Yesterday I wrote a diary on the subject of my wish list for "to-do" items that would go into President Obama's "in-tray," that is, those things which a president can get accomplished merely by signing his name and not needing the cooperation of Congress to pass the legislation or confirm the appointment.
Apparently the concept of "what can President Obama do with the stroke of his pen?" is not as interesting to others as it is to me, because there was very little joining in with that discussion.
Now here is a website that may appeal to more people because it is not so policy wonky as I am.
At Whitehouse2.org you can add your own priorities to the collective consciousness without becoming too bogged down in specifics.
UPDATE NOTE: I messed up and put "Whitehouse2.com" on the poll but the correct URL is Whitehouse2.org. (Unfortunately polls can't be edited once they are creted.)
Jim Gilliam says our priorities are combined like Neilson ratings to create the master list of priorities of the people.
White House 2 is completely independent of the U.S. government, the official White House website at whitehouse.gov, and any political party. The only ideology here is the collective will of the American people. If you disagree with something, change it!
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You can add priorities and change your ranking of your previously ranked priorities.
My personal top ten priorities right now are:
- Stop the Iraq War
- Stop the Afghanistan War
- Kill the Patriot Act
- Enact Universal Single-payer Healthcare
- Shut down Guantanamo
- stop torture
- restore habeas corpus
- End using landmines, cluster bombs, and uranium munitions
- End Bank's Power to Create Money- Only Govt.to Create Money
- Rebuild New Orleans making sure EVERYONE has a home