The folks at FreedomWorks.org have launched a micro-site to help drive its campaign to reform earmarks -- www.earmarkpledge.com.

From their About section:

FreedomWorks is continuing its fight to stop the irresponsible and wasteful process known as “earmarking” by creating a simple, personal pledge for federal lawmakers. The pledge gives signers an opportunity to go on the record against the broken earmark process.

All current Members of Congress as well as all serious contenders running for the U.S. House, Senate, as well as the Presidency will be asked to sign the following statement:

“Earmarking,” the practice by which members of Congress divert taxpayer funding to special projects outside of the normal competitive and merit-based review process, has grown out of control and is open to waste and abuse.

THEREFORE, I, __________________________, in my capacity as ________________________ (congressman/senator/president), do hereby pledge that I will personally support spending reform in Congress by refusing to seek, support, or enact earmarks during the appropriations process for fiscal year 2009.”

I asked the folks at FreedomWorks about the micro-site and got two responses worth sharing in this space.

* Dick Armey, Chairman, FreedomWorks: "We plan to use the internet to make it public who has signed our pledge and who refuses to do so. Our members will be able to focus their energy on calling those that haven't signed the pledge. Our website will allow us to put much-needed pressure on some of these folks, and we will have a record if they decide to drink backsliders wine on the issue in the future."

* Brendan Steinhauser, Director of Campaigns, FreedomWorks.org: "FreedomWorks seeks to empower grassroots citizens in the states to download our pledge, take it to district offices and ask their Congressmen to sign it. We are pursuing an inside and outside the beltway campaign to make it clear that the American people are tired of out-of-control spending. The Internet will allow us to efficiently coordinate this campaign across the country."

Nicely done FreedomWorks. Keep fighting the good fight.