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The latest thing - petitions.whitehouse.gov/
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/

Posted on 12/23/2012 5:41:28 PM PST by Jean S

We're seeing more and more of these petition threads. Do you feel comfortable signing a petition at White House website?

I don't.

They claim that Obama will consider the petitions when X number of signatures are logged.

I think they're collecting names.


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To: vetvetdoug
We are screwed and our children are going to grow up in a Socialistic society. The Republic is dead...

You know, my libtard, uber-progressive, Obama loving brother has been trying to convince me of that very thing for umpty years now.

You on his side now, or are you sucking down the doom and gloom Kool-Aid?

21 posted on 12/23/2012 6:44:38 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Jean S

Those petitions are a totally bogus waste of time. If you want to accomplish something petition your state house.


22 posted on 12/23/2012 6:47:52 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Jean S

Sorry I can’t Comment ... I’m worried the Government might be watching

TT


23 posted on 12/23/2012 6:50:58 PM PST by TexasTransplant (Radical islam is islam. Moderate islam is the Trojan Horse.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2
Those petitions are a totally bogus waste of time. If you want to accomplish something petition your state house.

Considering how many people actually seem to think they mean something, I'd say they serve the purpose of furthering the destruction of America. People are now completely brain dead about civics.

Liberals here in Michigan are still squealing about right to work because "Obama won". They look at me like I'm an idiot when I point out that he didn't win a single seat in the Michigan legislature.
24 posted on 12/23/2012 6:56:21 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: basil

I agree, basil. Any of us who are active in politics are already on the list somewhere. I’ve signed DC petitions and no men in black came to my door.

Courage, people. If you are afraid of signing a list, what will you do if a real fight situation developes? No, I refuse to be intimidated by Nappy’s HS lists.


25 posted on 12/23/2012 6:56:41 PM PST by stilloftyhenight
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To: Windflier
are you sucking down the doom and gloom Kool Aid?

Hey newbie, I'm neither an Obama copulator or a doom and gloom. I am merely knowledgable of what is going on with our finances, politics, and social society. Do you think all is rosy and fine right now? We are in one hell of a mess that we'll be lucky to turn around in our lifetime if at all.

26 posted on 12/23/2012 6:59:11 PM PST by vetvetdoug
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To: Jean S

I went there to sign it and I realised this was just a data gathering operation.

They will most likley be visiting and collecting guns from the signers.


27 posted on 12/23/2012 7:03:39 PM PST by kennyboy509 ( Ha! I kill me!!!)
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To: vetvetdoug
Hey newbie, I'm neither an Obama copulator or a doom and gloom. I am merely knowledgable of what is going on with our finances, politics, and social society. Do you think all is rosy and fine right now?

I see you still have a spark of life in you. That's a good thing. I thought you were suicidal there for a minute, what with your talk about how "the republic is dead" and all.

I'm not picking on you personally, but when I see comments like that, I just have to wonder what on earth the poster's motivation is for saying such a thing. If all is lost, and the country has died - and there's nothing we can do about it - just what is the point of Free Republic?

Or even living, for that matter? Might as well cash it all in and party like it's the end of the world, if you really believe that. Otherwise, all you're doing is demoralizing your fellow patriots - many of whom have not lost the will to fight.

28 posted on 12/23/2012 7:19:44 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Jean S

Agree completely. We know they have an enemies list - how much easier when the enemies put themselves on the list.


29 posted on 12/23/2012 7:46:06 PM PST by mykroar (BAD-ANON: One Game At A Time)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
You think they don't already have yours?

Probably. What's your point? Do you think I should help them further by registering at whitehouse.gov to sign one of these petitions?

No thanks.

30 posted on 12/23/2012 7:54:17 PM PST by Jean S
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To: Thorliveshere
Did this petition thing online start with the Obama administration, or has it been around for a bit?

I don't know, I've only seen it recently.

31 posted on 12/23/2012 8:14:42 PM PST by Jean S
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To: Jean S

i thot about it as well but at some point you take a stand. I’m not sure if this is the time but i signed and created one. mebe its time to enumerate a new charter.
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.


32 posted on 12/23/2012 8:36:00 PM PST by kvanbrunt2
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To: Jean S
I don't know, I've only seen it recently.

Sorry, didn't mean to direct that at you personally. I meant if anyone knew in general.
33 posted on 12/23/2012 8:51:21 PM PST by Thorliveshere
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To: Syncro
"I'm sure the have a very sophisticated data base with all relevant categories to pigeonhole all conservatives and cross reference to keep tabs on us."

Yep! Such as the "Southern Poverty Law Center.org" where they volunteer to do this for the government!!!

34 posted on 12/23/2012 9:34:14 PM PST by SierraWasp (Blessed are they who prospect, dig & drill, for they are the primary producers of new, real wealth!!)
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35 posted on 12/23/2012 10:15:42 PM PST by Cololeo
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To: kennyboy509
They will most likley be visiting and collecting guns from the signers.

There's no reason to shrink from that challenge (even if it is true). It would be far better to give them 1M names then to fulfill their fantasy that nobody cares about the 2A.

36 posted on 12/24/2012 4:44:13 AM PST by palmer (Obama = Carter + affirmative action)
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To: Jean S
Do you think I should help them further by registering at whitehouse.gov to sign one of these petitions?

I do. Giving them your name and town (they can look up the rest) means you have chosen to speak out (1A) on the 2A. They can go ahead and feed 100k names into the computer and try to do some "data mining" or worse. But it would be much better if it were 1M names than 10k names.

37 posted on 12/24/2012 4:52:20 AM PST by palmer (Obama = Carter + affirmative action)
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To: Jean S

Obama toilet paper


38 posted on 12/24/2012 4:52:45 AM PST by bmwcyle (We have gone over the cliff and we are about to hit the bottom)
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To: SierraWasp

There’s no reason to let the SPLC control the 1A. Perhaps going through the WH website isn’t the best way to fight that, but it’s a way.


39 posted on 12/24/2012 4:54:17 AM PST by palmer (Obama = Carter + affirmative action)
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To: palmer

It is just a way to get angry people to let off a little steam. Don’t want the pressure cooker blowing up before it’s time.


40 posted on 12/24/2012 6:04:07 AM PST by Gadsden1st
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