Political Rumormongerers Should Get Snoped

September 19, 2008 · 4 comments

I’ve long been a pro­po­nent of the idea that Snopes.com should be required read­ing prior to for­ward­ing chain let­ters in email, instant mes­sen­ger, and so on.

From now on it’s also required read­ing for politi­cians, the media, blog­gers, and any­one else think­ing of talk­ing pol­i­tics. I’ve heard more than one per­son crit­i­cize Barack Obama for refus­ing to make pub­lic his birth cer­tifi­cate because it would reveal him to have been born out­side of America. Likewise, I’ve heard more than one per­son crit­i­cize Sarah Palin for bear­ing a rifle while bikini-​​clad with other gun lovers.

Turns out, unsur­pris­ingly, both of those rumors are untrue.

Want to find out what else may or may not be true?

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1 Whiskey Bravo September 21, 2008 at 21:08

Also the earth is flat and we didn’t land on the moon…I know this for a fact because I read it in my emails. BTW, I just forwarded you some emails about the government blowing up the twin towers and flying a missile into the Pentagon, Princess Di being killed by the Queen, Elvis being sighted with Michael Jackson at a backwater cafe, and some kind of strange fungus that turns blood to powder–having hitchhiked a ride to earth on the shuttle Columbia when it burned up on its re-entry from space. They even have the phone numbers of the witnesses at the end of the emails–proving they are true.

Oh, and if you don’t forward the emails to at least 5 other friends, you will lose all your money and develop a lethal case of jock itch.

2 Rick Beckman September 21, 2008 at 21:37

Whiskey Bravo: But the government did plan 9/11! It’s a fact! Says so right here.

3 Senior September 21, 2008 at 23:52

“and some kind of strange fungus that turns blood to powder”

Sounds suspiciously like “The Andromeda Strain”.

The book says “novel” right on the cover.

4 carol at A Second Cup September 26, 2008 at 15:48

I know for a fact they are both aliens.

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