I have damn near 100% voting power, and a fair amount of Steem Power, in fact, I will be converting all my earnings to Steem Power, and I plan on accumulating a decent amount.

Rest assured, you have my vote every single time - which just now accounted for $100+ from one single upvote.

Hi @rossulbricht, please excuse my username.

This may sound strange to you, I think of your beloved son Ross, at least once a month for the past 3 years. I will continue to do so, for the rest of my life. I want you to know that. I want you to know, that he is not forgotten. I feel like we lost a brother when he was handed down that sentence.

I am so glad that we can all connect like this. Helpless no more.

I believe, his speech to the judge upon sentencing, to be one of the most poignant speeches ever.

For those of you that are not familiar with it (please let me know if I have any of this quote wrong)...

I’ve had my youth, and I know you must take away my middle years, but please leave me my old age. Please leave me a small light at the end of the tunnel, an excuse to stay healthy, an excuse to dream of better days ahead, and a chance to redeem myself in the free world before I meet my maker.

-- Ross Ulbricht

I want to let you know, that I am here to help.

Here are the ways in which I can help:

I am an Ethereum developer (with large crowdfunding experience). We could easily setup a crowdfund for Ross' defense using smart-contracts. It would all be completely 100% transparent, and, I am sure we could raise significant funding for which would 100% could go towards building your son's defense.

I am also confident, that the funding required for running a defense case of this magnitude would likely reach into the millions, and, I believe, you are going to need all the help you can get.

If you would seriously like to consider this option further, please, let me know. It would be my absolute pleasure to help you with this case.

I remember reading the newspapers about Ross, feeling so helpless for your son. I distinctly remember the day he was sentenced. I was tremendously saddened by your son's case and I, personally, lost faith completely in the U.S justice system (it was already on thin ice, O.J anybody?).

The prosecutors case has more holes than Swiss cheese.

Thank you for sharing your story here with us. You are now my most favourite blogger on this platform. You will be amazed at what we can all do here, if we just pull together.

Please pass on my support to Ross. I will be praying for him until he is free. I believe, we can make this happen. We may need to move a few mountains, but nothing, nothing is insurmountable.

Kind regards,
Optimistic

p.s - to all of the corrupt NSA, FBI, CIA, DEA reading this post, and even to those that are not corrupt. You are the devil. I honestly, do not know how you sleep at night. You should be ashamed of yourself. All of you 3 letter agency folk are the same. I cannot wait, until the day, your shitty agencies are torn down piece-by-piece (and they will be, eventually, trust me - you see, everything is temporary). I will be celebrating in the streets, with the brotherhood of mankind. Take a good look in the mirror, and truly ask yourself, do you really bring good to the world? Or do you bring more violence to the world? I am sure you truly know the answer, yet you continue on with your ways, in the name of a measly paycheck, slaving away for a government, that really could not give two shits about you, or your family. You are turning a blind eye to your true brothers.