Be Careful What You Ask For......

[dieseldiva]

This one has the potential to back fire in a big way.....

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.

An official response is guaranteed for any petition that draws enough signatures -- 5,000 names within 30 days -- after it is reviewed by staff and the appropriate policy experts within the administration, according to White House officials who previewed the details for The Associated Press.

The White House planned to launch the page Thursday on its official website, The White House.

The administration officials requested anonymity to discuss details before the formal announcement.

"When I ran for this office, I pledged to make government more open and accountable to its citizens," President Barack Obama says in the taped announcement. He says the new feature will give Americans "a direct line" to the White House on issues that most concern them.

The online petition program comes as Obama has been urging the public to press their representatives in Congress to act on his ideas for creating jobs and balancing the federal budget.

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.

The White House already accepts petitions through its correspondence office and that is not expected to change with the new webpage, according to the officials.

(Copyright ©2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

 

[paullud]

I bet we see the number of signatures needed go up. We are a nation of over 300 million, you still have to many idiots that believe 9/11 was an inside job, they could get 5000 signatures.

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[dieseldiva]

I bet we see the number of signatures needed go up. We are a nation of over 300 million, you still have to many idiots that believe 9/11 was an inside job, they could get 5000 signatures.

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True that but in keeping with his track record for addressing problems that aren't to his liking, I'd bet good money that a whole lot of this stuff will make it's way into "file 13" and if there's too much of it that they don't want to look at, the page will disappear.

He remains so immeshed in his ideology, as do the members of his administration, I don't think there's a snow ball's chance that anything negative to his policies is going to crack through that barrier.

 

[ErieBigDawg]

OR two men in black suits show up at your house and you go missing!

 

[skyraider]

OR two men in black suits show up at your house and you go missing!

Why ask the public, there are plenty of realllllllllly smart business folks that could fix the economy, but the Bridge to Nowhere crowd will get in the way IMHO.

 

[greg334]

Yep no lessons learned with any of the other petition sites - meaningless petitions for stupid and worthless things signed by people who neither vote or exist in the first place.

 

[LDB]

I don't believe you can count on a single word that comes out of Obama's mouth. All politicians are liars but he takes it to the next level. This is just another thing like the open debate, 5 day internet posting, etc. etc. etc. he spouts off about and then means nothing.

 

[Ragman]

OR two men in black suits show up . . .

 

[chefdennis]

To post a picture of Jake & Elwood it connection to anything related to this W/H administration, is to totally disrespect 2 fine upstanding "Bluesmen"....sad jus sad....

 

[Ragman]

To post a picture of Jake & Elwood it connection to anything related to this W/H administration, is to totally disrespect 2 fine upstanding "Bluesmen"....sad jus sad....

I'm hanging my head in shame.

 

[chefdennis]

works for me!!!