400,000 people in the Toledo area were without water the first weekend in August, and factory farms are the culprit. Lake Erie is the source of drinking water for 11 million people. Like most areas with large factory farms that apply huge amounts of manure to farm lands, the soil in Ohio is supersaturated with nutrients. And when rains come, that excess is carried away by the water and ends up in Lake Erie. There, the nutrients feed algae, creating large algae blooms. The algae can produce powerful toxins that can cause everything from rashes, to gastroenteritis, to neurotoxicity. Clearly it’s a major problem — a public health hazard. Earlier this year, when Ohio lawmakers had the chance to fix the problem, they passed a bill that fell dangerously short of meaningful reform. In lieu of setting up clear, enforceable standards that would address the overabundance of phosphorous in the soil and rein in runoff from factory farms, the law simply creates a fertilizer certification program that exempts manure, which is a huge source of the phosphorus that is causing the algae blooms. The law also includes a voluntary, not mandatory, nutrient management plan program. We know why false solutions like this keep being offered — the corporate interests that benefit from creating large amounts of fertilizer in the form of animal manure refuse to take responsibility for the pollution that manure creates. Instead, they seek to give the appearance of action while residents bear the burden of unclean water: drinking water bans, aquatic dead zones and lakes closed to swimming. Tell Governor Kasich to pass sensible legislation to protect Ohio’s water from factory farms!

Lake Erie is the source of drinking water for 11 million people. Like most areas with large factory farms that apply huge amounts of manure to farm lands, the soil in Ohio is supersaturated with nutrients. And when rains come, that excess is carried away by the water and ends up in Lake Erie. There, the nutrients feed algae, creating large algae blooms. The algae can produce powerful toxins that can cause everything from rashes, to gastroenteritis, to neurotoxicity. Clearly it’s a major problem — a public health hazard. Earlier this year, when Ohio lawmakers had the chance to fix the problem, they passed a bill that fell dangerously short of meaningful reform. No surprise, it was a bill championed by Big Ag. It’s a story we see across the country — waterways in trouble and agribusiness offering false solutions. We know why false solutions like this keep on being offered — the corporate interests that benefit from creating large amounts of fertilizer in the form of animal manure refuse to take responsibility for the pollution that manure creates. Instead, they seek to give the appearance of action while residents bear the burden of unclean water: drinking water bans, aquatic dead zones and lakes closed to swimming. It has never been more apparent that the state needs to update standards for disposal of animal waste from factory farms, which is a huge source of the phosphorus that is causing the algae blooms. In lieu of setting up clear, enforceable standards that would address the overabundance of phosphorous in the soil and rein in runoff from factory farms, the new law simply creates a fertilizer certification program that exempts manure. The law also includes a voluntary, not mandatory, nutrient management plan program. This must change. Strong laws in Great Lakes states are key to protecting our water and agricultural resources, and new legislation could set the bar for our neighboring states. Tell Governor Kasich and the Ohio state legislature to pass sensible legislation to protect Ohio’s water from factory farms!

I was defrauded by Bank of America and congress when I believed in their Making Homes Affordable program. In order to apply, I was informed I had to already be behind in payments, therefore, BofA SAID to stop payments and then to apply! I was a prime candidate for the program under my circumstances. Fought for 2 years, lost my home, which was my inheritance as well, had to file bankruptcy, life has been HELL! I got a measley $400 from the review process. Now the government is suing them and winning $17 billion??????? I was defrauded and my life taken from me. Please tell me where did the $33 billion go that the government used to bail these banks and mortgage companies out!!!! Where was big brother then? Please, please people, sign the petition, these monster companies have financially raped thousands! Some of us want individual reviews, not lumped together.

Harlington is a lovely village, but really lacks a facility like this. It will help isolation issues (particularly for elderly residents), dietary needs not currently catered for, young families on a budget, students seeking an alternative to long-life processed farye, employ locals and will above all offer an unlicensed, non-religious place for the people of the community to meet and mingle.

these are the ppl destroying america

El 29 de julio del 2014 "Torito" un perro pug fue quemado vivo en las calles del municipio de Guadalupe Nuevo León. No existe Ley que sancione este acto de crueldad ya que los animales son considerados bienes como una silla. Necesitamos que esto cambie. Nuestros animales tienen nombre y apellido , forman parte de nuestra vida , nuestro hogar y son nuestra familia. Ayudalos a ser escuchados. Somos su voz , no más violencia , no más maltrato animal. On July 29, 2014 "Torito" a pug dog was burned alive in the streets of the town of Guadalupe Nuevo León. There is no law to punish this act of cruelty because animals are considered property like a chair. We need to change that. Our animals have names and surnames, are part of our life, our home and are our family. Help them to be heard. We are their voice, no more violence, no more animal abuse

the time is long overdue to award the black people in America the monetary entitlement they're due. this is sinister to pay out reparations to the jews of wwll, the Japanese of wwll, the aborigines of Australians and neglect the slave decendants in America as if we don't count. the bias laws in this country that allowed white people to treat blacks lower than the animals, the ruthless lynchings, the job discriminations, housing discriminations, skin color discriminations, the illegal killings from law enforcements, the racial profiling, the illegal statues of limitations on murdering black people that we have put up with for more than 400 years has to be rectified with an upgraded identity acceptance that have never been practiced to this very day. reparartions is what is needed to help restore black people to a level of acceptance of being human being of one race: the human race.

Not once, but twice in the last year, legislation aimed at removing control over non-metallic mining for the sake of “regulatory certainty” was introduced by legislators who do not live in frac sand country. This legislation was clearly written by the industry and was, in fact, so sweeping that it threatened to eliminate police powers altogether. It was a breathtaking power-grab by the State that would have left local municipalities with only zoning ordinances for any control over land use. Un-zoned townships would have lost the decision-making power that forms the basis of our democracy. Fortunately, thanks to strong push-back from engaged citizens, municipalities, and the Towns Association, Wisconsin's tradition of strong local control prevailed and neither of these disastrous bills even made it to a full vote. However, we are already hearing rumblings from Madison of plans to pass similar legislation under the radar through riders to the 2015 budget. This underhanded tactic has been successfully used before in the case of new rules that came into effect this July making it harder for local citizens to challenge the DNR’s high-capacity well permits. We have good reason to suspect that a similar maneuver will again be used to invalidate the great work being done by local governments to regulate non-metallic mining in Wisconsin. It is not the place of the state to undermine local municipalities by setting regulatory ceilings, limiting their options for deciding how best to promote the health and welfare of their constituents, economies, and ecosystems. One-size-fits-all state regulation will not work for our diverse communities in regulating this new and booming industry. We urge you to stand strong for local control and do everything in your power to oppose any measure that would reduce local municipalities' ability to regulate frac sand mining as they see fit.

My petition is about saving Yazidis from ISIS genocide.

The Chicago Tribune has a history of publishing pieces that attack teachers while ignoring positive stories on the great things that happen in classrooms in Chicago and across the state of Illinois. The Tribune is running a series that manufactures a scandal around teacher licensure that simply does not add up. Here is more information on the series --> http://ow.ly/A2y0Y

Seven of the top 10 most costly medicals conditions are controllable through lifestyle choices, with 1 in 3 Americans having heart disease, making it the most costly preventable medical condition (WebMD, 2013). Sadly, only the wealthy can afford to use ongoing services provided by exercise professionals. Congress should allow medical billing for access to health coaching because poor health literally destroys lives and costs jobs.

I have personally experienced every banking and financial crisis since the Nixon shock in 1971. I have studied, lectured and written about financial crises for more than 25 years. I have published two books on financial crises including my doctoral thesis at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary College University of London. I have prepared a short White Paper outlining the foundation for this petition. I have also prepared a longer White Paper detailing the historical, economic and legal foundation for a class action case that can be filed against Washington and Wall Street on behalf of the American public. Both White Papers and my Summary Curriculum Vitae are available for your consideration in due course. My profile is on LinkedIn. I haves deep profound personal interest in advancing the proposed legal case and achieving some measure of accountability and justice for the American people. The issues raised and to be resolved by the proposed case are the most important issues facing the American public. Unless and until the proposed legal case is made, the power of vested interests in money and banking will continue to erode the social fabric and economic foundation for America’s government and the reality of the American Dream, if any remnant of that reality, in fact, remains. All of my individual efforts to advance this effort have been met with the frustrating combination of initial enthusiasm followed by fear of intimidation and retribution by government and the Wall Street banks. Occupy Wall Street failed to meet its potential due to lack of: 1. A sound intellectual foundation; 2. A clearly articulated objective; 3 a well-articulated plan to meet that objective; 4. The organizational structure and strength to focus and discipline human and financial resources to achieve its objective; and 5. Due to the complete absence of well-informed, profession leadership. I can provide the first three of the missing ingredients. I have petitioned MoveOn to provide the last two missing ingredients necessary to the successful prosecution of this direct, well defined effort to achieve accountability and justice for the more than $10 trillion on economic damages and untold personal suffering inflicted by Washington and Wall Street on the American people. American Legal Action is the Only Viable Option to Shift Perceptions of Personal Vested Interests and Effect Meaningful Change Short of Revolutionary Action outside the Existing Rule of Law. Efforts in the public interest in the years following the financial crisis to impose accountability on those responsible for the financial and human devastation wrought by the crisis have largely been expressions of public frustration and anger that do not intelligently or strategically advance the process. Washington and Wall Street have the power and resources to divide, minimize, marginalize and co-opt private, public as well as legislative and regulatory action to impose accountability on those responsible for the crisis. So far, Washington and Wall Street have successfully wielded their power and resources. There has been a lot of talk by frustrated Americans demanding accountability without really understanding what it means or how to get it. Simply complaining and petitioning the government demanding results has gone nowhere. Politics, political and social activism and moral suasion have proved to be empty threats. A look at the effective options available to impose accountability on Washington and Wall Street under the rule of law clearly reveals that the American public must directly confront the most powerful individuals and institutions in the country. That means economic claims against and recovery of damages, in compensation and as punishment, from Wall Street, and indirectly, Washington, for their specific legal wrongdoing, and for deterrence of their ongoing and likely future wrongdoing. Legal action designed to hold Washington and Wall Street accountable under the rule of law can only succeed within a context of public grass roots support. That means public education through a sophisticated, experienced public relations, public media, social media and grass roots organizational operation to form, fund a “war chest” commensurate with the resources available to the defendants and manage a powerful, large-scale public campaign to focus attention on the American public’s demand for legal accountability. The overall campaign must place the legal action in the context of a widespread apolitical public demand for Americans’ civil right to honest money, banking and a real economy for the American public who have been damaged by the financial crisis.