Extracting and burning more oil will accelerate the devastating consequences of climate change, with rising sea levels, more severe flooding, and superstorms like Sandy and Katrina that global warming breeds. Hampton Roads, the second most vulnerable coastal area next to New Orleans, cries out for clean energy - not more dirty fossil fuel oil - to reduce CO2 emissions, already perilously high at 400 parts per million.

PA 511 is the law that CPS, the courts & law enforcement use to break the laws & CPS protocol in investigations & custody of children.

Though it sounds expensive, a free and complete education for everyone—from Head Start to college, including vocational school—is possible through savings from other government programs. It is a prosperous investment for all of us, except for the wealthiest Americans, because the side effect is that universal education would save tax dollars and increase the tax base! Once the children who normally grow up on welfare or in poor working families receive a complete education, the cycle of poverty will be broken. The overwhelming majority will have good jobs within reach, hope, and a real opportunity for a better life for themselves and their children. The American dream, which is currently being denied to them and their children, would finally be attainable. They would no longer need to rely on public assistance or be forced to turn to crime, two major expenses to taxpayers. They would become well-paid taxpayers, thus increasing the tax base, and consumers, thus boosting our economy. Let's make it happen. Let's make all education—from preschool to college, including trade schools— free for every American citizen of every age. The GOP and Tea Party conservatives would never let this happen, because they want inequality, poverty, injustice, suffering, and crime to continue in perpetuity. They want the status quo to be permanent! We must end this legislative nightmare in our government by eliminating the GOP and Tea Party conservatives. Join me in my quest for a better America! -William J Ryan

The state plans to cut Medicaid provider pay to those taking care of the people that have help build this great state. Quality care can not be achieved if we allow them to cut 20-25% from a number that's already to low. Tell our leaders that we want allow them to cut cost in the care of so many that mean so much to us and this state!

UC has decided that rather than maintain its forests in the hills above the campus, it would prefer to simply remove all the tall trees. UC has received tentative approval for a FEMA grant of about $2 million that they intend to use to remove in excess of 50,000 mature trees, apply tens of thousands of gallons of herbicides over the next 13 years, and leave 2 feet of highly flammable wood chips on the ground. Not only will this plan destroy the animal habitat, it will remove essentially all the shade, will make the cleared areas as well as the UC campus and the city of Berkeley substantially warmer, will destabilize steep hillsides, will release enormous amounts of sequestered CO2 into the atmosphere….and will significantly increase the risk of fires. Why does UC want to do this? To clear the land for development and to shift maintenance costs from the University to the federal government. So, what's the Berkeley City Council doing about this? NOTHING!

When IndyMac Bank failed on July 11th 2008 I was one of the uninsured depositor's that lost $105, 000.00. But if it was not for Chris Dodd, Barney Frank, and President Obama signing the Wall Street Reform the FDIC is now holding $61,000.00 of my deposits..

Reyna García, a 30-year-old woman who works for the California grocery chain Albertsons, lost her child when supervisors ignored multiple letters from her doctor over a period of months stating she had a high risk pregnancy and could not handle heavy lifting. She asked to leave work while in pain, but her request was denied and she continued her heavy lifting duties, afraid of losing her job and her insurance from Albertsons. When she went into labor that night, she found out that her baby was losing fluid and sustaining brain damage. She gave birth two days later, but the baby only lived for a few minutes. Shame on Albertsons. Demand that Albertsons CEO Robert Miller enforce policies that protect any pregnant employee and their baby.

Reps. Peter Welch (D-VT), Chris Gibson (R-NY), Rick Nolan (D-MN), and Walter Jones (R-NC) have introduced bipartisan legislation (H.R.2494) to block U.S. military intervention in Syria without an affirmative vote of Congress. Identical legislation (S.1201) has been introduced in the Senate by Sens. Tom Udall (D-NM), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Rand Paul (R-KY) and Mike Lee (R-UT). Sending military assistance to Syrian rebels, or intervening directly, will lead to Americanization of Syria's sectarian civil war. Congress and the American people should be part of a vigorous debate before any such military escalation takes place. U.S. military intervention without Congressional authorization would violate the Constitution and the War Powers Resolution. Urge the Senate and the House and to support the Udall/Paul and Gibson/Welch bills to block U.S. military intervention in Syria without Congressional approval.

Jeff Olson is being prosecuted for scrawling anti-Bank of America messages on San Diego sidewalks in water-soluble chalk. He is facing a 13-year jail sentence, and the judge has barred his attorney from mentioning freedom of speech during trial. The First Amendment protects freedom of speech -- especially against huge banks and corporate interests like Bank of America. Judge Howard Shore has erred by disallowing this as a defense, and MUST immediately reverse his decision.

People getting others banned from FB by reporting them for disagreements.

Governor Cuomo has a chance to become a NYCLASS’ TOP DOG by signing the puppy mill bill into law! Without this law, local governments will be unable to regulate abusive pet dealers leading to the awful treatment of dogs and puppies in New York. We need to encourage him to sign the bill as quickly as possible.

Rape, acid attacks, dowry deaths, so-called "honor" killings, and other forms of gender-based violence will affect an estimated 1 in 3 women worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. Congress can and must act now to make the world a safer place for women and girls.