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 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 U.S. 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
>Marines 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 can not 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?
>       Feel free to pass this along to whomever you want.
>              Sincerely,
>              Dick Forrey
>              Veterans helping Veterans

[url]http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/target.asp[/url]

Damn that was pretty easy [rolleyes]

False: [url]www.snopes.com/politics/military/target.asp[/url]

Edit: Beaten to the punch!

Fast too!

About 90% of the drive by e-mails that I get at work are proven false by Snopes, including the 6 (or 16) I got on the Target/Veterans fiasco.

Its true:  people will believe almost anything that comes from a computer.

Merlin

I was trying to figure out why they said target corp. was French. They are still headquartered here, and in fact, I live around the corner from Target #1.

Target is a large emplyer here in the Twin Cities (St. Paul/Minneapolis)

So martinTN, try to be a LITTLE more careful in the future. Buy don't sweat it too much, many of us have had to learn to check things out before believing them....make snopes one of your favorites.

I have been spanking jackasses with Snopes for two years now.  Just found this one as well.


[url]http://www.straightdope.com/index.html[/url]

Aah, the Straightdope.. Cecil is the man!!!  Wonder what his take is on RKBA..

Every time a relative gets internet access and an email account, I get my share of urban myths and virus hoax warnings.  Sometimes I'm tempted to make an all encompassing "welcome to the internet" FAQ to send to each family member who asks me what my email address is.

Well, read about it [url=http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_123.html]here[/url].