False right wing chain email linked to Hutaree group's resentment of the government

[ck4829]

The Detroit Free Press notices that charged Hutaree militia member Tina Stone bemoaned the passage of H.R. 1388 on her Facebook page recently. That bill has been the subject of a false chain email that warns President Obama provided money to settle Hamas members in the United States.

"H.B. 1388 Passed.... It's bad news for us all," she wrote.

She added: "I'm peeved,,, when people in this country is getting kicked out of there homes everyday and our government passes a bill to spend more then 20 billion dollars to bring Hamas here and supplies them with food and homes that just wrong."

It's pretty clear that Stone got these bogus ideas about H.R. 1388 from a chain email that has been thoroughly debunked by factcheck.org.

The email warns: "Obama funds $20M in tax payer dollars to immigrate Hamas Refugees to the USA. This is the news that didn't make the headlines..."

According to factcheck.org, the bill "actually expands AmeriCorps and other federal public service programs, more than tripling the total number of positions to 250,000."

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/03/hutaree_member_angered_by_fake_hamas_bill.php

It was inevitable that one of those chain emails that pushed a completely false fringe right wing talking point and told readers to send it to everyone else they "IF THEY LOVE AMERICA AND BABY JESUS" would lead to something like this.

[woodsprite]

1. I get all those freaky mailing from my MIL and SIL.

I'm forever sending them factcheck and snopes links. I'll have to find a neutral report of this and send it to them. If they see it comes from anything the least progressive, they don't even read it.

[OnionPatch]

2. I was getting them for awhile from my aunt.

When I "replied to all" with a couple of snopes links, etc. I suddenly stopped getting them. I guess it takes all the joy out of your right wing hysterical fantasy when someone proves it to be a pile of stinking propaganda.

[woodsprite]

3. I do that too, but once I got a nastygram from one of my MIL friends

saying he didn't know me and would appreciate if I would stop sending him spam. I told him I was just replying to inane spam that my MIL sent and if he wants off the list, tell her. I figured everyone should have a chance to hear the truth.

He never has said anything else to me. ;)