What a joke.

Why would the Obama organization deliberately censor 9/11 investigations? Makes no sense.

Anyways I think this has the potential to be a great idea. Obama says he wants to bring change to the people and solutions to problems they want solved. What better way then to ask. Obama seems very orientated on keeping his internet connection with people. We have a representative democracy, I think it is great that our elected leader remember he makes decisions for and represents the people. If millions of people post suggestions the top ten should be perfectly reasonable and good. A few million is enough to filter out the idiots.

And he said he was going to consider, not that he would act straight from, the list.

Jessie, there is no way to know what suggestions are being deleted and how popular they might be if they weren't censored beforehand. Obama doesn't really care what the people want, he just wants to look like he cares.

Okay, maybe I'm being ridiculously optimistic, but I hope not.

It doesn't surprise me at all that they would delete the 'Abolish the Federal Reserve' option so quickly. They've seen the way the Ron Paul supporters take to the internet

Haha but for every Ron Paul supporter there is a liberal hippie peace loving socialist .

Big Joke! I thought he was the change we could believe in. Now he needs help figuring out what to change.a This program is a joke, and so is he.

I don't know he seems to be genuinely interested in the people and I say innocent until proven guilty. If he's guilty then I'd be the first person for getting him out of Office. Is abolishing the federal reserve really in his power?

Is this an independent site or is it directly connected to Obama?

But I think the Ron Paul supporters and liberal hippie peace loving socialists can at least agree to vote on the "End the phony war on terror" option! Maybe we can add "end the phony war on drugs" to that list, too.

Jessie, there's not much that's really in his power, but it's certainly within the power of congress.

"Change.org is a social entrepreneurship venture based in San Francisco, CA. The company was founded by Ben Rattray in the summer of 2005, and with the support of a friend from Stanford, Mark Dimas, and a founding team of Darren Haas, Rajiv Gupta, and Adam Cheyer, Change.org launched the first version of its site in 2007."
http://www.change.org/info/about

I may be wrong but they seem to be an independent group.

Oh for sure on both counts.

What do you propose to replace the Federal Reserve?

A return to the gold standard. We don't need the government printing more money whenever they need it, and we don't need the government setting interest rates.

Hey everyone! lilblu, you're correct that it is an independent site. I just added to the post that Obama's site is change.gov not change.org. Sorry if that was not clear!

What's wrong with an independent group getting together a platform to lobby the federal government? This is democracy in action in my opinion.

Oh and Hainan if democracy is a joke in your opinion, I'm not laughing.

Thanks Liberty. I have no problem with the organization. I got the impression that some people thought that Obama's staff was censoring the content.

Democracy is not a joke. Why do you like to take my words and skew them?

You are the one who thinks this joke of a program is democracy.
I think of Democracy by it's literal definition "is a form of government in which power is held by people under a free electoral system." form of government- free electoral system. What does this have to do with democracy?

correction- what does this program have to do with democracy?

Seriously? As you said, in a democracy power is held by the people, people who can organize and lobby our elected officials. That's what this organization, as well as lots of other lobbying organizations, do.

I hate lobbyists! I think they should have no right to be on capital hill. They are not in the best interest of our country. Only those with enough power to afford them. Sorry this program is just a joke.

power is held by the people to ELECT officials. Democracy is not about protesting, lobbying or organizing.

Maybe your version of democracy isn't about protesting, lobbying or organizing. But the American version embraces all three.

I actually think having a site asking people to submit their ideas to is a great idea but censoring things is not - it seems odd to me that a request for further investigations into 9/11 would be denied.

Hainan democracy IS about having the freedom to protest, lobby, or organize...

"Obama doesn't really care what the people want, he just wants to look like he cares"

I find it so interesting that you and Hainan didn't even check to see if it was even related to the Obama administration before you started bashing him. Since the election has passed I was hoping that people would try to be open minded and actually weigh his choices based on their merits...not on knee jerk reactions.

I do think that organization is key to democracy. Only when like-minded individuals organize are they able to get recognition of their cause. It is the only way to tell if 1 citizens feels that way, or 300,000. When you have a country with more than 300 Million people, organization is key.

Jill, the post originally made it seem very much like this was Obama's organization, and my post was based on that. A careful analysis of comment number 15 would have helped you figure that out. So perhaps I'm not the only person jumping to conclusions here. Would it make you feel better if, after Liberty changed the article to reflect the truth, I'd amended my comment to say "this organization doesn't really care what people want, they just want to make it look like they care"?

I just hope it isn't a reflection of things to come, that is all.

It's interesting, as I read the post I immediately thought that it didn't sound like an Obama-connected group - if for no other reason than they sounded clumsy in their handling of certain suggestions. Obama's people haven't been clumsy. So I clicked the link.

It's not censorship. They can remove whatever they want. Kinda like citizensugar.

Pop, it's still censorship, it's just not government censorship. They are certainly within their rights.

Fair enough Mich. Thanks for the correction!

LOL at the arguing....

I actually just submitted an idea just for kicks

http://www.change.org/ideas/view/start_an_innovate_for_america_program

Can we have a poll about what we want Obama to tackle first? oh, wait, that's the economy. Ok, I mean what we feel is most important to change in America.

Cool idea Bastyle - I gave it a thumbs up.
I think the thing we needed to change most in America happens on January 20, 2009.

Stephley, haha.

"I find it so interesting that you and Hainan didn't even check to see if it was even related to the Obama administration before you started bashing him." I don't really care if it is related to him or not. I don't think I bashed HIM regarding this website. I said that this program was a joke and so is he. I didn't say him and his program were jokes.
And I don't have to wait and see what he does and "weigh his choices based on their merits" because EVERYTHING he stated in his campaign should be what he tries to do. And if he doesn't, then some American people were duped. And if he does, then I will continue to think he is a joke, because I do not believe his policies will do much for the economy. I mean, crap, he is trying to recreate the new deal which many historians believe was a total failure and did nothing for the depression. So yeah, my belief of him being a joke is for far more than this website.

I just hope that your head doesn't explode if one of his policies actually ends up doing some good. I don't know if you could handle that!

'I didn't say him and his program were jokes.'

Yeah you did, like three times in your post:

'and so is he'
'I will continue to think he is a joke'
'So yeah, my belief of him being a joke'

I will only go on there if i can make an official "change" zwinky in my image.

mydia- it was trying to show how i said it. I didn't say that this was his program. Like it was him and HIS program. That's what I was referencing to. I do think he is a joke his programs are jokes and THIS program is a joke. I was simply trying to show that I never said this was his program. Read my comment again before trying to argue with me.

And jill, my head might explode... lol But you would probably like that since you wish politicians to explode, why not those that follow them.
And it would be like you exploding if any Bush policies are ever shown that they were good. You just wouldn't be able to believe that since you believe all of the media hype.

Jill never said she wanted anyone to explode. That was me.
Neither of us has to worry though about the ramifications of any Bush policies ever being shown to have been good. Ain't gonna happen.

Yeah, of course it can still be considered a citizen-generated agenda. Choosing not to listen to a few kooks doesn't invalidate consideration of the ideas of the rest.