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WE SMASHED THE BAT!!!
9:15pm CST: 11,401 legitimate signatures and counting (this figure excludes redacted sigs). We will keep going! See more 'Fun Facts' and the next big 'To Do' below the fold.
SHOUT OUT to State Rep. Chip Shields of OR who signed yesterday. Thank you Rep. Shields. His signature is #5887.
Blogswarm this petition link.
Here's a link for the HTML to copy and paste into your site to embed the image, and link to the petition. Courtesy of Malacandra
Let's show the Dems in Congress we like spine and want to see them show some.
And if you've read this far and haven't yet clicked on the smiling Howard Dean to sign the petition, what are you waiting for? Link to sign it.
Petition Signature Fun Facts (these figures do include redacted sigs) Updated 9:15pm CST, Mon. June 13:
The petition was online and taking signatures on Fri. June 10 at 10:30 pm CST. Within 5 hours of being posted it was #3 on the most popular petitions list. We were #1 by yesterday and it is still #1 on the most popular list.
# of sigs by day:
6/10: 558
6/11: 4437
6/12: 3719
6/13: 248 at 7:30am; 524 at 9:00am, 1426 at 12:30pm, 2186 at 4:14pm, 2448 at 6:19pm, 2554 at 7:27pm, 2773 at 9:15pm
Stats from the last 24 hours:
There were no sigs from 7:00pm to 10:00pm
The smallest # of sigs/hour was 5:00pm with 4, followed by 2:00am with 12
The largest # of sigs/hour was 8:00am with 907, followed by 11:00am with 619.
I will keep Fun Facts as a regular feature. So check back often. There may be a quiz on this.
Next big TO DO: How to get the petition delivered. I need major help on this folks. This could be the topic of discussion in today's diary. Or someone could start a related diary devoted to it. If we want this to have an impact, we need media coverage and some prominent group or person(s) to 'sponsor' getting it to the congressional leadership.
We are closing in on our goal. Now let's come together and figure out how to deliver this petition.