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If everyone boycotts buying gasoline on a certain day prices will come down - FALSE
If everyone stops buying from certain refiners, prices will come down - FALSE
Buying gasoline from certain refiners supports terrorism - FALSE
Static electricity can cause fires while pumping gas and cell phones can spark static electricity while pumping gas - TRUE & FALSE
It's dangerous to use cruise control in wet weather - TRUE
Cell phones can be used to unlock electronic locks on car doors - FALSE
Article "What is an American?" was written by an Australian dentist after 9/11 - FALSE
Did a Lt. Layne McDowell really write a letter to the Dixie Chicks after Natalie Maines made comments about Pres. Bush at a concert? YES
Did comedian Dennis Miller really write an article about the Iraq war entitled "Trying to Help?" No
The State of Florida allowed a Muslim woman to have her DL picture taken with a full face covering - FALSE
Actor Robin Williams pens a piece about fixing immigration - FALSE
Did singer Charlie Daniels write a piece about Hollywood liberals? YES
"Hanoi" Jane Fonda is named as one of the top 100 Women of the Century, but Vietnam era POW's tell a different story - PARTLY TRUE, PARTLY FALSE
Actress Cindy Williams wrote an article against military pay raises - FALSE
John Wayne became a Christian 3 weeks before his death thanks to Robert Schuller's daughter - FALSE
Tommy Hilfiger appeared on Oprah and made racist statements - FALSE
Maya Angelou wrote a poem about African-Americans buying clothes & products from Hilfiger & KKK owned companies? FALSE
An inspirational story of Mel Gibson serving as the inspiration for his movie "Man Without A Face" - FALSE
George Carlin wrote a poignant piece called "A Paradox of Our Time." - FALSE
Jane Fonda pulls a "don't you know who I am" at a restaurant and gets told off - DOUBTFUL
A man by the name of Russ Hamblin, a hard-drinking friend of John Wayne's, gives his life to Christ after a Billy Graham crusade and goes on to write Christian songs including, "It Is No Secret." SOME PARTS TRUE, SOME PARTS FALSE
Lee Marvin, Captain Kangaroo and Mr. Rogers were all WAR heroes - 99% false, but Lee Marvin was decorated.
Various allegations about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - SOME PARTS TRUE, SOME PARTS FALSE
Did George Carlin, or Ted Neugent, or Rush Limbaugh or Andy Rooney write a piece called "I Am a Bad American?" FALSE
Target excludes veteran's groups from charitable giving, but does include gay & lesbian causes? FALSE
A disgruntled Neiman-Marcus customer places their cookie recipe on the internet for revenge against a huge charge for the recipe - FALSE
All sort of other uses for Coke prove how nasty and bad for you it really is - FALSE
Kentucky Fried Chicken was forced to change its name to KFC and cease advertising that they sell chicken because they only sell genetically altered organisms - FALSE
ABC wrote a very nasty letter to a viewer who complained about positive treatment of homosexuality in a show - FALSE
Buy pink & white M & M's to help with breast cancer research - Once true and true again
Support Sears because they support military personnel - TRUE, but so do at least 100 other companies
Starbucks writes marines that they won't send them coffee because they don't support the Iraq war - FALSE
Forward email to get money from Bill Gates or AOL or Microsoft - FALSE
Forward email to get a free gift certificate from Applebee's - FALSE
Forward email to get a gift certificate from Cracker Barrel - FALSE
Forward email to get a gift certificate from Victoria's Secret - FALSE
Chain Prayers (not prayer requests)
Inspirational Chains
Illegal Chains
Good/Bad Luck Chains
Hillary Clinton defended a Black Panther accused of murder! FALSE
The Clintons are charging the Secret Service rent to protect them in their NY home - FALSE
Hillary Clinton snubbed a group of Goldstar Mothers and was the only politician to do so - FALSE
Bill Clinton is the first pardoned federal felon to serve as President - FALSE Bill Clinton broke promises to hunt down and bring terrorists to justice - FALSE
Bill Clinton freed Mohammed Atta, the accused 9/11 mastermind, from an Israeli prison - FALSE
A Secret Service agent writes that Hillary Clinton was consistently and constantly rude - DOUBTFUL
Soldier crosses his fingers in picture with Hillary - TRUE
Tale of mall abductions & flat tire killers - FALSE
Men lure women over to smell perfume samples but it is really ether and they knock them out and rob them - FALSE
Don't chat with anyone by the screen name of Slavemaster, Monkeyman or SweetCaliGuy4ver because he's suspected of murdering 56 women - FALSE
When in trouble on the road, use cell phone and dial # 77 or #677 - ONLY IN THE STATES OF MARYLAND & VIRGINIA OR ONTARIO, CANADA
A new carjacking scheme involves putting flyers on the rear windows of vehicles so that people will get out to take them off - FALSE
Will petitioning a British court express outrage or make them reveal the names of two child killers who killed when they were 10 years old and are now to be released anonymously? NOT ANYMORE
Is a serial killer using a ruse of playing a tape of a crying baby to get women to open their door or convincing women to open car doors by claiming they've dropped money? FALSE
Is your personal information encoded on hotel card keys? FALSE
Is a drug called Progesterex being used by rapists to sterilize their victims? FALSE
Do rapists really choose victims by clothing and hair and other criteria? SOME REALLY BAD ANTI-RAPE ADVICE
Missing Children
Dying Children
Forward email to help baby Natalie
Forward email to help Amy Bruce
Forward email to help unnamed child (includes Slow Dance poem)
Forward email to help Rachel Arlington
Amber alert for missing child Penny Brown
Help locate missing child Christopher John Mineo
Help locate missing child Kelsey Brooke Jones
Oliver North named Osama bin Laden as a feared terrorist in 1987 Iran/Contra hearings while Al Gore questioned him - FALSE
Congress does not "fix" social security because they do not pay into it (FALSE) and they have lifetime retirement of same pay they got while serving - FALSE
U.S. bill 602P will tax email - FALSE
NASA computers prove "Joshua's missing day" from Bible - FALSE
A movie is being made showing Jesus and His disciples as gay (includes "petition" to ban the movie) - FALSE
Jim Neugent writes letter to ABC protesting positive treatment of homosexuality on a program and gets very nasty letter back - PARTLY TRUE
Harry Potter books are turning children to Satanism and witchcraft and author J.W. Rowland is Satan worshipper - FALSE
John Wayne became a Christian shortly before his death - FALSE
Huge iceberg - MANIPULATED PHOTO
Shark jumps at diver trying to board helicopter - MANIPULATED PHOTO
Photos show shuttle exploding in space and claim to be of Columbia - actually scene from 1998 movie Armageddon
Photo shows an unusual jet formation over Randolph AFB - manipulated
Alligator with deer in its mouth - True, but inaccurate description
26 armed guards protect missionaries while 26 people pray - PARTLY TRUE
Cockpit voice recorder on doomed Alaska Airlines Flight 261 captures woman sharing the Gospel with all on board in final 9 minutes - FALSE
"Do you believe in Easter?" The inspirational story of Edith Burns - FALSE
Inspirational story called "The Price of a Miracle" - WHO KNOWS?
Teenager Brian Moore writes a piece called "The Room" and reads it to his FCA group shortly before being killed in an auto accident - PARTLY TRUE
Children in Special Olympics race stop to help fallen comrade and all cross finish line together - PARTLY TRUE
If you don't call a special phone number by July to opt-out, Credit Bureaus can sell your info to anyone who asks - FALSE
Anyone can view your driver's license over the internet - FALSE (joke)
Woman finds fried chicken head in box of McDonalds wings - TRUE
The Florida DMV can sell the information in your DMV records unless you opt-out! SORT OF.
The State of Florida has allowed a Muslim woman to have her driver's license picture taken with a full head covering on, showing only her eyes - FALSE
The Swifer Wet Jet Formula is killing pets - FALSE
A man named Mohammed Atta blew up a bus in Israel and was convicted and imprisoned. Under the Oslo agreement, a U.S. President got him freed and he went on to help mastermind the 9/11 attacks - FALSE
If you buy gas from certain refiners, you are supporting terrorism, so buy from these other companies because they don't buy oil from the Middle East - FALSE
A top Al-Queda member gives an interview to an Al-Jazeera reporter stating that nukes are already planted in seven U.S. cities but Al-Jazeera won't air or publish the interview - FALSE
The Office of Homeland Security warns that United Parcel Service uniforms are being bought on E-Bay by terrorists! - FALSE
WTC Survivor - FALSE
Life is Beautiful - FALSE
Bud Frogs - FALSE
It Takes Guts to Say Jesus - FALSE
WTC Survivors - FALSE
Message with instructions for deleting a supposed virus infected file: either jdbgmgr.exe or sulfnbk.exe - FALSE
How to "trick" a virus into not sending through your address book - FALSE
Poem that claims to be "petition" (but no petition is included) to U.S. President from Mothers Against Drunk Driving - FALSE
Evil atheists have signed petition to remove all references to God on TV and the government will hold hearings on it so sign this petition against it - FALSE FALSE FALSE
Petition to U.S. President to reinstate prayer in schools - President does not make laws and prayer is not illegal in schools - USELESS & FALSE
Petition to save PBS/NPR radio funding - OLD & USELESS
The USPS is selling a stamp that "honors" Muslims, so we should boycott the stamp - FALSE
The USPS is discontinuing its Black Heritage series of stamps - FALSE
The USPS is selling a stamp that helps with breast cancer research - TRUE
The USPS has issued a commemorative stamp for a Muslim holiday (TRUE) so everyone need to boycott it since Muslims are terrorists (FALSE)
Don't dial 90# if given instructions by someone claiming to be phone co. employee - FALSE. Not applicable to home phone users.
Don't dial area 809 if left instructions to do so - MORE TO IT
Someone from a foreign country needs to get money out and you can help by "lending" them part of the money for incredible interest return - SCAM
You're informed by email that you've won a foreign lottery that you never bought a ticket for - SCAM
Pray for little Delaney Parrish - OLD
Pray for Cindy Hogman or Hogan - OLD
Many email prayer requests talk about a prayer wheel, so what exactly is a prayer wheel?
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