War in Iraq. Massive oil spill. Record high foreclosures and rampant homelessness.

So what type of person gets so worked up about stepping on goose poop that they want to kill every duck and goose in sight? Hmmm…Maybe those are the people you ought to wonder about.

– Craig Miller, Bend

This article appears in Jul 15-21, 2010.

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Geese Are a Gateway Cause

by Source Weekly, The Source - Bend, Oregon
July 14, 2010

<h1>Geese Are a Gateway Cause</h1> <p class="byline">by Source Weekly, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />July 14, 2010</p> <p>War in Iraq. Massive oil spill. Record high foreclosures and rampant homelessness.</p> <p />Who cares? Probably the same people who care about needlessly slaughtering the geese.<br /> </p> <p>So what type of person gets so worked up about stepping on goose poop that they want to kill every duck and goose in sight? Hmmm...Maybe those are the people you ought to wonder about.</p> <p align="right"><em> - Craig Miller, Bend </em></p> <p><em><br /></em></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/geese-are-a-gateway-cause-2135900/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=16221&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/geese-are-a-gateway-cause-2135900/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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