Too many people including children are suffering & dying while the People of this country have spoken in favor of ending the prohibition of particularly Medical Cannabis. Authorities such as the corrupt, broken system in Georgia are ignoring the clear will of the people, relying on over 75 years of superstitions & harsh, unjust laws while taking money from big-Pharma & Tobacco to deny access, and put people like Negron & Mazurek in prison for simply supplying their own medicine. What is wrong is wrong.

A quarter century of professional experience and personal observation prove the potential for tragedy from unintended consequences of ill-considered bureaucratic decisions and actions. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration administrator, Mark R. Rosekind, has recently joined activists elevating the call to mandate student safety belts on full-sized school buses. Oprah advocated this measure many years ago on her show. Her logic was that if seat belts were required on cars for passenger safety, it was only common sense that they should be required on school buses for the safety of students, also. To the average person, it would seem obvious that this idea should be a no brainer. It is doubtful that many of those calling for this measure have ridden in a modern school bus, and that even fewer have had the responsibility of driving one. For decades these vehicles have been designed and redesigned to improve the safety of our students. Despite recent high-profile accidents drawing attention to this issue, school buses are the safest vehicles on the road. Their greatest dangers are collisions with trains or semi-trailer trucks and rollovers. Absent such occurrences, injuries are extremely rare, and major injuries and life-threatening conditions are nearly nonexistent. The recent CBS News report addressing this issue stated that there were 4 deaths in 1 year, and a study estimated that safety belts could reduce that to 2 deaths. While even those 2 deaths are 2 too many, failure to consider the unintended consequence of mandating seat belts on full sized school buses could make that statistic far preferable to the alternative. In 25 years driving small and full-sized school buses, I have no personal knowledge of anyone suffering any injury from the lack of safety belts. Though I do fully support the benefits of seat belts on the small buses with fewer passengers or special education students that are at greater risk in any collision, the worst injury a passenger on my bus has suffered in a quarter century was inflicted by a 3 year old on another 3 year old preschooler with a seat belt. That head injury, though superficial, clearly indicated the potentially lethal consequences of placing seat belts in the hands of teenagers with such poor judgment that their driving privileges are wisely restricted with graduated drivers licenses. From first-hand experience, the lack of seat belts would have prevented the worst injury any of my passengers have suffered. But, the potential for tragedies from incidents over the last couple decades clearly demonstrates the need to take unintended consequences seriously. Both personally and professionally I use a seat belt whenever I get into a vehicle. Professionally, drivers are always required to wear a seat belt, not for their safety, but to keep them close to the steering and braking controls. 25 years experience indicates that if manufacturers are required to equip full size school buses with seat belts, that added expense will influence them to install the minimum standard to save on costs. Those seat belts frequently contain plastic components that are subject to sticking, jamming, and breaking, which makes them difficult to fasten and more importantly difficult or nearly impossible for young students to release. Every year, emergency evacuation drills are required for students to know those procedures in case of an emergency. With a capacity of around 70 students, it is critically important that those procedures can be executed as smoothly and quickly as possible in order to save lives and avoid injuries. The Cary Grove High School bus hit by a commuter train in Fox River Grove, Illinois on October 25, 1995, tragically demonstrates an incident where the ability to evacuate quickly might have reduced the 7 deaths. On August 23, 2011, a Southeast Polk School District bus in Iowa burst into flames on the first day of school. But, 16 students were safely evacuated, despite a sticking rear exit door, demonstrating how lives can be saved and injuries avoided with a smooth and rapid evacuation. Anyone who has stopped behind a loaded full sized school bus unloading knows that is not necessarily a very quick process with the narrow aisle requiring single file movement. Anything that could slow this process or create panic in an emergency would become a matter of life and death. Having had to go back and release students from seat belts that they were unable to release, I can guarantee that it is not a matter of if, but only when, dozens of lives will be lost by the addition of student safety belts to full sized school buses in order to potentially save the 2 lives that the study estimated those belts could save. If this measure is implemented, those lost lives are on those that insisted it be mandated, despite being made clearly aware of the lethal danger of the unintended consequences. If the bureaucrats insist on risking the lives of every school bus passenger in the country, at the very least, they need to require the highest aircraft quality easy fastening positive engagement lift latch release buckles available, such as those manufactured for luxury automobiles by Hickok decades ago. Of the three most dangerous occurrences only the rollover, which could be expected to cause bruises and broken bones but rarely life threatening injuries, could be measurably helped by the use of seat belts. But, the rarity of that occurrence compared to the tragic loss of life caused by delayed evacuation from the use of seat belts in a collision with a train or semi trailer truck fire negates the benefits of using seat belts to prevent less serious injuries. Even the suggestion of regulations to require student seat belts on full sized buses is already beginning to endanger students, because school districts are ordering buses with seat belts in order to meet potential future rules. It is the mandate of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to im...

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Super-delegates are a continuing cause for disenfranchisement in the Democratic Party, and they substantially affect the primary because they make Hillary's lead appear insurmountable. Enough is enough. The Super-delegates need to represent their voters or they need to find another job.

The United States has a very low voter turnout compared to other countries. It's important that as many citizens as possible be given the opportunity to participate in our democracy by voting. Making election day a federal holiday will give significantly more people the opportunity to vote. Since it will replace Columbus Day, it won't generate any additional costs.

Laws that target regulation of abortion providers, or TRAP laws, have been sweeping across the county, including here in North Carolina. Just last year, Governor McCrory signed into effect some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the nation, directly contradicting his own campaign promise to never do so. McCrory has already said that he’ll vote for Trump if he gets the Republican nomination for president – does McCrory also agree with Trump on his position on abortion? While the nation rightly ridicules the Governor for his misguided and destructive support of HB 2, let’s not forget the other promises he’s broken to women of North Carolina. Tell McCrory to stand with women and let him know that we won’t tolerate his Trump-esque attitudes and actions toward abortion in our state. Women deserve elected leaders who don’t TRAP them in petty partisan games.

I am asking everyone to sign this petition to request that Alexander Graham Bell Assocation cease their campaign against American Sign Language and our proud Deaf culture. AGBAD has been plotting with their lies and distorted truth against us since September 11, 1880. "It is our hope to dispel the myths about deafness and spread the word that deaf children can hear and talk. What it means to be “deaf” has changed." commented in her post by M. Sugar, President, AGBAD. The recent post by AGBAD was a final straw in the camel's back. They need to cease and desist their oppression and audism. It is time for them to fold as they do not represent the truth about the Deaf community. American Sign Language is here to stay! It is time for AGBAD to end its 136 years of lies!

The overwhelming majority of the 4,400 colleges and universities in the United States prohibit the carrying of firearms on their campuses. These gun-free policies have helped to make our post-secondary education institutions some of the safest places in the country. Tennessee is a state that specifically prohibits people from carrying concealed guns on public college campuses. This legislation will force Tennessee’s public colleges and universities to allow the carrying of loaded, concealed handguns on public college and university campuses. We believe that Tennessee’s college and university administrators and campus security experts are best equipped to evaluate and make policy decisions that affect their campus communities, not opportunistically motivated lawmakers. Please sign this petition that says No to guns on campus in Tennessee and be sure to share it with a friend, too. We will make sure to deliver all petition signatures to Governor Haslam and the Legislature. Thank you.

It is the youth vote that is being disenfranchised in the New York State Primary Election because the New York State Voter Registration Form incorrectly states the deadline for voters to change their party affiliation. The young voters who don't have long-standing ties to a political party are the ones who will be turned away at the polls on April 19. There is no time to waste. Sign the petition now so they can vote in the Primary Election on April 19.

The senseless killing of these great animals. Stop Killing Wolves . There is way to much Killing of these friends of ours.They help us weedout the junk of the world, so We need to Help them. I would like to have this petition filled out and full by the middle of November.

Hello my names Brittney, I live in Pittsburgh PA, I'm doing this petition to get my brother his justice, my brothers name was brian cook, he was murdered June 26 2013, they got the man that did it, we had a trail, waited for 2 years to get justice for our family and it never happened this man got away from doing life in prison, the jury found him not gulity of all charges, I don't see how, the state had 3 credible witnesses, plus a couple people from the county jail came and went stand and said he killed brian cook, the state had the gun, clothes, all evidence pointed towards him, state had multiple people on stand against this criminal, the defender, has been in trouble his whole entire life, robbing people, running kids over, robbing his moms k-9 business for illegal drugs and got a away with everything! If this monster was put away years ago my BROTHER would still be here!! I just want justice for my brother and his children and my family!!! that's all I ask! Sincerely Brittney

Governor Bevin just ordered immediate cuts to postsecondary education in Kentucky by 4.5 percent, and he wants to increase the cuts to 9 percent during the next budget. Budget negotiations between the Kentucky House and Senate have broken down over the issue of funding universities and state pension programs. Bevin's cuts would come at the expense of students. Let's tell the Governor and General Assembly that we can't afford to sell out Kentucky's future!