Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Fw: Fwd: Fw: I ask you to send this on

[Larry (l02turner]

Thanks Steve - I wish I'd thought about Snopes before I sent it out!

My apologies!

re the Healthcare reform - I must admit I didn't see this as a Anti-Obama 
Healthcare email.  I interpreted it as being a demand that Congress not 
exempt itself from laws others must obey.

I guess we've heard of so many congressional abuses it's easy to believe the 
comments about student loans and being
exempt from some laws.

But evidently it was true at some point because the Congressional 
Accountability Act of 1995 reversed some abuses as told by Snopes.  (I found 
it's difficult/impossible to copy/paste Snope webpages or I would have 
pasted the relevant comment here).

Again - I'm sorry and I promise to try and be aware of the need to Snopes 
anything outrageous and to remember that when *anything* says "Please 
Forward" that I should be very suspicious!

Sorry -

Larry
-----Original Message----- 
From: Steve Jenkins
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 8:47 PM
To: 'Larry'
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: RE: [Ferrari] Fw: Fwd: Fw: I ask you to send this on

Did anyone even think to verify anything of this before forwarding it and/or 
discussing it?

http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/studentloans.asp

http://www.snopes.com/politics/medical/28thamendment.asp

This email is just a hodge-podge of others email hoaxes that have been 
floating around for years. Iâm sympathetic to the plight of our veterans, 
and no lover of big government, and I commend Larry's enthusiasm, but I 
recommend that before anyone forwards any emails to anyone ever, they check 
Snopes.com first.

SteveJ

From: Larry [mailto:l02turner [at] comcast.net]
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 12:44 PM
To: Steve Jenkins
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: [Ferrari] Fw: Fwd: Fw: I ask you to send this on

This is not something for or against any particular party or 
administration â I hope you will read it & pass it on.
I have refrained from sending Non-topic email for a long time â this may be 
off topic but it is important â I hope you will pass it on.    Itâs 
important for all to see the nonsense going on in congress so we can demand 
they make changes.

The photos may get stripped â they show a disfigured Marine being awarded a 
medal for Valor.  The text below should make it through I hope.

Chastise me if you must...

Thank you  -
Larry