that skunks are just one of the animals that people know less about. most people don't know ANYTHING about animals AT ALL any way. there fore we alienate them and kill them. in this case skunks are alienated from most states in america like Illinois, but there are people who want DOMESTIC skunks for pets and they are playful, curious, loving animals but in Illinois they are just animals that could harm people and give people rabies which is NOT the case with domestic skunks. please help me legalize skunks in Illinois thank you

Force the banks to actually modify the mortgages of the hundreds of thousands of American homeowners that actually qualify for them. Right now the banks string along desperate home owners for up to two years only to reject the modifications. Regulate and enforce laws that require American and Foreign banks to modify mortgages and regulate them. Stop this banking scam. Make the American people know that the banks actually make more money on foreclosures. Instead of short sales; reduce principal and interest to actually make the home affordable. Make it a law! Regulate it and enforce it. Give consumers an actual government agency to report the malfeasance of the banking institutions regarding mortgage modifications and fraudulent foreclosures! HOPE is a complete and total scam!

Many Civil Air Patrol, United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps, and Young Marine Units have lost facilities and resources when US military bases have closed. Many of these youth have been unable to find comparable facilities for their drills. We're asking the State legislators and governor to put in place guidelines under which Air National Guard and Army National Guard facilities would be encouraged to provide facilities for these youth.

"Crazy Lady among ESPN's Super Fans" Terri Jackson (Utah) There aren't many people who would find the nickname "Crazy Lady" to be flattering. Terri Jackson is one of them who does. Having graduated more than three decades ago from Utah, she still has the energy of a college student, which she demonstrates with her regular pre-fourth-quarter dance routine that involves a lot of shoulder shakes and flying fists. The entire stadium turns to her before the final 15 minutes, with the students chanting, "Cra-zy La-dy." She's been doing it since 2000. Jackson said she and her husband might hit the road for each game in the 2011 season to check out all the new venues in the Utes' next conference. Pac-10 fans, you've been warned.

Saving the small American family-owned business from extinction.

In California every voter receives detailed information on every candidate and every voter initiative being decided at the election. Most states do not have this so most voters go to the polls without proper information by which to make important election decisions. A small fund to gather and then make this information available to voters should be established. Paid endorsements of candidates etc. (clearly marked as such) could offset costs. California's system could be used as a good model. This should be universal to every US voter.

In the state of Vermont, a competent mother or father can too easily be stripped of rights to parent their children. The state will "pick one parent" for legal rights and responsibilities, yet will often award the children to both parents for physical custody--because both parents are, in fact, competent. Where both parents are competent, the courts must be directed to award legal custody to both parents. The current policy encourages dissent by offering divorcing parents too many reasons not to work together. A parent with no commitment to working together has only to prove him- or herself "better" to strip the other parent of legal rights --and "better" is defined differently each time a judge sits the bench because the statute is too complex. Automatically awarding legal custody to both competent parents will clear the courts of specious custody cases and create an atmosphere in which the only choice parents have is to work together to make decisions. Only parents who are clearly incompetent should be stripped of legal rights to guide their children. Not only is parenting a basic human right, but so is having both competent parents actively involved when one is young.

my petition is too stop the DC BACKPAGE escourt advirtisements because thats were my daughter and hundreds more women go to sell there body my daughters name is paris please lets shut them down all escourts a worried mother.

In resent days we have heard that the University of Utah is thinking about changing our name and taking the "Utes" out of our name. We need to show our support and petition that the name stays the same!

Unfair Insurance Practices (rating clients based on credit scores). Because consumers have no real voice. Left at the mercy of rabid insurance opportunists - we are victimized for declining net worth at a time when we can least afford it. It impacts you everyday - in the bottom line costs for goods, services...

The men and women who have risked their lives, bled, and suffered injuries in defense of this nation should be given the opportunity to avail themselves of the minor discounts already available to all active duty and retired military personnel. The dependents of those heroes who have been disabled or who have given "the last full measure of devotion" should likewise be accorded access to these same privileges. "Any nation that does not honor it's heroes, will not long endure." ~President Abraham Lincoln

More than half of the states in the United States have various laws that don't allow married rape victims to prosecute their spouse for raping them. (For instance in my home state of Washington, if you are married and raped by your spouse, as a married victim you are not allowed to 1) file charges against your husband for raping you if you are disabled and your spouse is your caregiver, or 2) file charges against your spouse if the rape falls within 3rd degree rape guidelines.) Certain states have different statutes of limitations as well, such as requiring significantly shorter reporting times for married persons, while offering much longer time to single rape victims to report having been raped. Those rules are not only discriminatory, but unfair as married persons often require more time to report the crime because often they share children and property with their rapist. Married rape victims not only suffer the additional emotional trauma with regard to how being raped by a spouse is a deeper betrayal of trust, but also have more to consider and more to prepare for with regard to separating themselves and their children from their rapist safely. Shorter reporting times for spousal rape victims are not only discriminatory, but are counter productive as in some cases, these laws force spousal rape victims to choose between reporting the crime or having themselves and their children safely out of the home. Laws or rules that separate rape victims into two groups - married vs unmarried - are discriminatory. Having different laws for each group is discriminatory. Not allowing rape victims equal access to the justice system solely because they are married to the person that raped them, is discriminatory. We are asking that the federal government formally declare this distinction between married and unmarried rape victims, and their resulting selective laws and rules as discriminatory, and force all states bearing these discriminatory laws aimed at rape victims to remove them so ALL victims of rape have the same access to the justice system, reporting requirements, and statute of limitations, regardless of marital status.