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.'"

Comments

Re:A real example of average american mentality.

[bennomatic]

Does it cause the user to submit long rambling posts which include no white space?

Re:Legalize it?

[tirefire]

You're right. I'd never go to a place that was weed-tolerant. Places like Amsterdam, BC, and Portugal are like warzones.

Re:A real example of average american mentality.

[Anonymous Coward]

So he was right, plain old text or pot for short.