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MPAA-Dodd Investigation Petition Reaches Goal

Posted by Unknown on from the whitehouse-to-declare-mpaa-supports-american-jerbs dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The petition on 'We the People' website petitioning the administration to investigate Chris Dodd for corruption has reached the required 25,000 votes in two days: now the government has to officially respond to the petition. The petition ... stemmed from Chris Dodd's statement that tried to portray campaign donations as quid-pro-quos for SOPA/PIPA votes."

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  1. In a perfect world... by Handbasket+Passenger · · Score: 5, Funny

    We the People: This is bribery! We demand you investigate yourselves!

    Gov'ment: We've investigated ourselves thoroughly, and we're guilty (sad-face)

  2. And the reponse is... by Eldragon · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...the White House quietly removes the We the People petition system.

  3. Re:HAS TO officially respond? by NotSanguine · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't be silly. There is no "HAS TO" when the government is involved. And a one word response of "DENIED" is all you are likely to get, or the Washington equivalent, of a vague promise of having it looked into, followed by a chuckle-fest in the back room over brandy on the rocks.

    The whole thing sort of reminds me of one of the typical flame fests here on Slashdot or Usenet. Lots of smelly wet wool. But nobody notices that you "won the internet".

    WTF is wrong with you!?! I can't believe that you could say such a thing!!!

    Everyone knows that you *never* serve brandy on the rocks. Geez!

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  4. Re:Alright! by blind+biker · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah. It would be fun if a popular techie-friendly website such as Slashdot or Reddit would sponsor a wager contest: write the expected BS response, and the one closest to the actual BS response from govt gets a prize.

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  5. Re:25,000 sig petitions have alredy been ignored by dgatwood · · Score: 5, Funny

    You didn't really think they'd take the take these petitions seriously petition seriously, did you? Of course not. They're waiting for the inevitable take this take this petition seriously petition seriously petition. Then they'll reply. Maybe. And when they do, they'll take this take this take this petition seriously petition seriously petition seriously.

    Seriously.

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