Cruelty to animals is never justifiable, but it is particularly disturbing when it is done stricly for vanity and profit. A PLEDGE AND PETITION FOR A FUR FREE BOCA RATON We pledge to refrain from purchasing any and all Fur and Fur trimmed items and clothing including coats, hats, scarves, boots, shoes, gloves, pet toys, household furnishing etc. We support the Ban of the sale of Fur and Fur trimmed clothing and any apparel/household items in the City of Boca Raton, Florida and elsewhere. We urge the City Council to propose and make final a resolution of such a ban within the city of Boca Raton . We find the cruelty perpetrated on fur bearing animals to be barbaric, unnecessary, unacceptable and choose not to support an Industry that raises animals solely for the purpose of ripping their skin from their bodies and using it as decoration. Fur coats are not a necessity, they are a luxury item which causes extreme cruelty to living beings. Fur trim and other items made from fur are not necessities, they are decorative only. Of the 40 million animals a year slaughtered for the Fur Industry, 85% of them come from China, a country that has no humane standards at all. After being raised in unnatural, crowded conditions, at the age of about 8 months ,most animals are anally electrocuted prior to skinning, their bodies being discarded as waste. Horrifyingly, for the sake of efficiency, some Chinese fur farmers place animals into boiling water while still alive, so that their skin pulls away from their bodies easier. This has been recorded and documented by world wide news organizations and is available for viewing on the Internet for those people that are skeptical that humans could be capable of that degree of indifference to suffering. Even in America, there are no protections for the animals raised for their fur and they, too, are raised in horrifying conditions, electrocuted and slaughtered at a young age , their bodies discarded. For more information about the cruelties of the Fur Industry, visit www.CompassionForTheAnimals.org

People want to rename Burien Skatepark "Jasmine Tully Memorial Park". Jasmine Tully hung out at the skatepark but didn't have anything to do with the skate community. She was not a skater or a biker. Her murder had nothing to do with the skatepark. Please don't exploit her death by renaming our beloved park after someone who didn't respect it.

On some military bases and in VA hospitals, Fox News plays on the public televisions all day feeding hate and lies to our troops and their civilian spouses and children. Fox News lies about our President, disprespects him, and should not be the accepted channel for television in our VA hospitals and on our military bases.

"In America, you get food to eat Won't have to run through the jungle and scuff up your feet You just sing about Jesus, drink wine all day It's great to be an American" - Randy Newman, Sail Away. But, we don't all pay the same taxes. What if we did and the limit to taxation, including all value added, state, local, city, and federal taxes were 20% of our adjusted gross income? The wealthy would pay more, the poor would pay more, and there would be more equity. Singles under $20,000 AGI and Couples under $ 40,000 AGI, no tax, from anywhere.. (except VAT). Wouldn't that make America equitable? Even Corporations could do this and the Treasury would bulge. You are welcome to analyze it. It is incredibly fair and make's the other sides plans look like plans of fools. We must become a fair country again. Taxing fairly will make us strong!

To rally around the idea that jobs and education toward a sustainable environment are achievable through a program nationally that seeks financing to one educate people on how to create solar panels, install panels on homes and buildings, and have this funded through a federal funding program.

Most android phones don't NEED access to the 2/3/4g data networks of the phone companies, and can use public wifi, or even your home computer via the USB cable to to connect to the internet. Android phones are capable of using apps to do almost any task, so you can tailor them to your own specific needs. Let us activate the phone without a data pack!

Seat belts protect us and keep us safe. So why is it that there are no seat belts in the vehicles that transport our most precious cargo? Let's get seat belts put in school buses and protect our kids!

There are currently over 113,000 people waiting for an organ transplant. Only 28,463 transplants occurred in 2009 while 105, 567 waited for a transplant that year. Over 2.5 million people died in the U.S. in 2007, imagine if they were all registered organ donors. By enacting a presumed consent program, the organ shortage would be eliminated and millions of lives would be saved.

Justices Scalia and Thomas are supposed to be neutral in their decision making yet they routinely associate with the Koch brothers and Tea Party even echoing their positions. They might as well be wearing 3-pointed hats while on the bench.

There is a continual onslaught of Campaign lies and misinformation. The misrepresentation of facts by republicans in media ads and by conservative talk show hosts is astounding and there appears to be no concerted effort to expose this.

Double Standards are inherently unjust and they're at the heart of our most pressing foreign and domestic problems Even more troubling, is the fact that there is a growing trend for politicians and others to use double standards to address major world problems. This trend will likely continue unless we, the people, begin demanding the removal of all double standards from our foreign or domestic policies. This "NO MORE D.S." would apply to all three branches of both our federal and state governments .

Tell the FDA that this is a no brainer. Access to Narcan over-the-counter will save lives and will provide needed relief in cases of accidental overdoses.