Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna

If it was only 79 in Illinois in the last 35 years, that's not too bad. The count would be at least that high for the U.S. Congress. The last time I did a count for investigations and indictments of Congressmen and Senators, it was about 20--and that was just in the last eight years. If we went back 35 years the list of Congressional perpatrators would be at least as long as Illinois, I'm sure.

Not worth the effort though. However close it might be to 79, it's still too depressing.