The problem of hunger in this country is too important to be left to volunteer organizations. All US citizens deserve to partake of a healthy diet and the US government should make sure this happens.

The 20 week abortion ban in Mississippi needs to be blocked. Stopped if at all possible. This is an issue of women's health. This is an issue of a woman's right to privacy and the ability to consult with her doctor and significant other. This IS NOT AN ISSUE that should be decided by men who can never get pregnant! For most pregnancies 20 weeks is the point where a doctor can only start to assess the viability of the pregnancy. To ban an abortion before it is even known if the pregnancy is viable is not good medical practice. It is not an issue that men have any right to make for women. This is yet another attack against the health of women of this state. The women of Mississippi are perfectly capable of making their own health decisions and do not need the government of Mississippi making those decisions for them.

In 2008, the United States Supreme Court sided with the U.S. Navy, saying National Security came before protecting our whales. Since that time, many whales have died and continue to die, as a result of Navy SONAR war games. The Supreme Court decision was wrong, and we would rather live in a world with whales and some risks rather than a world with no risks and no whales. Chief Justice Roberts, please have the SCOTUS re-hear the issue of Navy SONAR and stop killing our whales. Like us on Facebook at: Stop Navy Sonar Testing

“At some point in our lifetime, gay marriage won't be an issue, and everyone who stood against this civil right will look as outdated as George Wallace standing on the school steps keeping James Hood from entering the University of Alabama because he was black.” ― George Clooney

Senator Brian Schatz (Hawaii-D) has introduced Senate bill S1046 to committee for a American Indian Veteran Soldier statue placed at the National Museum of the American Indian. We have traveled the country speaking to American Indian Soldiers and they do not want a statue at the museum, they want to be honored on the National Mall near the "Three Soldier Statue"

We need to pass the People's Bill of Rights to change how Congress works to eliminating the gridlock and partisanship and have them solve our the people's issues rather than just catering to special interests.

This bill is designed by the Humane Society of the United States, not your locate Humane Society. The ultimate goal of this organization is to end animal ownership, right down to the steak on your dinner plate. They are currently targeting Responsible Pure Bred Dog Breeders and The American Kennel Club whose main office is in Raleigh, NC. They are also targeting humane surgical procedures, specific dog breeds, the number of companion dogs people can own (3-4 in counties in the Charlotte area) and more. Ann McCrory, wife of NC Governor Pat McCrory, has found new friends among HSUS and has taken up their cause to regulate dog breeders. Mrs. McCrory lobbied the NC House and helped push the Dog Breeding Standards bill through with the speed of lightening. Mrs. McCrory - we do not need you lobbying against us. Working in any way for HSUS is shameful. HSUS only has one agenda and that is to remove animals from our lives.

Too many fast food restaurants use and dispose of plastic containers without regard to the environment. Despite Wendy's meager attempts at recycling, there are no options in the restaurant for recycling containers that have barely been touched by food. We end up taking the containers home to clean, reuse, and recycle. But most consumers throw them away on site. All it takes is a green box!

We the citizens of the Cascadia Region [W.Washington, W. Oregon, Calif. dn to SF Bay] no longer share the values of the U.S. right wing that controls the U.S. Courts, the Congress, and the Corporations. We wish to take our Progressive Fair Values and form a new province of Canada. We urge you to sign here to help us, and we welcome our USA brothers and sisters in other regions to form up provinces and come with us to a new fairer peace-loving Canada 2.0

Whereas our U. S. Supreme Court in Katz v. U.S. (1967) held that warrant-less electronic surveillance is unconstitutional because it violates an individual's right to be protected from unreasonable searches and seizures; and, Whereas the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA), operating in secret, authorizes the scrutiny of more Americans than foreigners; and, Whereas the evidence presented to that court presently lacks any real challenge; and, Whereas only a handful of FISA warrant requests have ever been turned down; and, Whereas most federal judges are predisposed to defer to executive claims of national security; and, Whereas these judges are generalists with little experience in evaluating intelligence; and, Whereas these same judges are reluctant to hamper government operatives sworn to defend the nation; and, Whereas the same reluctance is evident among members of Congress who pose as watchdogs but melt when they hear appeals to patriotism from the managers of the intelligence services; and, Whereas the data hauling by our government's intelligence services has gone on for years without real challenge or even question; and, Whereas much of this government snooping is farmed out to profit-seeking corporations that have great appetites for government contracts, secured through executives who enrich themselves by shuttling between agency jobs and the contractors' board rooms; and, Whereas it is widely reported that an estimated 483,000 contractor-employees now hold U.S. Top-Secret Security clearances for this work and such a large number is clearly a security risk in itself violating ‘Need-To-Know” best practices; and, Whereas such a radical challenge to our freedoms demands serious and skeptical oversight: We Now, therefore submit the above petition.

NC politicians, both parties, pass laws and bills that affect every citizen of this state. We expect them to live by those as well to save monies for the state of NC. We would like them to earn $5 over minimum wage and have Medicare as their main insurance or state insurance, as other state employees.

I would like to request that a resolution is passed to announce October 5, 2013 as "Ostomy Awareness Day". As an ostomy patient, it is vital that we build greater awareness about these life saving conditions. This day will not only allow us to raise awareness in the general public, but reach those individuals who seem lost following surgery.