The White House refuses to build the Death Star

#1

Post by mtgred » Mon, Jan 14, 2013, 1:10 PM UTC

The White House refuses to build the Death Star
petitions.whitehouse.gov

Re: The White House refuses to build the Death Star

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Post by rcavezza » Mon, Jan 14, 2013, 1:48 PM UTC

This was posted here last week: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5046178 (slightly different link, but same text)

Re: The White House refuses to build the Death Star

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Post by bendmorris » Mon, Jan 14, 2013, 1:51 PM UTC

And yet the Open Access petition [1], almost a year old with nearly twice as many signatures, hasn't been addressed at all. Not even a "we're working on it."

This whole thing makes me very cynical about the white house petition site - it seems like they're using it to score political points on easy topics, or in this case make jokes, but I don't see any real progress. Has anything significant ever happened as a response to one of these petitions?

[1] https://wh.gov/6TH

Re: The White House refuses to build the Death Star

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Post by Dirlewanger » Mon, Jan 14, 2013, 1:53 PM UTC

Granted these petitions are placebos (and have been from the start) for average Joe to think they're somehow influencing White House policy, childish crap like this doesn't help the platform in any way.

Re: The White House refuses to build the Death Star

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Post by cpursley » Mon, Jan 14, 2013, 2:10 PM UTC

Drones are more effective at empire expansion.

Re: The White House refuses to build the Death Star

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Post by userulluipeste » Mon, Jan 14, 2013, 2:21 PM UTC

bendmorris wrote: post #3

And yet the Open Access petition [1], almost a year old with nearly twice as many signatures, hasn't been addressed at all. Not even a "we're working on it." This whole thing makes me very cynical about the white house petition site - it seems like they're using it to score political points on easy topics, or in this case make jokes, but I don't see any real progress. Has anything significant ever happened as a respo…

It's all about politics, it always has been! ISS is an international project, yet _USA_denied_China_involvement_!!! On political grounds, of course! In this context, no one should be surprised if the research done on taxpayer's money won't be exposed "to evil forces" any time soon.