Today I did something I’ve never done before. I sent along a mass emailing. It pertains to the firing of a black woman by the Obama administration. Her name is Shirley Sherrod, a USDA official. She was smeared by one of the most repulsive (and effective) bloggers on the far right — Andrew Breitbart.

My point in writing this blog post is to call attention to the effectiveness of blogs and emails in moving the world in the direction you think it should be taken. You, like me, have no doubt received important emails about issues you agree with. And like me, you’ve probably thought I should help, but I’m too busy. Some of these issues must loom large enough in you sense of outrage that you would like to act upon them. That was the case with me today — and this particular instance of racism.

It took me five or ten minutes to send the message along to my lists. Time I could have spent brewing another cup of coffee. But look at it like voting. You know voting’s important, so you read up on the candidates and issues, and you simply do it.

This is the same. It’s voting. And it’s voting at the time the issue needs to be considered.

Just do it.