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	<title>Comments on: ODE Columnist Bags on OSPIRG</title>
	<link>http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/04/15/ode-columnist-bags-on-ospirg/</link>
	<description>Free Minds, Free Markets, Free Booze</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Oregon Action Team &#187; Blog Archive &#187; ODE Columnist Bags on OSPIRG</title>
		<link>http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/04/15/ode-columnist-bags-on-ospirg/#comment-98681</link>
		<dc:creator>Oregon Action Team &#187; Blog Archive &#187; ODE Columnist Bags on OSPIRG</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] the Oregon Commentator: ‘Ol Dirty columnist Nik Antovich gives OSPIRG more bad press in today’s Emerald: Lately OSPIRG [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] the Oregon Commentator: ‘Ol Dirty columnist Nik Antovich gives OSPIRG more bad press in today’s Emerald: Lately OSPIRG [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>By: T</title>
		<link>http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/04/15/ode-columnist-bags-on-ospirg/#comment-98679</link>
		<dc:creator>T</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Antovich's column reads like a press release for CFACT. But I'm confused. Judging from its Web site, CFACT appears to be an elaborate joke perpetrated by MoveOn, Daily Kos or OSPIRG itself.

To wit, its brilliant satire of behind-the-times conservative college organizations:

"Pat Boone commends CFACT in World Net Daily column," reads one hilarious, Onion-inspired headline. 

The writing is utterly spot on, too. Take for example these passages from an article about how ridiculous modern food scares are, relative to the past, in light of people being critical of the nutritional value of fast food:  

"They used to find lots of 'witches' when food was scarce. Oddly, the witches tended to be older women who could no longer grow their own food and depended on the village to support them."

"Some ergot victims' hands and feet turned black and dried up because the toxin restricted blood flow to the limbs -- and then broke off at the joints!  How's that for a food scare?"

"In the 17th  century, the real piper was trying to make the ergot victims feel better. In real life, the kids didn't disappear -- they died."

Admittedly, it’s a pretty funny Web site, and I appreciated the chuckles, but I don’t think it deserves to be mentioned in a column about a serious topic like getting rid of OSPIRG.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Antovich&#8217;s column reads like a press release for CFACT. But I&#8217;m confused. Judging from its Web site, CFACT appears to be an elaborate joke perpetrated by MoveOn, Daily Kos or OSPIRG itself.</p>
<p>To wit, its brilliant satire of behind-the-times conservative college organizations:</p>
<p>&#8220;Pat Boone commends CFACT in World Net Daily column,&#8221; reads one hilarious, Onion-inspired headline. </p>
<p>The writing is utterly spot on, too. Take for example these passages from an article about how ridiculous modern food scares are, relative to the past, in light of people being critical of the nutritional value of fast food:  </p>
<p>&#8220;They used to find lots of &#8216;witches&#8217; when food was scarce. Oddly, the witches tended to be older women who could no longer grow their own food and depended on the village to support them.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Some ergot victims&#8217; hands and feet turned black and dried up because the toxin restricted blood flow to the limbs &#8212; and then broke off at the joints!  How&#8217;s that for a food scare?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;In the 17th  century, the real piper was trying to make the ergot victims feel better. In real life, the kids didn&#8217;t disappear &#8212; they died.&#8221;</p>
<p>Admittedly, it’s a pretty funny Web site, and I appreciated the chuckles, but I don’t think it deserves to be mentioned in a column about a serious topic like getting rid of OSPIRG.</p>
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		<title>By: Ossie</title>
		<link>http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/04/15/ode-columnist-bags-on-ospirg/#comment-98677</link>
		<dc:creator>Ossie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/04/15/ode-columnist-bags-on-ospirg/#comment-98677</guid>
		<description>The first thing that needs to be done, which Dotters-Katz has talked about, is for OSPIRG to become a student group, no longer a contracted service, to force transparency upon them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The first thing that needs to be done, which Dotters-Katz has talked about, is for OSPIRG to become a student group, no longer a contracted service, to force transparency upon them.</p>
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