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Thread: Bad apple?
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12th October 2006, 02:42 PM #1
Bad apple?
Here's another one that just landed in my email. Now, I can't verify the figures here, so could be a complete beatup, but if it is accurate...:eek:
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Does the following apply to the
ARL OR AFL?
This is good!!!!
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,
Neither, it's the 535 members of
The AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT IN CANBERRA
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!Andy Mac
Change is inevitable, growth is optional.
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12th October 2006, 02:53 PM #2
that was great
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12th October 2006, 02:58 PM #3
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12th October 2006, 03:41 PM #4
I've seen the yank version before. I think it was "the members of the Senate".
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12th October 2006, 03:45 PM #5
House of Reps: 150
Senate: 76
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12th October 2006, 03:58 PM #6
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12th October 2006, 04:39 PM #7
OK, but do we think "our" lot are any better or worse that the seppo's?
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12th October 2006, 04:44 PM #8OK, but do we think "our" lot are any better or worse that the seppo's?
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12th October 2006, 04:51 PM #9
Well, as I half suspected, its a porky...but that's emails for you! Apologies if it's been posted before.
We have have had a couple of cases of drunk pollies driving, maybe nothing over and above the national average, but our biggest problem seems to be with conflict of interest cases. And as for "bankrupting a business", don't CEO's get a bonus for such a thing?? Or is that in spite of it...
Cheers,Andy Mac
Change is inevitable, growth is optional.
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12th October 2006, 05:54 PM #10
The Urban Legends Reference Pages (www.snopes.com) is your friend for sorting out this sort of stuff.
Have a look at:
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/congress.htm
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