Weed the People
The ten most popular items at the new White House petitions website.
- Legalize and Regulate Marijuana in a Manner Similar to Alcohol. (19,901 signatures)
- Call an Investigation into Allegations of Prosecutorial & Judicial Misconduct in the Case of Sholom Rubashkin (12,739 signatures)
- Edit the Pledge of Allegiance to remove the phrase “Under God”. (7,917 signatures)
- Abolish the TSA, and use its monstrous budget to fund more sophisticated, less intrusive counter-terrorism intelligence. (7,731 signatures)
- Stop Animal Homelessness at Its Roots (5,615 signatures)
- Legalize, regulate, and tax marijuana. (5,606 signatures)
- Stop Interfering With State Marijuana Legalization Efforts (5,594 signatures)
- Allow Industrial Hemp to be Grown in the U.S. Once Again (5,571 signatures)
- Remove “In God We Trust” from currency. (4,971 signatures)
- Direct the Patent Office to Cease Issuing Software Patents (3,122 signatures)
We the People [White House, via Raw Story]
TJ/ I knew he was a mutherfuckin vampire! Dude!
I blame Mr. Cynica.
Also: “The point was to inhale.”
– Barack Obama, 2007
@SanFranLefty: And rightly so.
4 out of ten…..reefer gladness!
■Direct the Patent Office to Cease Issuing Software Patents
Wait, what? Why?
@Tommmcatt Be Fat, And That Be That: Here are the basic arguments for and against.
@Tommmcatt Be Fat, And That Be That: As Mellbell notes, huge issue in the Geek Community. First became prominent when Amazon patented “one-click ordering”. Recently, a patent troll tried to sue iPhone app developers for using Apple’s in-app ordering system.
It’s not unlike DMCA trolls trying to sue blogs for copping stories — most targets are financially unable to put up a fight.
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