Requesting The President signs an executive order putting a moratorium on deportations except convicted criminals

In the "2010 National Survey on Drug Use" more than 22 million Americans have used an illegal drug. Everyday families are torn apart due to drugs. My family was affected by drugs when my Aunt decided to get into Methamphetamines. She lost both of her sons for some time because of drugs and is still affected by drugs. My one cousin was about 6 when she was taken to jail leaving him with his father then his grandma then his aunt constantly changing homes. My other cousin was only 2 when it happened and lived with his grandma until we came all the way across the country to take him into our home and my parents became his guardians. Both were devastated and didn't know what was going on. My aunt went to rehab, but relapsed and then went back to jail. It's been 4 years now She is currently clean, but in rehab. She claims that she knew Meth wasn't good, but didn't know the full effects and problems meth causes. We need to make drug education mandatory for all of the nation.

Fracking is a dangerous and deadly practice! A moratorium should be in place so the citizens of CA have an opportunity to examine the process and know how it would affect the soil and water in our region.

banks have a very exclusive club of investors that get an early information on forthcoming foreclosures, enabling them to pick and choose the best properties and buy them for pennies on the dollar. The net result is that the banks and their shareholders do not get the top dollars for those properties and the favored investors get returns of, in one instance, 19000% percent in a matter of few days.

Outsourcing only increases profits of business owners but has eliminated millions of American jobs. It also has reduced salaries paid to existing jobs.

I work for the Government. Our budget, staffing, and pay have been cut to save money. I have no problem sacrificing for my country, but what about the Senate and Congress. Budget cuts never affect them or the several hundred staff members(that's each congressmen and Senator, literally hundreds of staff) They make 3-4 times what me and my fellow government workers make, yet they continue to get yearly pay raises and never face any budget cuts.

The School District of Philadelpha is planning to cut schools drastically, irreparably harming our children and our future.

35 hour work-week Tools were/are invented and used to save time and energy. They allow us to do more things, including having more “free” time to engage in other perhaps more enjoyable aspects of life. Industrialization did that to a great extent for civilization. So is our continuing advances in automation. The idea behind these advances is, or should be, to reduce the number of hours an average worker must put in on the job to accomplish the same feat. The average workweek in America did decline over the decades to reach 40 hours a week around World war 11. Since then, automation and efficiency have increased dramatically, but we are still stuck with a 40-hour workweek. This has been one of the reasons that we currently have such high unemployment-people still working 40 hours + a week while others are completely unemployed. We are long overdue for a legal reduction to a 35-hour workweek. If we did this, employers, especially corporations employing a large number of people, will be encouraged to hire more people to fill the gap rather then pay current employees time and a half overtime for that extra 5 hours needed to do the job. This would save parents some money reducing the amount of after school day care needed. The ultimate goal (in America) would be the 30-hour week. This would match America’s current school day. Some parents could then eliminate after school daycare altogether and allow some other families to become 2 earner families.

I'm asking you to sign my petition requesting President Barrack Obama to address poverty in the United States. Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornell West are doing their part to bring this issue to light. Yet, no where in our mainstream media do we hear about poverty. Did you know that during the Chicago teacher strike last year, schools in our Presidents home town were left open so the children could get food to eat? Did you know that 1 in 2 babies born in the United States is eligible for WIC? 150 Million, yes that is half of our nation are considered the working poor. This is a national security issue. We are leaving American's behind in the face of soaring Wall Street profits. This doesn't make any sense. Who are we as American's to allow 50% of our population to live in these type of conditions? How can we call ourselves a great nation? To learn more about the issue of poverty please take time to watch the recent forum in January. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIpHmocynjQ I urge you to sign this petition and help your fellow American citizens.

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Guatanamo prisoners are being held indefinitely without trial. One hundred men (nearly 2/3 of the entire population) are silently starving themselves to death in protest at this very moment. Lawyers and human rights groups say it is just a matter of time before the detainees start to die. More information here: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/inside-guantnamo-an-unprecedented-rebellion-leaves-a-notorious-detention-centre-in-crisis-8604532.html