As hard as these questions are to answer, the effort is worth it, whether it makes any difference or not because, in my opinion, it shows that the people are getting involved, and having faith in the government. If I may, a minor criticism would be that I would have liked to see more information about how to contact Tanner, and the various points were this project is available, in order to make it easier for the reader to start engaging in this project. In general, though, I appreciate reading stories about small, yet inspiring acts that change the world, in this case “one postcard at a time.”

Drake, please vist http://www.postcardstothepresident.com for information on how to acquire postcards or please email me alex@postcardstothepresident.com

@Leland Francis:
So tell me what you’ve done to forward the movement?

Feeling rather self conscious now… hey is that the alarm for the oven?

For someone who “grew out of circle jerks long ago”, Leland certainly maintains an affinity for public masturbation, as he obviously gets off on hearing himself talk. (I find it particularly amusing, however, that he talks about “circle-jerks” like it’s a common phase everyone goes through.)

My problem with Leland’s attitude towards Tanner’s initiative is the same as my problem with people who are against gay marriage: if it’s not hurting anyone, and it makes people happy, why do you care?

Have you had a chance to checkout whiteknot.org? It’s based out of LA and might be a great partnership opportunity for you. Maybe the next step is to send the postcards with white knots or give everyone who has sent a postcard a white knot. There are a ton of people doing great things in this movement and your “simple” addition is going to help in many complex ways!

When it comes to Leland, just ignore him. Unfortunately, his main goal in this movement is to jump onto blogs like this and flame people left and right. His name is all over the internet trash talking the grassroots initiatives. If he doesn’t like the way the grassroots activists are doing things, then he can just step up and organize something himself. Instead he chooses to keep complaining, which is going to get him nowhere. He’ll continue to try and undermine you and the movement because it makes him feel better about himself. Don’t take it personally.

That’s all he has ever shown himself capable of doing.

You can say the same thing about self-delusion as masturbation—you don’t have to worry about looking your best.

And if you think 1000 post cards are “a stink,” you really must donate your hypersensitive olfactory lobe to the Smithsonian.

As por moi, no thanks. I grew out of circle jerks long ago.

Oh, and for the record: Dance? it’s off the charts.

I have two words for Leland Frances: bite me.

Leland -

Allow me to clarify the quote for you: I don’t think sending postcards is how one goes about changing legislation.

The EFFECT I am concerned with is in the communities and individuals who take on this movement and in how many people hear about this movement. People who weren’t standing up before to say how they feel are now standing up. Their voice is heard in their communities, with their families, with the growth of the movement, and soon with the numbers of postcards sent in the White House mailroom.

So stop your nay saying and send a postcard, honey!

Staying active takes a lot of different forms: this one is about making a continuous stink. Talking with individuals and sharing our thoughts and changing peoples minds and growing and growing and growing…

that’s staying active.

I have support for you in whatever shape it takes.

Much love,
Tanner

Q: What would you say to people who argue that the postcards won’t have much of an effect?
A: I don’t know I’d say to those people. I haven’t talked to anyone whose said that yet! I DON’T REALLY THINK IT’S ABOUT HAVING AN EFFECT– it’s about staying involved. It’s about ALWAYS STAYING ACTIVE. I don’t think this is how laws get passed or things get overturned – I’m not a lawyer – but what this is doing is just creating a voice, creating a very loud voice that says, “Something needs TO HAPPEN. Something needs TO HAPPEN IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR THE LGBT COMMUNITY.” And that’s what I’m trying to do.

SAY WHAT??? The self-contradiction in his thinking, or lack thereof, totally echoes the half-wit ejaculations of Aimless Amy Join the Impact. On the one hand, she wants to protest the passage of Prop H8TE, but on the other she says “leave the Mormons alone.” On one hand she wants to see H8TE overturned, but also says that CHURCHES should decide what to call OUR relationships. Uh, Amy, that’s virtually what H8TE does.

More recently, she said, like Tanner, that this was the first election she’s taken seriously. But she says it’s because before it was because we had to choose between the lesser of two evils. Uh, Amy, Al Gore was only slightly less evil than Bush? John Kerry was only slightly less evil than Bush?

Both she and Tanner confuse simply being “active” with “accomplishing something.” Both apparently confuse politics with dieting.

And “1000 postcards”? The White House probably gets that many EVERY TEN MINUTES. Even before he was elected, as of mid-December, the Save Darfur Coaltion had sent him 160,000 postcards. Read that again: ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND.

How many do you think of any of these campaigns to you think Obama even hears about, let alone sees? If you do decide that you really to want something “to happen,” which….wait for it….is the same as “having an effect,” y’all better ramp up real fast.

Looks? 6.5. Dance? Insufficient data. Good Intentions? 10 points. Strategic thinking? 0. At least with the Girl Scouts I can get cookies.

Japhy, could we have him be the inaugural hotty for a “Morning Nerds” feature. He’s dreamy:)