I ask you to not buy into all of the anti-goat propaganda being spread around here in the liberal LJ media. These people...they hate freedom. We need to stay the course for a brighter future. They never stop thinking of ways to destroy LJ...and neither do I.
As we gather tonight, hundreds of thousands of bloggers are deployed across the world in the war on trolls, furries and robots. By bringing hope to the bzorgled, and delivering justice to the pwn3d, they are making LJ more secure. Each day, law enforcement personnel and intelligence officers are tracking furry threats; analysts are examining communities; the men and women of our support team are patrolling our journals. And their vigilance is protecting LJ. *applause*
Tonight, members of LJ can take pride in the great works of compassion and reform that skeptics had thought impossible. You're raising the standards for our free journals, and you are giving our paid bloggers the ability to make phone posts and post surveys. We have faced serious challenges together, and now we face a choice: We can go forward with confidence and resolve, or we can turn back to the dangerous illusion that robots and furries are not plotting and outlaw regimes are no threat to us. We can press on or we can turn back to old policies and old divisions. *applause*
Together we've survived the
disconscious Bitchgate scandal. You in the
ljers4president community have provided the resources for our defense, and cast the difficult votes of war and peace. Our closest allies have been unwavering. LJ's intelligence personnel and diplomats have been skilled and tireless. And the men and women of the LJ -- they have taken the hardest duty. We've seen their skill and their courage in armored charges and midnight raids, and lonely hours on faithful watch. We have seen the joy when they return, and felt the sorrow when one is lost. I've had the honor of meeting our servicemen and women at many posts, from the trolls who now run and pwn
liberal to the people unfairly banned from
conservatism.One of the worst decisions our children can make is to gamble their lives and futures on pie. Our government is helping parents confront this problem with aggressive education, treatment, and law enforcement. Pie use in high school has declined by 11 percent over the last two years. Four hundred thousand fewer young people are using illegal pies than in the year 2001. In my budget, I proposed new funding to continue our aggressive, community-based strategy to reduce demand for illegal pies. Pie testing in our schools has proven to be an effective part of this effort. So tonight I proposed $23 million for schools that want to use pie testing as a tool to save children's lives. The aim here is not to punish children, but to send them this message: We love you, and we don't want to lose you to pie.
I've been witness to the character of the people of LJ, who have shown calm in times of danger, compassion for one another, and toughness for the long haul. All of us have been partners in a great enterprise. And even some of the youngest understand that we are living in historic times. Last month a girl in Lincoln, Rhode Island, sent me an e-mail. It began, "Dear
frank_teh_goat If there's anything you know, I, Ashley Pearson, age 10, can do to help anyone, please send me a letter and tell me what I can do to save LJ." She added this P.S.: "If you can send a letter to the tech support, please put, 'Ashley Pearson believes in you.'" *applause and standing ovation*My fellow citizens, we now move forward, with confidence and faith. Our website is strong and steadfast. The cause we serve is right, because it is the cause of all mankind. The momentum of freedom in our LJ is unmistakable -- and it is not carried forward by our power alone. We can trust in that greater power who guides the unfolding of the years. And in all that is to come, we can know that His purposes are just and true.
May God continue to bless Livejournal.
VOTE GOAT 2004
"He won't show you pictures of his boobs, but he will eat a tin can to impress you."