Posted on 08/03/2004 9:45:01 AM PDT by dvan
2 TOUGH QUESTIONS
Question 1: If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids already, three who were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally retarded, and she had syphilis, would you recommend that she have an abortion?
Read the next question before looking at the response for this one.
Question 2: It is time to elect a new world leader, and only your vote counts. Here are the facts about the three candidates.
Candidate A. Associates with crooked politicians, and consults with astrologist. He's had two mistresses. He also chain smokes and drinks 8 to 10 martinis a day
Candidate B. He was kicked out of office twice, sleeps until noon, used opium in college and drinks a quart of whiskey every evening.
Candidate C. He is a decorated war hero. He's a vegetarian, doesn't smoke, drinks an occasional beer and never cheated on his wife.Which of these candidates would be your choice?
Decide first... no peeking, then scroll down for the response.
Candidate A is Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Candidate B is Winston Churchill.
Candidate C is Adolph Hitler.
And, by the way, on your answer to the abortion question:
If you said YES, you just killed Beethoven.
Pretty interesting isn't it? Makes a person think before judging someone.
Wait till you see the end of this note! Keep reading...
Never be afraid to try something new.
Remember: Amateurs...built the ark. Professionals...built the Titanic
And Finally, 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 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?
Give up yet?
Urban legend. The answer is supposedly Congress but those stats don't add up.
Must be the house of representatives in Washington!
Congress
Congress!
Its the House of Representatives, but that email is not accurate. While the idea of criminals in the House of Representatives is (obviously) not far-fetched, that above data is not actual fact.
Congress
I don't know how many times this has been posted here. Lots. And yet again I need to educate the poster about question number one. You answer to it, as usual, will be Beethoven's mother. It is patently WRONG. Beethoven had NO siblings who were blind, none who were retarded, his mother did NOT have syphilis, and he actually had only TWO SIBLINGS, (two brothers.) And, he didn't go deaf until much later in life.
I get SO sick of this stupid post! If you're going to keep spreading this tripe, check out the facts.
Perhaps a few FReepers are up to this challenge?
In all seriousness, I would love to run for the US or Ohio House of Representatives. However at 27 I am inexperienced and poorly funded. A guy I used to work with ran in the GOP Primary back in 2000 for our US House district before the districts were re-drawn. He is a heavily libertarian Republican (like Ron Paul) and got 33% of the vote in the primary. He was only 31 years old at the time.
I still have NO PROBLEM using MY JUDGEMENT, right or wrong, one must JUDGE virtually everyday of one's life.
Great Post! BUMP
I don't believe that we as citizens are at fault..Washington/politicians support themselves...even if no one ever voted again, there would still be politicians...they would just elect each other. They see service as a career because it cost so much to get there.
They were married for a little under 30 hours, and 'Dolph was a fruit anyway.
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