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March 23, 2010, 2:50 pm

Via Katherine Mangu-Ward, word count by Pew Research when Americans are asked about Congress

This would make a great piece of modern art to put on the walls of the Rotunda.

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Category: Government

9 Comments

  1. Greg:

    Heh. Thanks, I needed that. :)

    March 23, 2010, 7:40 pm

  2. randomscrub:

    It says "lazy," "do-nothing," "divided," and "disorganized" like they're bad things. I prefer my Congress gridlocked and ineffective, thank you much!

    March 23, 2010, 8:25 pm

  3. gep:

    I would prefer it on jumbo screens in DC, so we could update them from time to time.

    March 23, 2010, 8:44 pm

  4. ilovebenefits:

    Remember the words of Thomas Jefferson, "The government that governs least, governs best." If only these words were true! http://www.ilovebenefits.icbn1.com

    March 24, 2010, 12:46 am

  5. IgotBupkis:

    Reason should sell it as a poster.

    March 24, 2010, 1:17 am

  6. methinks:

    I disagree. They are not "ineffective".

    They just effected all over us pretty effectively. We only wish they were ineffective. Did y'all catch the human prop at the signing of all that effectiveness?

    March 24, 2010, 10:59 am

  7. Jess:

    "Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one." - Thomas Paine

    March 24, 2010, 1:08 pm

  8. Elliot:

    My favorite five words of the constitution:

    "Congress shall pass no law..."

    Shame they couldn't leave it at that.

    E

    March 24, 2010, 4:20 pm

  9. IgotBupkis:

    > They just effected all over us pretty effectively.

    I think the bolded word you're actually looking for there is "excreted".

    And I think somewhere they got the mistaken idea that "effluent*" was synonymous with "affluent", and that effluence for the people was a good thing.

    ...but I could be wrong there.

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    *Esp. sense "4"

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    March 25, 2010, 6:22 pm