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Old January 10th 04, 11:03 PM
Gary Drescher
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"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
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Thank you. Just read the site. Problem solved!


You're welcome Dudley!

It was immediately obvious to me when I read the post that it describes a
right-winger's fantasy of what liberals are like, and that it was almost
certainly a hoax. It took about 30 seconds of searching to confirm my
suspicion.

--Gary


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"Gary Drescher" wrote in message
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The rumors you propagate below are false, as you could have discovered

with
a quick web search. http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/target.asp
provides documentation.

--Gary

"karl" wrote in message
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Allong a similar note:

By: Dick Forrey of the Vietnam Veterans Association

Recently we asked the local TARGET store to be a proud sponsor of the
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall during our spring recognition event.
We received the following reply from the local TARGET management:

"Veterans do not meet our area of giving. We only
donate to the arts, social action groups, gay & lesbian causes, and
education."

So I'm thinking, if the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall and veterans

in
general do not meet their donation criteria, then something is really

wrong
at this particular TARGET store. We were not asking for thousands of
dollars, not even hundreds, just a small sponsorship for a memorial
remembrance
As a follow-up, I e-mailed the TARGET US corporate headquarters and

their
response was the same. That's their national policy.

Then I looked into the company further. They will not allow the

United
States Marine Corps to collect for 'Toys for Tots' at any of their

stores.
And during the recent Iraq deployment, they would not allow families

of
employees who were called up for active duty to continue their

insurance
coverage while they were on military service. Then as I dig further,

TARGET
is a French-owned corporation.

Now, I'm thinking again. If TARGET cannot support American Veterans,

then
why should I and my family support their stores by spending our hard

earned
American dollars and to have their profits sent to France.

Without the American Vets, where would France be today?
Speaking German and eating weinershnitzel perhaps.