OC one of ten finalists in blog contest; booya
I just got an email informing me that the Oregon Commentator has once again been chosen as one of ten finalists in the America’s Future Foundation College Blogger Contest. Last year we had the pleasure of being chosen as a finalist, and we took second place. The official list of finalists hasn’t been announced yet, but the judges this year are:
- Jonah Goldberg of the Corner
- Jonathan Adler of The Volokh Conspiracy
- Radley Balko of The Agitator
- Robert Bluey of RobertBluey.com
- Megan McArdle of Asymmetrical Information at TheAtlantic.com
- Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit
- Jennifer Rubin of Commentary’s Contentions
which is pretty freakin’ awesome.
On an aside, I’m reminded of when we first found out we were in the contest last year. Someone asked, “What do you think our odds of actually winning are?” to which then Managing Editor Jake Speicher deadpanned, “I’d say about one in 10.”
If I were a genuine person, I would offer my best tear filled fan-fare and an admission that your blog is a life raft in a sea of shit (although a fairly shitty one with a shit filled porta potty right in the middle of it). However, if truth be told, since I am a jealous and spiteful misanthrope may I say, “I hope your ascent to prominence is met with a painful and abrupt fall to a pathetic state of irrelevance.” In other words, “I hope you stay exactly where you are.”
Hope they steal the money!
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Good luck, OC! You guys deserve to take home 1st this year.