By Rya Backer

President Barack Obama had an online town-hall meeting today, during which a wealth of causes and dilemmas alike were discussed, namely many of the issues that had been discussed during Tuesday’s televised press conference. However, what made the event unique was that anyone was welcome to ask a question — a liberty that prompted over 100,000 submissions. It was an accomplishment that didn’t go unnoticed by the commander in chief, as he stated, “When I was running for president, I promised to open the White House for the American people. This is an important step toward achieving that goal.”

We tuned in and, honestly, it seems like a good amount of our fellow Americans would rather, uh, tune out. Regarding people’s suggestions to bolster our terrible economy, Obama explained:

“We took votes about which questions were gonna be asked, and I think 3.5 million people voted. I have to say that there was one question that was voted on that ranked fairly high, and that was whether legalizing marijuana would improve the economy and job creation … and I don’t know what this says about the online audience, but … this was a fairly popular question. We wanted to make sure it was answered. The answer is no, I don’t think that’s a good strategy to grow our economy.”

Sorry, guys. Guess you’ll have to wait around for President Snoop Dogg for that sort of economic improvement and job-creation strategy. Until then, keep buying Funyuns and playing Wii!