Obama To Overturn Major Bush-Era Marijuana Ruling

Today's Digg leader signals the discovery of a new motif: marijuana advocacy. It comes in the form of an article from NationalJournal.com concerning President Obama overturning orders stemming from the Bush administration. Here's why it works:

1) Obama idolatry: In the eyes of most Diggers (remember, we're talking about predominantly white, San Francisco-based, tech-savvy men), Obama can do no wrong; therefore, any article expressing the same sentiment is likely to do well on Digg. The article presents wonderful Obama words without any sort of accompanying criticism; e.g., Obama said, "The public must be able to trust the science and scientific process informing public policy decisions. Public officials should not suppress or alter scientific or technological findings and conclusions." Hey, that sounds nice -- would he apply the same mindset to evidence against man-made climate change? This writer thinks not.

2) Marijuana advocacy: The gist of the article is that marijuana is good and many public officials feel the same way. That's great news if you're in favor of legalizing marijuana, and in our case most Diggers want marijuana legalized, so it's no surprise this article was Dugg so many times.