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HS

This is the second time I've seen this e-mail, but it is a really great picture and I thought I'd share with all of you.


"I'm told that there is a huge rock near a gravel pit on Highway 25 in rural Iowa. For generations, kids have painted slogans, names, and obscenities on this rock, changing its character many, many times.

A few months back, the rock received its latest paint job, and since then it has been left completely undisturbed. It's quite an impressive sight.

Click on the link below and check for yourself. There are multiple photos."

[url]http://www.ticz.com/homes/users/bob/On-A-Rock/On-A-Rock.htm[/url]

ray a

Amazing that it has been left undisturbed - a pleasant surprise.

rad

Wow. My faith in humanity has been restored.

Don D

It is safe in Iowa. It would not survive in Massachusetts, Vermont or California.

rad

Why not Massachusetts? Are all those names of Republicans? x;-)

Don D

I apologize rad. I just overreact and tend to generalize and think of all of you as Kennedy's.

rad

No apology necessary x:-) . A Kennedy, huh? Thats just as funny as when someone called me a Yankee. No one ever called me that before. I laughed.

marc

Very cool.

blw

That is wonderful. I got this in an email yesterday but haven't checked it out yet as to accuracy. Anyone aware of anything like this?

George "Scotty" MacDonald
Senior Customer Svc Rep (CSR II)
Veterans Network Coordinator
Denver Business Unit
303-899-6382 (Direct)
800-433-4988 x6382
Vietnam Veterans Association 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 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 Veterans 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 WOULD YOU EXPECT?) Please pass this on to as many people as you
know.
Sincerely,
Veterans Helping Veterans
PS: Target will also not allow the Marines to collect for "Toys For Tots"
during the holidays. Are you surprised?

flaroyale

This is a false claim according to this web site.

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

Leslie

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 01-07-04 AT 09:12AM (CST)[/font][br][br]I don't know where Target got such a bad name. You'd think it would be trying-to-take-over-the-world WalMart. Anyway, according to snopes.com:

Claims: Multiple — see below.

Status:
The Target Corporation does not contribute to veterans' causes: False.
The Target Corporation is French-owned: False.
The Target Corporation provides corporate grants only for 'gay and lesbian causes': False.
The Target Corporation does not contribute to the U.S. Marines 'Toys for Tots' program: False.
The Target Corporation does not allow reservists called to active duty to continue their health benefits: False.

To read more go to:

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

rad

I am glad that these claims are false, Target is one of my favorite stores. Perhaps the French thing came from the pronounciation "Tar-jay" that lots of people use, trying to give it a more posh sounding name...

Now if it were WalMart we might have a different story...

blw

Thanks for the input. I get several of these a month and always check them out on the web for validity, but having just returned from vacation, haven't had the time.