White House creating website for online petitions

ABC Local ^ | 9/1/11 | AP

[NowApproachingMidnight]

WASHINGTON -- The White House is making it easier for people to press the federal government to act.

It is bringing that age-old constitutional right to petition one's government into the digital age with a new webpage, "We the People," where members of the public will be able to create and sign petitions seeking the government's action on a range of issues.

[dagogo redux]

We the People hereby petition the Congress of the United States to appoint an independent Special Prosecutor, with full investigative powers and complete immunity from coercion, to investigate the involvement of the Federal and state governments at all levels in regards to the Fast and Furious gun running scandal, and all related activity to fascilitate transfer of weapons to, or allow illegal importation and distribution of controlled substances and other contraband from foreign nations across our southern border, or through other points of entry.

[Justa]

Mao Tse Tung did this via newspapers. Then he rounded up the writers and had them executed.

[2nd Bn, 11th Mar]

...where members of the public will be able to create and sign petitions seeking the government's action on a range of issues.

Folk, folks, calm down. The White House is going to pick the "range of issues", I can guarantee you that.

[DManA]

Community organizing is the only thing he knows. This is the Federal Bureau of Community Organizing. There must be a czar in this story somewhere.

[Eagle of Liberty]

Our current White House is a JOKE and I really hate it.....

[Eagle of Liberty]

So, I guess a 5000 signature Freeper petition for Obama's resignation wont make the cut.

Nope! Just like everything else this administration does, the guarantee comes with STIPULATIONS!!

[Eagle of Liberty]

posting that pic to FB!!!

[Eagle of Liberty]

Its just more of the same old Obama. He’s already done this sort of thing in other forms with zero results. (aside for fooling a handful of morons into thinking he really cares what they think)

This sounds a whole lot like:

- Most Ethical Congress Eva! (Pelosi)
- All Bills will be posted for 72 hours prior to vote (Pelosi)
- Will not sign any non-emergency bill without giving the American public an opportunity to review and comment on the White House website for five days (Obama) - Oh, and if you actually want to get to www.barackobama.com/issues/ethics, you are taken to an ONLINE AD to get involved with his 2012 campaign!!! BWAWAWAAAA!

[greyfoxx39]

My prediction for the first approved petition...5,000 union members submit a petition to do away with presidential term limits.

I think this is scary as hell, people.

[philman_36]

To emphasize word-of-mouth organizing, a petition's Web address initially will only be known by the person who created it. The address is not supposed to show up anywhere else on the White House website until 150 signatures have been collected, the officials said.

Sounds to me like it's going to be little more than a "malcontent listing".

[Nachum]

The list, ping

Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list

http://www.nachumlist.com/

[Michael Barnes]

uh-huh...I can just see those honest democrats saying "See, the PEOPLE have petitioned for *this.."

*this ='s any damn pet marxist project the dem's are seeking to rob more from the producers in the country.

[rockrr]

Fine. I want to inaugurate it with a petition calling for Øbumbler to resign. I think I’ll create it from down at the library...;-)

[greyfoxx39]

This is more like a “Post your conservative petition or grievance and get a free IRS audit” website.. Well said.

[bvw]

There are a bunch of PRIVATE outfits that already do exactly that. This is (1) a waste (2) who authorized? (3) likely a payoff to some crony.

[sweetiepiezer]

Just sign it, W.F. Poo
- Who Flung Poo-

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

Good we can go there and petition that Obama and Holder answer to Fast and Furious and Holder resign and Obama get articles of impeachment.

And a petition that Obama resign.

And a petition that he no longer teleprompt.

[JPII Be Not Afraid]

Exactly my first thought. They want your names and addresses for his campaign. The lib petitions will win out because conservatives won’t fill out their information to sign any conservative petition and they know it.

[sten]

they will have your ip address.

remember flag@whitehouse.gov? they wanted people to report anyone that wasn’t on board with their tax plans.

this would be similar

[UCANSEE2]

Go to this LINK and it will give you YOUR IP ADDRESS.

Basically, is it a number that the INTERNET uses like a HOME ADDRESS FOR The MAILMAN.

http://www.ipaddressreport.com/

Everything connected to the internet has to have an ADDRESS so data that travels back and forth knows WHERE to GO.