Thanks to thousands of Mainers speaking up, both the House and Senate voted to pass LD 718, which will label genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Maine. The Maine House of Representatives voted 141– 4 in favor of the bill. The Maine Senate voted 35-0 in favor of the bill. The bipartisan support for this issue has been incredible! But we still need your help to make history. The success of this bill is now in the hands of our Governor. Please sign this petition and share widely. Ask Governor LePage to sign LD 718 into law to label GMOs. Thank you to everyone who has helped get us this far. Now, let’s make the final push to make GMO labeling the law of the land in Maine!

I want to keep the US out of the Syrian war between two fighting sects of Islam. This is their war, not ours.

Children are being forced to carry extremely heavy book bags every day to school. It is unhealthy for them and could cause them physical damage. There should be a limit imposed on the amount of pounds allowed in children's bags.

The Turkish government is turning one of the few parks in central Istanbul into a shopping mall. It will be constructed inside fake Ottoman military barracks from a century ago. A lot of my friends in Turkey are gravely concerned by the violent suppression of protest over this. The Turkish government might be less hard-line if it was not confident of unwavering support from the Unites States government.

Thousands of cats and dogs entering the NYC Animal Care & Control Shelter System are killed in a broken, archaic, money wasting system. Taxpayers and animal loving New Yorkers deserve better! The No Kill Equation is sweeping the country, saving upwards of 95% of the precious lives in shelters that formerly killed our pets. New York should be a model for the country, saving lives and money with a new paradigm. It's time to take killing off the table! Time to get the poor, abused carriage horses out of traffic, heat, snow and car fumes. That's what we want from the next Mayor of New York!

I am a physician licensed in the state of Illinois. I believe many of my patients must forgo the benefit or buy illegally this beneficial and otherwise harmless substance. It is currently classified as a class 1 narcotic with no benefit. This is the list; heroin, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), marijuana (cannabis), 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (ecstasy), methaqualone, and peyote. This is clearly wrong.

Breast-feeding is the best possible start to a baby's life. TRICARE, the health care coverage for American military families, does not cover breast-feeding supplies for their families - except in extreme circumstances - although breast pumps are now required to be covered by the Affordable Care Act (aka "Obama-care"). More than 600,000 families in the United States have members on active duty, and about 40% of all active duty military personnel are parents. Almost all of these families receive their health care coverage from TRICARE (aka: Humana, Inc.). For some reason, TRICARE is exempt from the Affordable Care Act's policies. The World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the American Academy of Pediatrics - among many others - recommend EXCLUSIVE breast milk feedings for babies under six months old. Please join me in asking for support for our military families' most vulnerable additions.

Since 2007, our nation has been in a recession. Prince George's County is still a targeted community struggling with the highest rate of foreclosures in the state of Maryland. Countless so-called "nonprofit" agencies have absorbed millions of dollars in the name of assisting homeowners, but the money never reaches the people of Prince George's County. Banks continue to behave fraudulently. Local judicial systems turn their heads, or perhaps they do not understand or know the laws of the courts. Elected officials won't address the issues of the people who voted them into office and built the Prince George's County community. Millions of dollars have been lost and are unaccounted for. Our leaders do not demonstrate accountability. We've seen ineffective modifications that eventually lead to foreclosure and predatory lending with exceedingly high interest rates. This petition is a call to action to keep our homes and the land we live on in Prince George's County. STOP foreclosures. Eliminate spectators coming into our community.

NextEra Energy Resources, originally Florida Power & Light, has amassed a fortune in subsidies alone, almost $ 5 Billion in just 2010, not to mention the tax credits from provisions of the PTC ( Production Tax Credit ). Simply put they are purely a criminal enterprise promoted by a blend of an unwitting government and the gross naivete of the general populace. They just initiated a law suit against a woman, Esther Wrightman, in Ontario Canada, for "defaming" them for destroying an Eagle pair's nest, so they could install some more usless contraptions and entitle themselves to more tax credits and subsidies in return for more carnage of the environment. This is the epitome of their absolute moral squalor and a resonant statement of their unfathomable cupidity. Look to your power company. or go to http://www.eia.gov/energy_in_brief/, for information about their actual PRODUCTION of power, NOT CAPACITY, that's as inane as valuing your car based on the maximum speed indicated on your speedometer.

Our nation has in effect suffered a silent coup by federal security and law enforcement services, replacing Constitutional governance with a surveillance state. Only now, thanks to this courageous young man, are the American people becoming aware of this. Edward Snowden is a hero.

Tires Plus did not perform their duties and it caused by engine to seize and now I am paying $5,300 for a new engine and they will not accept responsibility for what happened. They cover up their mistakes by giving their stores 7 days to make things look perfect and it allows their claims department to deny claims.......

Durham NC was just voted 'Tastiest Town in the South' - which is great! But as someone who has worked for years in the Durham F&B scene, I know that behind our celebrity chefs are a LOT of minimum-wage, hard working kitchen staff. Let's include them (and all Durham's working people) in our appreciation by including them in the City of Durham's Liveable Wage Ordinance (#11333) Acaban de nombrar por voto la Ciudad de Durham como la más sabrosa en el sur, ¡que maravilla! Pero como llevo varios años trabajando en los restaurantes de Durham, sé que detrás de nuestros cocineros celebres hay muchos otros trabajadores apoyándoles y estos trabajadores están ganando salarios mínimos en las cocinas. Debemos incluirlos todos (y a toda la gente trabajadora de Durham) en nuestra apreciación incluyéndolos en la Ordenanza Municipal de la Ciudad de Durham para un sueldo dig (#11333).