A friend of mine brought this to my attention today.
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 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.
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?
It's the 535 members of the Houses of Parliament. The same group that cranks out hundreds of new laws each year designed to keep the rest of us in line!
No wonder that the system seems to favour the bad guys is it?
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Great information PC Fact. But any chance of a source? I'd like to be able to quote this to... ahem... friends... but I'd also like to be able to back it up.
Cheers
PTPM
Franky, I am pulling rank! I noted your comment about my tail and It is rather well hidden my friend. Consider yourself, erm, posted or transferred forthwith to the seaside in the Algarve! Be safe bro!
can I get a job there?
Franky. Hope you don't mind, I have posted a link to this on my blog today.
Cheers.
Erm...this is a total urban legend.
If you peek into Google, you'll see that this has been a "description" of nearly every established democratic house, including the House of Representatives in the US, the Canadian Parliament, the French Parliament...the only things that they change are the numbers involved.
It's just another random circular email that some loon puts out on the 'net.
Take a look and read at this. Chicago Police Officer responds to a disturbacne by himself and shoots and kills and unarmed citizen with absolutely no cause. The Chicago Police Department then attempts to conceal the murder. The video and the accompanying article explain it all in depth. What are your comments in the UK?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNQnqwxy9Vc
http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/killedoncamera/
Chicago Police Officer beats female Polish bartender severly after she refuses more free alcohol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz6YJtnLtus
Anon, this may well come as a surprise. This is a UK blog nobody really cares much about what the Police get up to in Chicago. Stop annoying people on this and other UK Police related sites. Complain to someone who has some control over the events in Chicago. Please (no really) go away.
franky,
come over & see the folks.
Astounding ... all others who should be publicly accountable are pestered by non operational clip board carriers who's sole task is to kick the arse out of morale !! As a nation why do we put up with this ...
Regardless of whether these numbers are spot on the money or a load of made up tripe, there's no doubt that the bunch we've got in Parliament aren't always as squeeky clean as they like to make out.
Cash for Honours? Stroll across Hampstead Heath in the dark? Mortgage and passport fraud? More affairs than a Jilly Cooper novel.
I actually don't care that much if they are crooked as long as a) they don't act all righteous and b) they managed to do a half decent job.
Anon - you've posted this on my blog too, and I replied. What do you want us to do? I could write to the Chicago PD but I doubt they'd listen. It is an interesting and bizarre story but I am unsure of the relevance...? Please enlighten!
Cheers old pip, PC Bitseach
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