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stated on September 24, 2011 a chain e-mail
"Florida is the first state requiring drug testing to receive welfare!"
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By Becky Bowers • September 30, 2011
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stated on September 6, 2011 a chain email
The Wisconsin Department of Corrections is considering implementing mandatory physical fitness testing for security staff.
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By James B. Nelson • September 10, 2011
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stated on June 22, 2011 a chain e-mail
Says a quote at the top of the redesigned website for the Department of Justice comes from a socialist who wanted to impose global common law.
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July 14, 2011
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stated on June 22, 2011 a chain e-mail
Says that President Obama said, "Nobody made these guys go to war. ... Now they whine about bearing the costs of their choice?" 
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 4, 2011
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stated on June 7, 2011 a chain e-mail
Accuses President Barack Obama of making contradictory claims about efforts to kill Osama bin Laden in 2008 and 2011.
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By Louis Jacobson • June 7, 2011
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stated on May 16, 2011 a message via the Internet
Members of Congress "receive full pay retirement after serving one term."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 29, 2011
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stated on May 16, 2011 a fundraising letter
Next year, "you will be mandated by federal law to get rid of your existing light bulbs."
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May 20, 2011
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stated on March 7, 2011 a chain email apparently focused on Wisconsin corrections workers
State employees will have to pay 100 percent of their pensions and health insurance after 2012.
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By Dave Umhoefer • March 8, 2011
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stated on February 24, 2011 a chain e-mail
Says that in a hearing, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords suggested to Gen. David Petraeus that the Army "put more emphasis on less environmentally damaging methods, like stabbing or clubbing enemy forces in order to minimize the carbon output."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 1, 2011
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stated on February 17, 2011 a chain e-mail
Welfare programs caused more long-term damage to Detroit than the atomic bomb caused to Hiroshima
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By Peter Lord • February 18, 2011
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stated on February 7, 2011 a chain e-mail
Foreign Trade Zones allow U.S. "land to be inhabited by Chinese communists -- communists straight from China! They are to set up little towns and live here."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 9, 2011
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stated on January 20, 2011 a chain email and -- briefly -- a union web site
Gov. Scott Walker hired convicted Assembly Speaker Scott Jensen to oversee a raid on the state employee retirement system to help balance the state budget.
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By James B. Nelson • January 21, 2011
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stated on January 7, 2011 a chain e-mail
Members of Congress and their families and staff are exempt from repaying student loans.
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 11, 2011
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stated on December 20, 2010 a message via the Internet
Unemployment and the housing and auto industry crises can be fixed by giving a million dollars to every worker over age 50 to retire.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 22, 2010
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stated on October 7, 2010 e-mail and blog postings
The cap-and-trade bill before Congress "prevents you from selling your home without the permission of the EPA administrator."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 17, 2010
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stated on October 31, 2010 a message via the Internet
"Pres. Obama's finance team is recommending a . . . 1% tax on all transactions at any financial institution."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 12, 2010
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stated on October 12, 2010 a chain e-mail
"Many of the companies bankrolling the ad campaign against Amendment 4 are recipients of a congressional bailout, in the form of humongous tax refunds earlier this year."
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By Becky Bowers • October 27, 2010
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stated on October 7, 2010 a chain e-mail.
Says Texas voters are being asked to act this November on a proposed constitutional amendment affecting property taxes.
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By W. Gardner Selby • October 21, 2010
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stated on September 30, 2010 in a chain e-mail
Peter DeFazio "will sneak in a 1 percent tax on all banking transactions."
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By Janie Har • October 1, 2010
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stated on July 25, 2010 an e-mail
After Hurricane Katrina, "Dallas and San Antonio took in 5,000 to 10,000 refugees each, but (Bill) White brought in 250,000 and put them up in his 'buddies' empty apartment buildings and let the federal government pay their rents for over two years. They did not return to New Orleans, most of them are on welfare."
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September 19, 2010
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