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Vacation Wild Card No. 9 — 5.28.09

May 29, 2009 4:07 p.m. • 8 comments

Councilman MikeK and I had a good time on the panel re: electronic media at Leadership Coeur d’Alene’s 2009 Media Day Thursday. I’d tell you what we said that drew the biggest laughs. But I’m prevented from doing so by Leadership Coeur d’Alene’s Media Rule. Which sez that Leadership Coeur d’Alene sessions are off the record. I imagine, however, that some of the jabs we took will get back to the targets, especially the one in which I said that the CdA Press is using “free speech” as an excuse to get by on the cheap by relying on volunteer monitors rather than paid staff to filter comments that are racist and/or inappropriate. I said it twice to drill the point home. I wish I could tell you about the clever jabs MikeK got in. But I’m stymied by the Media rule. Alas. Now, for your 9th of 11 Wild Cards (and as many Hat Tips to CindyH, who is drawing rave reviews as a fill-in) …

Eight comments on this post so far. Add yours!

camera_man47 on May 29 at 7:33 a.m.
So this morning, as I take a look at the news, I have only a few words to say…WHAT THE HELL AMERICA???

Texas Woman Told to Remove ‘Offensive’ American Flag From Office
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,522659,00.html
Arpie on May 29 at 7:42 a.m.
Read the article- a momentary brain fart. The flag is now hanging where it was.
Sisyphus on May 29 at 10:37 a.m.
Well camera man, methinks there is a lot more to that story than the snippet Fox News gave and immediately spread to all outlets. It looks to me more like a turf battle between two employees forced to share a confined space. That’s a pretty big flag. And then Fox inflames by saying the complaining party was an immigrant. To me this is an example of jingoism taken to extremes. Personally I don’t mark a person’s patriotism by something as superficial as who has the biggest flag. Doesn’t she have a lapel pin? I do agree that it should not have been placed on the floor.

This employee getting her way will not solve the economic crisis, the wars in the Middle East, nuclear proliferation, saber rattling in North Korea or what to do with America’s torture policy.
lew2nl on May 29 at 12:58 p.m.
DFO — you need to use the trick that we Senior Citizens use to figure out what today’s date is … look at the front page of the Spokesman.

Enjoy the remainder of your vacation. Cindy is doing a wonderful job!
toadman on May 29 at 4:37 p.m.
It’s gonna be a sunny warm wonderful weekend everyone! What the hell are you all doing in here?!?

EVERYBODY CUMBIA!

Here.. have a cervesa Sol.
MikeK on May 29 at 4:49 p.m.
I’m with you, Toad. Tecate and some kids baseball (not at the field, of course, that would be wrong).

Had fun at the Leadership CdA event too, DFO. Seemed like a good group, though I knew fewer of them than I have in previous years.
JeanieSpokane on May 29 at 4:50 p.m.
I can’t believe we are going to have a third weekend in a row of absolutely beautiful weather!!!! I am going to a car show in Palouse tomorrow - great day for a drive and this has turned into a great annual event. I’m bringing my camera too!
MikeK on May 29 at 4:58 p.m.
Don’t jinx it Jeanie. It’s tee-ballpalooza and softballpalooza for us this weekend. And nappapalooza if I have anything to do with it.

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D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.