"We are starting this petition to stop secondhand smoke in vehicles. Tobacco alone kills more people in Michigan than alcohol, AIDS, alcohol, auto accidents, cocaine, heroin, murders and suicides combined! Together, we could help put a stop to secondhand smoke."

Last week a Summit County, Ohio deputy forced Siobhan Householder to spit out a prescription pain pill she took for a toothache. That same week, officers at Appalachian Behavioral Healthcare in Athens, Ohio held down John Rohrer, a head injury survivor, so he could be force-injected with a drug that causes brain damage. The video of Householder's assault clearly shows she was sitting peacefully in the room of a courthouse and in no distress until officer Vaughan grabbed her by the hair, pinned her down and shoved his hand into her mouth in an attempt to remove a pill. As a result, photos show, the woman suffered bruises on her chin and other parts of her body and cuts in her mouth. Rohrer had simply been walking down the hall at Appalachian Behavioral Healthcare in Athens, Ohio, a state hospital he has sued for illegally detaining him, when he was assaulted. Police officers Brian Willard and Todd Bumbalough pinned down Rohrer so he could be injected with a drug [Risperdal] whose manufacturer has been successfully sued in several states for its fraudulent marketing of that drug. Rohrer's doctor outside the hospital, whom he's been banned from seeing, agrees with him that the medication forced on him is detrimental to his health AND VIOLATES THE STANDARD OF CARE. Ohio legislators must stop police officers from assaulting citizens over healthcare choices. I write this petition on behalf of Ms. Householder, whom I don't know personally, and on behalf of John Rohrer and a family member, with whom I am friends - also on behalf of all others I personally know have been assaulted in this way.

If you love Flathead Lake and want to keep the lake and its shoreline healthy and beautiful, then please sign this petition. The bridge to "Dockstaeder Island" now is 1/3 built. We think it was improperly approved and must be removed. The Flathead County Commissioners approved the bridge on the technicality that it was 'not a road'. In fact, the bridge is both a road and a driveway and it crosses the Lakeshore Protection Zone twice. Neither a road or driveway may cross this protection zone. The commissioners need to deny an "amendment" to the permit to allow the bridge to be completed, and they need to rescind the original permit for the bridge. Withdrawing this permit and removing the bridge will protect the lakeshore. It will also restore fair and equal treatment for everyone under the regulations.

There has been a huge increase in the use of rail shipment of hazmat materials along with several catastrophic derailments resulting in fire, explosions and spills. Our region along the Mississippi River is a environmentally sensitive area and any accident would be destructive to our region and states downstream and jeopardize the safety of inhabitants near any accident.

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.