US Open Government Initiative Enters Phase Three

circletimessquare writes "The Obama administration opened a discussion forum in January of this year which has become an electronic suggestion box. It is now entering stage three, following brainstorm and discussion phases: the draft phase, in which the top subject matter is codified into suggestions for the government. 'Ultimately, the visitors advanced more than 3,900 ideas, which in turn spawned 11,000 comments that received 210,000 thumb votes. The result? Three of the top 10 most popular ideas called for legalizing marijuana, and two featured conspiracy theories about Mr. Obama's true place of birth.'"

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Lol Democracy

[AnonGCB]

I'm fairly certain they're still ignoring the issue that the most people were interested in changing, legalization of marijuana.

Yes we can!

[Anonymous Coward]

Remember that time when Obama said he would vote against the FISA bill, and then he changed his mind and voted in favor of it? Now THAT is change we can believe in (because it actually happened)!

Afro-American Racism Against Whites and Asians

[Anonymous Coward]

During the election, about 95% of African-Americans voted for Barack Hussein Obama due solely to the color of his skin. See the exit-polling data by CNN.

Note the voting pattern of Hispanics, Asian-Americans, etc. These non-Black minorities serve as a measurement of African-American racism against Whites (and other non-Black folks). Neither Barack Hussein Obama nor John McCain is Hispanic or Asian. So, Hispanics and Asian-Americans used only non-racial criteria in selecting a candidate and, hence, serve as the reference by which we detect a racist voting pattern. Only about 65% of Hispanics and Asian-Americans supported Obama. In other words, a maximum of 65% support by any ethnic or racial group for either McCain or Obama is not racist and, hence, is acceptable.

If African-Americans were not racist, then at most 65% of them would have supported Obama. At that level of support, McCain would have won the presidential race.

At this point, African-American supremacists (and apologists) claim that African-Americans voted for Obama because he (1) is a member of the Democratic party and (2) supports its ideals. That claim is an outright lie. Look at the exit-polling data for the Democratic primaries. Consider the case of North Carolina. Again, about 95% of African-Americans voted for him and against Hillary Clinton. Both Clinton and Obama are Democrats, and their official political positions on the campaign trail were nearly identical. Yet, 95% of African-Americans voted for Obama and against Hillary Clinton. Why? African-Americans supported Obama due solely to the color of his skin.

Here is the bottom line. Barack Hussein Obama does not represent mainstream America. He won the election due to the racist voting pattern exhibited by African-Americans.

African-Americans have established that expressing "racial pride" by voting on the basis of skin color is 100% acceptable. Neither the "Wall Street Journal" nor the "New York Times" complained about this racist behavior. Therefore, in future elections, please feel free to express your racial pride by voting on the basis of skin color. Feel free to vote for the non-Black candidates and against the Black candidates if you are not African-American. You need not defend your actions in any way. Voting on the basis of skin color is quite acceptable by the standards of today's moral values.

Re:Afro-American Racism Against Whites and Asians

[iNaya]

From your logic, if whites were not racist, then Obama would have gotten 65% of the white vote too, which would have put him in even more firmly. Please take your FUD and shove it up your ar**

Voting on basis of skin colour is a very stupid thing to do. But I doubt the blacks voted him in solely on skin colour. Naa, it can't have anything to do with the fact that blacks feel that they are discriminated against in the States (and don't deny it) and feel that a black president would decrease that discrimination and give them more opportunities.

And regardless, if black Americans voted on basis of skin colour, that doesn't mean that it makes any sense for white people to do the same. Just because someone else does something wrong, doesn't give anyone else the right to do something wrong. And it is the white people of America and the world that have discriminated against blacks for centuries, and instead of realising that mistake, they deny that it has any effects today and choose to blame the state of a lot of people of a race on that entire race. Africans are of course not a single race, but for all intents and purposes, those in the U.S. are.

You're an idiot and a thinly veiled racist. Fuck you.

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Afro-American Racism Against Whites and Asians

[Anonymous Coward]

During the election, about 95% of African-Americans voted for Barack Hussein Obama due solely to the color of his skin. See the exit-polling data by CNN.

Note the voting pattern of Hispanics, Asian-Americans, etc. These non-Black minorities serve as a measurement of African-American racism against Whites (and other non-Black folks). Neither Barack Hussein Obama nor John McCain is Hispanic or Asian. So, Hispanics and Asian-Americans used only non-racial criteria in selecting a candidate and, hence, serve as the reference by which we detect a racist voting pattern. Only about 65% of Hispanics and Asian-Americans supported Obama. In other words, a maximum of 65% support by any ethnic or racial group for either McCain or Obama is not racist and, hence, is acceptable.

If African-Americans were not racist, then at most 65% of them would have supported Obama. At that level of support, McCain would have won the presidential race.

At this point, African-American supremacists (and apologists) claim that African-Americans voted for Obama because he (1) is a member of the Democratic party and (2) supports its ideals. That claim is an outright lie. Look at the exit-polling data for the Democratic primaries. Consider the case of North Carolina. Again, about 95% of African-Americans voted for him and against Hillary Clinton. Both Clinton and Obama are Democrats, and their official political positions on the campaign trail were nearly identical. Yet, 95% of African-Americans voted for Obama and against Hillary Clinton. Why? African-Americans supported Obama due solely to the color of his skin.

Here is the bottom line. Barack Hussein Obama does not represent mainstream America. He won the election due to the racist voting pattern exhibited by African-Americans.

African-Americans have established that expressing "racial pride" by voting on the basis of skin color is 100% acceptable. Neither the "Wall Street Journal" nor the "New York Times" complained about this racist behavior. Therefore, in future elections, please feel free to express your racial pride by voting on the basis of skin color. Feel free to vote for the non-Black candidates and against the Black candidates if you are not African-American. You need not defend your actions in any way. Voting on the basis of skin color is quite acceptable by the standards of today's moral values.

Re:Legalize it?

[argStyopa]

The reason it does less damage to society than cigarettes and alcohol is only because it remains illegal. Don't get me wrong, I agree that alcohol and nicotine ARE entry-drugs, far moreso than pot. I also think pot should be legal, but probably not for the same reasons you do.

What astonishes me is that potheads asserting the harmlessness of weed all cheerfully (lol) ignore what's obvious to ANYONE ELSE WHO KNOWS THEM: pot has long-term personality effects. Disassociation and inability to focus are two fairly significant deleterious effects of Mary Jane. My understanding is that there are also long term physiological retention issues of THC staying in the human system for a period far longer than would theoretically be expected.

Like any drug, if abused, it can be dangerous.

Again, I still support legalization, as well as the legalization of a number of other drugs as long as there are draconian penalties established for using while driving, etc. I see it as simply encouraging Darwin, actually.

i see words

[circletimessquare]

but i don't see a valid opinion about the founding of the usa. you could spin the same tired cynical crap about the founding of any country in the world. with you, i just see a personality disorder at work: typical tired hysterical cynicism. your words speak less about the actual founding of the usa, and more about your own spastic mind

it's all a big trick! by big corporations! the sheeple believe anything!

zzz

retarded. not even very original