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			<title><![CDATA[Please Refrain From Soiling The Spirit Of The Olympics With Your Hirsute Homosexuality]]></title>
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				Here's an amusing story out of Washington involving an alternative lifestyle organization (<a href="http://www.nwbears.com/Public/index.htm">The Northwest Bears</a>) and the stuffy policies of the United States Olympic Committee. The Bears were busy promoting their annual summer campout which they originally dubbed "Kamp Kodiak 2008 Olympic Village," until they <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/us_olympic_committee_targets_the_northwe">received a letter</a> from a woman named Carol Gross, member of the USOC, who kindly informed the Bears that they were not granted permission to use any Olympic imagery (torches, rings) for their big hairy gay campout. 				<a href="http://deadspin.com/5028407/please-refrain-from-soiling-the-spirit-of-the-olympics-with-your-hirsute-homosexuality" title="Click here to read more about Please Refrain From Soiling The Spirit Of The Olympics With Your Hirsute Homosexuality">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:45:51 EDT]]></pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[A.J. Daulerio]]></dc:creator>
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