"a to the motherfucking k"/: latour on weapons

[Otto Sell]

>
>
> What's the source on this?  Having worked for the US Congress, I'm willing
> to bet much of it is untrue.  Smells like political urban legend to me.
>
> Mitchell Coffey
>
>
> Otto
>
> Cannot resist passing this along:
>
> > WOW!
> > This is frightening!!
> > 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 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 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit
> > *14 have been arrested on drug-related charges
> > *8 have been arrested for shop lifting!
> > *21 are currently defendants in lawsuits
> > *84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year
> >
> > Can you guess which organization this is?
> >
> > Give up yet?
> >
> > It's the 535 members of the United States Congress.
> > The same group that crank out hundreds of new laws each year designed to
> keep the rest of us in line.
> >
> >

The source is an obscure German guy who lives in Bangkok so my opening line
"Cannot resist passing this along" means that the statistics is mainly meant
ironically, though I did not question its accuracy.

Due to my experience with German politicians, especially right-winged
Bavarians or Kohlists who are very active in the war on drugs, there seems
to be a tendency that the ones who make the laws think that they are
standing above it. You can kill somebody by driving drunk in Bavaria, but
you won't go to jail and the party won't drop you but will give you another
job, like the example of ex-CSU General Secretary Otto Wiesheu proves.

Provoked by this case "Der Spiegel" once made a similar statistics on German
MP's so I believed the percentages of the 555 and I have no doubts that if
you're not a good lawyer or teacher and/or you got financial trouble because
you drink too much you should best join a party, become politician and tell
all the others what to do.

The real "urban legends" are the politicians' promises to work for the
people who elected them.

Otto

"Let me tell you about Florida politicians. I make them out of whole cloth,
just like a tailor makes a suit. I get their name in the
newspaper. I get them some publicity and get them on the ballot. Then after
the election, we count the votes. And if they dont turn out right we recount
them. And recount them again. Until they do."
(Edward G. Robinson in "Key Largo")

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