Interesting new rule "The Obama Rule"

[we vs us]

LOL! It's a necessary first step in protecting corruption.

There must be some pretty big scandals lurking.

The GOP has held the house for more than a year . . . I'm a little surprised they haven't amped up the investigations/fishing excursions.  Where's Darrell Issa when you need him?

[nathanm]

LOL! It's a necessary first step in protecting corruption.

There must be some pretty big scandals lurking.

You know, it's not legal for documents to be classified "just because." That's not to say it doesn't happen, of course. I'm not quite sure how you make the leap to "must be some kind of scandal," when this doesn't have any effect on non-classified documents/information. SSI is not generally considered classified, by the way, only secret and above.

[JCnOwasso]

I honestly don't think it is meant for any big scandle type items, however I do think that they are thinking in terms of "crazy" requests.  one of the first things to gather enough signatures was whether or not the government had information on Alien existance.  Do you really think that, if the Government did have proof, that they would release it?  What about if the Government had any additional information on the JFK assassination...

Those are the type of answers that the Government would want to keep on the DL.

[Townsend]

Those are the type of answers that the individuals in the Government would want to keep on the DL.

[Townsend]

one of the first things to gather enough signatures was whether or not the government had information on Alien existance.  Do you really think that, if the Government did have proof, that they would release it? 

Funny you should bring that up...

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/11/08/142128890/white-house-government-has-no-evidence-of-extraterrestrial-life

This probably isn't going to satisfy many of those who think of The X-Files as a documentary series, but the Obama administration has now put the White House on record as saying the government doesn't have any evidence of life "out there."

And the Obama team doesn't believe anything's being hidden from us.

"The U.S. government has no evidence that any life exists outside our planet, or that an extraterrestrial presence has contacted or engaged any member of the human race," space policy aide Phil Larson writes this week on the administration's We the People website.

"In addition," he says, "there is no credible information to suggest that any evidence is being hidden from the public's eye."

One might wonder: Why did the White House think this question needed to be answered?

 
Well, the We the People site offers folks a chance "to petition the Obama administration to take action on a range of important issues facing our country. If a petition gets enough support, White House staff will review it, ensure it's sent to the appropriate policy experts, and issue an official response."

And The Associated Press says more than 5,000 virtually signed a petition asking that the government "acknowledge an extraterrestrial presence engaging the human race." So, Larson responded.

By the way, after initially saying it would respond to petitions with 5,000 or more online signatures, the White House has since raised the bar to 25,000.