"Over 21,000 sign whitehouse.gov petition seeking "vapid response," cookies"

[jayfish]

The "We the People" petition feature of whitehouse.gov, launched in September, is intended as a way for citizens to petition the Obama administration for action on specific topics of concern. Citizens can register an account on the site, and create petitions or sign those of others. When a site user creates a petition, a unique URL is generated for the petition that can be spread via social media or e-mail; the petition becomes visible on the White House website once it hits 150 signatures within 30 days. If a petition gets over 25,000 e-signatures in 30 days, it will be reviewed by White House staff for an official response, according to the latest version of the tool's "terms of participation."

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/petition/we-demand-vapid-condescending-meaningless-politically-safe-response-petition/gCZfn86x


Spot effing on. I just signed the petition myself.

EDITED TO ADD LINK

[Cal Carpenter]

1. Unfortunately, it NEEDS that many sigs (LINK)

as of now it only has about 3,800.

Here's a link:

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/Petitions/!/petition/we-demand-vapid-condescending-meaningless-politically-safe-response-petition/gCZfn86x?utm_source=wh.gov&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=shorturl

I love this petition. I hope it gets enough signatures. I want a fucking cookie.

[Ian David]

2. Do you have a link? n/t

[jayfish]

3. Link Added -NT-

[a simple pattern]

4. If you went to whitehouse.gov

i think you already have a cookie

[Ian David]

5. You have the numbers backwards. It NEEDS 21,000 signatures by December 4th. n/t

[progressoid]

15. 12 hours later and now it only needs 16,700

I bet they reach the goal.

[Ian David]

17. I bet you're right. n/t

[valerief]

6. OMG, this is so spot-on. I just signed it. To the Greatest Page!!!!

[hootinholler]

7. They pulled it! (sort of)

I created the account, and when I try to sign the petition, I get a 404.

[jayfish]

8. Try a different browser.

I had the same issue trying to use Chrome. IE9 works fine.

Oh, and the signatures are up to 4,121

[hootinholler]

10. Fucking Government M$-centric bullshit!

There are standards, and M$ doesn't follow them and many government websites are broken when you aren't on the blessed browser.

:grr:

[historylovr]

9. K & R for sheer brilliance. nt

[Kaleko]

14. + 1

[Cal Carpenter]

11. Kick because this petition has gotten more than thousand signatures

since this thread was posted, and it needs even more than that.

:)

[Robb]

12. Money in the bank: they'll get it.

They'll get one, it will be written in-house, it will be hilarious. I give a mass mailing of cookies 1 chance in 4.

Press will be overwhelmingly favorable, POTUS gets a bump .2-.8 points for a good sense of humor.

Bookmark it. :D

[Warren DeMontague]

13. Thanks for taking the time to petition the WH about legalizing marijuana.

Really, we value your opinion, and to show you how much we value your opinion, we're going to repeat a whole bunch of tired old bullshit that we like to trot out for 6th Grade D.A.R.E. classes.

Now, if you'll excuse us, we have several thousand chemo-sick cancer grannies we need to haul off to prison at your expense.

[emcguffie]

16. Maybe they've locked it or something?

It won't let me sign in. I have an account, and I'm using Firefox, and it worked for all the other petitions I've signed. Now it won't let me sign in. I'll keep trying, though.

I mean, nothing, absolutely nothing happens.

[jayfish]

18. It's still up and close to 10,000 signatures.

Try clearing your cache and cookies. If that doesn't work try another browser.