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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. respond? by spidercoz · · Score: 5, Insightful

    my money is on ignore

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    1. Re:respond? by betterunixthanunix · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Me too -- we are asking the mafia to crack down on organized crime here.

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    2. Re:respond? by ALeavitt · · Score: 5, Insightful

      What could possibly be more incriminating than the chief lobbyist for the MPAA openly threatening politicians who don't vote the way he would prefer? Let's face it, no amount of damning evidence is going to get the general populace to care.

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  2. Alright! by AngryDeuce · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Cue up the bullshit, meaningless response! Boy it's great having a voice in government, even if it's constantly ignored!

    1. 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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  3. 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)

  4. 25,000 sig petitions have alredy been ignored by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The petition titled "Actually take these petitions seriously instead of just using them as an excuse to pretend you are listening" reached 25,000 by the required date and currently has 33,000 signatures. It has received no response despite being almost 3 months old.

    (Link: https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/petition/actually-take-these-petitions-seriously-instead-just-using-them-excuse-pretend-you-are-listening/grQ9mNkN)

    "We the people" is a propaganda tool to be exploited when convenient, and nothing more.

    1. 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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  5. Awesome by Osgeld · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I await the generic response pulled from the filing cabinet soon

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

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

  7. 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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  8. Why would anyone expect Chris Dodd to be charged? by Attila+Dimedici · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why would anyone expect fromer Senator Dodd to be investigated for this? This is the man who, along with a few others, stood in the way of anyone doing anything about the problems with the financial systems in this country until it all blew up. Then he was asked to write the law that would "fix" the problem that led to the meltdown.

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  9. STFU Defeatist Whiners by eepok · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Oh... the government will do nothing!"
    "The crooks won't investigate their handlers!"
    "The petition will be ignored!"

    Are you the **AA 'turfing or just fashionably rebellious with your doubt of the value of the US Judicial system? If you've given up already, why are you bothering to comment?

    Remember when Nixon was investigated? What about when Clinton got some booty on the side? Big investigations DO happen and they have to start somewhere. If you don't like the idea of an investigation, then say so. I'd genuinely like to hear those comments. But if all you got are "Whaaa! They've done nothing in the past, they'll do nothing again!", then you're the worst kind. You remove value from the entire discussion and give nothing in return..

    If you give in to your butt-hurt and so easily declare "They so rarely do what I want... why bother?", then WE can never get anything done. You are WORSE than those who do nothing because you KNOW something is bad and take the time to discourage others from acting on the injustice.