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TreasonousBastard

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37. Well, I asked him...

Mon Apr 29, 2013, 08:56 PM

Apr 2013

(Tim Bishop NY1) and he said the plethora of internet petitions is pretty well useless and ignored down there.

Best way is to pick up the phone and leave a message, or write a letter/use the message box on the website. You know, something that involves some small amount of... effort.

Or, meet him at local meetings and ask the questions.

Tonight's local meeting, btw, was about the pending sale of Plum Island and moving the animal disease research to Kansas. Seems it was one asshole in the Bush administration who pushed this and it then gained a life of its own. Imagine the genius of moving hoof and mouth disease research from an island off Connecticut to the center of cow country. And tornadoes.

Yeah, nobody around here thought it was a good idea either and the good congressman has been fighting it to no avail, even though the locals in Kansas also think the idea sucks. No amount of jobs is worth that amount of danger, but the local pols (both parties) are looking at the raw numbers and campaign contributions from construction firms and the Farm Bureau.

Politics can really suck sometimes.

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Is anyone else overwhelmed with the plethora of online petitions? [View all] OneGrassRoot Apr 2013 OP

Yep, I think it's become really fragmented! n/t RKP5637 Apr 2013 #1

Nope. I ignore all of them. Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #2

I think I'm going to ignore them all also.....yikes, was getting way to many e-mails from them too. a kennedy Apr 2013 #6

After watching the most popular petitions be the subject of jokes by politicians I stopped caring Fumesucker Apr 2013 #3

Some politicians pay attention, but I see petitions as most effective re: companies... OneGrassRoot Apr 2013 #5

The ones sent to you via email frazzled Apr 2013 #4

Boy, do I hear you about that. OneGrassRoot Apr 2013 #7

Yep, I get a ton of those. I used to respond, but now I just trash them ... becasue they are always RKP5637 Apr 2013 #13

I think they're an easy way to make people think they did something useful The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2013 #8

If there were less of them, I think they'd be more effective. OneGrassRoot Apr 2013 #11

Too often they are merely a way of getting your email address The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2013 #16

Yeah, I agreed with that in a comment below... OneGrassRoot Apr 2013 #18

There are too many of them. HappyMe Apr 2013 #9

They aren't petitions. They are mailing lists for donations NightWatcher Apr 2013 #10

You're right. A lot of these petition sites are monetizing it... OneGrassRoot Apr 2013 #14

A clearinghouse, of sorts, might help. NYC_SKP Apr 2013 #12

What you said... OneGrassRoot Apr 2013 #17

Ha! So, I like thunderclap... NYC_SKP Apr 2013 #26

Others have brought home the point that... OneGrassRoot Apr 2013 #27

Excellent point, and one of those things, like pop-ups, that should lower a score NYC_SKP Apr 2013 #33

Most of the online petition sites are nothing more than MineralMan Apr 2013 #15

I agree. Sooooo........ OneGrassRoot Apr 2013 #22

I'm not a big believer in petitions in general. MineralMan Apr 2013 #24

Understood. Thanks. :) n/t OneGrassRoot Apr 2013 #25

I'll be seeing my Coingressman later tonite and will try to ask him... TreasonousBastard Apr 2013 #19

Thanks, TB. :) n/t OneGrassRoot Apr 2013 #23

Well, I asked him... TreasonousBastard Apr 2013 #37

It definitely sucks a lot of the time. OneGrassRoot Apr 2013 #38

better than doing nothing or being gejohnston Apr 2013 #20

I think their usefulness has peaked. In the Laurian Apr 2013 #21

Stopped signing them. MadrasT Apr 2013 #28

Have you ever looked at the White House petitions? undeterred Apr 2013 #29

Yeah, for political petitions, I definitely prefer their site. OneGrassRoot Apr 2013 #30

Anyone familiar with Avaaz? OneGrassRoot Apr 2013 #31

I like that they seem to partner well with other orgs. NYC_SKP Apr 2013 #35

I'm liking them the most right now. OneGrassRoot Apr 2013 #36

Are you SURE it is a "Plethora"? stevenleser Apr 2013 #32

hahahaha..... OneGrassRoot Apr 2013 #34