• Medical Cannabis
    Has been proven to be a medically posative treatment for many different needs. Our Vets have been denied treatment for cannabis posative blood testing. North Carolina will benefit from jobs created by the new industry. North Carolina will prosper from taxation of this medical treatment.
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    Created by Joe DeMandel
  • Gun Control
    Gun control, gun control, gun control. Let me say it again - GUN CONTROL: assault weapons ban high round clip ban universal background checks including gun shows
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    Created by carson farley
  • You Are Beautiful
    We are creating this petition to help people realize that they are beautiful. It is a simple and powerful message. In each one of us, there exists true beauty. Too many have fallen prey to the false airbrushed images plastered in so many places such as our grocery stores, pharmacies, and malls. There is this perverse image of the human body that is free of blemishes, free of skin conditions, free of "fat"—and we wonder why so many in our society are depressed and unsatisfied with their lives. We also forget there are invisible conditions such as autism and asthma. So instead of commenting on the issue and creating a typical awareness campaign, we decided to showcase each person's beauty in a Full Spectrum Geek program called "You Are Beautiful". Feel free to email us anonymous photos of yourself for the You Are Beautiful project. This will help everyone, male/female/other, realize that each of us is unique. The goal is to have a massive collection of different shaped bodies. We are beautiful. We are normal in an "abnormal" way. We are unique. We will no longer be ashamed of our bodies and let it be a source of exclusion. Be happy, eat healthy, and stay active. True beauty comes from within and being a good person. Feel free to email us anonymous pictures to: Fullspectrumgeek8d(at)gmail.com You can view the growing collection at: http://facebook.com/yabfsg You can upload your own pictures using the hashtag #IamBeautiful #YouAreBeautiful P.S. We have no commercial interests, so please do not contact us to promote your product. This campaign is bigger than that. The only thing you should be sold on is the fact that YOU are beautiful
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    Created by Full Spectrum Geek
  • End Private Campaign Contributions and "Take Our Country Back "
    Upset about a congress focused on in-fighting and name-calling rather than on our Nation's business? Nothing can be effectively done about this until we take control of the electoral process from corporations and wealthy individuals and return it to the American people. End private campaign contributions now!
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    Created by Randy Kahn
  • La. Health Equity Campaign Heathcare for everyone
    Healthcare for everyone including student and children remaining on parents healthcare
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    Created by Robert martin
  • Governor Cuomo: Keep Fracking Industry Infrastructure Out Of New York
    The oil and gas industry is trying to push through large-scale infrastructure projects that could speed the rate of fracking in nearby states and industrialize scenic rural communities. Right now, there are two projects being proposed for underground salt caverns on the shores of Seneca Lake, in western New York. The projects, both proposed by subsidiaries of Kansas City-based Inergy, would involve large-scale storage facilities with new capacity for 88 million gallons of liquid petroleum gas and additional capacity for natural gas, expanding storage to 2 billion cubic feet. Inergy has reported to shareholders that it plans to expand the proposed facility into a major petroleum storage hub. Inergy’s subsidiary wants to fast-track federal approval of its project and bypass a critical federal environmental review. Not only would this project threaten to trample out the region’s local, sustainable economy, it could hasten the pace of gas development in nearby states. Tell Governor Cuomo to publicly oppose these projects today.
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    Created by Kathleen Sutcliffe, Earthjustice
  • Eliminate daylight savings time change
    Having an extra hour of daylight in the evenings is good for business and overall happiness of the general public! Lets not turn the clocks back ever again!
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    Created by Dustin Shepard
  • Speaker Madigan, raise the minimum wage!
    Nobody who works hard at a full time job should have to struggle to survive. But that’s what minimum wage workers in Illinois have to do every day. At our minimum wage of just $8.25 an hour, a full time worker earns just $17,000 a year. That’s not nearly enough to survive anywhere in Illinois. President Obama has called on Congress to raise the country's minimum wage. It's a worthy goal, but John Boehner and House Republicans are standing in the way. Here in Illinois, we can't afford to wait for Republicans to change their minds. Illinois Democrats shouldn’t stand in the way of a much-needed minimum wage increase. House Speaker Michael Madigan should raise the state minimum wage – and tie that rate to inflation so that we don’t continue to leave our brothers and sisters behind as prices rise.
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    Created by Michelle Young
  • Support Connecticut's Nursing Home Residents
    In the 2011 budget Connecticut nursing home residents took a 13% reduction in their monthly benefit and we would like that restored, with a cost of living increase,
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    Created by Brian Capshaw
  • Rein-in predatory practices of payday loan operators
    Living in South Texas, I see dozens of store front payday loan and auto title loan operations taking advantage of the most vulnerable members of the community around me. The borrowers often lose their paychecks, which are their only source of income, or their automobiles, which are needed to get to their employment.
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    Created by Leona Diener
  • State of Rhode Island: Legalize Raw Milk - S 15 / House Bill 5820
    This bill will benefit farmers and small businesses in Rhode Island, revitalizing the state's dairy industry. Pasteurization laws favor large, industrialized dairy operations and squeeze out small farmers. When farmers have the right to sell unprocessed milk to consumers, they can make a decent living, even with small herds. This bill will also provide consumers the option to purchase raw milk in Rhode Island. This is a fight for food freedom, the right to choose the food we consume. *CURRENT SITUATION FOR RAW MILK SALES* Retail sales are legal in 10 states On-farm sales are legal in 15 states Herdshares are legal in 4 states There is no law on herdshares in 6 states Pet food sales are legal in 4 states, implying that human consumption is feasible Raw milk sales are illegal in 11 states and the District of Columbia Please, personally, contact your representatives and tell them you want raw milk legalized in Rhode Island! For a list of the Senate members in the committee and their email addresses visit: http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/ComMembers/ComMemS.asp?ComChoiceS=SEAA
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    Created by Rachael McCaskill
  • NO MORE N0 MAS
    since ann richards left the 13 billion surplus, the republicans have turned in negative numbers. i have teacher's retirement. there is no personal income tax in texas. gw bush gave the surplus back to the corporations saying that this is not our money, it is yours. then along came gov perry, a man concerned with expanding his personal wearlth. there has been at least two attempts to raid teacher retirement. no more!
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    Created by john mulhollan