Please read the petition below urging YU leadership to take a stand of moral courage by agreeing to release the FULL findings of its current investigation into the recent allegations of sexual abuse at its MTA high school for boys http://forward.com/articles/169040/will-yeshiva-make-abuse-report-public/?p=all. We urge you to sign if you believe keeping our children safe from harm is more important than hiding the true details and any mistakes behind what happened.

We condemn the execution of Rizana Nafeek in Saudi Arabia (1/9/13) and call for the U.S. to cancel its weapons sales to that kingdom. The gruesome beheading of Rizana Nafeek, carried out by Saudi Arabian authorities, must mark the end of tolerance for the Saudi regime. This kingdom executes people for witchcraft and blasphemy, and lashes women who dare to drive cars. It does not allow the existence of labor unions, but does permit old men to marry children. Political rights are non-existent and demonstrations are put down violently. The regime is a notorious sanctuary for tyrants from Idi Amin of Urganda to Zine Ben Ali of Tunisia. Rizana Nafeek, a young woman from Sri Lanka, worked as a domestic. She was found guilty of murdering a baby in her care when she was 17 years old.. Nafeek confessed to the killing, but Human Rights Watch says she made her confession under duress. In a 1/8/2013 statement the group said "Nafeek had no access to legal counsel until after a court in Dawadmi sentenced her to death by beheading in 2007." International law forbids execution of people for crimes committed when they were under 18, but Saudi Arabia ignored the provision. As of January 2013, the Guardian(UK) reports 45 foreign maids are on death row in Saudi Arabia. Besides its terrible human rights record, the kingdom gave millions to the Taliban. It took part last year in the suppression of the democratic movement in Bahrain. It is sending weapons into Syria to arm sectarian forces that attack all who do not agree with their extreme version of religion. The Saudi government has offered to collaborate with Israel and allow it to use Saudi airspace on its way to attack Iran. Enough is enough. The government of Saudi Arabia should be regarded as an international pariah. The $60 billion dollar U.S.-Saudi arms deal must be cancelled.

There is a White House web site for the public to write Petitions and gather signatures. Once a petition has 25,000 signatures it will be addressed publicly by the White House.The gun nuts are using it profusely and networking NRA members, etc., to keep any gun control from happening. This is where Alex Jones started a Petition to deport Piers Morgan because he's been having forums on gun control and believes assault weapons should be banned. When Alex was on the CNN show, he acted insane -- yelling and gesturing and threatening Piers and calling for armed revolution. The thought of him with any firearms is scary. Anyway, his fans signed by the thousands and have another Petition to charge Sen. Diane Feinstein with Treason for proposing an Assault Weapons ban. They have many Petitions on the site to go after anyone who supports any gun control and of course, the usual threats to the President. I think it's time some of us on the other side start writing Petitions, too. My first one is to Require a Mental Health Evaluation of Alex Jones and require them as part of background checks. Please link to it and sign it. You have to have so may signatures before it appears on the Public site. https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/require-mental-health-evaluation-alex-jones-determine-if-hes-fit-own-gun/mQFL85cR Short URL: http://wh.gov/PzIx Sharon Callaghan Camano Island, WA.

Aaron Sandusky was personally targeted by the DEA for legally dispensing marijuana in accordance with California law. More states have, and will, legalize the growing, sale, and distribution of marijuana. American citizens should not have the fear of federal prosecution while they are within their rights in their respective states. A clear message needs to be sent by the President that pursuing individuals under an outdated federal law will not be tolerated.

December 27th 1995 at 809 North Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, Ca 91103 a fire was started on the concrete porch of a resident. Mr. Chester Duncan was picked up beat by a police officer, taken to Huntington Memorial Hospital after treated was taken to jail. Nijjar Realty Inc. also DBA Pama Management Company (Swaranjit "Mike" Nijjar) owner of this property for 17 years now has held on to evidents that would have made it possible for Mr. Duncan not to have to do a day in prison however he has done over 17 years. Mr. Nijjar live in a 30-room Tuscany-Inspired Estate in Monrovia, it's no wonder he has been libeled millionaire slumlord. Nijjar and Pama Management are two of the largest landlords in Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Bernardino County areas. Before I go on let me say this 1 person = a lawsuit more than 1 person = a class action lawsuit. If there is anyone out there with a problem with Mr. Nijjar and his company's please contact Ezz The Pain Inc on facebook or at [email protected]. It is now time to stop the bullying from the millionaires that feel they can't be touched. Penal Code 451 (c) is a felony punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for 16 months, two, or three years. 35 to life was giving to Mr. Duncan and there was no Arson. Arson is when there is a burning of a structure, forest land or property, there was none and again for over 17 years Mr. Nijjar and his company's has sat on this information. For Legal reasons and the safety of Mr. Duncan I can't go any further however let's look at what Mr. Duncan has missed in those 17 years...

I honor Aaron Swartz and appreciate his work, amongst many works, to defeat the now defunct SOPA Bill (Stop Online Piracy Act) and protect our freedom of information. His creative flame and passion for America's growth has blown out. For, Aaron took his own life, it appears, in part due to a wildly unjust prosecution which included 13 felonies and 50 years of possible jail time for a crime (or not a crime!) that the offended parties didn't even fully support the prosecution of. All at a time, when banksters have ripped America off, of billions of dollars with very few prosecutions of these offenders.

This country's gun violence is far higher then anywhere else in the industrialized world. Innocent lives are shattered every day from illegal use of guns. As a resident of Colorado, with the recent Aurora theater shooting in mind - there is one victim that sustained a head wound resulting in tens of thousands of dollars of cost and with the victim and his family with no insurance - I suggest the following: This blight of gun violence is a threat to us all and I feel it's time for a fee to be assist to the sale of fire-arms and ammunition to be set aside for victims - though no fault of their own - of gun violence and their immediate families for medical and funeral costs of those with tragic ends.

The Representative want to pass a bill that would allow college students to carry guns on their campus. I have a daughter who will be attending college in the fall & I don't want to see students carring guns around her. College students need to be focused on their studies, not if the student next to them is carrying a gun.

1944 in the Columbia, South Carolina a 14 year old African American boy named George Stinney Jr. was executed (via electrocution) for a crime that he did not commit. Accursed of murdering two white girls, his trial from jury selection to sentencing only lasted one day. During that trial no evidence was presented, and the attorney that was assigned to be his public defender was a tax attorney, who never tried a case, never called a witness, (not even George) and never cross examined any of the prosecutions witness. And it should not be a surprise to know that all of the trial records have been lost. After his family was run out of town, he was sentence to die, leaving no one to fight for this young boys life. He was used as a patsy by local and state officials to cover for the person that actually committed the crime and for political gain. George was the youngest ever to be executed in the 20th century and this execution was a blatant violation of his civil rights. A violation that South Carolina is still covering up today, some 68 years later.

At a state or federal lever, permits should be required at a household level, not at the individual level. This can be accomplished by the creation of analytical model(s) used to rank households and individuals likelihood of being involved in gun violence in the future. It should be used for background checks for new gun permits at a household level (as opposed to individuals), and requirement for existing permit holders at a household level to be newly certified. The predictive model and score or range of likelihood should be a key factor for providing gun use and related permits.

In light of the Annie Dookhan case, it has become clear that the drug war has a corrupting affect on our criminal justice system. I am proposing putting an end to the marshal laws associated with the drug war and change it to a war on addiction and mental illness.

Last year five Utah women were killed by dating partners. They knew these people were dangerous, but couldn't get protective orders because they were not married or living together. The Dating Violence Protection Act will change that. Tell your representatives to support it.