We spend more on defense than the next 13 countries put together. This is ridiculis. Cut defense spending and it will help cut down on that ridiculis deficit Georfe W. caused. As history will tell you the deficit started when George W. lowered the taxes when we were in the middle of a war. This had never been done before. We are all paying for it now.

The elderly in our communities. I have a friend who worked for the gas company and he was ordered to cut off service for the elderly even they had medical need of the service. It's horrible to know that our elderly with their small fixed incomes must pay light and gas companies for service that can be renewable and sustainable! If home appliances and water heaters are converted to electric they can be serviced with solar,wind and/ or geothermal energy! Most of all they need not fear being cut off due to high rising gas and electric services! Solar, wind, geothermal among other ways can help our elderly stay warm in the winter and cool in the summer, the best part is they can have their dignity! Honor all our elders!

Hawaii has some of the strictest gun control laws in the nation. By joining Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Honolulu’s newly elected Mayor Kirk Caldwell can share the Aloha State’s best practices with mayors nationwide AND decisively take a bold stand against special interest groups in supporting the 9 out of 10 Americans--many of whom are in his own state of Hawaii—that were first sickened, then mobilized into action by the Sandy Hook tragedy. We are urging Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell to help America stop the horrible epidemic of gun violence! Join Mayors Against Illegal Guns! 41 of our children, friends & family members died in 2012 school shootings. Since Sandy Hook, 6 more are dead. How many more must die before our elected government representatives: •Stand up to greedy self-serving special interest groups. •Listen to the anguished voices of mourning families among the 9 out of 10 Americans crying out for change? We urge you, Honolulu Mayor Caldwell, to support your fellow mayors and the overwhelming majority of people in your state of Hawaii and the nation in demanding background checks and bans on illegal guns! Join Mayors Against Gun Violence!

The 50th Anniversary of the Kennedy assassination will be held Nov. 22, 2013 in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, where President John F. Kennedy was shot, but the City of Dallas and the 6th Floor Museum have taken over Dealey Plaza. They say they will allow no mention of Kennedy's death, will allow only city residents entry to Dealey Plaza, issuing entry tickets. All others can assemble in a designated area far from Dealey Plaza, where they can be subject to arrest as felons if any disturbances (which can be created by infiltrators) take place. COPA and others who traditionally spoke on the Grassy Knoll for decades have been denied permits to speak, buy or sell, or to hold a moment of silence. We demand that Dealey Plaza be opened to all Americans. COPA, which traditionally held a moment of silence, eulogies and speeches regarding the assassination, has been denied the expected permit to gather on the Grassy Knoll. This petition is not associated with COPA but stands as a demand for the freedom of speech of the people, and for access to Dealey Plaza for all Americans, without impediments or arrest. The City of Dallas and the 6th Floor Museum will monopolize this event and make their opinions the only ones to be heard. Their actions constitute obstruction of justice for Kennedy and for Oswald..We will demand free access to Dealey Plaza for Nov. 21, 22, 23 and 24, 2013. We will demand that permits will be issued at a reasonable cost and without delays, beginning July 5, 2013. Sign this petition to open Dealey Plaza to ALL AMERICANS today!

The state of New Mexico, primarily Democratic, is currently under a Republican governor, Susana Martinez, who has a terrible record with five court cases brought against her office during her two years, all won against her. Our Attorney General Gary King, a Democrat, has announced that he will run in 2014 for governor. We need to start a petition to show our support and solidarity between voters to vote for Gary King in 2014.

The Koch brothers have funded so many movements to resist the force of democracy in America that their influence is as negative here as the policy of apartheid was in Africa. Therefore it should be fought in the same manner using the tools of economic sanctions. The businesses and products that produce their fortunes should be made public and a boycott should be started.

The so-called Arab Spring is part of a broader Global Spring, where the people of the world are taking note of what governments are doing and having the courage to stand up for what they believe in. President Dwight Eisenhower said that "I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it." He was right. At the very least, the U.S. government should make it a crime for any American leader to authorize armed force in violation of our commitments under the U.N. Charter and relevant international law, so that the people of the world will know that that's not what America and Americans are about.

The Transgender Community is over-looked and often assumed to be a part of the LGBTQI community- yet sexual orientation and gender expression are seperate issues. Gender expression and gender identity are not sexual concerns but personal issues that we all have had to deal with. We have all stepped out of our gender norm and expressed the opposite expression at times- be it wth a short haired girl or a man wearing a pink shirt. The transgender community is a large community that has been over-looked and misunderstood for too long. Mr President- you say you want equality for our gay brothers and lesbian sisters, then please be specific and inclusive of the T in that community by validating us as human with your words in public! Please make a statement about transgender rights in public!

Governor O'Malley and the Maryland legislature are proposing new laws which will do NOTHING to effectively reduce violent crime, protect our schools, or penalize the real criminals. We need to do a better job of enforcing the CURRENT gun laws and implement measures that are shown to actually reduce violence, not "feel-good" gun bans that only punish law abiding citizens.

Mayor Bob Foster has gone through extreme lengths to guarantee that California medical marijuana patients in Long Beach can not access their medicine safely. He has acted against the interest of the people who have elected him by forcing long beach patients, many of them cancer patients, to get their medicine through unsafe means. Not only should Long Beach tax payers be upset, but also the community as a whole because local governments should be respecting state laws, not trumping them.

The Florida Legislature is at it again, thanks to the concerted efforts of Representatives Kathleen Passidomo (District 106, Collier County) and George Moraitis, Jr. (District 93, Broward County). Proposed House Bill 87 must not be allowed to pass into law in any form. The Bill is unconstitutional because it takes away from constituents and citizens of this state, and anyone who owns real property in Florida, their individual property and due process rights, is retroactive and violates Article 1, Sections 9 and 10 of Florida’s Constitution, which do not permit the passage of any law or any Judicial and/or Executive Branch process which deprives any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law and prohibits the passing of any law that impairs the obligations of contracts.

The gun laws must be changed to protect us from those who own guns. We have the right to LIFE, that is primary. We need common sense that allows people to protect their homes if they wish, hunt if they wish, but no guns in public places.