Congress and Laptops

[PurpleInMEM]

Wtfc

...According to an investigation by Capitol Hill Blue, an online publication that covers federal politics, a remarkable number of U.S. Representatives and U.S. Senators may have spent as much time in a jail cell as on Capitol Hill.

After researching public records, newspaper articles, civil court transcripts, and criminal records, Capitol Hill Blue discovered that:


* 29 members of Congress have been accused of spousal abuse.

...

* And in 1998 alone, 84 were stopped for drunk driving, but released after they claimed Congressional immunity.

So they accurately represent the actions/behaviour of the populace as a whole. Where's the problem? Last I checked, they are humanoid-ish.

Oh, and as far as any "laptop law"...good luck enforcing it. Laws are only laws if the peasants follow them. This will be as effective as highway speed limits or oxygen mask rules.

 

[PA31Driver]

You guys are wasting your time with this. They don't listen and they don't care. Now if your a lobbiest or part of a special interest group they would listen.

We are part of a Special Interest Group...ALPA. They'll listen to us.

(That's sarcasm by the way)

 

[Phrogs4ever]

"Mark Twain once said Congress may be America's only 'distinct criminal class' -- and this new study suggests he was correct," said Steve Dasbach, the party's national director. "If even half these charges are true, expecting Congress to serve as a moral
role model is like asking Bill Clinton to serve as a poster boy for monogamy."

According to an investigation by Capitol Hill Blue, an online publication that covers federal politics, a remarkable number of U.S.
Representatives and U.S. Senators may have spent as much time in a jail cell as on Capitol Hill.

After researching public records, newspaper articles, civil court transcripts, and criminal records, Capitol Hill Blue discovered that:


* 29 members of Congress have been accused of spousal abuse.


* 7 have been arrested for fraud.


* 19 have been accused of writing bad checks.


* 117 have bankrupted at least two businesses.


* 3 have been arrested for assault.


* 71 have credit reports so bad they can't qualify for a
credit card.


* 14 have been arrested on drug-related charges.


* 8 have been arrested for shoplifting.


* 21 are current defendants in lawsuits.


* And in 1998 alone, 84 were stopped for drunk driving, but released after they claimed Congressional immunity.

Interesting stats. Got a link? I couldn't find the reference on capitolhillblue.com.

 

[Fubijaakr]

I can't wait until CVR data is released showing a frigging 90 minute frigging NAP.

Unfortunately, they had a 30 minute loop. The CVR won't tell anything.

 

[GogglesPisano]

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

 

[Dan Roman]

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

Thanks, it's amazing what people will believe when they only listen to what they want to hear.
Talk radio hosts have made millions thanks to the old P.T. Barnum quote "A sucker is born every minute".