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Sorry everyone, I think its time I come clean. I seldom, if ever, forward emails. If something is really funny (and I mean I actually laughed), I'll send it along to a few friends. To be honest, I don't even open most of the forwarded e-mails I receive.

You can rest assured that politically fueled propaganda emails are promptly deleted. Barack Obama is not a Muslim extremist but he DOES say the Pledge of Allegiance. There is also nothing to support the rumor that George W has the lowest IQ of any President in U.S. History. Fundamentalist religious messages follow the same fate. Your sending me an email on gay marriage, abortion, communion, Judaism, Islam, Christianity, prayer in school and a myriad of other things will not change my beliefs. I have by beliefs. They're mine, and they're beliefs. They aren't up to you to change.

If I break the chain, nothing bad is going to happen. The soldiers will not come home any sooner because I jammed up someone else's inbox. The children with leukemia will not get better because I clicked send. Nothing to do with God or religion will change because I forwarded some pictures and gigantic purple text. Occasionally I will sign an online petition but I have yet to see any results.

One more thought regarding e-mail. Pornography is available pretty much anywhere on the internet. I don't need it slowing down my bandwith when I get my mail.

As for cell phone texting. Have we had enough yet? I mean really, does anybody truly need to take time out of what they're doing to open some microscopic cartoon of Lisa and Bart Simpson having sex or yet another set of huge breasts? It's not that I don't like breasts, but I don't need a tiny picture of them on my phone. Its just silly. Also, when I receive a text message or e-mail that has "turn your volume up" in the subject line, I make sure my sound is off. I don't need my phone blaring "I'M LOOKING AT PORN!" while I'm waiting in line at the DMV. FYI, I don't send these on, either.

Oh, one more thought. NOBODY IS WINNING A MILLION DOLLARS FOR SENDING EMAILS TO ALL OF THEIR FRIENDS! Microsoft isn't cutting any payroll checks for you using their products. These claims are not true. Don't waste your time.

I think it's worth mentioning that I enjoy some of the junk mail I get, just not all of it. Keep it coming. Just know that it might stop right here on this computer. I hope I didn't offend anyone. However, if you are that easily offended, you might not want to stick around here.