Many people miss the site. And the American version NOT the Taiwanese one.

If the state of Georgia turns down the Medicaid expansion, while millions of uninsured Americans will finally be able to receive affordable health insurance in the states that join the expansion, the poorest citizens of Georgia and of all the other states opting out (including my son and myself) will be left without any affordable options for health care. This expansion of Medicaid is heavily subsidized at federal level and is a critical opportunity to raise the fundamental quality of life in America. I am a single mother of a college student and we are both uninsured. Like millions of other poor working-class citizens, I work full time, do not receive health benefits through my job or from my employer and cannot afford health insurance for my son or for myself. Please join me in asking Governor Deal of Georgia to take this opportunity to give millions of families the basic necessity of health care so that we may all be enabled to have a quality of life that every human being deserves.

I was a student leader against the war on Iraq and then was the coalition coordinator of Win Without War. I learned that military engagement rarely results in Hollywood endings—and that the people who lobby for military intervention rarely see the battlefield. Everyone wants Syrians to be safe and secure, with the ability to resume their lives. Assad is a horrible leader, and the people there are suffering too much. But Syrian civilians will not benefit from a rushed U.S. military engagement. Nor do the American people benefit when we engage in military action without proper authorization. Let's put the people of Syria ahead of hawkish desire for wars, and other geopolitical considerations. We need to double down on diplomacy and intelligence. If the President is convinced of military actions, he needs to send a bill to Congress. By doing both diplomacy and Congressional approval for military action, we can do right by Syrians and Americans.

WE NEED TO BREAK THE STRANGLE-HOLD THAT BIG OIL AND BIG NATURAL GAS HAVE AS FOSSIL FUELS ON OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS AND THIS WILL ALSO HELP TO PUT AN END TO THE DEMANDS MADE BY BIG OIL AND NATURAL GAS FOR HORIZONTAL DRILLING AND "FRACKING" - THAT MANY FEAR WILL CAUSE UNDERGROUND WATER POLLUTION AND ALSO CAUSE ADDED EARTHQUAKES! THERE ARE INNOVATORS HERE IN AMERICA - WHO ARE DEVELOPING ALTERNATIVES THAT WILL COMPETE AND BRING DOWN TRANSPORTATION ENERGY COSTS AND FREE US FROM OUR INVOLVEMENT WITH HOSTILE NATIONS FOR OIL. THESE INNOVATORS NEED ACCESS TO THE SAME CAPITAL MARKETS IN ORDER TO HAVE THE MONEY TO EXPAND. Here is some current information about one of these innovators: ALGENOL - located in Ft. Myers, Florida - showing its Founder & CEO: Paul Woods. http://www.youtube.com/user/AlgenolBiofuels/videos?sort=da&flow=list&view=0 On April 24, 2013 bills were introduced in both the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives, seeking to “establish a level playing field” so that innovators [that aspire to provide us with clean and renewable energy sources] gain access to the same capital markets and sources, as are enjoyed and used by established oil and coal and natural gas providers and their pipeline transit servicers, and to thereby finance a significant expansion of competing and lower-cost clean energy products. No bill numbers are yet assigned to them. THESE TRULY BIPARTISAN BILLS NEED OUR SUPPORT AND OUR DEMAND OF OUR ELECTED CONGRESSIONAL OFFICIALS TO FIRST OF ALL CO-SPONSOR, AND THEN TO BRING THE MEASURES TO AN UP AN DOWN VOTE – IN FAVOR OF THEIR IMMEDIATE, UNFETTERED, UNLADEN AND UNMODIFIED ADOPTION - TO BRING ALTERNATIVE LOWER COST CLEAN AND GREEN ENERGY TO AMERICA. THEY MUST NOT DIE IN COMMITTEES! Sponsoring Senators and Representatives commended by us are: UNITED STATES SENATE: Chris Coons [D – Delaware] Co-sponsors were: Jerry Moran [R – Kansas] Debbie Stabenow [D – Michigan] Lisa Murkowski [R – Alaska] HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: Ted Poe [R – Texas] Co-sponsors were: Mike Thompson [D – California] Peter Welch [D – Vermont] Chris Gibson [R – New York] Cory Gardner (R – Colorado] We need you to SIGN THIS PETITION and if you agree with the urgency of this, to personally contact your Senators and your Representative and to urge them to co-sponsor and to vote for passage of this vital measure. America is sick and tired of DC’s partisan politics! We need a Congress that works for us - not for Big Oil and Big Money interests. http://energypolicy.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/MLP-Brief-Sheet_Final.pdf

As parents and teachers struggle to start a new year in Philadelphia’s crippled school system, we call on you, ASPIRA’s leaders, to stop spending taxpayer dollars in your effort to silence teachers and staff. ASPIRA teachers and staff deserve a respectful, professional and collaborative learning environment – the kind of work environment found in every high-performing school system in the world. This high standard can only be met when teachers have a voice and a seat at the table.

People should be concerned about this issue because it affects entire families. To give birth to a child with disabilities due to a medication taken during the pregnancy; carries a particular guilt on the mother's behalf, while forcing the child to undergo numerous surgical procedures to correct the wrongs of the medication Zofran, which has been and continues to be prescribed to pregnant women. If we cannot eradicate the use of this drug, can we all work together to warn mother's of the potential side effects? My daughter is 13 and has had 12 surgeries thus far, won't you help us to prevent this in the future?

On Tuesday, September 3, the North Carolina legislature will be back for a short session. They need to reinstate the $110 million they cut from public school teacher assistants from the $250 million Rainy Day Fund. The law says that all public school students must read on grade level by the end of third grade, but they cut funding that would help those students. Some first grade classes only have a teacher assistant for a half day! It is the same with second grade, and less for third and fourth!

The proposed North South corridor highway does not address the existing east - west traffic problems and instead will result in increased traffic and carbon emissions on currently over congested roads, particularly by dumping traffic on Route 7. The County needs "smart" growth and appropriate infrastructure that will address existing commuter problems and which will support the upcoming expansion of metro to Ashburn. Loudoun County does not need this highway nor the development it will bring to both Loudoun County and Prince William County.

This petition is in response to the California State Prison San Quentin Condemned Adjustment Center Collective's good faith Request, by Warden Chappell to end their peaceful hunger strike. This good faith showing to end their hunger strike was soley made upon Warden Chappells promise to implement by the end of the year. (A) Behavior based program. (B)Cease Indeterminate Status in the AC. (C) Implement more privileges for ALL AC inmates. (D) Proper Due Process during the validation process, ie: sent to Sacramento not I.c.c. (E) Integrated Yard. (F)Grade B no longer be of a double standard (G) AC Condemned will be given an equal oppurtunity to gain their Grade A after 4 years of good behavior retroactive. (H) Honoring all the privileges and rights all C.D.C.R inmates are equally entitled.

Lynda Tuttle, owner of Lynda Tuttle's Art Center, and her neighborhood board had grant monies revoked by Stark Community Foundation for two reasons: 1) Missing the deadline of August 15th, despite the fact that the project was done and the documented (10-day) installation delay, due to a city security alert, was not under her control. Not accepting the delay threatens 2011 grant money already awarded and used on this project. 2) SCF now claims they gave verbal notification that 2012 grant money was not to be used on the project despite written contracts that do not state this claim. In addition, numerous negative accusations have been made by SCF that may put other past years’ grants in jeopardy. We urge SCF to dismiss unfounded accusations and positively acknowledge her and North Lehman Neighborhood to make our communities stronger.

On Sunday, August 25, Republican Sen. Bob Corker and Rep. Eliot Engel - a Democrat who voted for the Iraq war - told Fox News that President Obama should strike Syria first and get Congressional approval afterwards. That's not how the U.S. Constitution says it should go. That's not how the War Powers Resolution says it should go. The Constitution and the War Powers Resolution say that absent an attack on the United States, Congress must approve military action before it takes place. According to a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll, 60 percent of Americans surveyed said the U.S. should not intervene in Syria's sectarian civil war, while just 9 percent thought President Obama should act. Even if Assad's forces used chemical weapons to attack civilians - an allegation which has not been proved, and didn't hold up in the past - only 25 percent of Americans would support U.S. intervention, while 46 percent would oppose it. On July 24, the House approved an amendment by voice vote that would prohibit funding of any military action that violates the War Powers Resolution. If President Obama can get us into war in Syria without Congressional approval, it will set a terrible precedent: a future president can get us into war in Iran without Congressional approval. Tell President Obama not to take any military action in Syria without Congressional approval, and tell Congress to stand up for the U.S. Constitution and the War Powers Resolution. Links for the above information can be found here: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/26/1233940/-President-Obama-Don-t-Strike-Syria-Without-Congressional-Approval

The very endangered Desert Tortoise is on the brink of extinction, and the BLM is going to close down one of the only sanctuary facilities that exists for them. They will euthanize any animals that are there when the time comes (they say SOON), and will be euthanizing any that come in as they don't have funding or space. The facility houses hundreds of tortoises. These animals are vital to their ecosystem, our ecosystem. There has to be another answer. More info here: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/desert-tortoise-faces-threat-refuge-20060609