I'm not much for speculating on what "Rosebud" might symbolize, but I remember it is the name of a sled. (aren't they used on slippery slopes?)
However,I DO sit in my bathrobe in my home office and read Daily Kos, make snarky comments, post pooties and garden blog; so I occasionally hit the Rec list or get rescued or hit top comments. I feel lucky if I get 30 tips in my tip jar or 10 comments on a diary I write. Sometimes something hits me as important, worthy of comment and I want to voice my opinion and it's always nice to get a little recognition as a Joe Blow in Colorado.
Can I do that at the LA Times or The Denver Post? Can I tell an Associated Press journalist that they are full of shit and on the level of O'Reilly or the National Enquirer?
No. There is no outlet for Citizen Vain...except here.
I'm not a professional journalist who expects to get paid for spouting off any ole whiskey induced rant on a national forum like DKOS.
I just want Editors, Media Elites, Politicians and Pollsters to know; I do not subscribe to the Traditional Media! I am one ignorant son of a bitch when it comes to the National Traditional Media. Who's Glenn Beck anyway? LOL...and who the hell is Michael Skube?
I am Citizen Inane.
Here's my metaphysical Rosebud. It represents my disdain for the Traditional media moguls who have abrogated their responsibility of Professional Journalism in this age of corporate propaganda. They lost me when they imbedded journalists with the troops in the invasion of 2002.( that's a long time to boycott the traditional media)
Rupert Murdoch,William Randolph Hearst and all their lackeys are worthy of the scorn and barbs of my rosebud.
What will restore my confidence in the Traditional Media?
When I can log on to the LA times article by Michael Skube and troll rate it.
When I can comment on the AP articles spoonfed to the general public and remind them of professional journalistic omissions and oversights.
Then and only then will this Citizen Blogger buy back into the mainstream.
Until then I remain,
Citizen Arcane.