Kanis Familiaris
Spoons, in classic form, has launched a counter-pledge drive encouraging readers to contribute to him instead of he who must not be named. Laurence Simon has taken it one step further by starting a Give Your Money To Anyone But Andrew Sullivan Project. Count me in, on behalf of Mrs. X’s dog rescue group, Underdog Rescue. Underdog’s been around for a little more than a year, and has placed almost 200 dogs in good homes. Donations are tax-deductible. What more do you want?
Spoons’s goal is to beat Sully on a pro-rata traffic basis. His site averages 1,319 hits per day, or 2.3% of Sully’s 56,809. My current average is much lower, at 295, so all I need is 0.5%. That’s not a lot to ask, and unlike most bloggers’ tip jars, this one is for a good cause. If your mouse pointer has ever hovered over the PayPal button on my sidebar, you may have noticed that a text box pops up reading “Donate to Underdog - Not to Me, for Chrissakes.” Perhaps you thought that meant “don’t click this button, go to Underdog’s site instead.” Actually, it doesn’t mean that. What it does mean is “click this button, and any donation will go to Underdog, not to me, for Chrissakes.” I don’t see a dime of it. No, really, I don’t see a dime of it, so if you contribute, I’d appreciate if you also drop me a line to let me know you did. That way I’ll know if I’m on track to make the 0.5% goal or not.
As more and more bloggers join in on the Give Your Money To Anyone But Andrew Sullivan Project, Spoons’s idea of having each blogger match Sully’s pro rata becomes increasingly unrealistic. No matter. Do it anyway. Anything that results in more money being contributed to people who aren’t Andrew Sullivan than to people who are can’t be all bad. It’s just that if you choose my tip jar, you’ll actually get two separate good feelings instead of one. Did I say two? I forgot about the tax deduction. Make that three.
UPDATE: Michelle Malkin is on it. Now this thing really may take off.
July 28th, 2004 at 4:44 am
To bad Sully’s threats to quit blogging would never be acted on. There’s reason right there not to pledge.
July 28th, 2004 at 7:14 pm
ANYBODY BUT SULLY
Well, a few killjoys have bastardized the idea of my First Annual Anti-Andrew Sullivan Pledge Drive Out of Spite and…