The part that I found most laughable was when the woman from the Sunlight Foundation informed us that they probably haven’t figured out how to handle thousands of comments at the same time. Who do they think they’re talking to? Idiots?
Think about some of the more popular blogs you go to, or even think of Digg. Some of the stories on some spots get thousands upon thousands of comments and yet somehow the system manages to stay afloat, and the reality is that a government run site wouldn’t attract that much attention. Think about how many people you know go to sites like Thomas to read a bill even after it’s passed.
The simple fact is that Barack Obama promised something when he was running. In his zeal to get elected on a platform of change and transparency, he pushed really hard for people to buy into his promises, but as most people are learning, the people like me who said that most of them were either empty or things he had no intention of following through on are starting to look more and more like soothsayers.
This pledge isn’t hard to keep; he just chooses not to keep it. After all, how bad would Congress look seeing as they routinely vote on bills they don’t read to begin with?
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