Syria is now bragging about Member of the Syrian (rubber stamp) parliament, Diyab Al-Mashi. The dude is around 83, and has been a member since 1954. He is being promoted for a Guinness as "the longest serving member of parliament" worldwide. Are Syrian media learning from rankings of An-Nahar's silly standards? And most importantly, it is not true. Sen. Robert Byrd, for example, has been in Congress since 1952 for example (after serving in the KKK of course).