Key Words v.1

Regurgitation, all great literary works - or in this case blogs,  begin with a really classy word. You can tell, this is going to be swell when you see the big R word right up front. 

Regurgitators are therefore the people that regurgitate. Puking food, a mainstay of comedic and dramatic cliché has been with us for decades. Think about it “projectile vomiting”...  it's hard to believe there is anything funnier. After all it's impossible to see a movie without someone “hurling”  after a prolonged night of partying.

The second use of retching, is to show something  emotionally overwhelming. The most common use, is finding a dead body; followed by the holding of the stomach and a quick step scurrying off-camera followed by the telltale sound of the stomach emptying.

The second use of ralphing is the slippery slope that leads to the death of journalism and  deconstruction of democracy. Spewing is  used when “stars”  need to express intensity beyond  the limits of their stagecraft. Heaven forbid, someone break down and cry,  stare without  breathing, while trembling at the jaw, as terror filled their eyes. This would require talent well beyond the limits of attractive, yet vapid matinee idols.  Up chucking is a simple way to say, "wow, this is hard to take".  It also enables directors to use the byproduct of "a crazy night in the trailer" in the first scene shot each day.

Journalism is rotting from the very same condition. Today the similarity of viewpoint, analysis and  editorial content  is embarrassingly, homogenous. The treatment of material is known by the headline. Sources and facts take on a professional wrestling quality. Every article written is a regurgitation of preconceived biases fortified by "experts" with conforming opinions.

School budgets offer the quintessential example of the demagoguery. Have you ever seen an article questioning the amount of money going to the benefits and retirement accounts of the teachers and administrators? Has it ever been suggested that the employees have 401(k) type plans, where the worker assumes the investment risk? Have you ever read about the legacy costs associated with educational professionals? Is there ever a quote from a private school official on how they deal with less money per student and the additional burden of taxation?

Instead what passes for reporting is a litany of the programs to be cut and the poor teachers who care so much for the children. What's worse is that for the last 30 years the song remains the same.

Regurgitation, by regurgitators.  

Democracy only works if the citizens are informed. When  the media  selectively suspend curiosity and take on an advocacy role, the ideals of freedom and liberty are laid to waste. For too long we have been fed feces in the press. Too many people are now puking crap.

Yet through darkness of  this peril, comes a hero... the mighty market. With newspapers and mainstream media on financial life support, citizen journalists can express themselves on public forums where ideas and perspectives can lead to actions and solutions.