think this is true

“> charges????????: Federal Bill 602P
> Guess the warnings were true. Federal Bill 602P 5-cents per E-mail sent. It
> figures! No more free E-mail! We knew this was coming!! Bill 602P will
> permit the Federal Government to charge a 5-cent charge on every
> delivered E-mail.
> Please read the following carefully if you intend to stay online and continue
> using E-mail. The last few months have revealed an alarming trend in the
> Government of the United States attempting to quietly push through
> legislation that will affect our use of the Internet.
> Under proposed legislation, the US Postal Service will be attempting to bill
> E-mail users out of "alternative postage fees."
> Bill 602P will permit the Federal Government to charge a 5-cent surcharge
> on every e-mail delivered, by billing Internet Service Providers at source.
> The consumer would then be billed in turn by the ISP.
> Washington DC lawyer Richard Stepp is working without pay to prevent this
> legislation from becoming law.
> The US Postal Service is claiming lost revenue, due to the proliferation of
> E-mail, is costing nearly $230,000,000 in revenue per year. You may have
> noticed their recent ad campaign: "There is nothing like a letter."
> Since the average person received about 10 pieces of E-mail per day in
> 1998, the cost of the typical individual would be an additional 50 cents a day
> -- or over $180 per year -- above and beyond their regular Internet costs.
> Note that this would be money paid directly to the US Postal Service for a
> service they do not even provide.
> The whole point of the Internet is democracy and noninterference. You are
> already paying an exorbitant price for snail mail because of bureaucratic
> inefficiency. It currently takes up to 6 days for a letter to be delivered from
> coast to coast. If the US Postal Service is allowed to tinker with E-mail, it will
> mark the end of the "free" Internet in the United States.
> Congressional representative, Tony Schnell (R) has even suggested a
> "$20-$40 per month surcharge on all Internet service" above and beyond the
> governments proposed E-mail charges. Note that most of the major
> newspapers have ignored the story the only exception being the
> Washingtonian which called the idea of E-mail surcharge "a useful concept
> who's time has come" (March 6th, 1999 Editorial). Do not sit by and watch your freedom erode away! Send this E-mail to EVERYONE on your list, and tell all your friends and
> relatives to write their congressional representative and say "NO" to Bill
> 602P.
> It will only take a few moments of your time and could very well be
> instrumental in killing a bill we do not want. PLEASE FORWARD!”

“NO FREAKIN WAY JOSE!”

“I think it is a hoax dude.”

“It's only 5 cents!

With the trouble the Postal Service is experiencing, this proposal is only common sense.”

“I know this guy whose neighbor, a young man, was home recovering from having been served a rat in his bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken. So anyway, one day he went to sleep and when he awoke he was in his bathtub and it was full of ice and he was sore all over. When he got out of the tub he realized that HIS KIDNEYS HAD BEEN STOLEN and he saw a note on his mirror that said "Call 911!" But he was afraid to use his phone because it was connected to his computer, and there was a virus on his computer that would destroy his hard drive if he opened an e-mail entitled "Join the crew!"

He knew it wasn't a hoax because he himself was a computer programmer who was working on software to save us from armageddon when the year 2000 rolls around. His program will prevent a global disaster in which all the computers get together & distribute the $600 Neiman Marcus cookie recipe under the leadership of Bill Gates. (It's true-I read it all last week in a mass e-mail from BILL GATES HIMSELF, who was also promising me a free Disney World vacation and $5,000 if I would forward the e-mail to everyone I know.)

The poor man then tried to call 911 from a pay phone to report his missing kidneys, but reaching into the coin-return slot he got jabbed with an HIV-infected needle around which was wrapped a note that said, "Welcome to the world of AIDS."

Luckily he was only a few blocks from the hospital-the one, actually, where that little boy who is dying of cancer is, the one whose last wish is for everyone in the world to send him an e-mail and the American Cancer Society has agreed to pay him a nickel for every e-mail he receives. I sent him two e-mails and one of them was a bunch of x's and o's in the shape of an angel (if you get it and forward it to twenty people you will have good luck but ten people you will only have ok luck and if you send it to less than ten people you will have BAD LUCK FOR SEVEN YEARS).

So anyway the poor guy tried to drive himself to the hospital, but on the way he noticed another car driving along without his lights on. To be helpful, he flashed his lights at him and was promptly shot as part of a gang initiation!”

“Go to www.thomas.loc.gov and verify for yourself. This is the website that lists and tracks every bill introduced into either house of Congress.

Yes, it's a hoax and it's an old one. Been around several years at least.”

“Hitsa Moldy Oldy Hoax, *VBG*


Virus Hoaxes”

“LOL kleetn, that's good stuff, is that yours?”

“Oh, and...what's the address to send postcards to the kid with cancer? I like to help out whenever I can. Seems like a good cause.”

“kleetn -

It's not Kentucky Fried Chicken anymore. It's KFC. The reason why they call it KFC is because they can not use the word chicken anymore. Why? KFC does not use real chickens. They actually use genetically manipulated organisms. These so called "chickens" are kept alive by tubes inserted into their bodies to pump blood and nutrients throughout their structure. They have no beaks, no feathers, and no feet. Their bone structure is dramatically shrunk to get more meat out of them. This is great for KFC because they do not have to pay so much for their production costs. There is no more plucking of the feathers or the removal of the beaks and feet.

The government has told them to change all of their menus so they do not say chicken anywhere. If you look closely you will notice this. Listen to their commercials, I guarantee you will not see or hear the word chicken. I find this matter to be very disturbing. I hope people will start to realize this and let other people know.

Please forward this message to as many people as you can. Together we [can] make KFC start using real chicken again.”

“Fritz, no, it's an old email I saved which was sent out in response to all the internet hoaxes over the years that just keep going and going and going...”

“Ive gotten that email at least a dozen times in the last 3 years.
its B.S.!!! hoax!! Streamweaver”

“A Google search for "was home recovering from having been served a rat in his bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken" returned 775 stories similar to kleetn's. If the original idea was to cut down on cyber-clutter, it was a dismal failure.”

“Excellent, Kleetn!

I'm sending that to 10 people I love and care for right away!”

“I heard McDonalds did the same with cows?

Ever notice that 'Der Weinerschnitzel' doesn't serve weinerschnitzel?”

“One version of Kleetn's urban legend text ends with:

"Send THIS to all the friends who send you their junk mail and you will receive 4 green M&Ms, but if you don't the owner of Proctor and Gamble will report you to his Satanist friends and you will have more bad luck, your wife will develop breast cancer from using the antiperspirant which clogged the pores under her arms, and the U.S. government will put a tax on your emails forever."”

“_”

“Wahdafug you sayin Viol man??

Ms. Mobius does not strip!!!”

“The only way to to track me down is through my anonymous email account. Tell them they can send the bill and I'll get right on it. By the way, is the Postal Service complaining about the lost revenue that telephones have caused?”

“Another good hoaxsite”

“All I can say to that is NO WAY!”

“Good Urban Legend site”