This is the George, formerly of georgeguy.blogspot.com (now defunct). I deleted my old blog in a fit of rage directed at Google (They being the owners of Blogger/Blogspot). I later decided that would be silly and achieve nothing. At one time I had a fabulous idea to monitor the Daily Kos and respond to all the most outrageous postings there, hoping that Kos would take notice of me, call me an idiot, and alert the rest of his enemies to my existence so that they could all unite under my banner.
Delusions of grandeur, they were. A reason I canceled my blog was because I thought that blogging had eaten into my work on my webcomic, Thinginess of Chaos, and I was simply trying to do too many things at once–and something had to go. But I realize now that my ideas are just too important to keep to myself. You see, delusions of grandeur are important, because sometimes they become self-fulfilling and are no longer delusions. Imagined greatness can be the first step to real greatness.
If I had given up on blogging I would have ended up trying to deliver all my important messages through my comic and I’d just end up messing things up. That wouldn’t be fair. So instead, I bring you my new blog.
Why this title? I don’t know, it seemed cool. That’s honestly why I chose it. Some may think it blasphemous to call oneself a prophet. Here are the first four definitions of “Prophet” from the American Heritage Dictionary:
- A person who speaks by divine inspiration or as the interpreter through whom the will of a god is expressed.
- A person gifted with profound moral insight and exceptional powers of expression.
- A predictor; a soothsayer.
- The chief spokesperson of a movement or cause.
Number 1 is the definition most theologically-minded people think of– a prophet is someone who speaks on God’s behalf. I can’t say I’ve received any grand visions. I don’t know for sure if God is actually telling me to say anything. I do know that something is driving me to speak when I see a new crisis on the news, and since I haven’t ruled out God yet, I’m going to give myself the benefit of the doubt and say I am a prophet.
Number 2 is easy. Do I have profound moral insight and exceptional powers of expression? Well, I don’t have a criminal record so the first bit is certainly possible, and I have been praised as a good writer before, so the latter bit is definitely true.
Number 3 is also simple. Much of predicting the future is simply a matter of knowing human behavior and calculating the future impact of present decisions. I can’t say I’ve received direct divine revelation of the future, but I have paid a little bit of attention to history.
Number 4 is easy too, but I have to say what neofederalism is now, which is the relevant movement. Essentially it’s a variation of New Federalism, which was actually one of Nixon’s things. There are New Federalist movements which I can’t claim to be the chief spokesperson. The main goal of neofederalism is to attempt to bring as much government as possible back to the most local level possible, so that people in California are no longer afforded the ability to vote for laws that Pennsylvania, that voters in Philadelphia are no longer able to wield power over the residents of Lewistown. That would be a huge accomplishment in itself. And of course, it is also an attempt to bring American neoconservative philosophy full circle, back to our foundational roots.
There will be real content upcoming, and cartoons.
