Change.org — really?

This morning, Change.org — the “social action site where you can 1) learn about causes, 2) connect to good people and nonprofits and 3) take action” — presented its Winners of the Ideas for Change in America Competition. (There was supposed to be a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., though last time I checked, I didn’t see any video footage or transcripts.)

Anyway, taking its cue from the new president — Change.org quotes Barack Obama saying “I will open the doors of America and ask you to be involved in your own Democracy again” — the site’s activists put a litany of ideas up for a vote of their readers. Now they’ve listed the Top 10 vote getters: