It doesn't have to be this hot.

It's time our Congress started to earn their money and pay their own personal expenses.

The people running our government have indebted our future, misspent our fortunes, and continue to recklessly challenge each other with no regard for the people they represent. It's time to take back our country by getting rid of the "entitled power", and returning it to the values from which it was formed by entrusting it to people that have no better interest than their constituents in mind. When this government formed, there were no incumbents. Time to go back to that point. Time to "RESET America"

Many teens and young adults in the city of Salina, Kansas would like to have a Hot Topic closer to their homes. At this time the closest Hot Topic is more than an hour away. This keeps many people from being able to shop there. It would be great if we could shop at our favorite store in our hometown.

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) accused President Obama of giving aid to Al Qaeda, which she said is proof that we are living in the "End Times." Congressional Republicans have no shortage of extreme, bigoted and paranoid members in their ranks, but Rep. Bachmann sits on the House Intelligence Committee. Rep. Bachmann has shown time and time again that her lack of judgment and lack of attachment to the real world should preclude her from being in a position where she deals with classified information and is responsible for keeping Americans safe from threats.

This year the MCPS transportation department made massive changes to bus routes and staff in order to save money. Bus drivers are expected to carry 3 times the amount of stundents they previously carried and expected to make it across town in a a third of the time. The buses are extremely overcrowded and children forced to sit 3 sometimes 4 to a seat and many children have suffered minor injuries from falling during bus turns. Although MANY parents and students have complained no changes or adjustments have been made to ensure the safety of the children. Please help us make a change and restore the old bus times,schedules, routes, bus drivers and put the safety of the children FIRST.

Mansfield, MA Animal Control Officer Jeff Collins is killing pit bulls due to his personal bias and discrimination, along with numerous cats and other breeds of dogs. PLEASE HELP US MAKE THIS STOP!!! This man doesn't deserve this job, nor to be judge jury and executioner in behavior based euthanasia when he self admittedly doesn't understand nor is aptly educated in canine behavior. Animals are dying! WE DEMAND CHANGE! Rocco the blue nosed pit bull was killed in December 2012, Carmella the pit bull in August 2013, and now Oscar the pit bull in October 2013, with other's in between and more in danger! No animal is safe in this town until he has been removed!

It is a matter of justice. All members of the House and Congress should not get special privileges when there is a government shutdown. Now is the time that Texas representatives can literally put their money where there mouth is and show that they are able to stand along side federal workers who will not receive the paychecks they depend on to pay their bills and support their families.

One of the nation's most vulnerable Republicans, Rep. Coffman is running scared. Coffman knows that the voters are rejecting the right wing's self-destructive temper tantrum against Obamacare. Coffman and his fellow Republicans chose to hold our economy hostage to make a political point, and now that it's backfiring, he's conveniently changing his mind.

The GOP today is un-American and does not support either real family values or real conservatism. A true conservative spends $50 on prenatal vitamins instead of $50,000 on postnatal ICU care, $5 for a vaccine instead of $1000 for an emergency room visit. Republicans are the bane of America, seeking to keep the 99% down, uneducated, unable to vote, and without healthcare, even at the cost of wrecking the economy again. It's time they left office completely, and were replaced by real Americans with real American family values.

I have been in chronic pain for over 30 years. I, and many, many others are finding our pain medication choices and prescription decisions being driven by the DEA's changing rules. The "war on drugs" is now being taken out on those who live in chronic pain. The decision of what drugs, how many, for how long, what strength, etc should be between patient and doctor, not patient, doctor, and the DEA.

Gov. Susana Martinez used a State Police helicopter to fly to Albuquerque so she could catch a commercial flight to Houston for political fundraisers. Even though she promised not to use state aircraft for personal purposes, she took a State Police helicopter away from law enforcement duties to be her personal air taxi. It took about an hour to fly Martinez to Albuquerque, then return to Santa Fe. The hourly operating cost of the helicopter is about $800.