Got this from an email, so I don't know how true it might be. I got this from a member of VaMAC (Virginia Motorcyclists Against Cancer) who I am sure got it filtered down from some of her motorcycling friends. I thought it needed to be shared with everyone. Pass it along if you deem it worthy. By Dick Forrey We asked our local Target store to be a sponsor of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall during our spring recognition event. We received back a reply from Target management that "veterans do not meet our area of giving. We only donate to the areas of the arts, social actions, gay and lesbian causes, and education." My thought: If the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, and veterans in general, do not meet their donation criteria, something is wrong at Target. We were not asking for thousands of dollars, not even hundreds, but simply sponsorship of an endorsement for a memorial remembrance. As a follow-up, I E-mailed the corporate headquarters and their response was the same. Personally, I will NOT be purchasing anything at Target Stores again. If the Vietnam Veteran or Veterans in general do not meet their area of giving, then why should I, as a Vietnam veteran, spend my hard earned money in their stores? TARGET IS FRENCH OWNED! WHAT A SURPRISE Target will also not allow the Marines to collect for "Toys For Tots" during the holidays.
Intresting. I read the snopes article. Reminds me how powerful disinformation fueled by hate can be - I mean someone knowingly lied about the French ownership and gay bits. Its a bit like the moslem clerics spreading disinformation in their mosques about the USA and the West, when it simply isn't true. People go on to beleive it, and it's so hard to put the facts straight. A jewish guy that works here (and is from Turkey originally) was telling us how Arab immigrants had invaded France to the extent that 40% of French people were now Molsem. He said that the rest of Europe would follow - we were horrified. But, it didnt sound right, so we jumped on the internet and found that it is less than 10% of France are Molsem. But he'd read that "fact" on an Israeli orginzation's web-site and beleived it to be true. Anyway, Targets ok by me, now I know the facts.
