Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas should be investigated in suspect of using tax exempt funds from their Non-Profit Status 501(c)3 , to promote hate and discrimination.

The short film "This Is Water," adapted from David Foster Wallace's 2005 commencement speech at Kenyon College, was a beautiful, moving, even life-changing illumination of a profound piece of writing. And it has personal meaning to me: an excerpt from that speech was read at my friend Aaron Swartz's memorial service. The video, and the speech it draws upon, articulated a way of looking at the world—fully present, generous with imaginative empathy—that I aspire to live by. But an hour and a half ago, the video was removed from YouTube and Vimeo because of an alleged copyright infringement, at the request of the David Foster Wallace Literary Trust. This video has already inspired millions of people. And in the decades to come, it could—should—inspire millions more. It's a video I've imagined showing to my own son, now a baby, once he's old enough to understand it. There is no public interest served in removing it from the Internet. I can't even think of an interest that this could serve for the DFW Literary Trust: the video is making more people aware of his work, drawing people to his legacy. And at a personal level, there's a particular irony for me. Aaron fought against the abuse of copyright law. He and Larry Lessig argued that everyone benefits when pieces of culture can be remixed into new works of art—this video; Aaron's own eulogy. Now, one of those works of art has been removed from public view, based on the very laws Aaron sought to change. Please sign on this petition and help spread the word. We can hope that the DFW Literary Trust will change its mind. If it doesn't, let's change the law.

Have we reached the limit yet in seeing our cities overtaken by gun toting thugs? How many more 'drive-by" shootings and inner city gun battles are we willing to put up with?

My petition is to demand that Microsoft include current Xbox live games that we the Xbox live consumers have paid for Exp: If you have purchased "Castle Crashers" you should have a right to bring this game with your account to Xbox one. We do not just pay 60$ membership to just connect to the internet and a gamer tag but for access to these digital games they offer us and to keep them. Please get sign my petition if you believe that you should be able to keep what you paid for.

To all Hotels in the U.S. asking THEM TO REPLACE ONE OF THE EXTREMELY HIGH BEDS WITH A CONVERTABLE/ADJUSTABLE BED. allowing the disabled traveler to be able to be more independent instead of feeling trapped in a flat bed

The city of Tucson is moving forward with selling over 100 acres of urban green space to a private institution that will destroy the city-owned El Rio Golf Course. We want to stop them and protect the interests of the neighborhoods.

VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaBI-FRMkDA Elizabeth Warren grilled Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew on the Obama administration's opposition to breaking up the big Wall Street banks that are "too big to fail." As a solution, Warren endorsed the bipartisan bill by Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and David Vitter (R-Louisiana) to break up the big banks and prevent future bailouts. Join Elizabeth Warren in urging President Obama and Congress to end "too big to fail."

This is a sourced petition. Which needs to be tested.

This is a custom petition, and I want to see if it's always marked as "suspicious," or something. Because that's what seems to have been happening.

Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas should be investigated in suspect of using tax exempt funds from their Non-Profit Status 501(c)3 , to promote hate and discrimination.

The issue of a broken mental health system needs to be fixed, especially since the Cold War arms race ended in 1989. Seeing mentally unstable people end up on the street & able to purchase guns scares me & everybody else. please make sure these people get the help they need.

CONTACT CT GOVERNOR MALLOY AND CT LEGISLATORS ASK THEM TO FUND THE HUSKY A PROGRAM. THE GOVERNOR HAS PROPOSED CUTTING AN ESTIMATED 37,500 PARENTS OFF THE PROGRAM LEAVING THEM WITH NO MEDICAL COVERAGE. THAT'S INHUMANE AND DOESN'T MAKE ECONOMIC SENSE. (See below)