Many eCig users know that eCigs have helped them quit using tobacco products. We would like to see the ordinance involving eCigs change and not be bundled with traditional tobacco products. Zero regulation is not our goal; instead, a separate regulatory framework that takes into account the benefits of this relatively new technology is desired-starting with the allowance of the sampling of eJuice flavors, with no nicotine, inside stores whose only product is eCigs and eCig supplies. For this to be more suitable to the public as a whole, an 18+ sign should be placed on any entrance and all patrons must be carded to ensure that nicotine products are being sold to adults only.

I am the CO of the Mid-Peninsula American Dream Council, MoveOn division. My members, my core council and I are all opposed to this open forum policy since it dilutes the MoveOn brand. Our legislative team has worked long and hard to develop working relationships with our Congresswomen and local politicians. When we, acting as the council and a part of MoveOn delivered petitions to their offices, our positions received a hearing. Now, we can deliver a petition and on the same day another group can deliver a petition against us and both will bear the MoveOn signature. There is no way we will be able to command the respect and attention we have worked to establish under these circumstances. We have followed MoveOn down every twist and turn its taken for the last 2 years, even picketing offices of friendly politicians because MoveOn wanted concerted action. We have gone to trainings and held trainings only to see nothing come of those efforts. (99% , anyone) We have accepted MoveOn's reducing the support it gives the councils we have worked so hard to build. Now we are being asked to share a progressive web site with organizations and people who are opposed to our goals and when we complain are told, "it doesn't matter." It matters to us a great deal and we will not accept this cavalier disregard of our complaints. The least the staff could have done was conducted a vote to register opinions. It needn't have been of all the membership, just the people on the original phone call-instead we got to talk about Thanksgiving. The staff disrespected us and our members and they apparently did it with the board's approval.

My name is Neil Heslin. My son, Jesse, was in first grade -- just six years old -- when he was killed December 14, 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The gun used to kill my son and 19 other children that bright December morning was a Bushmaster XM-15, a civilian version of a military weapon. This gun is a profit center of Freedom Group, which makes Bushmaster and other brands of assault rifles. Cerberus Capital Management owns 94% of Freedom Group and collects the tainted profits. One year ago, Cerberus made a promise to sell its interests in Bushmaster. But now Cerberus executives are dragging their feet instead of honoring their promise, quietly trying to keep profiting off the assault weapon that killed my son. On September 24th, I went to the company’s headquarters in New York to remind the executives about the promise they made, but they ignored my request for a meeting. Help me make it uncomfortable for investors to profit from gun manufacturers like Freedom Group, to profit from murder. I ask Cerberus again to cleanse itself of this blood money and uphold its promise to sell off its interests in Freedom Group and Bushmaster, not just in memory of my son, but in the hope of saving lives. Please join me to make it possible to hold Cerberus accountable. Remember Jesse and sign this petition. Thank You. Neil

I'm sick of the absolute lies on Fox news. No one is ever held accountable for them. Martin Bashir referred to a quote. He never repeated the words from that quote. Bring him back.

Please sign to encourage Kelly Westlund to run for Congress!

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The current reality is “Out of sight, out of mind, we can then do whatever we'd like with animal kind immediately.” Millions of times per year animals are killed simply because no one knows they are going to be. It is a very quiet big BUSINESS making lots of money for a lot of companies and groups with NO public oversight. Despite a multitude of people trying to help save these animals the time for discovery is always the leading killer. While there is still such a very long road to go towards a world of No-Kill Nation the first step must be raising public awareness of exactly how bad current reality IS. So do we have a right to know how many and how often we, as a country, as a nation, and as a civilization, “euthanize” animals? Demand that right. Sign and share now! p.s. YES petitions WORK, now sign.... no more excuses... :) I promised I'll be proud of you and all the animals will love you for it. Bless you all each and every one.

We, The Prospector, have suffered long enough. Now is the time to act, so that we may rekindle the flame of "The Fuse"

for many years there have been rocks that were illegally captured and put into unnatural homes and cages. these rocks have been abused and tortured by being thrown into lakes, thrown at people, and run over by cars. Parents try to give these poor things to unhappy children as "pets". Rocks are NOT pets they are a legitimate resourceful object that must be set free and left to the wild for nature.

Because i care and i believe you should too.

Wall Street Dems know populists like Elizabeth Warren are gaining influence with the Democratic Party base. Horrified, these Dems have launched an attack throughout corporate media that threatens electoral doom for the Democratic Party if it dares stand up to Wall Street. So far we've seen: --A Third Way op-ed in the Wall Street Journal warning Democrats of the "danger" Elizabeth Warren and Bill DeBlasio style economic populism. --Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer comparing left-wing bloggers to the teabaggers. --Fox News "Democrats" Doug Schoen and Pat Caddell back in Politico for another stab at that whole "radical center" nonsense. All of this, all at once? It's a coordinated counterattack by Wall Street Democrats spooked by the party's embrace of politicians like Elizabeth Warren, Sherrod Brown, Tammy Baldwin and Jeff Merkley. They should be spooked. The future of the Democratic Party is a populist one, all that's left is to whittle out the dead weight. Sign the petition to let Wall Street Democrats know where you stand: I come from the Elizabeth Warren wing of the Democratic Party.

The Boston Globe reports: 'As Santa streaks through the sky this Christmas Eve, Rudolph merrily guiding the way, he will be flanked by some new and unusual companions: a jet-fighter escort, bristling with missiles. That is the twist that — to the dismay of at least some child advocates — the US military has chosen to put on this year’s version of its traditional animated tracking of the yuletide journey. The popular program, without the jet escort, reached 22 million people last year and generated tens of thousands of phone calls from kids and their parents around the country. The mock mission allows families, either by calling or logging on, to get “real-time” updates on Old St. Nick’s global trip to bring holiday cheer to girls and boys. This year’s updated segment, now previewing on the military’s website, depicts Santa soaring over snow-capped peaks with military aircraft keeping pace on either side. [...] But as the word gets out, the plan is taking flak. Some say the Pentagon appears to have lost its way by introducing destructive weaponry to the otherwise jolly image of Santa setting out from the North Pole. Up to now, the most threatening aspect of Santa’s flight had been lumps of coal. “Children associate Santa with gifts and fun and everything else that is positive about Christmas,” said Allen Kanner, a California child and family psychologist and cofounder of the Boston-based Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood. “They are associating this with the military in children’s minds. It is completely out of line.”' [...] http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2013/12/02/pentagon-tracking-santa-with-new-twist-armed-jet-fighters/aFYyrQhOjNlZw9OnsKSWQM/story.html Urge Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to cancel Pentagon plans to give Santa a military escort of armed fighter jets. Christmas should be a time of peace. The Pentagon shouldn't use Christmas to recruit children for war.