Five Of The Craziest White House Petitions And How The President Responded

Being the man or woman in the White House comes with a lot of responsibility: you have to balance the budget, protect the U.S. from harm, and…build a Death Star? Some White House petitions make sense, such as asking the president to update their list of terrorist states or pleading for more gun control. Others? Not so much. Without further ado, here are 10 of the weirdest, wackiest, or WTF-ist White House petitions.

1: Use The Force

No, this isn’t some science-fiction wishlist; somebody actually petitioned the president’s administration for a Death Star. J.D. (location not given) asked the Obama White House to “Secure Funding and Begin Building” the fighter ship from Star Wars by 2016. The petitioner argues that “…by focusing our defense resources into a space…platform,” the government can create jobs and improve its national defense.

What was President Obama’s response? While they acknowledged that the argument was solid, they noted a Death Star wasn’t in the president’s plans anytime soon.

@SoniaChangDiaz Used the Death Star Petition as an example of civic engagement during the #CivicTechBOS convohttps://t.co/mTYwmzAWYR

— Alyssa Bryant Feola (@its_a_lisa) August 22, 2016

For one thing, the price of construction would be an astronomical $850,000,000,000,000,000. The responder did have a sense of humor about the whole thing, though, and noted that they don’t support the blowing up of planets. Sorry, JD.

2: Meet The What?

This one is sure to raise some eyebrows. On September 21, 2016, “YG” petitioned the executive branch hoping to get a song banned. It wasn’t Neil Young or some other song that’s been bent for political purposes; rather it was the song “Meet The Flockers” by YG.

The petition claims the song encourages violence against Chinese people and is offensive. And not just in a highly touchy, 21st-century sort of way. The song oddly claims that Chinese people “don’t believe in bank accounts” and encourages people to break into their homes and rob them. The White House has yet to respond.

3. Clash of Clash Of Clans

You won’t believe us, but you’re not being Punk’d. Someone actually asked the president to intervene and get their Clash Of Clans accounts restored. D.S. complained that many users had invested hundreds or thousands of real dollars in the mobile game, only to have developer Supercell ban their accounts. There was no real warning, either, and Supercell apparently banned these users permanently.

So far, 5,472 people have jumped aboard and signed the petition. The “We The People” site’s rules are such that a petition must get 100,000 signatures by a certain date to be considered. The Clash of Clans petition has until October 14, 2016, to get the remaining names it needs. Because, otherwise, they’re just wasting the president’s time.

4. Gorilla Warfare

He’s back! Harambe, the gorilla who Vox reports was shot at Cincinnati Zoo after a boy entered his enclosure, has been ubiquitous since his death. We suppose that makes him a hero in some sense of the word, but does he deserve his own battleship?

G.D. sure thinks so. He petitioned the Obama administration to change the name of the Navy ship USS Harvey Milk to USS Harambe. Don’t be misled, though; the petitioner acknowledges that politician Harvey Milk made big contributions to history as well. They just seem to think Harambe made more.

And 2,400 people seem to agree that the name Harambe will command “…obeisance and awe” from America’s enemies. There’s nothing homophobic about the petition, just really weird.

5. To Baldly Go

When you think of the bald eagle, what comes to mind? America? Power? War? For A.A., what comes to mind is “oppressive symbolism.” What was good enough for the founding fathers apparently isn’t for this petition writer. A.A. would really like to see a “peaceful” animal like a green frog replace that angry bird.

So far, only 579 people agree.

The request has until October 13, 2016, to get more backers. The petition also states the writer’s feelings that the frog represents multiple cultures and is somehow a joyful animal. We think Donald Trump would have a few things to say about this.

On a scale of 1 to America, how free are you tonight?

*gazes into distance*
*bald eagle screeches*

1776.
Merica.pic.twitter.com/2uWww8ch0q

— Cloyd Rivers (@CloydRivers) September 23, 2016

That about wraps things up. Until Donald Trump gives us another thing to laugh at, at least. Stay tuned, and let us know your favorite ridiculous petition below.

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