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16. The white house just quadrupled the signature threshold for petitions.

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 01:46 AM

Jan 2013

Occupy Wall Street ‏@OccupyWallStNYC

Practicing democracy gets harder & harder. The @whitehouse just quadrupled the signature threshold for petitions. !#%$*
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57564203-93/white-house-raises-petition-signature-threshold-to-100k/ …

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Is he a Bush holdover? northoftheborder Jan 2013 #1

Nope, an Obama apointee Justin_Beach Jan 2013 #2

No, she isn't... PoliticAverse Jan 2013 #3

A ludicrous prosecution. The guy stole, literally NOTHING. DirkGently Jan 2013 #4

Not to mention ... Justin_Beach Jan 2013 #5

and JSTOR even changed their policies reorg Jan 2013 #6

that's not what it says on JSTOR's website dlwickham Jan 2013 #10

they also say reorg Jan 2013 #11

so where do they say that they didn't want him prosecuted dlwickham Jan 2013 #13

This petition is screaming toward 25k signatures Agony Jan 2013 #7

the prosecutor actually in charge of the case reorg Jan 2013 #8

Can't they find any bankers or CEOs to prosecute? ReallyIAmAnOptimist Jan 2013 #9

25,015 reorg Jan 2013 #12

WH response will be dlwickham Jan 2013 #15

The white house just quadrupled the signature threshold for petitions. Fire Walk With Me Jan 2013 #16

so they already reacted, LOL reorg Jan 2013 #18

Yep. Make no mistake. Fire Walk With Me Jan 2013 #19

It's not a DA...it's a US Attorney who prosecutes joeybee12 Jan 2013 #20