Lou's Saturday Column

[karma]

I'm not buying it at all and if this is to educate, come on . . . . . . kids are going to be kids and seek thrills any way they can!! Just like adults and those that don't use their minds. You did it to sell more papers, let's be honest!!

[Chief]

yah...Lou "Yellow Kid" Brancaccio whines on. they have been running that column since Tuesday on their website. I've had by comments up since then as well...

http://clarkblog.org/index.php/topic,2102.0.html

Yellow Journalism, columbian style

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[Waterbuffalo]

Read the article and just added it to my "incompetence" memory file to ignore next time.

[Chief]

Again, he's the flat out worst writer I have ever seen published on a regular basis...

[Chief]

Believe it or not, I found the perfect spot to display Lou's coulmn...I'll let the ferrets do the talking...

;D

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[Waterbuffalo]

Is that Lou's cage in the Louvre?

[Waterbuffalo]

I'll just ignore the article.. Was not worth reading..

The Don Hamilton article in Sundays paper was more interesting..

[karma]

I'm still not buying the skateboard photo plus am ashamed how some folks guilt their kids.

[Chief]

Me neither. I found it interesting that Lou found it necessary to run all of the comments from people who agreed with him. That was actually one of the best columns he's ever done, but only because so many other people helped to write it...

Stout Hearts...

[Waterbuffalo]

Is there any new articles from him this weekend?

[karma]

Look for Lou's articles on Sat., he has Lou's space!!

[Waterbuffalo]

But have to wait basically until Tuesday when they post three quarters of the weekend news on the news web site.. Probably not worth reading.

[Chief]

But if you ask Lou about that delay WB, he'll tell you that there is great merit in consistently being a day late...and a dollar short...

[Waterbuffalo]

Are the $$op-Ed$$ pieces really worth reading or should I just take comments from the peanut gallery here instead? Not going to read stuff that takes three days to be posted on the columbian.com site. I can get most of the decent Op-ed pieces from Olympia, Seattle-tacoma and Spokane papers that are posted the same day, but no, it takes the columbians webmaster how long?

Sorry, thinking more by the day, I'll just read the dailyinsider..

Just heard on one of the CVTV background noises that Tony Bacon is sick.. Hope he gets better soon. Its nice to have him being one of the few decent news sources in Clark County other than the BG Reflector.

[Chief]

I haven't seen an Insider for a couple of days..I didn't realize he was ill...

[Waterbuffalo]

From what karma calls her "iron Maiden," Remember seeing a subject from Betty Sue mentioning it during one of the shows and he was not on he regular post at Clark County Focus asking questions of Betty Sue Morris..

So it raised my suspicions.

Don't really know what he is afflicted with, but do miss his commentary on CVTV.. Real interesting insight on inner workings of Clark County.

[Chief]

Even after a week's reprieve, and ample opportunity to find something worthwhile to talk about, Lou found it necessary yet again today to justify yet another newsroom drive-by character assassination, this time about the bus driver who got clocked for speeding in a school zone.

Frankly I thought that story was perfectly in keeping with what seems to be the only good thing that the columbian news staff does, and that's chasing ambulances, fire engines, and police cars. Leave it to the columbian to come up with a picture of the cop handing the bus driver her ticket.

But even when he's trying to rationalize the questionable behavior of his staff, Lou is still the worst writer that I have ever seen published on a regular basis. His vapid and poorly written columns perfectly exemplify how shallow a significant portion of the columbian's Editorial staff are. Most local newspaper editors find something important to write about in thier weekly columns; Greg Herrington's column about Medicare this week is an excellent example. But as long as the columbian doesn't have higher standards than the writings of Lou Brancaccio, Tom Koenninger and John Laird, the paper can count on continuing to watch it's circulation decline. Those three do more to insult my intelligence, waste my time, and just generally piss me off more than anyone at any publication I've ever read on a regular basis.

Moving on...

[karma]

it's what sells newspapers but not worth the space??? I was shocked this week that they would send me their newsletter I didn't sign up for and haven't been going to their site unless I needed to look up information?? Then there is the selling/taking of information from their site for the use of whatever??? The one group I have listed there is now again getting credit card offers and it's only at that site that this group is listed??? So Lou, what's up with that??? Information for the taking????

[Chief]

Let's be clear...nobody pays to read Lou's column....what people pay for is advertizing space, and nationwide, that source of revenue has been swirling around the hole for many newspapers, not just the columbian. If you cannot attract enough advertizing revenue, it's hard to keep the presses rolling. That's why the Dinosaur Media has been laying off workers from sea to shining sea...

[Waterbuffalo]

I have been recently getting the columbians newsletter because i signed up months ago to post on their site, but they then started pulling back the ability of those users to post after the news stories and op-ed pieces.

As far as I can say, the comments after the news stories and op-ed pieces tended to be just drivel and political slams.. Really was not worth reading either.

[Chief]

I thought it was odd that I got a couple of "Breaking News" notices via e-mail yesterday from them. They must have a new push underway to attract bidnez. I've also seen flyers in the past week from both the Oregonain and the columbian for steeply discounted subscription deals; the Oregonian is offering $2 a week, 7 days; if you pay for a year up front. I don't recall what the columbian was offering but it was similar...

[Waterbuffalo]

Columbian in the past has offered similar deals if you bough three months, you got a deal.. Though I don't subscribe currently and probably won't in the near future, (self explanatory..)

Oregonian might be interesting to get, but I can get my favorite news from them online and any side stories from either paper here.

[Chief]

I couldn't resist the urge to find out if Lou had signed up for those remedial writing classes yet, so I took a look at his scribblings this week.

Not to worry, he's still the lamest writer in print on a regular basis here in the entire Pacific Northwest, and it's apparent he hasn't paid the tuition just yet...nor is he likely to in the near future...

And thank the Gods!! Laird is off on vacation so they just skipped any local column for the Sunday paper. maybe John already packed his desk for the move anyway...

John is gonna be pissed the first time a train whistle from the Boise Cascade area disturbs his afternoon siesta at the new building too...it'll be a rude welcome back from whereever he considers a good vacation to be...

;D

[Waterbuffalo]

What is this stuff about John Laird Chief? And the Boise Cascade site whistle? Or do you mean the BNSF whistle?

[Chief]

Once again our boy finds it necessary to rationalize more questionable behavior, this time against teachers.

Is it just me, or does Lou seem to get an inordinately high number of angry e-mails and letters?? It seems that's all he writes about these days...

Still the worst writer I've ever seen published on a regular basis...

::)

[Waterbuffalo]

Does he need a free course from escrouge.com write-by-homeschool?

Why can't the columbian.com editorial staff actually comment on local or regional items? Even a few things of national importance that are actually affecting local people...

back to Clarkblog.org postings..

[Chief]

I know what you mean WB. I know you surf around to different websites, and many newspapers in the State are able to weigh in on important matters, and so a decent job of it. Lou falls flat with every column he writes. I wonder why they put up with it...

[Waterbuffalo]

Because they are the only game in town in both print, on-line and television/radio media that has the money to do it?

Most of our comments here are generally off columbian or other newspapers work from around the US. Though there are some nice expose stuff. What kind of hard media options do we really have?

Oregonian does an OK job, but do they generally comment on Vancouver's problems in their editorial side? Tony Bacon does a similar job with some additional comment articles on things going on. Woodland and Battle Ground/North County have community newspapers of decent length and a joy to read. (My thought process it that woodland does have a paper, but I can't remember the name of it. Might have been a small weekly.)

Then you had the Camas/Washougal paper that is owned and printed by the Columbian, so what other options on the Southern Portion of Clark County do we have? Clarkblog is nice for commentary, but what real news stories do you know of that are "NOT" being covered or sections of this area opinions not being heard.

Replace The Columbian editorial staff and that might be a start.

[Chief]

2 Points about meeting famous people...

1. I met Pope John Paul twice in the eighties,

2. So what?

...

[Waterbuffalo]

Chief, wasn't this whole article more than a month old?

[karma]

You mean you both read it??? Just don't read it anymore?? So sorry Lou, but whom cares??? Where is the news????? If so why are you just dropping names?? I met 'God' but do you want me to writing about it??

[Chief]

I dunno...I got about half way through, the GAS Meter didn't budge off of zero, and I stopped reading...

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[Waterbuffalo]

All I can ask is who rarely reads the Saturday edition of any paper? Look across the country and most papers don't have a large Saturday readership.

Do you wonder now why Lou has been placed there?

[Chief]

You read the other papers around the State like I do WB, and most Editors have something meaningful to say in the space the paper gives them. In fact, I submit most Editors would not accept the tripe that passes for a Brancaccio column for publication from one of their staff. In fact if a reporter handed in something like the garbage Lou writes on a regular basis to the Editor of the Seattle Times, he'd quickly be looking for alternative employment.

Yes karma, I do try and read it if for no other reason than to have an excuse to say it one more time:

Lou Brancaccio is the worst writer I have ever seen published on a regular basis, and I really think it's time for some changes at the columbian. I may disagree with John Laird and Tom Koenninger, but at least they can both construct a proper sentence. Greg Herrington is another great writer down there who regularly produces some excellent thought provoking pieces.

I keep this thread around for good reason my friends, I am not merely taking cheap shots at lou.

[Waterbuffalo]

While I read stories from about 100 newspapers in Washington. Some of them just small dailies from a town of two thousand people had a lot to say about what the conditions are going on in their community, a piece of national news that might have some specific local connection or news item that might have some specific interest to the local editorial board, there is a general sense of information, emotion or idea that is trying to be brought across to the local populace that reads that pages.

The Columbian's editorial presence from the last two and half years since I have moved back to Clark County and Vancouver has not just been outright objectionable from a political stand-point, but it suffers from an embarrassing lack of basic common thought and ability to form to the needs of this growing metropolis we call home.

I may not agree with some of what has been printed, actions taken by the publisher or agreed reporters comments to stories that I have personally witnessed (Columbia River Crossing is one.) But the one thing I can't seem to shake out of my mind is one of the editorial writers and commentators of our community has said.

[karma]

Heck I have to dry my rag out before reading so I loss interest!! Don't tell me to complain, they know it rains and yet they stick them in the box without proper cover.

[Chief]

I canceled both my subscription to the columbian and the Oregonian a while ago becasue they both have just terrible delivery service. I am an early riser, and hit the paperbox at the corner for my morning papers, usually long before the home deliveries even start.

Lot's less stressful.

;D

[Waterbuffalo]

hehe Don't you want to know what I think of the late delivery of the newspaper in my neighborhood?

I am currently just north of you Chief and the local rag and tag don't even dump their papers off at the local weigh stations (Qwickie Marts) until way after 6:30am.

Don't you think most average adult readers that want to read their papers on their way to work on the daily-grind-belt to Portland by 6am?

Oregonian is usually at my area Qwickie marts and stands by 4:30am or so, but some occasional hiccups do occur from time to time.

If you really want to hit some one with a death blow, hit them with one of the local Sundays full of Christmas advertisements.. This time of year both papers are chuck full of this stuff and are the heaviest of advertising during this time. Can I add that when I bought both Sundays this weekend the newspapers were heavy than the two 2 litres of Diet soda I bought?

[Chief]

I know! When the Missus showed up at the hospital on Sunday with both papers in hand, she was struggling with them along with the other stuff she was packing. Veterans Day sales are almost as bad as the day after Thanksgiving...

[Waterbuffalo]

I used to deliver newspapers up north and every year I delivered the news paper got heavier by the year and earlier in the year. Do you think its a coincidence that Retailers are pushing their sales a few days a year earlier to capture spending habits that don't seem to happen any other time of year?

Think the local rag and tag and the newspaper to the south are probably 2x what I delivered for a couple of years and I had to hand put together each sunday with its news cousin because the paper was so huge and the machines could process the ads into the newspaper.

Now you tell me, do I want buy all of that crap they are offering for sale just because its earlier and earlier in the year?

Sorry Boy and Girls at the local advertising agencies that work with their national retailers, please cut down on all these circulars? Wonder how many trees get killed because of all of this advertising that generally most people won't buy???

Or am I all cold water and don't know what I am saying?

[Chief]

Advertizing is what pays the bills at every Newspaper in the country, so don't look for the volume of crap (at least THAT crap) to decline any further.

One thing's for certain though, our local carriers will never have to worry about scheduling hernia surgery as a result of carrying weighty words from Lou Brancaccio's column...

;D

[Waterbuffalo]

They might not have to carry it your door but both papers probably go around a few blocks and those carriers probably quit right on the spot when they see what a Sunday newspaper looks like with all of its glorious adverts.

And you know Chief, I wonder why the "treehuggernaughts" are not screaming bloody murder about this deforestation action in the name of profit for retailers?

Darn, where is my consumption counter when I need it?

[Chief]

They do, they just haven't figured out how to effectively blamd George Bush for Target's ads...yet.

[Waterbuffalo]

Are you giving D4V ammo? ;-D Now where did I put that login information?

[Chief]

I often feed the Moonbats...just doing my part to aid in the decline of a noxious species...besides, it's great Sport!

;D

[Waterbuffalo]

Are you telling me they need to sink or swim off near the Lake River or play dust-up in those precious waters near the Columbia River flushing channel?

Where is that Columbia Riverkeeper when I need him? Maybe he can advise me why newspapers have to use sooo much newsprint and why it can't be used to cushion all of the floating flotilla BS that comes down the river..

[Chief]

Anyone read Lou's backhanded swipe at Clarkblog today? I can read between words just like anyone else can, and I think it's clear that I'm one of the people he was whining about today.

Lou, you are so thin-skinned I don't know how you stand it here in town...

As far as the columbian doing the heavy lifitng on investigative journalism, just who do you think you are kidding??

WB and karma should go read this tripe and tell me if they see the same thing I do...

And as a side note, count the number of Lou's paragraphs that have more than one sentence...still the worst writer I have ever seen published on a regular basis...

::)

[Waterbuffalo]

Investigative reporting??? (Read the piece before Chief posted??)

Sorry but the local rag and tag holds the awards for many other things than this... Sorry Lou but the Oregonian does a better job of investigative reporting than our media does?

Where's my English teacher/tutor when I need him?

[Chief]

Where's my English teacher/tutor when I need him?



My High School Journalism teacher, Miss Mary Boyce, would have had no tolerance whatsoever for the "writing" that passes for one of Lou's "editorials". She retired from teaching College English, to come back to her hometown in Northeast Ohio, and head the English Department at my hometown High School. She was a tough teacher, one of the toughest I ever had, but she blessed me with an appreciation for proper written communications that has stayed with me for my entire life, and directly contributed to my many professional success along the way.

Miss Boyce is long gone now, (she was approaching her seventies when I was in High School) but her influence on me and my style is still strong and undeniable, and I still have very fond memories of her to this day. She is the person who introduced me to J.R.R. Tolkein back when he was still new, realtively unknown, and virtually nobody had read "The Hobbit" much less "The Lord of the Rings". I am still an avid reader, have an extensive personal library, and I attribute part of my love of books to Miss Boyce as well.

;D

[Chief]

"Write something like that on the blackboard again little Lou, and next time he takes off an ear."

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;D

[Waterbuffalo]

tks tsk tsk.. Aren't you getting your Clark County T-shirt ironed for the Task Force meeting, Mr. SuperHero?

Leave Mr.B to his party animal atmosphere and lets get down to some business?Task Force is only a week or so away and your raving/postings pics about one "SMALL" person?

drags Chief back to the SuperHero changing room to make sure he's ready for the next meeting.

Better check those data points Chief and sharpen that pencil?

[karma]

Can't we play nice here, I'm not reading the rag until bed time and need to have a clear head this evening!!

Maybe he can do something about my wet paper??

[Chief]

Do you really think Lou gives a tinker's damn whether your paper arrives dry or not?

Seriously?

[karma]

He might when we drop the Columbian and take the Oregonian?? I'm that close.

[Chief]

No comment.

[Waterbuffalo]

Guess one might say I'd probably take neither paper and just read it online?

[Chief]

Again, no coment...

[Waterbuffalo]

Time to move on to another thread?

[Waterbuffalo]

<Spews his milk..> Guess who went after Lars and the governor? Hope you enjoy your morning newspaper!

[Chief]

A few points...

1 This weeks' scribblings have nothing to do with Lars Larsen the radio star, and everything to do with Lars Erickson, the Gubnor's Press Secretary.

2. Knowing what you do about Lou, if you were in Lar's shoes and were doing your job right, wouldn't you do everything you could to protect the Governor from a well known, 2-bit, minor league, publicity-deprived, thrill seeking, ambulance chasing, little read, pompous, tabloid "Editor" who takes personal credit for dreaming up the novel idea of addressing your charge by a casual, disrespectful, diminutive form of her real, given Christian name??

3. Consider that Lou Brancaccio is to the Governor's Press Secretary; exactly the same way Helen Thomas is to the President's Press Secretary; and is deserving of the same methods of controlled access to any Political figure, and potential target of his poorly written, and ill informed abuse.

3. This week's paragraph watch yielded the following statistics:

22: Total number of paragraphs.

68.18% : Percentage of paragraphs consisting of exactly one sentence (15).

22.73% : Percentage of paragraphs consisting of exactly two sentences (5).

9.01% : Percentage of paragraphs consisting of exactly three sentences (2)

0.00% : Percentage of paragraphs consisting of more than three sentences (ZERO)

1 : Number of uses of the phrase "...but, hey,..."

5. Admittedly it would appear on the surface that this week's paragraph count might indicate a slight improvement in Lou's decidedly reliable miserable weekly writing score, but that is obviously due to the fact he is once again quoting a real person's words, which by default far exceed Lou's demonstrated abysmal writing skills on a good day, and always artificially inflates his score.

6. Decidedly, and quite reliably still, the worst writer I have ever seen published on a regular basis.

;D

[karma]

No I'm not going to look, not going to look, you can't make me read!! There's no place like home, sticks and stones!! Ya know these are getting as bad as those guest editorials they used to print?? Remember those folks?? Where are they now??? Don't pay any attention to the man behind the curtin!!??

[Chief]

The weekly High School column "Student Voices" is more cogent, logical, and far better written than anything in Lou's entire portfolio...

;D

[Waterbuffalo]

Come on now! University Journalist students are that good? <g>

[karma]

Hey does anyone know if he got his degree from ICC??? >:D

[Waterbuffalo]

Not going to say what his educational background is. That would be lower than even I would lower myself to.

[Chief]

I have no direct knowledge about Lou's journalism education (or apparent lack thereof), or his qualifications to be editor of any newspaper. In my opinion, he is an employee of a private corporation who is entitled to say whatever he wants, and has a unique platform to spew from by the nature of his position. The content, quality of his scribblings, and his credentials are a private matter between Lou and his employer.

[Waterbuffalo]

Good.. then lets drop the diatribe about scribbling at will?

[Chief]

This week's paragraph watch yielded the following statistics:

20: Total number of paragraphs.

55.00% : Percentage of paragraphs consisting of exactly one sentence (11).

25.00% : Percentage of paragraphs consisting of 10 words or less (5)

25.00% : Percentage of paragraphs consisting of exactly two sentences (5).

0.00% : Percentage of paragraphs consisting of exactly three sentences (ZERO)

5.00% : Percentage of paragraphs consisting of exactly four sentences (1)

5.00% : Percentage of paragraphs consisting of exactly five sentences. (1)

45.46% : Percentage of one-sentence paragraphs having 10 words or less (5)

Number One self-deluded comment of the week:

"A strong, vibrant newspaper with a strong, vibrant readership can connect a community in ways nothing else can"

I find it hilarious that Lou has the gall to even suggest that this Community has either (A) a vibrant newspaper, or (B) that a vibrant readership exists for the tripe the columbian chooses to publish. His Editorial staff does more to bully and supress informed public comment, and promote public ignorance than any other local "newspaper" I have ever seen. Considering that the columbian's news room server lurker is the fourth most frequent viewer of Clarkblog.org for the month of November, I have to wonder how seriously anyone can take Lou's comments about the columbian's strength, vibrancy, or truth about where they really get their news leads.

Lou is theoretically correct when he says: "...connecting a community in ways nothing else can.", but that statement coming from Lou Brancaccio is a classic, textbook example of an oxymoron, and has nothing whatsoever to do with Lou, his Editorial Board, or 90% of what his "newspaper" chooses to print.

Number One Stupid Statement of the Week:

"And Portland was able to see us shine."

This week, Lou can't resist playing "Attention Whore" by attempting a poorly worded grab of a piece of the well deserved recognition of the Firstenberg's many, many incredibly generous gifts to this Community. This column is a self-serving and undeserved pat-on-the-back at the expense of a wonderful couple who really do deserve the recognition they got yesterday. The awards yesterday had nothing to do with improving Vancouver's image with Portland, and to even suggest such a thing proves that Lou's inherent narcissism continues to blind him to anything deeper than his usual desperate attempt to fill that empty space every Saturday.

Chief Wahoo's weekly column of personal opinion, and ongoing detailed analysis of Lou Brancaccio's utter lack of writing skills appears every Saturday as a regular feature here at www.clarkblog.org.

;D

[Waterbuffalo]

Is this the same whining Chicago native? <what shock, what horror..>

Wonder how long it will take for him to go after Jamie, our new legislator?

[Chief]

I think the more pertinent question in that regard, is when will Jim Dunn go after her...

;D

[Waterbuffalo]

Oh my... Now you've done it Chief! You have to encourage a fellow republican to do some thing so interesting as that?

Sorry but I hope some thing is done about that situation before it gets that wild.

[Waterbuffalo]

Guess who slips on a Wulle, loves the Miami Harold (herald he says later???) and writes in Kindergartner fashion.

Sounds like Chief needs to get out is magic words abacus again because some one is in "RARE" magic form?

[Chief]

This week's paragraph watch yielded the following statistics:

22: Total number of paragraphs.

36.36% : Percentage of paragraphs consisting of exactly one sentence (8).

4.55% : Percentage of paragraphs consisting of exactly one word (1).

25.00% : Percentage of one-sentence paragraphs having 10 words or less (2)

46: Total number of sentences

27: Total number of sentences consisting of 10 words or less

4.35%: Percentage of sentences consisting of exactly one word (2)

58.70%: Percentage of sentences consisting of 10 words or less (27)

9.09% : Percentage of paragraphs consisting of 10 words or less (2)

22.73% : Percentage of paragraphs consisting of exactly two sentences (5).

18.18% : Percentage of paragraphs consisting of exactly three sentences (4)

13.64% : Percentage of paragraphs consisting of exactly four sentences (3)

4.55% : Percentage of paragraphs consisting of exactly five sentences. (1)



This week marks a return to Lou's favorite subject; rationalizing the journalistic malpractices committed by the columbian over the past week. In addition, Lou demonstrates that he can't even properly plaigeraize a set of popular song lyrics, blames a fill-in court reporter for his editorial oversight, and continues to romp on a well respected local Judge.

Number One most accurate comment of the week:

[b]"And from what I've read, I think a reasonable person would conclude that the words "boorish" and "sophomoric" would fit.
Read our front page story today and you decide."

Absolutely right Lou; the columbian's coverage of Superior Court Judge John Wulle's censure has been boorish and sophomoric, and your scribblings about it today only lend further proof to that assertion.

Number One Stupid Statement of the Week:

"Second, everyone has an opinion. Many of ours happen to get into print. Don't like mine? That's OK. Try some of our other columnists."[

The problem is that the columbian is an echo chamber for the Corporate interests of the owners, and could not care less about anyone's opinions in the community that might differ with their narrow views on anything; with the exception of printing the regular monthly uninformed spew from Larry Patella. The majority of the editorials that do see publication are from the same national sources every week, and largely feature a liberal view on just about everything. The local columns that do get published, regularly attack local citizens for their opinions, regale us with ways we could be more like Vancouver BC, explain the political affiliations of housepets, repeatedly proclaim the impending joys of Loot Rail, and even examine the wider implications of male pattern baldness here in Clark County.

The most remarkable feature of this week's editorial malpractice from Lou Brancaccio, is the re-appearance of the one word paragraph. I think it is fascinating that the shortest paragraph and sentence in the Holy Bible consists of 2 words, and curiously, perfectly expresses my overall feelings about Lou's entire library of painful literary excursions:

"Jesus wept."


Chief Wahoo's weekly column of personal opinion, and ongoing detailed analysis of Lou Brancaccio's utter lack of writing skills appears every Saturday as a regular feature here at www.clarkblog.org.

;D

[Waterbuffalo]

Wonder if that streetcar is going to be going right by a certain newspaper?

I think I'll go back to reading my online sources of REAL news..

[Chief]

I think it's a safe bet that the current streetcar fantasies that are floating around in relation to the Boise Cascade site would certainly go very close to the columbian's new digs. Esther street goes right past that new building, and is one of the proosed new tunnels into the site. It's not too much of a stretch to see that tunnel built wide enough to accomodate a streetcar.

The columbian's owner and publisher is heavily invested in downtown development and his proxies at Identity Clark County make that clear every time Ginger Metcalf opens her big mouth.

All of that makes Lou's pitiful jabs at piety all the more amusing...

[Waterbuffalo]

I just came up with that wonderment this early morning.. Thought it might be of some interest to our fellow lurkers, ghosts and wonderers.

[karma]

Buff, I'm not going to look until I'm tanked!! I've only had a cup of coffee and it's not important???

[Waterbuffalo]

I wouldn't dare the thought to spare you from any horror should I Karma?

Iif you read Chief and my assessments, you should get a good idea of what's up..

[karma]

Please, I already have a headach and you want me to read this and make me sicker??? I'm still going to wait until later!!

[Waterbuffalo]

ti think your not reading what I am saying Karma.. I am saying DON'T!

[karma]

I know what you are saying, I have to be tanked to read it and yes I read it for the humor that it is?? Never take it serious as I know the history!

[Waterbuffalo]

grabs Chief and the pole to grab Karma off center stage so we can run off for coffee.

[karma]

Heck I just took 10 to make another pot of coffee and check on the greenhouse temps. Come on guys, ya can't keep up with the old gal?

[Chief]

I sure wish I could tell karma that I'm "Reading Lou's column so that you don't have to", and ease her misery, but I gave up saying things like that last year for Lent...

;D

[Waterbuffalo]

hehe Chief.. Let her get all steamed up, either from her potpourri greenhouse steam bath or one column of her favored sanctuary rambling through her head.

Either way, she'll still come back here raving and singing the praises of the City of Vancouver or Board of Clark County Commissioners. Right Karma? <wink>

[karma]

Well I read is and it appears Dodge maybe in hot water for advance articles of support??? But ya know, some folks don't get it??

[Waterbuffalo]

Dodge is in advance of articles of support? huh? please explain?

[karma]

Buff, it appears that they put the donkey behind the cart in their support articles hoping to push this up hill when they should of waited to see what the verdict would of been first?? It appears more folks are not watching what they say and becoming pollitically incorrect??

[Chief]

Are you referring to Judge Wuhle, and Koenninger's column about it??

(Koenninger viewed an advance copy of the Judge's censure document, which is a violation of the rules. Koenninger obviously shot off his mouth at the office about it, Lou got wind of anothter embarrassing scoop, and *BINGO* Instant karma, a freshly manufactured news story...)

[karma]

Thanks Chief, BINGO is the buzz word for the day!!

[Waterbuffalo]

Guess I'll take any further comments on the subject to private chat.

[Chief]

Good news Lou!! The Sisters are praying for you!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/SeniorChieftain/2007-12-10-1448-32_edited.jpg

The bad news is there are only three of them...

;D

[Waterbuffalo]

nice.... :-)

[karma]

That's not enough Chief, maybe you should get those Monks making fudge to help fund a new writer???

[Waterbuffalo]

Chcolate fudgery? Sounds like some thing I could handle..

[Chief]

This week is a doozy....

This week's paragraph watch yielded a wealth of interesting perspectives from what I consider the vintage Lou Brancaccio column of the year. Lou starts out pimping for compliments and votes on what the best story of the year was, and then shifts to rationalizing yet another massive columbian photo-journalistic FUBAR, and blaming anyone but himself for the photo that ran last Thursday. Lou is probably glad that we missed that one here...

There are really 2 different columns here, so we will look at this a little differently today.

Column One: Begging for Compliments

15: Total number of paragraphs.

73.33%: Percentage of paragraphs consisting of exactly one sentence. (11)

6.67%: Percentage of paragraphs consisting of exactly two sentences (1)

13.33%: Percentage of paragraphs consisting of exactly three sentences (2)

21 : Total Number of sentences.

10 : Number of sentences consisting of less than ten words (47.62%)


Column Number Two: It's still not our fault...

11: Total number of paragraphs.

54.55%: Percentage of paragraphs consisting of exactly one sentence. (6)

45.45%: Percentage of paragraphs consisting of exactly two sentences (5)

16 : Total Number of sentences.

3 : Number of sentences consisting of less than ten words (18.75%)


Statistically, the second column appears to be an enormous improvement over the first, but once again Lou is quoting other people and as we have discussed before, that always elevates Lou's word count.

Considering the list of most offensive stories for the year that I have been accumulating, it seems to me that the picture Lou ran on Thursday's front page, with the bright red 2 word message to those sharp readers who caught it and chewed on Lou about it, was the perfect Freudian slip on the part of the columbian's editorial staff. They send that message to members of the community on a regular basis, only they tend to be less direct and much more subtle about it.

But of course it isn't Lou's fault that his paper committed their biggest act of journalistic malpractice of the year, on his very own front page (and above the fold...); the real culprit is Parks and Rec for not removing the vulgarities as fast as your kids are spray painting them on the concrete...

The bottom line here is that Lou is ultimately responsible for making sure things like this don't happen, but the rush to find something, anything for the front page ends up with what he allowed to be published. I don't see the Editor of the Oregonian scribbling apologies for his staff the same way we repeatedly see Lou doing. After a while, pointing this stuff out again and again does get tedious, and you would think that the Publisher might buy a cluepon someday too. Lou's closing says it all...

[b][color=blue]"Bottom line is, we need a better plan as well"

I think that plan would include some changes in management as the best way to prevent this from happening again.



Chief Wahoo's weekly column of personal opinion, and ongoing detailed analysis of Lou Brancaccio's utter lack of writing skills appears every Saturday as a regular feature here at www.clarkblog.org.

[Waterbuffalo]

So I missed all the fun? :-)

[Chief]

We sure did. I dug through the newspaper pile by the woodstove and pulled out Thursday's front page, and there it is, bigger than life, above the fold too. Good think I've been busy this week and paid less attention to them than I already do, or I would have scored a strip of flesh of my own...I can only imagine the phonecalls and emails he got over this one...

Column of the year contender...

[Waterbuffalo]

Since I haven't been watching the newspaper because of various things going on.. Link??

[Chief]

You know where to find it...

[Waterbuffalo]

Where would that be?

[Waterbuffalo]

"observation journalism.."

I give props and shout outs to Lou for such a wonderful hoot and holler! I never thought someone might actually be able to make me roll all over the floor all morning long?

Have a hoot and holler yourself here:

http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/2007/12/12222007_Observing-a-speeding-story-and-the-guv.cfm

[Chief]

I refuse to spoil my Christmas Spirit by re-reading that...

Chief Wahoo's regular weekly column of personal opinion and analysis will return next Saturday...


;D

[Waterbuffalo]

Well just wait a week until after the new year and I get back from California to enjoy more "Observation Journalisms..."

[Waterbuffalo]

From Lou to you:

"And as we begin cultivating "citizen journalists," soon if you know about something that happened and look for it on our Web site — but don’t find it there — we may be asking you to post it there for us."

Sorry Lou but I'll keep my options open.. Read here:

http://columbian.com/news/localNews/2007/12/12292007_A-new-year-brings-new-challenges.cfm

[Chief]

I caught that one too, but the Sprit of the Holidays is still upon me, and I was going to be chairitable for one more weekend.

I wonder who the hell he is cultivating...Larry Patella is the columbian's favorite letter writer, so who knows what they have in mind...

[Waterbuffalo]

Boy your charitable after he said a lot of thank yous and wants me to post all of my news clippings over at the Columbian. Sorry Lou, but that would be high treason before I'd ever do that..

[Chief]

I've kept a periodic eye on what gets posted over at their website, and I just refuse to participate on that level. Anyone who has ever spent a little time over there knows who the regulars are and what level the conversations usually descend to.

[Waterbuffalo]

Looking over several different Vancouver related Blogs and forum areas, Columbian.com isn't the only one that descends into an abyss of immature name calling, whining and finger pointing.

There is no real discussion of idea or comments?

Basically it all comes down to who is moderating and controlling the discussion. I don't think I could contribute any thing to these many places because there is no real discussion??

[Waterbuffalo]

<bumps>
SO now that we're into the new year Chief, where's your synopsis? You've been peeped during the holidays, so I expected by now you'd have some comment about this by now..

[Chief]

We'll see what gets presented this week. I'm not the only one who has been on hiatus...

:D

[Waterbuffalo]

Some one is still on vacation? Boy! I thought you would be raring for a statistical analysis... :-)

[Waterbuffalo]

For your per usual statistical analysis of the new year...

http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/2008/01/01122008_Building-good-people.cfm

[karma]

Nice photo of everyone in the room one last time in the old building. My burning questions is did they get a new press?? If not how in the heck are they going to move the old one, isn't if to old to move? How about turning that building into a press historical museum?

[Chief]

The press was moved to their production facility a long time ago, as I understand it, and will not be moving. Just the offices.

[karma]

Wow all those folks that used to be in that small space are going to take up all that building?

I just checked my notes from when I was on that committee down there as I did remember them saying they
wanted the presses on the first floor with all the windows so that folks can watch their papers being printed??

[Waterbuffalo]

From my memory, Karma you might be right.

If you take the Bellingham Herald building in Bellingham, its a very similar model of what your proposing. Offices on the upper floors and presses on the bottom one.

Now just thinking again, no... They were waiting on IT/Computers and heating/duct work to be finished on the top floor. That is why they could not move in any earlier than now.

To Chief, yes, they moved there presses near the production areas about 20 years ago. Smarter to be able to move paper rolls as they come in and put them into a close storage area than move 1/2 a building length to where they used to be.

Now my current wonderment is: Who is going to move into all the freed up space?

[Chief]

I am sorely tempted to renew this thread after reading not one, but two of Lou's painful-to-follow columns this week. But he's back pimping his brand of Yellow Journalism again, so the temptation is great, but I have better things to do today...

This comes up because the story about the Cop and the butcher has hit the national internet at Free Republic, and I think some of it might be about to land here...

Developing...

[Waterbuffalo]

hmm.. You mean the meat cleaver/whiner and the CRCP postings/ramblings right next to the Mayor's speech?

Honestly, I'd rather read some thing that has some meat on the bone than the bloated diatribes. Elizabeth and Gregg tend to do a decent job of coming up with stuff.

[karma]

Wow, two blessings last week of 'Lou's Words??' Aren't we so special??

[Waterbuffalo]

Who will be giving the blessing and offertory Hymnal for Lou's Saturday special? Honestly, I'll read the rest of the paper. The online version is 10x worse looking than the content itself..

[Chief]

This week Clarkblog.org features the return of our immensely popular "Paragraph Watch", primarily out of sheer puzzlement about what the hell Lou Brancaccio is scribbling about this week...I quote...

"The (c)olumbian is a direct reflection of life in Clark County. If it's sweet out there, we feel that. But if it's sour - as it was in March - well, you get the picture.

In some ways, it's a double whammy for the newspapers across the country. Not only do we feel the economic pinch that others are feeling, but we sometimes are looked at as the villian. When things go sour, we report it. And there are those who feel that exacerbates the problem.

"If only the newspaper hadn't reported the bad news."

But the facts are the facts. And targeting the messenger does little good. In other words, spend more energy figuring a way out of this mess and less energy trying to figure out whom to blame.

Unquote.

I'm confused Lou...what ever gave you the idea that you reflect life in Clark County?? Your "newspaper" is a reflection of life in Downtown Vancouver, West of Interstate 5 and South of Hazel Dell. The only time your "reporters" venture outside of that area is if there's been a particularly juicy accident where there's a Police line to bust or an Ambulance computer to diddle with.

Just because there is an ongoing "Dinosaur Media Death Watch" at most of the printed newspapers in this country does not mean that you are a reflection of the rest of the Community. Our lives don't suck as badly as yours does Lou; quite the contrary, there is all kinds of new development going on on this end of town, and none of it is underwritten with anyone's tax money; unlike your paper's constant pimping for dollars for Killian Pacific, Gramor Development, Trimet, and other Loot Rail interests. Once you get outside of the Economic Dead Zone in Downtown the "Couv, you would be amazed at how much commerce there is taking place, the further away from the columbian's sphere of influence you get.

Newspapers are feeling an economic pinch because advertisements printed on newspaper are almost useless when compared to the internet. (I say "almost" useless, only because my ferrets can't easily crap on the internet...mrgrn) I realize you think you can continue to dominate the news if you just transition to a website, but you don't know how to effectively manage the internet either.

You are regarded as the villain Lou, because of the dishonest way that your staff does business, not because you truthfully report only the facts. It's been almost a year and a half since the Columbia River Crossing Project really started firing up for Public comments, and you paper has yet to publish a single, truthful and insightful investigative report that really discusses what is actually going on down there.

Instead of insightful, we get incite-ful editorials from your 'writers" who cannot resist calling the locals derogatory names, lying by omission about important Public projects, and generally suppressing any news that does not fit your narrow views in the Community.

We really don't need to figure out who to blame for all of the outrages at the columbian Lou, we blame you, John Laird, and ultimately Scotty Campbell, your Publisher.

Stop whining, grow a spine, take some responsibility for your actions and while you're at it, as Maxine sez....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/SeniorChieftain/BULLSHIT/maxinebullshit.gif

Stout Hearts...

ddrrii

[Waterbuffalo]

If you read this weeks column, you'll wonder if he doesn't need a free check-in at Southwest.

Lou, nice job on speculation of our local real estate sales compared to the rest of the country. Though you left me wondering why your house talks?

[Chief]

yah...His house doesn't write any better than Lou does either.

mrgrn

[Waterbuffalo]

I was having trouble answering the question as to why houses type and talk about their owners. Even if they're Editorial staff from the local newspaper.

Can any one tell me why sticks, wood, cement, steel and nails can talk??

[Chief]

Can any one tell me why sticks, wood, cement, steel and nails can talk??

We can certainly speculate in Lou's case.

Let's first acknowledge that life for Lou right now, in a word, sucks. The paper is in the toilet making the last few high speed swirling orbits around the edge of the bowl, while they watch advertizing revenues and subscriptions hit all time lows. (Has anyone counted the pages in the Monday morning paper lately??)

The columbian-youth that they have recruited to try and sell the daily rag are even getting more aggressive. They are actially making these poor kids go out in the late afternoon, ring strange people's doorbells and introduce themselves "Hi I'm Kevin, I'm with the columbian and...".

Have you no shame Mr. Brancaccio?? What kind of sick malcontent makes a child go out and identify themselves as a member of your staff??!!

And when I said I wasn't interested and started to shut the door, the kid all but shouts at me "WHY NOT??!! ARE YOU SURE??"

Are you feeding them steroids too Lou??

Anyway, with his world tanking around him and the unbearable pressure to produce a column every week, I think it's obvious that he's hitting the good stuff, looking for inspiration, if ya know what I mean...whatever it is, it probably doesn't take much to shove Lou off the deep end...him being such a small fellow...

mrgrn

[Chief]

Can any one tell me why sticks, wood, cement, steel and nails can talk??
My wife and I were discussing this latest phenomenon from Lou, and it dawned on us that this could represent a whole new path for channeling Lou's creativity, as well as giving him a badly needed chance to hone those writing skills. He could be knocking out that "honey-do" list at the same time...

We're thinking he could start a whole series of weekly columns that could carry him for months. Prospective subjects could be:

"I am Lou's moss infested roof"

"I am Lou's cracked and brittle weather stripping"

"I am Lou's danky infested basement"

"I am Lou's abundant harvest of weeds"

"I am Lou's mildew encrusted grout"

"I am Lou's dry-rotted bathroom floor"

You catch my drift. Notice that all of them are less than ten words, so even Lou could figger them out...

mrgrn

[Waterbuffalo]

Live from Chicago.. Loves to speak of NPR and some other fine dandies.

Probably his best column work to date this year. (aka coherent.)

So if you feel the urge, please go have a good read.

http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/2008/04/04262008_Truck-rocks-amoebas-and-squadoosh.cfm

[Chief]

Big deal. If Lou quoted the Encyclopedia Britannica , he would want you to believe he had actually written it...

Last week Lou established that he is at leas sophisticated enough to live in a house, albeit one that talks to him...

This week Lou is letting us know that not only does he actually own a TV, he has electricity to operate it as well. Of course he has to hire one of the neighbor kids to come program the DVD player for him so the time quits flashing...

::)

[Waterbuffalo]

Wonder if Lou will begin talking about his walks on the Clark County bike paths and trails in Amboy?

[Chief]

Did the idea of being forced to watch Lou eat make you throw up a little bit too??

I thought so...

:p

[Waterbuffalo]

"Did the idea of being forced to watch Lou eat make you throw up a little bit too??"

What do you mean SIR?

I thought Lou would make a nice descriptive trail interpretor? (one that writes the trail head markers?)

[Chief]

Did you read his column today?? If you write a nice essay about something the columbian did good, Lou will take you to lunch. The Master Panderer at work, desperately trolling for compliments again...

I would let him know that his Editorial page absorbs ferret urine like no other...

I might even thank him for finally $hit-canning that reprobate reporter Don Hamilton...

mrgrn

[Waterbuffalo]

No, I have not read his column. Is there a reason why he's put on the second lowest printing day of the week? Seems I think he should be put on a Sunday or Tuesday.

That way every one gets a chance to read his column fully.

[Chief]

No, I have not read his column. Is there a reason why he's put on the second lowest printing day of the week? Seems I think he should be put on a Sunday or Tuesday.

That way every one gets a chance to read his column fully.

That would require that Lou actually had something important to say, which is as you well know, never the case, and the main reason why this thread enjoys the views that it does...

It is sickening that with everything that is going on in town, the most important thing the local paper's editor can find to do is plead for compliments. It's the virtual insignificance of the local paper that gives "Vantucky" its well deserved reputation as "a third-world shit-hole" as it has been referred to repeatedly.

8)

[Waterbuffalo]

"How about light rail? How’s the media doing there? Are we fairly covering both sides? Anything bright about the prospects of light rail? (I think I’m going to regret bringing this up. I can feel the e-mail coming my way already.)"

Are you ready with your response Chief?


My personal response would be to lou's editorial is: Is he covering enough of himself in the newspaper? Honestly, there is really only about one or MAY BE two articles that are worth reading in the dried pulp fiction with soy based inks.

[Chief]

I'll reserve comment about how they are doing on light rail until I read Laird's Sunday diatribe. I give it 50/50 odds he denigrates the locals over the CRCP again...

8)

[Waterbuffalo]

Raking in the doh?!?!?!? Yeah, I'd say that probably would be my first comment on any thing with statistics that comes out.

Coverage from SW Washington newspaper has been really lacking. When I can get more information from reading the stuff that comes out of the local government boiler plate, some thing is wrong with that.

Though I do give the newspaper credit, they had a nice story on Vancouver Cab company finally going out of business this week. The story basically blamed two Portland cab companies for screwing them over.

Well I better get back to reading my Seattle papers, at least there, I can read more about King County cost overruns for their Jails.

[Chief]

This week marks the return of "Paragraph Watch" the irregular Saturday morning feature here at Clarkblog.org where we examine the continuing painful scribblings of the worst writer to ever go into print on a regular basis, Mr. Lou Brancaccio, Editor of the columbian.

This week's paragraph watch yielded the following statistics:

24: Total number of Paragraphs

66.66%: Percentage of paragraphs consisting of 1 sentence (16)

8.33%: Percentage of paragraphs consisting of 2 sentences (4)

12.51%: Percentage of paragraphs consisting of 3 sentences (3)

4.17%: Percentage of paragraphs consisting of 5 sentences (1)

37.5%: Percentage of Paragraphs consisting of 10 words or less (9)


This week, Lou reveals a chapter from his upcoming Autobiography (working title reported to be "How to properly chase an Ambulance") when he details the exploits of his "news" staff to be the first to gleefully report the arrival of $4 gasoline in Downtown Vancouver.

Lou also inadvertently explains why Jonathan Nelson is no longer seen at the Port of Vancouver meetings, as he is too busy tooling around the Downtown core playing Jimmy Olson for Lou's Perry White. One must ask then, who is playing the role of Superman in this little drama...???

And that would be none other than Larry Patella himself. I offer this quote from Lou this morning as proof of that statement:


Well, let’s hope at some point we’ll throw the bums out, get the right folks in and maybe — just maybe — start to turn this crazy world around.

Lou is obviously channeling Kommander Kneekap and his merry band of CAVE followers, no doubt taking writing hints from all of the letters the columbian has received from those who are perpetually urging us to vote out all of the old scoundrels, and vote their group of scoundrels in...

Lou also reveals who he thinks his competition is, that being the Portland TV stations. Someone please show me a copy of the columbian's broadcast license...

Lou also thinks his website is running neck and neck with Portland TV for timely news coverage, yet his Newsroom Staff still spends an inordinate amount of time here at Clarkblog.org, all over our new threads like a starving dog after a hot sausage...

Lou's comments about un-named elected officials and the gas tax are very confusing, and he really makes little sense about it. He certainly never raised the issue with either Senator Patty Murray or Maria Cantwell, so just what he's actually getting at is anyone's guess.

So it goes.

[Waterbuffalo]

Sorry Chief, his newspaper is even behind in the raitings behind Kiro its nice and beautiful coverage 3 or 4 times daily on Comcast channel 21?

Wonder how much coverage they give to Olympia News?

[Chief]

I wonder how much Nelson had to pay that Chevron dealer to change his prices for 15 minutes, till Jon could get there with a camera crew...

If Lou was really in tune with what the Community wanted to know, he would tell people that gas is still $3.59 over at the Costco on Airport Way...

cewl

[Waterbuffalo]

If you know where to look, there "IS" a certain chevron with those prices still in effect as of two hours ago when I flew by..

[Chief]

I'm sure it is, and that station is the most expensive one in town, since it's downtown. Portland TV did the same thing last week when the Chevron Station downtown on Burnside posted their first $4 gas price. They were the only station in Portland to have gas priced that high, but it was an event none the less.

Again, if Lou really cared, he'd tell people about cheap gas at Costco. They even pump it for you...

mrgrn

[Waterbuffalo]

Actually the station I was referring to was related to downtown area but right by my place. I'll leave its location secret because it would be easier for Lou to do a drive by with his camera on the way to work from the east side of town.

[Chief]

$3.86 at Costco on Airport way today. At least they pump it for you...

[Waterbuffalo]

Eemember Chief, this is one standard mandated Oregon law and program that in the future when you think of CRC related "costs and deductins.." Take this one off the Yearly bill....

[Waterbuffalo]

"“I’m your worst nightmare.” This is the only thing I could copy from Lou this week that just didn't sit right..

Sorry bud but you are your own worst enemy...

This week's drivel draws down a notch in the belt lower of 25 or so more weeks of weekly News reviews and personal fantasylands from our friend, Columbian Editor Lou.

Even the masked picture does not look like it fits him.

http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/2008/05/05312008_Press-Talk-Are-we-puppy-dogs-or-bulldogs.cfm

On Edit: Will Lou be casting himself in the next a-version of "Scary Movie?"

[Chief]

"“I’m your worst nightmare.” This is the only thing I could copy from Lou this week that just didn't sit right..

Sorry bud but you are your own worst enemy...

This week's drivel draws down a notch in the belt lower of 25 or so more weeks of weekly News reviews and personal fantasylands from our friend, Columbian Editor Lou.

Even the masked picture does not look like it fits him.

http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/2008/05/05312008_Press-Talk-Are-we-puppy-dogs-or-bulldogs.cfm


Yah, Lou is full of his own self-importance this morning...

[Waterbuffalo]

Here's more to back up the illegitimacy...

http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/2008/05/06012008_Columbian-news-staff-earns-28-journalism-awards.cfm

[Chief]

Like I said last year when this came up: this is like winning a Ribbon at the County Fair...have you ever seen an entry that didn't win something??

Nice resume bullet for a few reporters, but other than that, this is much ado about nothing.

::)

[Waterbuffalo]

Sounds like KPAM winning the AP awards.. ho hum.. kpam is probably the best or one of the best news stations in portland. Though there are a couple close seconds.

Its also a wonderful community station for both sides of the Columbia River and really does not get into a lot of the politics.. "Real, hometown news.."

If they can get Grandpa Royce on there to make Portland's Mayor eat his words, well I'll just love him. Now we KNOW Sam Adam's is a little smarter than this. He has been around too many times around Grandpa, last example was the CRCP bridge design and beautification project.

So watch as Grandpa Royce comes up with a new chess game board and charity event. :-)

[Waterbuffalo]

This has to be one of the "chosen" columns of the year Chief.

Seems Lou is finally telling us this weekend there will be a lot of changes but his column lacks specifics like we're going to
do X, Y, A, B, C..

At the end, he tells us a little bit more about his past contest about how much the "dinner with lou" but should that not been handed off to the sympathizer, our tears and careers man?

[Chief]

"There ain't no such thing as a free lunch."

Robert Heinlein

mrgrn

[Waterbuffalo]

I would have loved to have had a "dinner with john laird."

At least I know he's be stuck in front of the television watching the nightly news so that he has some thing to write in his semi weekly columns with his tivo in one hand, remote in the other and food growing out his arms as he sits with his laptop readying to write the latest goings from on High.

At least with John or Gregg, I get some rather interesting "tales from the inside" and really some other fun discussion on the state of politics in the Portland/Vancouver metro area.

[Chief]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/SeniorChieftain/pimp_my_blog.jpg

::)

[Waterbuffalo]

This was probably the first comprehendible and readable nlog from Lou.. Though he's partly incorrect, its the GET, HEAD, PUT and DELETE commands of the HTTP suite that form the basis for most, or if not a decent 80 percent of traffic off the internet.

There are a few like Flash, ftp and email server commands that are just a part of this traffic.

Now there are a few file transfer like Bittorrrent that might create a fast way to file transfer large, legal documentaries, videos. But with the amount of ISP's that are working to interfere, cut down, kill or repel this traffic to keep "illegal" video or audio transfers that is also attacking legit from Linux Distros and legal documentaries.

Now someone tell me what the perception or percentage of web traffic from Clark County is about politics? Probably very lttiel on the light lamp light flickering on and off faster than a child can send morse code on his lamp across the street.

[Waterbuffalo]

http://www.columbian.com/article/20080906/NEWS02/809059929/-1/news

Quoting from the local news media:

"Look, we certainly don’t always get it right. But I saw this potential mule whuppin’ weeks ago. So I made it clear that however we decided to play one convention, we’d play the other convention.

Mama didn’t raise no fools."

[Chief]

How "objective journalism" replaced "military intelligence" as a sure fire laugh line...

;)

[Chief]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/SeniorChieftain/BLOG%20IMAGES/loustink.jpg

Whew!! That one is just chock fulla BS, and in case you think it's just me, go have a look at who else is giving Lou hell for once...it isn't me, because I log in over there using my real name so they know who I am...

http://www.columbian.com/article/20081011/NEWS02/710119980/-1/newslocal


Why does this matter? First off, you wrote last summer that the building failure wasn't impacting decision-making at the Columbian. Some would see that as a lie.

Lou is attempting to responding in person...

;)

[Chief]

"We're your best bet" "...We'll be there for you...."

Let us review how Lou and his wonderful Editorial Staff have "been there" for all of us over the past couple of years...

"Everyone's just doing their job"

"Hostage drama ensnares neighboring family, newspapermen"

"All aboard the light-rail express"

"License fee is a needed tool for roads"

"You like light rail"

"I-5 Bridge "experts" are full of advice"

"Pets have their own politics"

"Light rail for County, 68% say bring it on"

"The Hounds of Whinerville"

"Small minds can hinder big dreams"

"Journalist sentenced in computer crime"

"Tax talk often brings out the rage"

yah...how ungrateful all of us are...

::)

On edit: Just so that I'm not accused of talking behind his back, I just logged in over there and tried to post these comments, but I've apparently been banned. So much for "being there", eh?

[Waterbuffalo]

If your desperately inclined, go take a look at the Lou's responses to others have said on the link you have posted. You might enjoy some of the "feedback" that Lou has been presenting to some of the people who have posted.

Honestly, I could care less about what he writes any more. Its just another iteration and interaction with some backhand political tennis. Does any one think this is any thing else?

[karma]

Y'll haven't given up your Columbians yet??

[Chief]

Y'll haven't given up your Columbians yet??

No, but my columbian has sure as hell given up on me...

;)

[karma]

Chief, after the many errors that were found and the let go of the best reporters I demanded we give it up. Personally there are other reporters that should of been gone long ago!! Any news on the Chapter 11??

[Waterbuffalo]

Oh Karma dear..... Don't you think you, chief and I have never given up hope on the said soy ink printed, American milled cellulose based union based PR firm?

They give us such continued reasons to come back and post more and more things that are going on in the community... And look over city of vancouver's shoulder and give them honest feedback. Heck, soon enough Karma will be one of us soon.

Chief, check your email box and let me know PM if you got my attachments.

[Chief]

Chief, check your email box and let me know PM if you got my attachments.

Niente, Cochise...try it again....

;)

[Waterbuffalo]

Growls.. Ok, wil check again to see what happened.

And will await Lou's next installment on how Light Rail is great.........

[karma]

Gang, going without the Columbian has been great!! I'm done reading about nothing or their spin on Clark County!! Just kick the habit!!

[Chief]

Karma, in your wildest dreams, when you first posted this thread did you have any idea that it would become the most widely read thread here at Clarkblog.org??

mrgrn

[karma]

Don't kid the old gal like that, I'm sure there are other important things here?? That column always reminds me of Halloween or even the holidays with family, right?

[Waterbuffalo]

Here is the number of page views Karma: (2,123) Yes, your the number one page view for the past three years I have been here.

Now remember, the columbian has to take landscaping cues from you for their gardening segments? (remember?)

Oh I forgot to ask you, have many drive by's from landscapers have you counted this year? Wonder if Lou will be doing a drive by for his own house and landscaping needs?

[karma]

Oh that is so funny!! I just had a group of ladies stop as they wanted to show another lady the yard, we are slowly getting it put to bed for the winter months. Plus I have a repair person out last week that just fell in love with it here. They just can't get over the nanas in the back yard or the ones that greet them at the front door! We still have drive by's and it's a hoot to see all the tropicals that are bloom now without their leaves!! Well with that stated I best get the temp greenhouse up and running, see ya in a few days! Now you know where I'll be for a while!!

[Chief]

http://www.clarkblog.org/vBulletin/showthread.php?t=3292

"I am Lou's abundant harvest of weeds"

mrgrn

[Waterbuffalo]

oh Chief! mrgrn You did not have to remind Lou of your pictorial of the mayor? (biting his tongue, yes, I wanted you to do this..)

Now back to reguarly scheduled Lou's Saturday morning specials..

[Waterbuffalo]

See if you can find the subliminal advertising in this week end's edition of "Lou said what?"

And see how many word associations you can find with for sale, free, cheap and bargain bin newspaper editor.

http://www.columbian.com/article/20081101/NEWS02/711019984/-1/NEWS