This little link of mine ...

... saved the day:

http://docs.google.com/#all

Because this one:

https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=writely&passive=true&nui=1&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2F&followup=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2F&ltmpl=homepage&rm=false

and this one:

http://www.docs.google.com

sure didn't do what they were supposed to.

In other words, if you want to embed a link from a Web page to the google docs login page, without hanging up in the land of redirect, go in the right direction, no detours, no turns.

Good luck.