response 168 of 203:

Mar 16 13:18 UTC 2006

In 1998...

The qualities of leadership

Can you imagine working at the following Company? It has a little over 500
employees with 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 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 defendants in lawsuits
In 1998 alone, 84 were stopped for drunk driving

Can you guess which organization this is?

Give up?

It's 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.

response 170 of 203:

Mar 16 14:36 UTC 2006

I outgrew political correctness.

response 172 of 203:

Mar 16 14:58 UTC 2006

That information is probably out of date, if it was ever correct.  What
would be really interesting is a breakdown by name, district and party.

response 174 of 203:

Mar 16 15:02 UTC 2006

Besides bankrupting a business isnt necessarily a bad thing. A lot of 
successful business people failed at business before they were 
ultimately successful. Some people do learn from their miskakes

response 176 of 203:

Mar 16 17:17 UTC 2006

"The 535 men and women (100 Senators and 435 Representatives) who 
comprise the United States Congress are the core of our democratic 
system   the people we elect (and pay) to represent us to our federal 
government and make the laws that regulate our society. We therefore 
somewhat unrealistically expect them to be paragons of virtue, selfless 
public servants dedicated to the task of making our country a better 
place for everyone, into whose heads the very thought of wrongdoing 
never intrudes. Congressmen are mere human beings, however, and so some 
of them exhibit the same flawed behaviors as some of us: they lie, they 
steal, they cheat on their spouses, they put personal gain ahead of 
public service, they line their pockets at the expense of those whom 
they are supposed to serve, etc. None of this should be surprising to 
anyone but the most naive among us. What is surprising is that so many 
people willingly circulate the above-cited piece of cheap, inflammatory 
tripe expecting it to be taken seriously. . . "

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/congress.htm

response 178 of 203:

Mar 16 21:03 UTC 2006

What left out of the list in #168 is that *more* than 50% of them are
Republicans!

response 180 of 203:

Mar 16 22:58 UTC 2006

*yawn*

Care to back that up with evidence Rane?

response 182 of 203:

Mar 17 00:07 UTC 2006

I'll take that as a no.

response 184 of 203:

Mar 17 00:33 UTC 2006

whoa.

jvmv's jokes were the only good ones.  i liked the american beer one.

response 186 of 203:

Mar 17 00:47 UTC 2006

that's not too bad.  short and sweet.

response 188 of 203:

Mar 17 07:49 UTC 2006

Here's a list of optimistic pre-war predictions about Iraq by pundits:   
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2842   
A lot of the ones from smug conservatives are funny in a dark sort of   
way, for example:   
   
"The war was the hard part. The hard part was putting together a   
coalition, getting 300,000 troops over there and all their equipment   
and winning. And it gets easier. I mean, setting up a democracy is   
hard, but it is not as hard as winning a war."   
(Fox News Channel's Fred Barnes, 4/10/03) 
 
"What's he going to talk about a year from now, the fact that the war 
went too well and it's over? I mean, don't these things sort of lose 
their--Isn't there a fresh date on some of these debate points?" 
(MSNBC's Chris Matthews, speaking about Howard Dean--4/9/03)    
   
"Over the next couple of weeks when we find the chemical weapons this  
guy was amassing, the fact that this war was attacked by the left and  
so the right was so vindicated, I think, really means that the left is  
going to have to hang its head for three or four more years."  
(Fox News Channel's Dick Morris, 4/9/03)  
  
  

response 190 of 203:

Mar 17 15:34 UTC 2006

comedians have been having a field day with Brokeback Mountain: 

Conan O'Brien

"Today, the controversial new movie Brokeback Mountain opens, about two
gay cowboys. Apparently, you can tell the characters are gay because
they're dressed like cowboys."





:)

response 192 of 203:

Mar 17 17:24 UTC 2006

This horse walks into a bar, and the bartender says, "Hey buddy, why the
long face?"