http://www.factcheck.org/2009/04/cost-of-illegal-immigrants/
Rather solid confirmation of the saying, “a lie can get halfway around the world, before the truth can get its shoes on.”.
In this case it would be updated, “the ignorant forward emails that agree with their inclinations, the learned do some research.”
Robot Pirate Ninja 
You wouldnt believe how long ive been looking for something like this. Scrolled through 7 pages of Google results without finding anything. First page of bing. There was this…. Gotta start using that more often