The Ed Show   |  December 04, 2012

The ‘Death Star’ petition

The White House's "We the People" website allows citizens to bring the attention of the Obama administration to issues they find important. But it's also caught the attention of internet trolls... and they're getting creative. Ed Schultz has the story of an actual petition to build a Death Star.

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>>> house's website was created to provide an online platform for citizens to petition the obama administration to take action on issues that they find very important to themselves. the the site makes civic engagement easy and has sparked some interesting causes. and its policy of issuing a response if a petition gathering 25,000 signatures in 30 days has caught the attention of the internet trolls . it was the forum used by over 100,000 texans to secede from the united states , which resulted in another petition in -- to withdraw. anything can happen. you can see where this is going. but there's one petition on the site that we here at "the ed show" can certainly get behind. it's a substantial stimulus project that would create millions of jobs, boost america's steel industry , got to love that, expand our space program , and basically guarantee our national security . what could be better? someone has petitioned the administration to build a death star . the fictional moon-size space base capable of destroying entire planets from " star wars ." just under 2,000 people have signed the petition to ask president obama to secure the resources of constructing a death star . which means it still needs about 23,000 signatures before the obama administration is actually expected to issue a response. we want a response. but i'm guessing with the way the fiscal cliff negotiations are going the estimated $852 quadrillion dollars of funding needed for one alone just isn't in the cards. dog gone it. i'm going to sign up tonight.

>>> can both parties reach an agreement ones fiscal cliff? 40% of you say yes, 60% say no.

>>> coming up, this could be one of the dumbest votes the republicans have ever cast in the history of the senate. we'll talk about the big win and the emotional