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Society's Values: Tell Our Kids What They Are!!!

"If it says 'pass this on to everyone you know' it's probably a hoax or urban legend. "If it has pages of email addresses from all the forwarding, it's probably a hoax or urban legend. What's the harm? It overloads systems, ties up legitimate email (which REALLY irritates network administrators), and costs money for some people that pay by the incoming emails they get. So if it says Forward this to everyone you know'...don't! at least not until you check it out." PS You can pass THIS message on "to everyone you know." :>) http://www.scambusters.com http://www.urbanlegends.com ******** "An urban legend: •appears mysteriously and spreads spontaneously in varying forms •contains elements of humor or horror (the horror often "punishes" someone who flouts society's conventions). •makes good storytelling. •does NOT have to be false, although most are. ULs often have a basis in fact, but it's their life after-the-fact (particularly in reference to the second and third points) that gives them particular interest." http://www.urbanlegends.com/ Here are some Urban Legends: 90# Phone Scam Watch your pounds melt away Deadly Toilet Spiders Beware the Butt Spider 809 Phone Scam A fool and his money The Blair Witch Project Reel life? Satanic Procter & Gamble? Speak of the Devil... Email Tracking Hoaxes Email forwarding for fun and profit? Microsoft Y2K Fix That was easy WOBBLER Email Virus It takes guts to say 'WOBBLER' ATM Poisonings Sealed with a kiss Anti-perspirants Cause Cancer Strong enough for a man Bill 602P The Information Tollway being considered by Congress? Payphone Panic Let your fingertips do the tripping: LSD and strychnine on payphones Tommy Hilfiger Is he a racist? Febreze Hazardous to your pet's health? It Takes Guts to Say 'Jesus' Or a stubbed toe Disney Email Prizes There ain't no free lunch THERE IS NO WAY TO TRACK EMAIL! Gap Email Tracking There still ain't no free lunch THERE IS NO WAY TO TRACK EMAIL! Microsoft Email Tracking Stop it already! THERE IS NO WAY TO TRACK EMAIL! Kurt Vonnegut says "Wear Sunscreen" It's got a good beat and you can dance to it Waterproof Sunscreen Can Cause Blindness Never mind what Kurt says

Letters: No time to lose

By World's own Service

6/28/99

Why do we need to post the Ten Commandments? We should absolutely be telling our young people what we -- as a society, as the education system, as a family --value. So why not post our values?

Don't kill.

Don't steal.

Don't have sex with someone else's spouse.

Treat your parents with respect.

Respect others.

Don't worship things that will screw up your life, like money, work or sex.

Be glad that your friend has good fortune; don't go around wishing that you had it instead.

Avoid using foul language; it just reflects on you negatively.

Make time in your life for rest, reflection and family time. Don't lie, and particularly don't lie and say someone said or did something when you know they didn't.

Let's tell our children, "These are some of the things we all agree on. We would like you to agree on them, too." Post them in the schools, at gun shows, at the malls, in our homes. Our children do not have a clear idea of what this society values because we have been so terrified of sending a religious message. Let's send a values message. And hurry. Nancy Jernigan, Tulsa

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And...it just so happens that a couple of days later, this gentleman wrote of the same basic idea:

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Declaration of ethics

Tulsa World 7/1/99

While watching a recent congressional debate on television, I thought of a way to make even nervous naysayers happy. In place of using the Ten Commandments in schools, why not make a declaration of ethical values?

"We the people of these United States subscribe to the following ethical values:

1. We do not take another person's life;

2. We do not take another person's property;

3. We honor and respect our parents and family;

4. We do not lie, cheat, or bear false witness;

5. We do not envy another's property, we respect it;

6. We do not make use of lewd, offensive language.

7. We do trust in God and remain grateful for our many blessings."

I firmly believe all religions could subscribe to these values and adherence most certainly will enhance personal integrity.

Bob Rollins, Broken Arrow

Hazardous Lifestyles - Who Pays?

Date:Mon, 21 Jun 1999 15:36:38 -0700

Notice: The surgeon major has issued a warning that fast food, along with many other popular foods, is dangerous to your health. Clogged arteries, high blood pressure, heart disease, and even death are the risks associated with the daily American diet. "Some of these foods, when taken as directed, will eventually kill many people. The risk is similar, but more widespread, than risks associated with smoking cigarettes," The surgeon major said. Many more people eat than smoke, the high-ranking government official added.

Industry experts are predicting this new evidence could lead to many law suits, just like those filed by states and individuals against the tobacco companies.

"These fast food restaurants and food makers have known for years the health risks associated with high fat foods - but they've continued to sell them. The fact that the people knew the risks associated with eating these foods does not take away from the culpability of these profit-centered companies."

Colonel Sanderson, of Tennessee Deep Fried Fatmongers, could not be reached for comment. However, Donald Macrooni defended the industry. "We have never pretended this is healthy for the American people. We don't have to tell them that because science has proven it."

Have some companies actually added ingredients, such as fat, to their foods in a blatant attempt to make them taste better, and thus lure people to keep coming back? A growing number of state and federal legislators are calling for investigations and hearings into the matter. But the shear number of food companies and restaurants that would be implicated is staggering, the surgeon major said Friday, adding that the only way to pay for the investigations and government lawsuits is with tax-payer dollars.

"Add to that number the possibility that wholesale distributors and grocery merchants could be implicated, and you have the potential for an assault much larger than that launched against the tobacco companies," the surgeon major cautioned. This could lead to higher prices at the drive through, but also a great deal of extra funds for states that impose penalties against the companies. Legislators are already in committee meetings planning how to spend the money.

"People are not going to stop eating these foods. But if we can deter our children from feeding their bodies with high fat and artery-blocking foods - put there DELIBERATELY by a money-hungry industry, perhaps the next generation will live long enough to all live together in a nursing home until a very old age," the President stated in a press conference following the surgeon major's announcement. He acknowledged that the food companies would not suffer financial loss from sanctions or lawsuits because the costs would be passed onto consumers, just as it was with the tobacco companies. "This is only fair," he noted.

The industry has been given 6 months to get the warning on all packages and advertising. This alone will cost a fortune, Mighty Hardeey spokespersons warned, "and people will still eat," he added.

According to reliable sources, the surgeon major will next tackle companies that deliberately promote "Fun in the Sun" through touristry or products, even if those costs are passed down to consumers.

"People who deliberately continue to expose themselves needlessly - through a careless lifestyle of outdoor risks (long-term sun exposure) - should help defray the cost to society for skin cancers that lifestyle causes, he said."

@copyhoot NBJ Inc 1999

The Bee, Tulsa

Privacy Issues: Pharmacies and Mailing Lists

To: Sen. Don Nickles and Steve Largeant

***************************** Copy of message text follows:

***************************** I have just recently discovered two things that should concern us, including you.

1) Pharmacies can and DO sell mailing databases that include perscriptions we take - they sell them to magazines for instance, that use the lists for target mail solicitations.

This is just WRONG. My doctor told me that a drug salesman can walk in the door knowing exactly what perscriptions a particular doctor prescribes - this would only be possible with a very complex high-level database.

It is ONE thing to sell information such as how many perscriptions are filled for inderal, or whatever. It is ANOTHER thing to attach the names of American citizens to them!!!!! Particularly since many disorders are still viewed with prejudice: depression, AIDS, Herpes, etc. Do something to get this changed - PLEASE!

2) Pharmacists can give a drug any name they choose. So both the patient and the DOCTOR may not know what they are holding in their hands. There are books that list generic and brandnames, but no resource could ever POSSIBLY cover all the names a pharmacy might come up with. For instance, one of my bottles says "Ami-Tex" and my doctor said, what is this? I said, I don't know. That's the one that used to be white and said "gui" something. Then he knew what it was.

How ABSURD! How is a patient supposed to know...it COULD be the wrong medicine. The store is not even required to put the reall name in parentheses! I asked my doctor, whose bright idea was THAT and he said, the ones in charge: the pharmacists.

We should ALL be up in arms to fix this.

Sincerely, (my name) Tulsa

For Our Kids...

These things I wish for you > >By Paul Harvey > > > >We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that we made them > worse. > >For my grandchildren, I'd like better. I'd really like for them to know > >about hand-me down clothes and homemade ice cream and leftover meatloaf > >sandwiches. I really would. > > > >My cherished grandson, I hope you learn humility by being humiliated, and > >that you learn honesty by being cheated. I hope you learn to make your bed > >and mow the lawn and wash the car. And I really hope nobody gives you a > >brand new car when you are sixteen. I hope you have a job by then. > > > >It will be good if at least one time you can see a baby calf born and your > >old dog put to sleep. > > > >I hope you get a black eye fighting for something you believe in. > > > >I hope you have to share a bedroom with your younger brother. And it's all > >right if you have to draw a line down the middle of the room, but when he > >wants to crawl under the covers with you because he's scared, I hope you let > >him. > > > >When you want to see a Disney movie and your little brother wants to tag > >along, I hope you'll let him. > > > >I hope you have to walk uphill to school with your friends and that you live > >in a town where it you can do it safely. On rainy days when you have to > >catch a ride I hope your driver doesn't have to drop you two blocks away so > >you won't be seen riding with someone as uncool as your mom. > > > >If you want a slingshot, I hope your dad teaches you how to make one instead > >of buying one. I hope you learn to dig in the dirt and read books. When > you > >learn to use those newfangled computers, I hope you also learn to add and > >subtract in your head. > > > >I hope you get razzed by your friends when you have your first crush on a > >girl, and when you talk back to your mother that you learn what Ivory soap > >tastes like. > > > >May you skin your knee climbing a mountain, burn you hand on stove and stick > >your tongue on a frozen flagpole. > > > >I hope you get sick when someone blows cigar smoke in your face. I don't > >care if you try beer once, but I hope you don't like it. > > > >And if a friend offers you dope or a joint, I hope you realize he is not > your > >friend. > > > >I sure hope you make time to sit on a porch with your grandpa and go fishing > >with your uncle. May you feel sorrow at a funeral and the joy of holidays. > > > >I hope your mother punishes you when you throw a baseball through a > >neighbor's window and that she hugs you and kisses you at Christmas time > when > >you give her a plaster of Paris mold of your hand, > > > >These things I wish for you - tough times and disappointment, hard work and > >happiness.

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