White House petition to actually take White House petitions seriously
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[QUOTE=lulzbocksV2;33032612]It can go beyond municipalities. My state senator just came to my door yesterday and asked me to sign a petition for his plan.[/QUOTE]
Guess what state senators have lots of that lets them do campaigns like this - money
[QUOTE=lulzbocksV2;33032612]It can go beyond municipalities. My state senator just came to my door yesterday and asked me to sign a petition for his plan.[/QUOTE]
Sounds interesting. What's the plan about?
[QUOTE=Mister Sandman;33031920]Yeah because we can just do that[/QUOTE]
well right after submitting a petition to the government website requesting the use of firearms be allowed for revolutionary purposes we can
[QUOTE=DaCommie1;33032622]The fuck do you think the Second Amendment was about?[/QUOTE]
Keep in mind this was back when it took like 5 minutes to fire a gun a second time.
[QUOTE=Key_in_skillee;33032872]Keep in mind this was back when it took like 5 minutes to fire a gun a second time.[/QUOTE]
Well, to be fair, you can actually reload a musket rather fast if you're good at it.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_-a5_oESRw[/media]
Either way you'd have your shit on the floor getting beaten before you could reload.
[QUOTE=Key_in_skillee;33032872]Keep in mind this was back when it took like 5 minutes to fire a gun a second time.[/QUOTE]
Closer to 20 or 30 seconds for most. The best of the best could get a shot off every 10 seconds.
I'd love to see a response for this one:
[url]https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/regulate-cigarettes-and-alcohol-similar-manner-marijuana-they-are-more-dangerous-your-health/YMpD2M6X[/url]
[QUOTE=Key_in_skillee;33032872]Keep in mind this was back when it took like 5 minutes to fire a gun a second time.[/QUOTE]
The British army could fire four rounds per minute.
[QUOTE=Biotoxsin;33033255]I'd love to see a response for this one:
[url]https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/regulate-cigarettes-and-alcohol-similar-manner-marijuana-they-are-more-dangerous-your-health/YMpD2M6X[/url][/QUOTE]
someone was mad that obama didn't instantly legalise marijuana.
[QUOTE=SPESSMEHREN;33033938]someone was mad that obama didn't instantly legalise marijuana.[/QUOTE]
A failed drug war and huge amounts of evidence pointing towards weed being a low impact substance, as well as the decrease in drug rates seen from other legalization policies elsewhere in the world should make it pretty obvious this would be a lot better than keeping it illegal.
[QUOTE=nikomo;33031898]Tree of liberty, blood of tyrants etc.
You guys really need to just go into the Congress with guns while they're in session and replace the fuckers with smart people.[/QUOTE]
That's called a "coup d'etat".
Here are a few amazing examples of leaders who came to power from a coup:
Omar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir of Sudan ([URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Hasan_Ahmad_al-Bashir[/URL])
Idriss Déby of Chad ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idriss_D%C3%A9by"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idriss_Déby[/URL])
Augusto Pinochet of Chile ([URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Pinochet[/URL])
4,600 signatures
ahaha this is too good
nearly 6k signatures, keep it rolling
Just because people sign a petition doesn't mean the white house would ever consider sending it through congress (or use some magical power and bypass congress). I thought the response to the marijuana petition was well thought out and treated seriously (they posted reliable sources in their response as well I believe).
[QUOTE=SPESSMEHREN;33033938]someone was mad that obama didn't instantly legalise marijuana.[/QUOTE]
-White house gives reasons why they don't want to legalize marijuana.
-Contradicts itself because they allows other substances matching the description of things they don't like.
-Someone points it out.
-"LOL SOMEONE MAD, STUPID POTHEAD"
[QUOTE=Antdawg;33037338]Just because people sign a petition doesn't mean the white house would ever consider sending it through congress (or use some magical power and bypass congress). I thought the response to the marijuana petition was well thought out and treated seriously (they posted reliable sources in their response as well I believe).[/QUOTE]
They did, but it wasn't the answer people were looking for.
Can I vote?
[QUOTE=DeveloperConsol;33031864]Hahaha.
These things can happen only in the US.
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Hahaha.
This is such an ignorant post.
[QUOTE=Antdawg;33037338]Just because people sign a petition doesn't mean the white house would ever consider sending it through congress (or use some magical power and bypass congress). I thought the response to the marijuana petition was well thought out and treated seriously (they posted reliable sources in their response as well I believe).[/QUOTE]
Wonder why alcohol isnt banned then.
Really we should have seen this coming when they upped the signature requirement by 20k.
[QUOTE=Mattk50;33038937]Wonder why alcohol isnt banned then.[/QUOTE]
Because its been an integral part of society since the dawn of time.
However, weed is quickly becoming an integral part of society as well so its only a matter of time before its legalized.
[QUOTE=Swilly;33039072]Because its been an integral part of society since the dawn of time.
However, weed is quickly becoming an integral part of society as well so its only a matter of time before its legalized.[/QUOTE]
my point was that all their reasoning also applies to alcohol. It was a joke of a response.
Breaking news, petitions signed on a website aren't being taken seriously. More at eleven.
I've honestly never heard about a single online petition making any difference in the slightest, so I don't know why people are surprised.
[QUOTE=Paramud;33039742]Breaking news, petitions signed on a website aren't being taken seriously. More at eleven.
I've honestly never heard about a single online petition making any difference in the slightest, so I don't know why people are surprised.[/QUOTE]It was created by the government under the assertion that the proposals would be taken seriously and even proposed in Congress if they received enough signatures.
[QUOTE=Hidole555;33032775]Sounds interesting. What's the plan about?[/QUOTE]
Lowering pay for senators and making sure new programs and government organizations actually work before pouring money into them.
[QUOTE=nikomo;33031898]Tree of liberty, blood of tyrants etc.
You guys really need to just go into the Congress with guns while they're in session and replace the fuckers with smart people.[/QUOTE]
Is it wrong that I agree with that?
I can't see any other way to get through to them.
[QUOTE=TheSporeGA;33040403]Is it wrong that I agree with that?
I can't see any other way to get through to them.[/QUOTE]
they only have power because we give them power.
[QUOTE=TheSporeGA;33040403]Is it wrong that I agree with that?
I can't see any other way to get through to them.[/QUOTE]
Except we can't fucking do that.
Let's see, if we tried to start a revolution, we'd have to get through the military, and the police, and all the people who support the current government, and more.
It's a bit harder to revolutionize now that the government isn't just a bunch of guys with muskets.
And [i]shiiiiiit,[/I] even when the government was just guys with muskets we barely fucking pulled it off, what kind of a fucking chance do we have now?
Since when was popular opinion always the best decision?
[QUOTE=melonmonkey;33050642]Since when was popular opinion always the best decision?[/QUOTE]
Since popular sovereignty, which supposedly is one of the founding ideas of the United States of America.
I like how our government doesn't give half a shit about reform.
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