One thing the president could do immediately without legislation, that he has the executive power to do, Direct the Justice Department to look at imports into the United States of specific kinds of guns. Federal law already exists regulating the import of firearms says that any firearm brought into the United States must have been primarily designed for sporting purposes.

Green Tree loan servicing seems determined to tarnish hard working peoples credit. If you feel the same sign up and help form a class action group.

We DEMAND the House of representatives Hold hearings on the legality and the eligibility of Natural Born Citizen of Mr. Obama, now President of the United States, using none other then the Guidelines of the Constitution of the United States, We need to deliver one Million (1,000,000) signatures for the house to comply, must be on or before January 2, 2013 to the Speaker of the House! Mr. John Boehner God Bless America!

The United States was built on biblical beliefs' morals and values of our forefathers. Our country is turning away from the very foundation from which it was built our children are dieting to violence. It's time to make a change and fight to put prayer back in schools. Every child can pray to his or her god, but every child should beagle to pray. It is their right.

It has been estimated that 30-40% of the money we pay for goods goes to interest, which goes directly to banks. With a publicly owned bank, the interest would go to the State of Oregon, creating more funding for services like roads and schools and opening the possibility of lowering property taxes and/or state income taxes. The publicly owned bank model has proved effective in North Dakota, the only state to escape the 2008 banking crisis, with sizable budget surpluses every year since then.

A dangerous TV show that promotes violence and fear.

Every opportunity to air the video of Anthony Abbate beating Karolina Obrycka, WGN TV News airs it over and over again. Whether it relates to the case itself (on any small level) or if one or the other of the Abuser or Victim is in the news, WGN continues to show it. This incident occured in September of 2007. It is emotionally offensive to anyone who has been effected by Domestic Violence and is no longer necessary to visually be subjected to watching her brutal beating..

Home owners today are encouraged to refinance their mortgages to the new, lower rates in the 3% range. I am a homeowner with a 30 year near perfect credit rating and a 30 year exemplary work history. My job was eliminated due to a corporate global restructure. I have been denied the lower interest rate even though I am not even close to being underwater (I made a substantial down payment). Most people takes jobs at a lower wage once they get a new job, or some are boomers (that's me) hoping to embark on a second career which requires going back to school to learn something new. It makes no sense at all for banks to deny a refinance as they already have a loan with me. I am not a new risk, I'm not even a credit risk. Banks say they do not consider severance pay as income, unless you are an executive and get a 3 year severance package, and they do not consider unemployment as income, nor will they consider money saved in a 401IK Plan as collateral. This is unfair. Banks have used my tax dollars for their bail out and they should be required to refinance existing mortgages when their is no risk of loss to them. Fact is, banks make money off of foreclosing on people, so rather than help homeowners, thereby helping the USA to get out of this recession, they lay in wait like vultures. Sign my petition and let's require banks to refinance mortgages when it can be proved that there is no risk of loss for them.

Wal-Mart can make a good-faith effort to help stop the kind of violence we saw in Newtown, CT: by joining Dick's Sporting Goods in voluntarily stopping sales of assault weapons, which belong in war, not in our communities. As reported by Bloomberg News on December 19, 2012, "Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, said yesterday that it would continue to sell guns, including rifles like the one used at Newtown, where 26 people, most of them children, were killed on Dec. 14. Searches of five kinds of semi-automatic rifles on Wal-Mart’s website showed them to be out of stock at stores in five states, including Pennsylvania, Kansas and Alabama...Wal-Mart has about 10 modern sporting rifles, the gun industry’s term for firearms that look like an M-16 military rifle, listed on its website. The retailer removed a description and picture of the Bushmaster AR-15, which was the model used in Newtown, after the shootings." Why not remove the rest of these other dangerous models? Please do put public safety ahead of profit, and stop selling assault weapons.

The Nation is affected.

Right now, members of congress are in D.C. addressing tax and budget issues that need to be resolved before the end of the year. One critical issue under consideration is whether to extend the adoption tax credit. As many of you know and some who don't know, the adoption tax credit is ofte a major factor in a family's ability to adopt. Without this financial resource, many families simply can't afford to! That means children are waiting too- waiting to see whether they will be able to join a loving, stable home of their own. And it all rests on whether our government reauthorizes- and makes refundable* the adoption tax credit.

Van Buren Township and the City of Belleville need to recruit new and inviting businesses to our community. We have so much to offer in terms of location, the lake, and our people. The residents are eager to welcome new businesses to our community that will enhance the lakefront atmosphere and provide a wider variety of options for dining, shopping, and entertainment. Panera Bread is on the top of the list for 'most wanted' businesses in 48111. We need to tell Panera to come to 48111!