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DON’T INSULT THE ‘REAL
DUCKS’
I must admit I was disappointed in
your Slant article regarding the “downfall”
of Oregon Ducks football and how happy
your writer was.
To describe a down season as a “col-
lapse” compared to the 2008 housing bub-
ble is absolutely idiotic. It is very clear that
whoever wrote the article must’ve over-
heard someone else’s rants at their sweaty
yoga class.
The Oregon football program has en-
joyed much success over the past 20 years.
It has been especially good over the last 15.
The Ducks have been in the top 10 as long
or longer than any other school in the na-
tion over the past 10 years.
Oregon football is responsible for
much of the success for all of the athletic
programs at the university and has allowed
women soccer and softball teams to have
world-class facilities.
It is clear that whomever the neo-
phyte writer was who penned the story is
performing a knee-jerk response to a situ-
ation many other schools endure. Take a
look at Notre Dame and Michigan State,
two storied powerhouse football programs
who have found themselves on losing
streaks.
For your information, the “real Ducks”
will be supporting their team come hell or
high water. To find joy in a losing season
because our major donor is a Republican
or that our fans are entitled is almost as
insulting as “we soggy denizens” are bet-
ter at losing. It is quite clear who the loser
is here.
John Carlson
Eugene
M97 PROPAGANDA
The pro-Measure 97 opinion piece by
Tad Shannon and Pete Mandrapa closes
with, “Don’t be fooled by corporate propa-
ganda.” No, they want you to be fooled by
their propaganda.
Measure 97 in and of itself is a lie. Re-
member the ad campaign for Measures 66
and 67? That’s right. We were promised
a bazillion times that our yes vote would
mean that the rich and corporations would
“finally” pay their fair share. The same
clowns are back with a far larger tax mea-
sure.
Flip back a page in the same issue of
the Weekly and you’ll see the letter from
Rachel Rich claiming that 97 will not tax
“food, gas, electricity or medicine.” Pa-
tently false.
Only two scenarios can explain why
Editor Camilla Mortensen would print
such a letter. 1) She knows it's a lie and
printed it anyway. 2) She’s ignorant of the
mechanics of this critical initiative which
disqualifies her and the Weekly from being
taken seriously.
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