The Founding Fathers encouraged thousands of newspapers to circulate by allowing them to use the US Postal Service without paying postage. Why? To encourage the innovation and creativity that comes from the open marketplace of thought. Now we have a handful of organizations controlling most global communications and producing most of our entertainment. Furthermore, tens of thousands of jobs may be at stake. Diversity of opinion is at risk. Net neutrality will be destroyed in three years. Our public square is disappearing. And finally, millions of dollars in fees will go to consultants and contractors before the public sees an ounce of benefit.

I want to have a day to embrace who we are.

I am starting this petition because after several of us parents have complained and called the schools, the Super Intendant, and the Sumter bus transportation offices, nothing has been done. We've even contacted media with no results. We are tired of fearing for our children every time they get on their buses. The drivers yell at the children, make them stand in the isle if they talk at all (unsafe), squeeze up to 4 per seat and then drive so fast and sharp that if they happen to slam their head on the seat in front of them, they get yelled at or for falling into the isle. They speed and often have almost hit a child or backed into a car, they have been caught swearing vulgar language in front of the children, often kids come off the bus in tears. We want cameras on the buses, we want more than one bus picking up all 3 schools, and we want drivers fired and investigated if need be!

The Manhattan Club tarnishes the image of NYC Tourism. The Manhattan Club Timeshare (TMC) is a New York City scam. The Manhattan Club (TMC) uses misleading and false advertising and sales presentations to sell worthless timeshares in its 286 room property. The Manhattan Club is oversold but continues to sell timeshares via the internet, mailed brochures, telemarketing and street kiosks in several US cities including a kiosk in Times Square. The Manhattan Club uses the US mail and the internet to defraud the public and sell their worthless timeshares. Manhattan Club timeshares have sold on eBay for $1. One "owner" who paid $84,000 sold his time share for $2. The Manhattan Club is the subject of thousands of complaints filed over many years with the Better Business Bureau and The N.Y. Attorney General's Office. The New York Attorney General's Office refuses to protect consumers. The Manhattan Club uses aggressive and harassing collection techniques to collect exorbitant maintenance fees for rooms "owners" cannot book.

In the United States, over 70% of PKU adults are not being treated in a metabolic clinic. Among the untreated adults, there is an increase in mental illness, psychological disorders, neurological deterioration (epilepsy, tremor, paresis), and children born to pregnant women with untreated PKU have severe birth defects and mental retardation. This is 100% preventable and the barriers to access care are unjustifiable. Medical food saved my life and my children's lives and coverage is denied by my employer, the federal government because of my age. This discriminatory policy is not prohibited by the Affordable Care Act and poses a serious threat to the health and safety of the PKU victim. It is essential to include PKU in this initiative in keeping with good and acceptable treatment practices - "diet for life." Please help.

My son Zach's right to stand trial for his crime was unfairly stripped from him when his attorney requested a second psychiatric evaluation, I believe because his attorney did not want to go to trial since he accepted the case for a flat fee of $2500.00. The first psychiatric evaluation one month prior declared him competent to stand trial. Thus when the second opinion declared him incompetent he was sentenced to time and forced medication at a state mental hospital.

We are staring this petition to hold the stakeholders accountable for the removal of our principal. The only information that we have been provided is that it is an HR matter. We want to show all involved just how many families are affected when a decision like this is made.

This week, Congress has key opportunities to move to end the endless state of war that the country has been in for more than a decade. Reps. Justin Amash [R-MI] and John Conyers [D-MI] are introducing a bipartisan amendment on the National Defense Authorization Act [NDAA] that would bar the U.S. from transferring shoulder-fired anti-aircraft weapons (“manpads”) to insurgents in Syria. Transfer of these dangerous weapons, which could easily fall into the hands of anti-U.S. terrorists, would threaten civilian aircraft throughout the region and violate international agreements initiated by the U.S. The Obama Administration opposes the transfer of manpads to Syria; the Amash-Conyers amendment would codify the Administration’s position into law. Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL] has introduced an amendment to the NDAA which would bar the CIA from conducting drone strikes. This reform, which is supported by Human Rights Watch, among others, would force the government to disclose more information about the drone strike policy. Reps. Barbara Lee [D-CA] and Adam Schiff [D-CA] intend to introduce an amendment to the NDAA which would repeal the 2001 AUMF. The broad 2001 AUMF, rushed through Congress in the days after the 9/11 attacks, has been used to justify a wide array of abuses in the “war on terror,” including torture, indefinite detention, and drone strikes outside of legal armed conflict against people who were not threatening the United States. Reps. Peter Welch [D-VT], Walter Jones [R-NC], and Mick Mulvaney [R-SC] are circulating a letter to the White House in opposition to the supply of manpads to insurgents in Syria. Senators Mark Udall [D-CO] and Rand Paul [R-KY] are demanding that the Administration publish secret memos written by David Barron purporting to justify the use of drone strikes outside a legal armed conflict, as ordered by an appellate court, before voting on Barron’s nomination as a judge. If other Senators back them, the Administration will be forced to share more information about the drone strike policy, information crucial for judging whether it is legal, ethical, and wise. Urge your legislators in the House and Senate to press for these crucial reforms by signing our petition.

This ban will have a negative impact on the hospitality industry and make Miami Beach less competitive with other tourist destinations resulting in lost jobs. Here is a link to the new law: http://www.miamibeachfl.gov/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=79636

Honor our heroes! Many service members are not receiving full disability benefits / Members retired under special rules from Chapter 61 of Title 10 of U.S. Code. This bill has been held up and not allowed to be introduced to the floor for vote for several years now (all we ask is that a vote be allowed on this bill). Under current rules, military disabilty is off-set or "reduced" by the amount received in compensation from the Veterans Administration, (VA). This can amount to 50% of the payments receive from military disability. Under this arrangement, many service members who have served as long as 19 years +, and who were medically retired due to the gravity of their injuries or disabilities, are losing their retirement, in lieu of their disability compensation. Why are these heroes, who paid a bigger price, being penalized when their counterparts who served 20 years of service do get both? There is hope! H.R. Bill 303 Retired Pay Restoration Act (2013-2014). This bill restores military retirement pay withheld from these disabled veterans who also are eligible to receive disability compensation from the Veterans' Administration. For more information on this bill, you can go to: http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th/house-bill/303 If you love your freedom, thank a Veteran and what a better way to do so than to sign this petition. Let's get this passed!

Even a minimal amount of research reveals that Fluoride is a harmful toxin known to cause cancer and other health risks, and we are being forced to drink it every day in our tap water because the companies that produce this toxic waste have convinced you it's good for your teeth. Many countries around the world, as well as many areas in the USA have recently demanded a stop to fluoridation, and it's time for the entire country to wake up and demand a stop to the mass "medication." I don't want fluoride in my family's water!

The Court's excessive new search fees burden public records access and fall disproportionately on the poor.