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Remember that petition urging the White House to facilitate job creation by building a gigantic Death Star a la Star Wars? With a little help from 4chan, the petition reached the 25,000 signature threshold it needed to elicit a response from the White House.

Now, the administration has responded to the petition in a note called "This Isn't the Petition Response You're Looking For," and it's kind of awesome?

The Administration shares your desire for job creation and a strong national defense, but a Death Star isn't on the horizon. Here are a few reasons:

• The construction of the Death Star has been estimated to cost more than $850,000,000,000,000,000. We're working hard to reduce the deficit, not expand it.

• The Administration does not support blowing up planets.

• Why would we spend countless taxpayer dollars on a Death Star with a fundamental flaw that can be exploited by a one-man starship?

All very sensible, we have to admit.

You can read the full response here.

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Less than a week ago, only 7,000 people had signed the White House petition urging the president to begin building a Death Star, the space station/superweapon from Star Wars, by 2016. Now, with a little help from 4chan, the petition has passed the 25,000 signature threshold it needs to be reviewed by the White House.

John D. of Longmont, Colorado, spearheaded the petition, arguing:

By focusing our defense resources into a space-superiority platform and weapon system such as a Death Star, the government can spur job creation in the fields of construction, engineering, space exploration, and more, and strengthen our national defense.

We suppose it's not the worst national security plan we've ever encountered.

The petition will now be placed into a queue to be reviewed by the White House, which will email each signer with a response once they've finished reading it.

Now if only we could harness all this political interest for a cause the White House might actually take seriously (lol).

America's newest public works project. (Photo: Eye on Star Wars)

Let's start by saying you can make a petition for almost anything on WhiteHouse.gov, and we're pretty sure the President never even glances at them. But apparently, over 6,800 people have signed a petition asking President Obama to start building a Death Star, the space station/super weapon from Star Wars, by 2016. And who says the Internet savvy are politically lazy?

At first glance, the petition appears to be a joke, but its creator, John D. of Longmont, Colorado, has a pretty rational reason for making the request:

By focusing our defense resources into a space-superiority platform and weapon system such as a Death Star, the government can spur job creation in the fields of construction, engineering, space exploration, and more, and strengthen our national defense.

The economy could use as many new jobs as possible; why not put people to work creating a floating space weapon that can destroy earth with just one energy beam?

But for now, John D. will have to wait: the petition needs to hit 25,000 signatures before it's considered.