Tag: We the people

Comedian Petitions Obama to Formally Label Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni a ‘Ding-Dong-Boob-Poopy’
Comedian Eugene Mirman has pretty solid proposal for how President Obama should handle Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. He should publicly call him a "ding-dong-boob-poopy."...
Read More
The Deport Justin Bieber White House Petition Tops 100,000 Signatures
Over one hundred thousand people want Canadian pop star Justin Bieber to go back to Canada. Well, not exactly "go back" on his own volition - it's more like they hope he is forcibl...
Read More
6-Year-Old Tries to Save NASA with White House Petition
With NASA budget cuts looming, one 6-year-old kid is taking as direct a route as he can to ask President Obama to save the nation's space program. Connor Johnson of Denver, Col...
Read More
Default Porn-Blocking Is Your Hilarious White House Petition of the Day
It's been a while since I've looked at We The People, the U.S. Government's online petition site that's, well, whatever is worse tha...
Read More
The White House Is Ignoring a Bunch of Petitions, and This Site Tracks Them
There's a new single-serving site that lets you know which We The People online petitions the White House is ignoring. Since the We...
Read More
Petition Asks Obama to Recreate Frozone Scene from The Incredibles
The White House's We The People online petition site is a truly wonderful place. Not because it gives citizens the ability to voice legitimate concerns and possibly help to enact r...
Read More
Do The Privacy Implications Of Google Glass Scare You?
Google Glass has some people spooked. They think that Glass turns those who wear the technology into a surveillance cyb...
Read More
White House Finally Responds To CISPA Petition, Says Cybersecurity Legislation Must Respect Privacy
CISPA is all but dead once again, and the Senate is moving ahead with its own cybersecurity...
Read More
White House Announces Second ‘We The People’ Hackathon
The White House has just announced its second National Day of Civic Hacking, to take place at the White House. It will take place on June 1st. "For the National Day of Civic Hac...
Read More
Another Star Wars Petition Hits White House Site, This Time Calling for National R2-D2 Day
Over the half year or so that the White House has been operating their We The People online petition site, we've seen that it can be used in a variety of ways. There are the ri...
Read More
Petition to Force Congress to Wear NASCAR-Style Suits with Corporate Logos Gains Steam
Ever since the White House changed the rules on their We The People petition site, forcing petitions to reach the 100,000-signature threshold before warranting an official response...
Read More
Google Reader Shutdown Prompts Plethora of Petitions
As you may have heard, Google has just announced that they are closing the doors on their 8-...
Read More
Anti-CISPA White House Petition Crosses 100,000 Signature Threshold
After CISPA returned in February, privacy advocates...
Read More
Hate Daylight Saving Time? Here’s a Petition for You
If you woke up this morning in a haze and needed an extra cup or four of coffee to get going, you can probably blame Daylight Saving Time. Or your hangover. But probably DST. On...
Read More
Petition to Make R. Kelly’s ‘Ignition (Remix)’ the National Anthem Is the Most Important Petition
In the past, I've been critical of some of the more frivolous petitions to hit the White House's "We the People" online petition site. A petition to build a functioning Death Star...
Read More
Get the WebProNews newsletter delivered to your inbox

Get the free daily newsletter read by decision makers

Subscribe
Advertise with Us

Ready to get started?

Get our media kit

Advertise with Us