cost of getting into Congress in order to serve one's country is so high it hardly surprsing it puts some indivduals in serious financial straights.

14 have been arrested on drug-related charges. Arrested, not charged. Drug related is not the same as selling cocaine on the streets.

8 have been arrested for shoplifting. Only eight? Arrested not charged.

21 are current defendents in lawsuits. Wow. People don't like Congressmen. What a revelation.

In 1998 alone, 84 were stopped for drunk driving. I have been stopped for drunk driving three times. I was not charged on any of those occasions as I had not been drinking.

Correct me if I am mistaken. I understood that under the American Legal system one was innocent until proven guilty. This isn't a court of law, but would you care to prove any of the above allegations means what you impied it meant.

[Fukushi]

Bush hasn't been arrested either for his crimes,....but that's only my opinion

Note that it does matter for some :)

[rhymer]

Obituary of the late Mr. Common Sense

'Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was,
since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as: Knowing when to come in out of the rain;
why the early bird gets the worm;
Life isn't always fair; and maybe it was my fault.
Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more
than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children, are in
charge).

His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but
overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a 6-year-old boy
charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended
from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for
reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.
Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children.

It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer sun lotion or an Elastoplast to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.

Common Sense lost the will to live as the Ten Commandments became contraband; churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims. Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar
could sue you for assault.

Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.
Common Sense was preceded in death by his parents, Truth and Trust; his
wife, Discretion; his daughter, Responsibility; and his son, Reason. He is survived by his 4 stepbrothers; I Know My Rights, I Want It Now, Someone Else Is To Blame, and I'm A Victim.
Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone. If you still remember him, pass this on. If not, join the majority and do nothing.'
And a little extra........................
Can you imagine working for a company that has a little more than 600
employees and has the following statistics?
29 have been accused of spouse abuse
7 have been arrested for fraud
19 have been accused of writing bad cheques
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
4 have been arrested on drug-related charges
8 have been arrested for shoplifting
21 are currently defendants in lawsuits
84 have been arrested for drink driving in the last year

Which organization is this?
It's the 635 members of the House of Commons, the same group that cranks
out hundreds of new laws each year designed to keep the rest of us in line.

[spidergoat]

Ironic, since that makes no sense.

[iceaura]

Odd that the US Congress and the House of Commons have exactly the same number of check kiters and wife beaters.

[Michael]

Can you imagine working for this Company ?

The Company has a little over 500 employees.

29 have been accused of spousal abuse.

7 have been arrested for draud.

19 have been accused of writing bad checks.

117 have bankrupted at least two businesses.

3 have been arrested 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 current defendents in lawsuits. Yeah, looks like a pretty good reflection of American Society. I'd say things are working.

[rhymer]

Common sense is still alive!
Dissatisfied people in at least two countries (one of which must be the copier) came to the wrong conclusion.

[Echo3Romeo]

http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/congress.asp

[John99]

Where did you get this information from?

Thats a good question.:)

[Norsefire]

The mere fact of there being government in the United States completely goes against the point of "freedom". The President has more power than a common man on the street, and although he is elected, if only 51% vote for him, the other 49% can be miserable and it would not matter.

It is not surprising that Government corrupts people, nor that those people were corrupt. Only a sage (Confucius's version of the ideal man) could hold such power without corruption

Benevolence, integrity, and morality together are hard to find in people.

[Arsalan]

Haha ya i read that ages ago. Still damned interesting though!

[Challenger78]

interesting, I suppose all were hypocrites at one time or another.

[Fraggle Rocker]

Perhaps we need to pick our officials not from the ranks of the jolly good chums from Harvard or Yale, but from the best and brightest that have proven that they can take a grain of sand and turn it into the future.The problem is in the way they're chosen, not in the pool from which they're chosen. They are selected by winning a long series of popularity contests, each of which eliminates a competitor. The length of the series leading up to a city council election is rather short and in small towns you find some surprisingly honest and competent people on the council. But as you work your way up to the statehouse and then to Washington, pressure to compete increases. Eventually there are only two attributes that matter in a national election: Competitiveness and the lust for power.

The same thing can happen in larger corporations. But in smaller companies the path is shorter, and dedicated, competent, visionary people can be found running smaller companies. Where did you get this information from?It's been around for years, keeps getting updated with every election, when the numbers change. I haven't seen the source data but I also have never seen anyone challenge the figures. They certainly look reasonable for a sample of 535 people. As Ophi pointed out, many of these accusations are unfair, especially "accused of" or "arrested for." People love to pick on the mighty.

[iceaura]

I haven't seen the source data but I also have never seen anyone challenge the figures. They certainly look reasonable for a sample of 535 people. They've got exactly the same crime numbers for the US Congress and the British House of Commons.

AFAIK not a single one of those crimes or issues is attributable to the 2%+ of Congress that hails from my state.

Those numbers look pretty dubious - except the defendant in a lawsuit percentage, which among a bunch of lawyers and businessmen in that arena (bankrupted businessmen, no less) is pretty low - for the US. Maybe the original guesswork was British ?

[Stryder]

They've got exactly the same crime numbers for the US Congress and the British House of Commons.

AFAIK not a single one of those crimes or issues is attributable to the 2%+ of Congress that hails from my state.

Those numbers look pretty dubious - except the defendant in a lawsuit percentage, which among a bunch of lawyers and businessmen in that arena (bankrupted businessmen, no less) is pretty low - for the US. Maybe the original guesswork was British ?

I doubt Brits would apply those Figures to the US, We've already got our own house to jeer at and the figures are definitely worse.