On Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:32:10 -0800, Lin wrote:

> Dimitri wrote:
>
>> The email is circulating through the legal community today.
>>
>> Received the same from Daughter # 2 Esq.
>
> Hey ... my mom got it in OKLAHOMA and she's no attorney!
>
> --Lin

it sounds like bullshit to me.

snopes says it's a mixtu

<http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/storeclosings.asp>

....it does not address gift cards, but lists some of the businesses.

your pal,
blake