I’ve been getting a little wound up by this campaign, especially over the last few days.  In an effort to channel my energy toward something positive, I started working on a mass email to encourage friends to donate to the Obama campaign.  While thinking about it, I changed my Facebook status to “thinks everyone needs to think hard about the world they want to live in and then decide if it’s worth the cost of a pair of shoes. DONATE NOW!”. The choice of “shoes” was almost arbitrary – I thought it was representative of a slightly indulgent expenditure people often make (not me of course).

A classmate from high school, JS, has a collection of shoe photos from her friends on her Facebook page – Happy Feet.  She saw my status, was inspired by the shoe comment, and announced that she would donate $5 for every one of HER friends that sent her a shoe photo. I volunteered to match.

Now we’ve got a Facebook group. The absurdity is a welcome relief from the campaign BS that's driving me mad.  If anyone’s interested in giving $5 (or more) through our group and posting a photo of their shoes, please do.  It’s ridiculous and fun and it may do a little good.

http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/main/FeetDontFailMe

Cheers,

Ragin’Cajun