Note: This blog was part of a short-lived experiment involving a guest blogger, my friend, Joseph W.
Good Afternoon,
This is the 20th time I have spoken to you from this blog, where so many decisions have been made that shaped the history of the internet. Each time I have done so to discuss with you some matter that I believed humorous or interesting.
In all the decisions I have made in my public life, I have always tried to do what was best for SideshoViD.com. Throughout this long and difficult period, I have felt it was my duty to persevere, to make every possible effort to complete the term for which David chose me.
To those who have stood with me during these past difficult months, to my family, my friends, to many others who support my cause because they believe it is right, I will be eternally grateful for your support.
To those who are not able to give me your support, let me say I have no bitterness toward those who oppose me, because all of us, in the final analysis, are concerned with the good of SideshoViD.com, however our judgments might differ.
Sometimes I have succeeded and sometimes I have failed, but always I have taken heart from what Theodore Roosevelt once said about the man in the arena, "whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again because there is not effort without error and shortcoming, but who does actually strive to do the deed, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumphs of high achievements and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly."
I pledge to you that as long as I have a breath of life in my body, I shall continue in that spirit. I shall continue to work for the great causes to which I have been dedicated throughout my months here on SVC, the cause of free speech not just for friends, but among all of our people.