Comments on: OSPIRG Guest Column in ODE http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/03/02/ospirg-guest-column-in-ode/ Free Minds, Free Markets, Free Booze Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:23:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: yyjm http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/03/02/ospirg-guest-column-in-ode/#comment-93180 yyjm Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:47:22 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/03/02/ospirg-guest-column-in-ode/#comment-93180 <a></a>

]]> By: Timothy http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/03/02/ospirg-guest-column-in-ode/#comment-6110 Timothy Fri, 03 Mar 2006 02:39:42 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/03/02/ospirg-guest-column-in-ode/#comment-6110 Can't see...red mist descending... Can’t see…red mist descending…

]]> By: Olly http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/03/02/ospirg-guest-column-in-ode/#comment-6109 Olly Fri, 03 Mar 2006 02:21:35 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/03/02/ospirg-guest-column-in-ode/#comment-6109 Hee hee! I think we've all got to concede, these people have got some set of balls on them. I have rarely, if ever, seen balls of this magnitude. "One student group at the University could not alone protect the Oregon coast or pass a clean cars rule. To be effective, we need access to the decision makers who can protect the coast, and to unite people across the state behind the campaign. In order to gain access to these decision makers, the five OSPIRG schools pool their money." ... but they're <i>not</i> lobbyists, remember. And <a href="http://ospirg.org/OR.asp?id2=4502&id3=OR&" rel="nofollow">these people</a> are employees of the Oregon <i>State</i> Public Interest Research Group, not the Oregon <i>Student</i> Public Interest Research Group, which is <i>totally different</i>. Hee hee! I think we’ve all got to concede, these people have got some set of balls on them. I have rarely, if ever, seen balls of this magnitude.

“One student group at the University could not alone protect the Oregon coast or pass a clean cars rule. To be effective, we need access to the decision makers who can protect the coast, and to unite people across the state behind the campaign. In order to gain access to these decision makers, the five OSPIRG schools pool their money.”

… but they’re not lobbyists, remember. And these people are employees of the Oregon State Public Interest Research Group, not the Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group, which is totally different.

]]> By: Ben http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/03/02/ospirg-guest-column-in-ode/#comment-6108 Ben Fri, 03 Mar 2006 01:53:37 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/03/02/ospirg-guest-column-in-ode/#comment-6108 I keep reading that editorial over and over and I can't get through it without my vision dissolving into blind rage. I had honestly forgotten how stupid people can be. And to think I actually worked there for a time. I keep reading that editorial over and over and I can’t get through it without my vision dissolving into blind rage. I had honestly forgotten how stupid people can be. And to think I actually worked there for a time.

]]> By: Ian http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/03/02/ospirg-guest-column-in-ode/#comment-6107 Ian Fri, 03 Mar 2006 00:03:02 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/03/02/ospirg-guest-column-in-ode/#comment-6107 I wonder if the ODE will approve my website comment... I wonder if the ODE will approve my website comment…

]]> By: Timothy http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/03/02/ospirg-guest-column-in-ode/#comment-6103 Timothy Thu, 02 Mar 2006 22:30:37 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/03/02/ospirg-guest-column-in-ode/#comment-6103 I read about half of that Op-Ed, started trying to fashion a response, but I degenerated into unhinged cursing after a few sentence. I read about half of that Op-Ed, started trying to fashion a response, but I degenerated into unhinged cursing after a few sentence.

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