The Ohio State Legislature is 2/3 majority for the party that lost the last election; the same with Ohio's Congressional Representation. This is mirrored across the USA. State after State have been gerrymandered to the extent that we no longer have a representative form of government. The House of Representatives no longer represents the vote of the electorate. STOP THE GERRYMANDERING; STOP THE DECAY; SAVE OUR DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS.

-- The petition has been submitted. If you sign now we will submit again but to the new Pope. -- We were proud and humbled when the Catholic Council of Bishops led in calling for limitations on nuclear and other armaments that threaten the survival of life on earth. Additional threats to human existence, like over-population, now require your wisdom and compassion. -- Please revisit the Humanae Vitae published in 1968. Paragraph 26 of that document blames the world’s poverty and injustice entirely “on a lack of wisdom in government, on an insufficient sense of social justice, on selfish monopolization, or again on blameworthy indolence in confronting the efforts and the sacrifices necessary to ensure the raising of living standards of a people.” -- Surely a portion of that responsibility must also rest with ecclesiastics whose pronouncements which may have had a good faith basis in reason and morality to reaffirm the sanctity of life in one time, ironically and unintentionally no longer promote human survival and have become a significant contributor threatening all life, sanctified or otherwise. -- Worldwide population exceeds 7.1 billion. That will be 9 billion by mid-century. This growth has stretched earth’s resources beyond their limit likely causing the world population affected by water-scarcity to balloon from 8% in 2000 to 47% in 2030. -- Nations have been over-pumping their aquifers. Most are replenishable. Some are not. For example, in Yemen the water table is falling by approximately 6 feet per year. The quickly declining water tables and rapidly growing population have helped make Yemen a failed state. China’s Hai basin is facing a shortfall of approximately 40 billion tons of water per year. When its aquifer depletes, a 40 million ton decline in grain production will follow, leaving 130 million citizens looking elsewhere for food. Simultaneous over-pumping may lead to concurrent depletion of aquifers, agriculture cutbacks, and devastating world food scarcity. -- Fresh water and food production are intricately connected. Producing a ton of grain requires 1,000 tons of water. Water scarcity creates food shortages, raises food prices, and increases a countries’ dependence on food imports. Since producing grain requires large quantities of water, countries have begun cutting back on their grain production—opting to import instead. In several of the largest cities—including Los Angeles, Cairo, and New Delhi—water consumption can only be increased by reduction of agricultural water use. -- Unfettered procreation and ineffective birth control make efforts to conquer hunger and poverty futile. Lack of sufficient care and family planning services cause one woman to die every minute from pregnancy or childbirth complications. These women leave behind over 1 million children annually, who then become motherless and vulnerable. -- Girls younger than the age of 15 are five times more likely to die while giving birth than women who are in their twenties. Likewise, infants are 60% more likely to die in their first year of life with a mother who is younger than age 18. Family planning addresses this issue by allowing young girls to delay pregnancy until they are physically developed enough to give birth in a healthy manner. -- Turning a blind eye to the effects of misguided birth-control policies is not a loving response. Tacitly promoting use of more than one’s share of our world’s resources is not ethical. -- We have been fruitful and multiplied to the point where we no longer fill the sea (as Genesis 1:22 admonished us to do) but deplete it. Now we must “interpret the present time,” judge for ourselves “what is right” (Luke 13:54-57) with resource efficiency evaluation, and become better stewards of God’s earth. (1 Peter 4:10) -- Meeting the need for family planning reduces unintended pregnancies. This, in turn, lowers the cost of providing women with maternal and newborn care by $5.1 billion. -- Therefore, we implore you and your new Pope to approve artificial birth control as a gift from God while also requesting parishioners to limit the number of children they have. Also, please commit to educating women in your parishes to at least the eighth grade level and educating both genders concerning the over-population issue. It’s one of the things you can do to limit over-population.

Far too many Kansans don't have health insurance. Already, seven Republican governors have agreed to accept the funds. Right now Governor Brownback and the Kansas Legislature are threatening to give up federal funds that would cover more hard-working Kansans. Currently, KanCare (Medicaid) eligibility in Kansas is one of the lowest in the country – roughly 32% of the federal poverty level (less than $6,000 a year for a family of 4). The state of Kansas can raise its KanCare eligibility threshold to 133% of the federal poverty level (a little less than $31,000 a year for a family of 4) and federal funds will cover 100% of the cost for those newly eligible Kansans who enroll. After the first three years, the proportion of federal dollars would be incrementally reduced to 90 percent. Kansas would never pay more than ten percent for this huge benefit to our state. It is estimated that if Kansas accepts federal funds and extends KanCare to more Kansans, more than 100,000 would enroll. Most of these Kansans are currently uninsured. Hospitals receive federal funding to compensate for the care that they provide to uninsured Kansans. A portion of that federal funding will be phased out over time. If Kansas does not accept federal funds to extend KanCare to more uninsured Kansans, hospitals will have to cover the shortfall themselves. Moreover, if the state does not accept these federal funds, many Kansans will have no other affordable health insurance option available to them. These Kansans cannot afford health coverage in the private market and under current eligibility guidelines in Kansas they aren’t currently eligible for KanCare. Without affordable health insurance options, many hard-working, low-income Kansans and their families are falling through the cracks. They do not receive the medical care they need, and they cannot access the preventive care necessary to catch illness before it worsens. This leads to more expensive treatment, amputation, and even early death. The health, well-being, and quality of life of these uninsured and underinsured Kansans matter. Their inability to access the health care they need affects all of us - our communities, workforce and families.

Steven Brill has laid out, in the March 6 issue of Time Magazine, a comprehensive and compelling case for further healthcare reform. No one can oppose these sensible reforms without responding to the case made here so authoritatively.

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How much could we cut back on our spending if we no longer paid for all congress to keep their salaries and healthcare after they retire. If the middle class can pay health care and expected to save for retirement shouldnt congress and senators? How crazy is this?

Over 5000 jobs @ stake... Got to be another way

Student Loan Debt should be forgiven if someone can prove they have had an illness that lead to temporary disability lasting at least two years.

This is a petition supporting Representative Stratton's bill to provide common sense reforms to the Traffic Code and the Motor Carrier Safety Act. As Provo Mayor John Curtis has pointed out, towing companies, although necessary to prevent illegal parking, have established lucrative businesses that charge excessive prices. This bill is an important step to provide municipalities the ability to establish fair rules in our communities. Full Text of the Bill: http://le.utah.gov/~2013/bills/hbillint/hb0115s01.pdf

We all know the security at Sterling Alvarado is a very annoying and problematic issue; so lets do something to change that! I've been a resident at Sterling since day 1 and have experienced a lot of security (rent a cop) harassment throughout my time here. I want to make a change as well as many of the residents I've spoken with here. I filed many complaints to the office but of course that did not effect anything. I want to get everyone's signature so we can all make a change/adjustment of how the security over here should deal with certain complaints. We all pay rent here and this is after all an "off campus" apartment and I feel like I'm living in the dorms. We can make this happen!

Universities such as university of Phoenix are preying on people giving them false hope about what they can do for them.

Istraga o ratnim zlocinima na podrucju Gacka i okoline u razdoblju od 1992-1995, vracanje imovine, zaustavljanje poreza dok se neopbjezbedi siguran povratak u Gacko, formiranje vlade sva tri identiteta, priznanje Bosne i Hercegovine kao cjelovite drzave sa jednakim pravima svih nacionalnosti i narodnosti, formiranje komisije za ljudska prava.