This is about U.S. Military people fighting The Cold War for decades and NOT getting officially recognized. We, respectfully, ask President Obama to award us an official medal of recognition.

The "growth" in the economy has only benefited those on Wall Street. The job market is still stagnant and now millions of Americans, including me, have had their lifeline cut off while they still seek employment. Homelessness is now a real possibility for many middle-class Americans who have no more options.

Don't kid yourself that we live in a democracy when it takes 60 votes to pass legislation by Senators who only represent corporate America. Should senators in North Dakota with a population less than San Francisco have more clout per capita than senators in California? Both political parties are to blame for the dysfunction and gridlock in the Senate. They believe in “rule by the minority,” not in real democracy, otherwise they would rid the Senate of the filibuster to pass legislation and to nominate Supreme Court candidates. To abolish the Senate, the reactionary House, gerrymandered by the Koch brothers, has to be restructured more like a parliament while still retaining independent judiciary and executive branches. Our Constitution is not sacred. It supported slavery. To abolish the Senate will take a mass movement like the civil rights movement. It will take amendments to the Constitution proposed by 2/3 of the states holding state conventions to require Congress to hold a National Convention. This path has never been taken before. It will take 3/4 of the states to hold ratifying conventions, which has only been done once before to abolish prohibition. I live in a city that lacks the resources to send police to homes that are being burglarized. I live in a country that rather spend money on guns than books. We need to focus on establishing democracy in America.

Since 2010 the U.S. along with eleven other Pacific Rim countries have been negotiating in secret a trade agreement with lobbyists representing over five hundred multi-national corporations. This trade agreement will fundamentally compromise our country’s ability to protect consumer rights, worker’s rights, the environment and the power of local communities to implement laws and regulations that are in their best interest. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is nothing more than a blatant attempt to allow multi-national corporations to deregulate themselves in manner which would not be possible using normal legislative processes. Simply put, the U.S. is bargaining away its very sovereignty. To ensure passage of the trade agreement the Obama Administration wants to use the “Fast Track” legislative procedure which requires an up-or-down vote in the Senate with no amendments and with only twenty hours of debate allowed; this, on a trade agreement which will consist of tens of thousands of pages. And Congress is being told to vote to “Fast Track” the trade agreement before they even know what is in it. This lack of transparency and the undermining of our democracy is an outrage and must not stand. Over 150 Democratic Representatives, including eight from Illinois, have signed the Delauro letter to the President stating that they will not support using “Fast Track” on this trade agreement. The Trans-Pacific Partnership is too important to be rushed through the Senate. Fast tract has to be prevented to allow the American public to see what this trade agreement is really all about.

The FDA does not require the labeling of GMO (genetically modified) food products, leaving consumers in the dark about the ingredients in their food. Without knowing, consumers in Texas and across the country regularly consume food that contains GMOs. Most of the food available on store shelves today contains GMOs—and they’re not without risk. For one thing, studies suggest that genetically modified crops require a dramatic increase in the use of pesticides and herbicides, which have been linked to serious health impacts. In addition, there may be other serious dangers, but we just don’t know - there is very little independent research done on the health implications of GMO consumption because the seeds are patented and the companies that own them prohibit their cultivation for research purposes. It’s time that we label all foods that contain GMOs so that consumers can make informed choices. However, some big food manufacturers, along with chemical companies like Monsanto, are spending millions of dollars to oppose labeling. Consumers overwhelmingly want to know what they’re eating, and grocery stores are beginning to heed the call – just last year, Whole Foods committed to labeling. Now, we’re calling on Randalls to side with its customers and label its brands too.

(1) Because the unconstitutional COGCC is a "captured agency" of the Colorado Oil & Gas Fracking Industry. (2) Because WE THE PEOPLE OF COLORADO are injured and continue to receive injury to our persons, posterity and property, because the Oil & Gas Fracking Industry in Colorado operates under the impunity of "moral hazard". Therefore, WE THE PEOPLE OF COLORADO hereby exercise our First Amendment rights and demand of you nine Members of Congress an expeditious "Congressional Inquiry" into the constitutionality and legality of the COLORADO OIL & GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION ACT.

The DMV United Campaign was created by three media entities in the Washington Metropolitan Area. The Eddie Kayne Show Movie Hood TV Organically Grown Radio (OGRadioDMV) These three parties recognize that the key to solidifying our region as a powerhouse in the music industry lies not just in the talent but the consumers who when given the chance will support the talent and those that provide platforms for the talent to be seen and heard. The current corporate structure in terrestrial radio in our area has given the local artist a very minimal level of support. No longer will we be satisfied with the crumbs that fall off the table when we as consumers and listeners are fed music from all over the world but rarely hear the voices of the potentially next big artist that could be from our hometown. Eddie Kayne has an internet radio show as well as a television show that caters to our hometown artist and takes their music across the nation and into foreign countries. Organically Grown Radio is a prominent voice on internet radio and through their catchphrase “Get Organic” they seek to take music back to when artists expressed themselves for more than a payday. Movie Hood TV is the premier website in the Washington Metropolitan Area for artists to showcase the videos to give fans that visual that so often can catapult them from being a local name to a household name. We will be combining our talents together to take this movement from the concert venues, to the nightclubs, to the sporting events and even to the offices of the terrestrial radio stations to let it be known that we will no longer show support if none is given to those that embody the true spirit of the Nation’s Capitol and its surrounding areas. We will be handing out flyers as well as music to let the consumers who were denied the chance to witness artists such as Wale, Fat Trel and Shy Glizzy before they were signed to major labels grow and develop as artists. It’s time to turn off terrestrial radio and open your windows the next big artist could be right outside your door!! We demand that terrestrial radio, show more support for our local artists in the Washington Metropolitan Area by allowing selected artist to be allotted a time slot during prime time hours. Therefore creating a higher platform for the artist and building a stronger connection to the communities in which you serve. #DMVUnited

With the national student debt average now over $29 thousand -- up 10.5% in a year -- students are in desperate need of a break. Senators like Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Jack Reed (D-RI) have been unhappy and dissatisfied with the interest rate hikes from July. They've been working tirelessly to make sure that students and families are high on the agenda for 2014. Senators Warren (D-MA), Reed (D-RI), and Durbin (D-IL) are proposing some major changes to student loans – among them include “forcing colleges to pay the Education Department if they have high default rates and allowing student debt to be wiped out in bankruptcy” and “calling to revive a dormant grant program for poor students that could give the federal government more influence over state higher education policy.” Please tell these politicians that they have our support!

I have decided to start this petition for a number of reasons. The single most important of these is that the law is stifling and a classic example of nanny state lawmaking. The government has no right to tell anyone what completely legal items they can purchase or when, nor should they be allowed to make any attempt at enforcing their own views of morality on the population of the state. Laws should be backed up by facts, not by an attempt at enforcing a philosophy.

The Army has yet to rule her death murder-rape, so her memory and honor are tainted as a suicide. This was not a suicide and the military is covering it up, because they do not want to own up to their error! Help put pressure on our elected officials to force the army to do the right thing. Please sign this petition and learn more here http://youtu.be/hp4eZ-BrghE ~ This petition needs 100,000 signatures and will be submitted to Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI), the chair of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, which has direct authority and oversight over all military matters on behalf of the people of the United States.

It's about a child's health, second hand smoking horrible as it is but it could really hurt a child. Smoking takes my breath away and I have trouble breathing, what do you think a child is feeling. A baby and some children can't speak for themselves so who will, WE CAN!!!!

As a mom of a child with many medical issues, I have had much experience with how hospitals do not want to provide costly care to the severely impaired population. Jahi Mc Math was a healthy 13 yr old girl who was medically neglected during her post operative aftercare in the PICU at Children's Hospital Oakland. As a result she suffered an anoxic brain injury. CHO owes her and her family every possible rehabilitation technique, every possible treatment, medication, regardless of the cost to bring this girl back. At the very least she deserves time and nutrition to see if there is a chance that she could recover. CHO is currently denying Jahi nutrition by refusing to allow a simple feeding tube surgery. This surgery takes only minutes to perform. GiveJahi Mc Math another chance at life. CHO took her life away once, don't let them take it away again!