We've recently heard from folks in South Dakota who are outraged that Senator John Thune voted to block a billion-dollar veteran jobs program and want him to explain why he abandoned our veterans despite their high rate of unemployment and homelessness. It sounds like MoveOn members would be interested in signi

LAWS that effect OUR Children [black boys and men] in America and The State of Georgia Remember If you are not part of the solution then you are part of the problem

The death penalty is a system that just does not work. It is expensive to operate, it does not deter crime, and it also creates and endless cycle of misery. The state of Georgia, like many states in the US, is facing financial problems. The outlawing of capital punishment in the state of Georgia would give the state some financial breathing room, help to clear the backlog of cases in the court system, and could help to fully fund programs that actually help the state. I urge the governor of Georgia and other lawmakers in the state House and state Senate to outlaw capital punishment in the state of Georgia.

This petition is about bringing in any and all outside help to stop the blood shed in Chicago streets. Everyone in Chicago has been affected by the violence in one way or another. We all have friends, relatives or ourselves that have buried their children.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), road rage is defined as "an assault with a motor vehicle or other dangerous weapon by the operator or passenger(s) of another motor vehicle or an assault precipitated by an incident that occurred on a roadway." Road rage requires willful and wanton disregard for the safety of others. According to American Automobile Association (AAA), 1,500 men, women and children are injured or killed yearly and constantly increasing by 7%. -My daughter, Diyamond, age 20, was killed on the highway going west bound on I96 due to road rage. She like many others are now part of that statistic. -Jeremy Bushen, age 22, was killed on the same highway (east bound -I96). -Stevie Beal, at 17, was left paralyze from the waist down. -Braylon Nelson, age 2, was left paralyze. -Billy Fleenor, father of four, was killed And many more....... Our legislator, local, state and federal political officials, have the chance to send a strong zero tolerate message of this behavior through legislator's Road Rage Laws... The time is now to assist in saving lives.

I was unfortunate enough to get a felony a few years ago for a dui. Although, I understand that I have done wrong and may have potentially killed someone, I believe that my felony should be expundged from my record after 7 years providing I haven't had any recent infractions or even any sort of speeding ticket. The fact that this felony was designed to change the life of someone who deserved it is very real. I have lost more of my life because of it and honestly it makes me not want to live. In all reality all this does is make me want to do the "wrong thing" more. Society demands that you rehabilitate and make yourself a better person but very unwilling to give that chance. I myself know from experience. I have been in school since around 1998 and the best job I could find was one that I was burned constantly, cut, and even litterally burned my eyes at times, and for what, 12.00 an hr. I have been in school for 15 years trying to make myself a better person only to be pushed down and pretty much descriminated against. After 15 years of schooling and being a good person, volunteering for charitable events, being a volunteer fire fighter, being active in our community emergency response team, and doing other various things for my community I still have nothing. I have also been seeing a psychologist since 2006 to help me understand why I did what I did. I have several letters (upon request) from pillars of my community, my probation officer and a sherriff. I would like to have a family someday but I see with the jobs that I am getting I won't be able to raise a child correctly and honestly. Nor will I ever get the chance for a real chance at life or freedom. I know what I did was wrong but I'm asking and pleading, please give me one more chance at living a full life free and clear. At the age of 32 I believe there is still much good I can do for myself, my family, and my community.

Tasers/Stun Guns have been in law enforcement to use instead of a weapon. Well, both are actually weapons. The average taser gun can produce anywhere 80,000 to 300,000 volts of electricity. Hundreds have been killed by Tasers! It is dangerous for law enforcement to throw around a taser on someone that is not healthy. Law enforcement do not know the medical history and just assume anyone can be tased (or many share this belief). There has been too many fatalities as a result of using a taser, which is not much better than the other option they have, a firearm. Depending upon medical history, a taser can be more deadly than a firearm. Keep Tasers from being used on innocent people, those who are not being a threat, those who are not causing harm. I was threatened a few months ago, and I was simply sitting on my sofa when I was threatened with a taser! Keep Tasers from law enforcement who are not responsible.

Contamination of the City of Pocatello and surrounding area, by cancer causing Elemental Uranium and it's daughter products derived from and spread throughout the city and region, by the FMC Corporation, utilizing the government's "Do Not Tell Rule." The FMC Michaud Flats Superfund site has denied clean-up and protection of contaminated homes and Pocatello Citizens and the EPA has refused to respond!

One year ago, Troy Davis was executed in Georgia. In the days leading up to his execution, he said “This movement to end the death penalty, to seek true justice, to expose a system that fails to protect the innocent must be accelerated. There are so many more Troy Davis’. This fight to end the death penalty is not won or lost through me but through our strength to move forward and save every innocent person in captivity around the globe. We need to dismantle this unjust system city by city, state by state and country by country.” And that's exactly what we're doing in California this November with Proposition 34. Prop. 34 replaces the death penalty with life in prison with absolutely no chance of parole. A “Yes on 34” vote guarantees we will never execute an innocent person like Troy Davis and it will also save the state of California $1 billion in five years. Prop. 34 in endorsed by the California Nurses Association, the California Labor Federation, the California League of Women Voters, the California Democratic Party, the California NAACP, and the California Catholic Conference of Bishops. Please join us in pledging to vote YES on Proposition 34 to ensure California never executes an innocent person.

I need some one who has drafted legislation to address this travesty of justice. My niece Lanie was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Richmond while riding her bike home from work on Jul 29. My sister, whose youngest was taken away at age 24, and her two sisters are devastated. The hit-and-run driver showed up six days later, sober and sorry. I'm sorry, after looking at his vehicle and the damage from the collision–he fled the scene knowing what he did. His dad is a prominent attorney (for DUI no less) and they are talking about change of venue and unfair media coverage. When I saw a picture of the vehicle (all of the evidence has trickled out) I became outraged. This kid (30, but I question his maturity level) has gotten away with manslaughter. We need a law in Virginia and other states that penalizes hit-and-run drivers that don't submit to a drug/alcohol test within hours of the crime. Meaning they are presumed guilty of driving under the influence if they do not submit, and thus stiffer jail sentences (and hopefully less bail availability). Ironclad it for Congress by with-holding federal highway funds from the "good-old-boy" states like Virginia that protect their network. www.lanie.me has more information. If you can wait until tomorrow after reviewing, that is fine. Thank you, her Uncle Tim

Guantanamo Bay kidnaps our citizens and tortures them for information. They lose their Habeas Corpus rights. They get canceled their citizenship and turned down basic human rights because they are only "suspected" of terrorism. People accused of serial first degree murder get treated better than this. President Obama pledged to shut it down as a part of his campaigning and the horrid place not even in the United States still remains to this day.

Hi My name is Robin Montgomery, Getting Justice Department to look at proceedings of defendants, that are giving probation options without attorneys doing discovery motion. My son was arrested, given enormous bond, police altered charges, attorneys used scare tactics to get a plea without investigating thoroughly then used his juvenile record from another state against him on a first offense in Cobb County. There are many stories similiar or worse in Cobb County and as long as you can give money no one cares about Justice. That's why I created a petition to Rodney D. Bullard, which says: "Stop Cobb County Superior Court from collecting money and failing to give proper representation to defendants." Will you sign my petition? Click here to add your name: