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How Proud the N&O Must Be

Why do I bother participating in OrangeChat, the News & Observer's blog on Orange County?

http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/home

The reporting is fine, but the comments are terrible.  It is mostly a bunch of snarking from John "Elvisboy77" Kramer and a few others.  The comments are only occassionally enlightening or penetrating.  The ones worth reading are so few and far between that it hardly seems worth bothering with.

For example, two days ago Mark Schultz posted a blurb about Elizabeth Edwards opening a store in downtown Chapel Hill:

http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/elizabeth-edwards-to-sell-furniture-in-chapel-hill#comments

What's the response?  Let's hit some highlights:

What she NEEDS

 

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