This is not the first time I did the whole to be or to be with the blog. Recent conversations with a close friend have made me reconsider the reasons for blogging and the efficacy of one's efforts.
Is there merit in doing anything that only reaches a few hundred eyeballs at a time when mass mobilization is needed? It is a question I have asked since the birth of this blog. This leads me back to the genesis of this blog.
It was 2008, shortly after Barack Obama had won his first presidential election. I was confused, bewildered. America has just elected a man they knew nothing about--nothing!--the highest office on planet Earth. Naively, if not innocently, I held to the belief that if I could show the world that Obama was an empty vessel propped up by silly and sensationalist media who loved asserting their dominance.
In researching Barry Soetoro, I would discover things more sinister than I had imagined. The sultan of superficiality was not the "President Kardashian," as described by Rush Limbaugh. No, I would have to admit that King Barry had more depth than I had imagined, as in depths of depravity.
Let me remind the reader once more that I am not naturally drawn to politics. Ever since starting this blog, I have looked forward to the day when I could stop focusing on political issues. But each discovery of Deep State evil, each conspiratorial action directed at a president who delivered peace and prosperity and ultimately, a stolen election involving stratified corruption on a level previously unimagined, always brought me back to this blog.
Thank Google for bogging made easy. That is the appeal. Video production is easier all the time but it's not as easy as blogging.While blogging, I was always focused on the next project--videos and ebooks mostly--but the immediacy of blogging always brought me back to POS.
My friend reminded me that a blog will not critical events of outcomes uncertain. Point taken. The survival of our republic is in the hands of one man, Donald John Trump. His presidency is as pivotal and as profound as Abraham Lincoln's presidency. As with Lincoln, the commander-in-chief is walking a tightrope stretched across a pool of crocodiles. Whatever happens will happen with or without the input of this blog.
So why blog? For me, it is more than releasing frustration, more than blowing off steam. In researching the validity of Barack Obama, I discovered rabbit holes of sensationalism and weirdness. The real story of THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE belongs to the annals of the strange. Originally promoted by a Hillary acolyte, the story moves forward and sideways and ultimately comes back to an aspiring writer named Barack Obama.
If that story deserves a sequel it would find several. The motives for Obama twisting and turning the saga would lead us back to speculation about Barry's real father as well as his dubious US citizenship. The blog would also take me through the looking glass of malignant narcissism and serious discussions about the viability of time travel.
This blogger has always had an interest in pop philosophy and wishes that it was as popular as pop psychology. You know, Socrates and Spinoza without the rigors of academia? Particularly dear to my heart, is the topic of belief systems. If I had not chronicled the mindless followers of Barack Obama, I would not have developed a keen understanding of religious and political cults. That, in and of itself has made blogging beneficial for me.
So where does this blog fit into the cosmos? The fate of the United States depends on how many aces Donald Trump has up his sleeve. The outcome will not be affected by my condemnation of or my cheerleading for (much more likely) Donald John Trump. What I can do is call attention to voices worth hearing. This blog can help in the formulation of new, informal news networks. This service is especially needed given the purges at Facebook, Youtube and Twitter, as well as the Tassification of our decrepit news media.
To blog or not to blog? Despite a 48 hour work week, multiple snow storms and a boatload of discouragement, I blog on. I am not sure I have a choice.
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