The Viral Spiral of 2010 Yet another year full of bogus chain e-mails.

[proud2BlibKansan]

There’s a reason they call chain e-mails "viral" — their transmission is swift, extensive and very hard to stop. They tend to contain indignant, outraged messages that are nearly always false and often malicious. We can’t say exactly which virus these nasty messages resemble, but it isn’t one whose effects go away on their own while you drink plenty of fluids.

In 2010 we continued to see new outbreaks of viruses that we first refuted years ago. And in addition, there were a large number of new infections. Despite what you may have been told:

It’s not true that the White House is planning to tax all credit card transactions.

Muslims are not being exempted from the new health care law.

President Obama did not order up a private jet for the family’s pet dog, Bo.

Speaker Pelosi’s spending for liquor on congressional trips isn’t notably different than that of her predecessor. And Pelosi herself doesn’t even drink alcohol.

The new health care law does not contain a 3.8 percent "sales tax" on the sale of all personal residences.

Obama did not cancel the National Day of Prayer nor did he participate in a Muslim prayer event at the Capitol.

Here are this year’s most virulent and pestilential inbox-busters.

more . . . http://factcheck.org/2010/12/the-viral-spiral-of-2010/

[dipsydoodle]

1. It is also not true

that if you don't pass them on to 15 friends your knees will drop off.

[SpiralHawk]

2. But...you will have Blissful Unexpected Good Fortune if...

...you pass them on to 16 friends...immediately.

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. It depends on your definition of friends

[Recursion]

3. Gang initiates will shoot you if you...

A) Blink your headlights at a car running at night with the lights out
B) Go to Wal~Mart
C) Answer your front door
D) Give someone directions
E) Clean egg off your windshield
F) Go to Citgo
G) Investigate an empty car seat
H) NOTA

[ThoughtCriminal]

5. "We don't know why"

<snip>"But most of the false claims we are asked about are authored by people attacking Democrats and liberals. We don’t know why."</snip>

Come on Factcheck, take a few guesses:

- They don't have true claims to work with.
- Right wingers have the moral standards of a spammer.
- Lying for Jesus gets you a bigger house in Heaven.