As an adoptee, who was able to locate only my birth mother's family, due to not having my original birth certificate, I now KNOW what true value there is in knowing the details behind my adoption. As many adoptees secretly feel, having always felt there must have been something "wrong" with me, somehow, or no woman would have given me up for adoption, the missing information had far more effect on my self esteem than I had ever realized. I have since researched the many ramifications of what this missing information and the experience of being separated from birth mothers does to babies. ("The Primal Wound" by Nancy Verrier especially), I want to stand up for ALL adoptees and get the WRONG antiquated laws changed and open all adoptions, for the highest good of ALL!

Help draft Barney Frank, former Congressman, to fill the open Massachusettes Senate seat in the interim. Mr. Frank has been a champion of Medicade, Medicare and numerous other social programs that have been under constant attack from the right for years. He has vowed that if appointed, he will dedicate himself to protecting social programs and has the experience that is necessary at a time when Congress will take up critically important economic issues facing the country. If the Republicans get their way during the next upcoming budget negotiations less than two months from now all Americans lose out whether young or old. Cuts to these social programs would not only be devastating for seniors but would affect us all as drug companies would inevitably raise their prices. Currently, in addition to my "premium" health "entitlement" rather than "right" I pay close to 5,000 dollars in co-pays and other fees a year. A strong leader, Barney Frank, is dedicated to defending basic health rights for all. Join me in nominating Barney Frank to fill the Massachusettes open seat in the Senate.

Sign this to urge John Y. Brown III to challenge Mitch McConnell for Kentucky's US Senate seat in 2014. We'll make sure he knows about your support. Progress Kentucky has over 20 petitions set up to draft candidates from across the political spectrum to run against Mitch McConnell. Get links to the complete list at http://progresskentucky.com/index.php/campaigns/3-draft-petitions. Progress Kentucky http://progresskentucky.com http://facebook.com/progresskentucky Twitter: @progressky

We Need to Legalize Medicinal Marijuana, hemp producion and Decriminalize Small Amounts of Marijuana under a 1/2 ounce in N.Y. Many people would benefit from the medicinal properties of marijuana. There are over 700,000 marijuana arrests made in this country costing billions for incarceration. Decriminalization of amounts of 1/2 ounce and under would greatly reduce prison over crowding and the costs that go with it. Re-legalizing hemp production would be a great financial boom to N.Y. farmers and hemp product producers because hemp production has not been legalized any where else in the U,S, Hemp currently all hemp products made in the U.S. is from hemp shipped from Canada. Hemp production was mandatory by law in the first 13 colonies because rope, oil and textiles were in great demand and still are. there is even a historical land mark on north creek rd. in Palmyra, N.Y. which is a field where hemp was grown..So please pass these laws to make N.Y. thrive from all the benefits of legalizing hemp production and medicinal marijuana and the decriminalizing of small amounts of marijuana.Thank you on behalf of me William English and my fellow petitioners.

FREE TELEVISION BASIC CHANNELS FOR THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES of AMERICA. ALL 50 STATES SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY TO SEE BASIC TELEVISION CHANNEL PROGRAMS (2,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,14,17,20,36,46,69 OR CHILDRENS CHANNELS LIKE DISCOVERY, ANIMAL KINGDOM, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, LEARNING CHANNELS;RELIGIOUS; SPORTS;WEATHER, ETC.) IT IS OUR CIVIL RIGHT TO HAVE BASIC PROGRAMING ON TELEVISION TO KEEP THE PUBLIC, COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE INFORMED AND THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT OR WORLD NEWS EITHER. WE AS A PEOPLE DESERVE FREE TELEVISION PROGRAMMING.... LET PEOPLE WHO WANT THOSE SPECIALTY PROGRAMS LIKE SHOWTIME, HBO, QVC, MUSIC VIDEOS, CARTOONS, COMIC REVIEW, CRIME TV LET THEM PAY FOR THAT KIND OF PROGRAMMING FOR 24 HOURS A DAY. AT 2AM CUT PROGRAMING UNTIL 5AM IN TIME FOR SCHOOL CLOSURES FREE PROGRAMMING WILL NOT BE 24 HOURS LIKE PAID PROGRAMMING

Change the old laws on guns check backgrounds of ea. Gun owners. We should not be killing Childrens for that matter each other, We are not at war here at home. You want to use a Gun go to another country that are fighting.

Sign this to urge Tyler Allen to challenge Mitch McConnell for Kentucky's US Senate seat in 2014. We'll make sure he knows about your support. Progress Kentucky has over 20 petitions set up to draft candidates from across the political spectrum to run against Mitch McConnell. Get links to the complete list at http://progresskentucky.com/index.php/campaigns/3-draft-petitions. Progress Kentucky http://progresskentucky.com http://facebook.com/progresskentucky Twitter: @progressky

Sign this to urge Gov. Steve Beshear to challenge Mitch McConnell for Kentucky's US Senate seat in 2014. We'll make sure he knows about your support. Progress Kentucky has over 20 petitions set up to draft candidates from across the political spectrum to run against Mitch McConnell. Get links to the complete list at http://progresskentucky.com/index.php/campaigns/3-draft-petitions. Progress Kentucky http://progresskentucky.com http://facebook.com/progresskentucky Twitter: @progressky

There is a simple way to end gun deaths that will not require a constitutional amendment or take guns away from people. The solution is to ban the sale and use of lethal ammunition by civilians. A deranged person with murder on his or her mind might still inflict injury, in some cases even fatal, but not mass carnage.

Ever since the tragic shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, there has been a move afoot to take advantage of this emotional situation and use it to severely damage our Constitutional Right to own firearms.

One dies every ten days - the Bridge posts an annual deficit. Returning the toll will abate some of the deaths and reduce the deficit..

Stop drone strikes in Afghanistan and everywhere else in the world. These drones are killing the innocent. This is Obama's and Congress's responsibility and they should take action.