• H.R. 1981 Is No Better Than SOPA
    While SOPA and PIPA appear to be defeated, there is still another bill to be afraid of. H.R. 1981 hides behind child pornography to excuse taking greater control of the internet and keeping logs far longer than they are required. The right to privacy extends to the internet.
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    Created by Carin R McLeoud
  • Stop PCFIPA (H.R. 1981)
    Lamar Smith has a new, even more terrifying bill called the "Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act", which would require ISPs to log ALL of your transactions you make online for up to 18 MONTHS on the premise of catching child pornographers.This bill far over-reaches even the danger level of SOPA and PIPA, and it has already passed through its committee. Below are relevant articles containing information about the bill: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:h.r.1981: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/08/the-legislation-that-could-kill-internet-privacy-for-good/242853/ This bill is in strong violation of the 4th Amendment's unlawful search and seizure writ, and should be immediately and permanently removed from the docket under such grounds. Other means of stopping child pornographers are readily available without having to treat every citizen as guilty by logging their internet behaviour and looking for "guilty" actions. This bill grants an utterly unreasonable amount of power to government agencies and ISPs to police through the elimination of personal privacy, and this is utterly unacceptable. Jayce Stock
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    Created by Jayce Stock
  • Stop Harassing Humboldt Occupiers
    In Eureka, California, a chain link fence has been erected around the lawn of the County Courthouse to keep the public out. Leaders have been targeted and arrested repeatedly Without cause for merely being present in an effort to end the occupation of this central public space. Violence has been used by law enforcement resulting in physical injuries resulting in broken ribs and head injuries. Personal and community property has been seized and destroyed-- everything from pop-up canopies, a library of resource materials to homeless persons winter survival gear.
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    Created by Citizens for Change
  • Stop The Violence On Children!
    This petition is about stopping the violence against prepubescence.
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    Created by Melani Lord
  • Tell Congress: Don’t censor the Web
    Fighting online piracy is important. The most effective way to shut down pirate websites is through targeted legislation that cuts off their funding. There’s no need to make American social networks, blogs and search engines censor the Internet or undermine the existing laws that have enabled the Web to thrive, creating millions of U.S. jobs. Too much is at stake – please vote NO on PIPA and SOPA.
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    Created by Zachary Cramer
  • Stop SOPA and PIPA! Freedom in danger.
    This petition is for those in opposition of the SOPA and PIPA bill that the senate is considering passing. This bill is in direct violation of freedom of speech and the free information act. Please sign this petition and let your opinion be heard!
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    Created by Patrick Buschur
  • Stop SOPA and PIPA
    To stop the government from passing the SOPA or PIPA bill which would give the government the right to censor the web
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    Created by John Barry
  • Permanent Voting Rights for ALL
    Voter suppression laws have been implemented by the Republican Party in many states, especially here in Georgia. After all of the blood, sweat, and tears shed by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights pioneers, we DO NOT want those rights to be taken away! Please sign this petition and urge the U.S. Senate and U. S. Congress to ensure that all American citizens will have the PERMANENT right to vote by making additions to the verbiage in the 15th Amendment and Voting Rights Act. Resources: Library of Congress. (2012). 15th amendment to the constitution. Retrieved on January 17, 2012 from http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/15thamendment.html U.S. Department of Justice. (2012). The voting rights act of 1965. Retrieved on January 17, 2012 from http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/vot/intro/intro_b.php
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    Created by Troya Akosua Sampson
  • STOP O.P.A!
    Have the government not let the OPA take in to effect! If it is passed, sites such as Youtube, Google, wikipedia, Wikia, and WAY MORE! could be shut down! PLEASE SPREAD THIS PETITION SO WE CAN HAVE 1 MILLION SIGNS!
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    Created by Stephen
  • Community Service and Public Housing
    I am being evicted from public housing because my son and daughter have not completed their community service. I pay $968 a month for rent and I'm being evicted. I have no extra money to move right now. I live from pay check to pay check. Don't get me wrong I am furious with my son for not completing it and I already forwarned him he would have to move if it comes to me being evicted. So he will be moving to Alabama with his dad. My daughter did make up most of her hours last year and then misplaced her paperwork. I can't put her out because she has a 2 yr old. I can't believe you can be put out for this. I rented this house not my kids and I pay my rent every month and their are a lot of problems with my house that have not been addressed but they get my rent every month.
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    Created by Linda Mayo
  • Community Service and Public Housing
    I am being evicted from public housing because my son and daughter have not completed their community service. I pay $968 a month for rent and I'm being evicted. I have no extra money to move right now. I live from pay check to pay check. Don't get me wrong I am furious with my son for not completing it and I already forwarned him he would have to move if it comes to me being evicted. So he will be moving to Alabama with his dad. My daughter did make up most of her hours last year and then misplaced her paperwork. I can't put her out because she has a 2 yr old. I can't believe you can be put out for this. I rented this house not my kids and I pay my rent every month and their are a lot of problems with my house that have not been addressed but they get my rent every month.
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    Created by Linda Mayo
  • Apple Inc.: USE FAIR LABOR PRACTICES
    We are Apple consumers (and shareholders), some fairly loyal, some prospective buyers. iPods, iPhones, iPads, etc. have captured our imaginations, and the general feel of Apple products has inspired us to think Apple is a special company that cares about people. Though, we are appalled and disturbed by the fact that these products are being manufactured, in some part, by children working 16-hour days, by workers living in factory farm or prison-like dormitories, working inhumanely long hours, under immense pressure to produce, being injured without medical attention, then fired. Meanwhile, Apple makes record profits and shareholders enjoy the freedom to not work at all if they so choose. As Apple consumers, we believe Apple Inc. must take responsibility for reforming its labor practices, committing to transparent and fair labor standards; standards acceptable within the borders of the United States. We enjoy Apple's technology, but if we don't see real, tangible, evident reform and transparency on the part of Apple Inc., each of us will have to decide whether Apple is a company we want to support at all - especially when its products are already more expensive than competing products, which grow more competitive and attractive each day. *Note that Tim Cook, whose net worth is estimated at $400 million, new CEO of Apple, recently received a $376 million signing bonus - just to accept the position.
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    Created by Aaron Nichols