"Sign the Petition The offshore drilling moratorium will be devastating to our Gulf Coast region, where hundreds of thousands of residents work in jobs that service the oil and gas industry. The impacts we are suffering from the BP oil spill are bad enough; the moratorium will cause massive layoffs and cripple our economies like never seen before, and we will likely feel the impact for years. Please act quickly to institute offshore safeguards, reduce the drilling moratorium to 30 days, and get us working again to fuel this nation!" "
However: Snopes says: Online petitions are a waste of time.
TruthOrFiction.com "If you are tempted to sign an online petition, make sure the sponsoring site either discloses, or responds to your questions about, several things:
"1. Who owns, sponsors, or runs the site either individually or organizationally? Don't accept vague descriptions such as, "Our site has been organized by people who believe in protecting the environment." What are the names of the individuals or groups involved?
"2. Can they attest that their petitions have been presented to people or organizations where the petitions would do any good? Will they give specifics so you could check out their claims?
"3. Will they honor your request to not be included in any mailing list. All you want to do is sign the petition and be on your way."
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