The Most Interesting Man in the World

I was calling myself Seattle’s #1 education activist, then Washington State’s #1 education activist a decade ago. Giving up on ever finding any competition, I finally said “What the Hell?” and designated myself Washington State’s #1 activist, period.

Given recent revelations that Noam Chomsky ridiculed 9/11 Truthers and having long ago figured out who Ralph Nader’s really working for, I might nominate myself for consideration as one of the most prominent activists in the U.S. However, people would probably call me arrogant, even if there is frighteningly little competition.

On the world stage, I can’t compete with my hero, Hugo Chavez, but it’s hard to think of anyone I look up to here in the U.S.

I was and remain virtually the only notable critic of the late derelict retired general turned derelict education reformer John Stanford. In fact, I’ve taken on the entire Seattle Mafia, even coining the term. (A few people may have used the term before me, but I think they were using it loosely.)

It might not be an exaggeration to say I’m the most prominent critic of Bill Gates. Of course, there are probably people more famous than I’ll ever be who have criticized Gates (though it’s hard to think of anyone offhand), but I doubt that any of them are serious Gates critics. They just take an occasional potshot the way some people gripe about Republicans or Democrats. I’m the proud webmaster of Billysoft.

I’m not the smartest person in America, but I probably rank in the top 5%, maybe 1%. I was blowing the whistle on traitor and war criminal Obama even before the election, and I challenge anyone to name one other candidate for any public office in Seattle or in Washington State government who has ever boycotted endorsement interviews with the corporate media.

As you might expect, I’ve fought a few battles. I faced down a rogue general (Stanford). Bill Gates’ asshole father sent me a computer virus via e-mail. People hacked my websites. I’ve received death threats, and four guys attacked me late one night, almost killing me.

Believe it or not, I also have a life outside politics. I worked as a wildlife biologist in Alaska for ten years, visited Africa and fell in love with Latin music and dance (no, not in Alaska or Africa).

But am I an interesting person? I really don’t know. Sometimes I fascinate the Hell out of myself, and other times I think I must be an incredibly boring person. I guess I’m interesting in some areas and not so interesting in others, similar to Bill Gates. I mean, millions of people are fascinated by Gates’ vast fortune, but – let’s face it – the guy’s the quintessential nerd. If he had no more money than I do, would anyone give him the time of day?

Sorry to get off the topic...

Anyway, at the risk of sounding arrogant, I do indeed consider myself the most prominent activist in the entire state of Washington. At least, I’m not aware of any other prominent activists who merit respect, and anyone labeled an “activist” in local media probably isn’t a real activist in the first place. (Amazingly, I can’t recall any media ever calling me an activist.)

But never let any propagandists tell you I claim to be the most interesting man in Seattle, let alone the world. That honor goes to this guy.

David Blomstrom vs Terry Bergeson

Well, I still haven't figured out exactly how I'm going to organize my new blogs and forums, but it looks like this may become my chief political blog.

So let me offer a quick overview and update. I'm running for the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, challenging the incumbent, Terry Bergeson. Frighteningly corrupt, Bergeson is both a major corporate whore and union whore.

Amazingly, this race has taken on a life of its own, exposing the rampant corruption in the Washington Education Association and Public Schools Employees union.

Please visit my campaign website, where you will find links to a variety of related resources. Tentatively, this page will be the best place to check for updates.

Stay tuned!

Greetings!

What should I devote my first post on my second blog to? That's right, I created my first blog the same day I created this one. A few days before that, I was invited to serve as a contributing author on another blog.

So what's going on here?

Well, I have diverse interests and am passionately involved in political activism. I'm also a web designer. That means I have websites, business interests and poiltical campaigns to promote. I also enjoy disscussing my ideas with people. As a bonus, I sometimes discuss their ideas too!

In case you haven't guessed, I'm also anxious to learn about blogs. Think of this is a crash course.

In fact, I haven't yet decided WHAT this blog is going to be. Shall I restrict it to politics, or shall I make it a general audience blog where politics is verboten? How about both?

One possibility is to just open the barn doors on both my blogs and see where they lead me. After I've learned a little more about blogging, I might create a new blog on one of my websites.

But enough babbling about that. Who am I, and WHAT am I?

I was born in West Dakota, spent four years in the Navy, studied ecology at Western Washington University in Bellingham, then worked as a wildlife biologist in Alaska for several years. I moved to Seattle to study aviation but wound up working as a school teacher - for sixteen years.

My experiences in the bowels of one of America's most corporatized cities transformed me into a political activist. With my interest in web design, it was only natural that I begin speaking out on the Internet.

If you want to know more about me, please visit www.david-blomstrom.org. I know, it sounds arrogant, but remember - I'm the webmaster of several websites, and I'm running for public office. I felt it important to the public something about myself.

My general audience websites are based at www.geobop.org.

And that's it for now. Please bear with me as I learn how to operate this thing. :)

David Blomstrom