(If you don’t want it, skip this entry. I totally respect you either way.)

I don’t like to do this. But I also don’t like what could happen if I sit and do nothing. I have no readership to speak of, so it’s not like I think this will change anything in a big way for anyone, but who knows. I know there is ONE woman-for-Obama in the audience (ahem!) and so I guess primarily I am talking to you, Beans.

I am also doing this here because I received this as a mass-forward email yesterday from a former coworker at the Trib. It, like every other, urged me to forward it along to [x] people, so that I could be blessed with [y]. So I had a dilemma. I refuse to subject my contacts with spam, yet this is an Actual Thing.

Sort of. I’m not sure how much “power” a bunch of whiny bloggers have.

Here is what the email said. They mostly invite you to Write Something, and then they will post it on their blog. That’s all it is. Just a e-paper-trail record of dissent. It’s not really a call to action so much as a call to dissatisfaction.

From the looks of it, the posting has been slow going. The ping-back email informed me that the feedback has “been immense! We’ve heard from women of all ages from all over the US and internationally….It’s incredibly inspiring to read so many intelligent, wise, and impassioned opinions. We are working hard to post everyone’s message, but please be patient. There are tens of thousands coming in every day!”

I get the impression that it may be only one or two people doing this. I have great respect for them. In this day and age it’s easy to start something; register an email address, grab a domain name from a blogging platform, write a letter. It is not, however, easy to maintain the upkeep on that something. To post the thousands of responses, to go a step further and make this a tangible NO MCCAIN PLEASE, rather than just a bunch of people sitting at home spouting their opinion on a public forum.

I also think: why the hell not. If you’re at home, if you’re female, whether you thought “hmm that’s a bit whack, yo” when her name was announced or if it gave you the howling fantods, say something. It might be neat to see how many people actually speak out.

Here’s what I said:

I do not think Sarah Palin has any qualifications for the position, and believe she has been selected merely to scoop up the more avid Hilary supporters who have not yet got behind Barack Obama.

Shape of genitalia and type of chromosomes are not appropriate criteria for selection of a running mate, and it is vulgar that John McCain has done so.

Many people, as you can tell by the website, have quite a lot more to say than that. I had no frame of reference so I went with pithy rather than verbose. So go say what I left out.