US Open Government Initiative Enters Phase Three

Posted by kdawson on Monday June 22, 2009 @02:53PM from the madisonian-moment dept.

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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Re:Legalize it? by carrol123 · 2009-06-22 15:57 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I am very much impressed with the above thought and love to be the part of it. Carrol spncr Merchant Account Canada
Re:Lol Democracy by Anonymous Coward · 2009-06-22 18:19 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I fart in your general direction! Better be glad I didn't use my rifle.