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information
on these meaningless numbers:
Tom
At 4/7/2006 12:44 PM, you wrote:
>NBA OR NFL?
>
>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
>within the last year
>
>
>
>Can
>you guess which organization this is? NBA? NFL?
>
>
>
>Give up?
>
>
>Neither.
>It's the 535 members of
>the United States Congress.
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