More than 300 janitors and window washers at O'Hare International Airport are at risk of losing their jobs just days before Christmas this year because Mayor Emanuel is replacing their employer with United Maintenance, a company with a history of undercutting good jobs. It's the domestic equivalent to outsourcing jobs to China. More: http://bit.ly/S5sk32

Article I of the Bill of Rights gives us the rights to freely practice religion and the freedom from religion as a governing authority. However, religion wants to overthrow our government and establish itself in the system, legislating it's ideals and forcing the people to live by it's standards. Several States in the Union already have theocratic legislation in place and assess penalties on those who do not recognize a Higher Power or do not practice religion, and require the people to be religious to qualify for a seat in public office.

According to the American Library Association, Harry Potter is the most banned book in America.

President Barack Obama has asked Congress to approve $60.4 billion in aid to help East Coast states rebuild after Superstorm Sandy. House Republicans are threatening to hold up this desperately needed aid, demanding cuts in other areas before they will approve it.

I spend every evening of my life watching commercial after commercial on my cable TV ..........so many that I can vaccuum and dust a bedroom in the time that they run and sometimes it is the same one over and over. I want to start a petition to remove all commercials from my cable TV.

I spend every evening of my life watching commercial after commercial on my cable TV ..........so many that I can vaccuum and dust a bedroom in the time that they run and sometimes it is the same one over and over. I want to start a petition to remove all commercials from my cable TV.

I spend every evening of my life watching commercial after commercial on my cable TV ..........so many that I can vaccuum and dust a bedroom in the time that they run and sometimes it is the same one over and over. I want to start a petition to remove all commercials from my cable TV.

In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, thousands of low- and fixed-income public housing residents were trapped in storm-damaged buildings — without power, heat or running water — for up to three weeks. Yet the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) expects rent payments upfront and in full, acknowledging no responsibility for the serious health, safety and financial toll its negligence continues to take on residents.

This petition is about the 500 million animals that are inhumanely killed, burned, injected with diseases, given drugs, and many other gruesome inhumane things. This is going on all around the world and animals are being mistreated and killed. I'm an animal lover and someone going into a field to help save their lives, and this is very disturbing and very heart felt. I hope that there are people out there who care about there poor animals well-being and wish to stop these cruel acts. Hopefully one day we can make it possible for harsher laws to be put upon these disturbing and cruel acts.

Over 13 million American kids will be bullied this year, making it the most common form of violence against children. Bullying Statistics: • 1 out of 4 kids is Bullied. • 1 out of 5 kids admits to being a bully, or doing some "Bullying." • 160,000 students stay home from school every day for fear of harassment and bullying • 9 out of 10 LGBT students experienced harassment at school • 43% fear harassment in the bathroom at school. • A poll of teens ages 12-17 proved that they think violence increased at their schools. • 282,000 students are physically attacked in secondary schools each month. • More youth violence occurs on school grounds as opposed to on the way to school. • 80% of the time, an argument with a bully will end up in a physical fight. • 1/3 of students surveyed said they heard another student threaten to kill someone. • 2 out of 3 say they know how to make a bomb, or know where to get the information to do it. • Playground statistics - Every 7 minutes a child is bullied. Adult intervention -4% Peer intervention - 11%. No intervention - 85%. Cyber Bullying Statistics: •43% of teens, 97% of middle schoolers and 47% of older teens 18-24 are cyberbullied.• 35% of kids have been threatened online. Nearly 1 in 5 have had it happen more than once. • 21% of kids have received mean or threatening e-mail or other messages. • 58% of kids admit someone has said mean or hurtful things to them online. More than 4 out of 10 say it has happened more than once. •53% of kids admit having said something mean or hurtful to another person online. More than 1 in 3 have done it more than once. • 58% have not told their parents or an adult about something mean or hurtful that happened to them online.

On December 5, 2012, Andrew a sweet, gentle dog was out walking in the woods with his owner in a public place where many people walk and do recreational activities daily, when he targeted a smell that interested him. In minutes, Andrew was dead from a body grip trap that was less than 10 feet off a public walking trail. His owner tried desperately to get him out of the trap and could not and had to watch her dog die while she could not save him. We need to ban these cruel and inhumane traps.

On Election Day, we thought we were voting for a Democrat, when we voted for State Senator David Carlucci. But Senator Carlucci has joined the Independent Democratic Caucus "coalition" government that will just keep Republicans in power. We voted for change. We elected Democrats to support our Democratic values: protecting reproductive health, improving gun control, ending the influence of big money on politics with public financing of elections, and raising the minimum wage and tying it to inflation. Putting Republicans in power means throwing the Democratic agenda under the bus. That's wrong. Senator Carlucci, please act like a REAL Democrat, end this phony "coalition" that just allows Republicans to stay in power, and vote for Democratic Leadership in Albany!