I read it in an email, so it must be true.

If one more person forwards an email to me without first checking the accuracy of its contents...

I've said this before, but recent forwards inspire me to say it again. www.snopes.com is your friend.

Barack Obama is not the anti-Christ. http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/antichrist.asp

Ken Blackwell wrote a follow-up article after his original article was manipulated by others to include the claim that Obama is the anti-Christ. http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/blackwell.asp and http://www2.nysun.com/opinion/cowardly-abuse-of-freedom/

Barack Obama did not refuse to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and he isn't a radical Muslim. http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/muslim.asp

And one I haven't received by email, but ran across on Snopes, Bill Clinton did not quietly do away with people who opposed him. http://www.snopes.com/politics/clintons/bodycount.asp

And, though I heard it presented as a factual news story on the radio in 1996, some guy didn't have his kidneys stolen at a party. Check out the real-life unfortunate consequences of that email hoax. http://www.snopes.com/horrors/robbery/kidney2.asp

If you send me such an email, I will "reply to all" with the link from www.snopes.com that holds the truth. You'll feel silly and all 50 people you forwarded it to will know that you're a sheep.

I'm not a fan of the perpetuation of lies about ANY candidate. Even those I wouldn't vote for.

Street View

I just discovered the relatively new feature on Google Maps called Street View. And I must say, I'm a little creeped out. Type in your address to see a street-level photo of your house. Mosey down the road to see your neighbors' houses. You might even see your neighbor standing in their yard. Or, if the light is just so, standing in their living room.

I'm certainly not going to post my home address here, but for those of you who know it, type it in, go to the sixth house down, and THERE'S MY HOUSE. Taken almost exactly this week last year, best I can tell.

I wonder who Google contracted with to drive around with a video camera mounted on top of their car and take all of this footage. (You can see that in the shadow.) I saw that Arlington is available, too. Abilene isn't. Yet.

You can report an "inappropriate image" to request that your property be blacked out if, say, they caught you in your jammies (or worse).

Think of all that was captured on film for this project. Just think.