There are currently around 17,000 nuclear warheads in the world that can be converted into electrical energy. Given that there is an energy shortage and an overabundance of weapons, why don't we balance the equation?

Car Dealers often sell cars to unsuspecting consumers telling them that they have been approved for financing and the deal is final, when in reality to deal is not final and financing is not approved. These same dealers then sell the trade in and refuse to refund down payments. This conduct should not be allowed.

A recent article in The New York Times (http://tinyurl.com/nytimes-amgen) reported on a provision that was tucked into the “fiscal cliff” deal exempts a specific class of drugs from government controls for two years. That exemption will cost Medicare, YOU, nearly $500 million. Ironically, the deal was introduce by Senators McConnell, Baucus, and Hatch, known for their desire to reduce government spending, are known to have received campaign funding from Amgen through its political action committee. Amgen is the same company that had pleaded guilty to marketing an anti-anemia drug illegally and agreed to pay criminal and civil penalties of $762 million, a record settlement for a biotechnology company. The one-paragraph bill was introduced by Peter Welch (D-VT) (http://tinyurl.com/welchbill) and is co-sponsored by Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.), Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.), and Bruce Braley (D-Iowa).

Please increase funding levels for tested housing programs administered by the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency

There are countless horror stories. Mine is that I unknowingly purchased a home in a "Limited District" (most people have no idea what it is - I didn't, nor do most officials I've raised the issue with, yet they are spreading). I did not receive the statutorily required Notice To Purchaser, or the restrictions, in the contract (is the contract valid, is a buyer bound to participate?) - I would not have bought it. I now pay extra (double) taxes to fund duplicated services already paid for through City taxes, under the premise of "maintinaing pool and parks". I clearly stated upfront I did not want to live where any small group sought to exert power with fear, and homeowners paying for the abuse. I had naively lived in an HOA, saw the entrenchment, misues inflicted, fear mongering propaganda, and moved to get away from it with no intention of ever living in any such contrivance again. It was a extremely traumatic when I was sued, after 3 months of work reinvesting in conservation projects on my new home and participating in the City Landscape Conversion program, for not "getting permission" for a landscape fence 3.5 feet past front of the house due to the existing sidewalk - it is beautiful, and homeowners like it. This, in contrast to years of ignoring pervasive violations is suspect, and discrimination with no good intent. Aging neighborhoods need redevelopment not obstruction and oppression. Instead of granting a variance for improvement, the regressive board via property management via the law firm was allowed to run up fees and walked away with 30k+ of homeowners money, zero value to homeowners - Who won?

To get legislation passed in Iowa to have strict laws against Puppy Mills. We would like them shut down & if that can't happen, then very tough inspections. We need to be their voice. The puppy mill breeders (they are not true breeders) are raking in $1M plus a year.

FACEBOOK Friending Policies violate users rights to free association. FACEBOOK punishes users for extending a hand in friendship to many people who would welcome the gesture. There is a simple solution to this -- let users adjust their settings as to whether they want to accept friend requests from previously unknown people, or friends of friends, or ducks, or whatever. As the de facto Social Networking Monopoly, FACEBOOK needs to reconsider its policies regarding user friending practices, to more closely resemble the real life practice of making friends.

Implementing the Affordable Care Act.

I am a teacher and a parent. I want to make future Newtown massacres less likely to happen.

This petition is to speak out and let our state officials know that we do not want Charter schools here in our state, but we want them to come up with more ways to help fund our public schools which are here now and serving our communities. I have two children in a district which has been taken over by the state. Although my children are honor roll students and could be accepted into one of these charter schools if one where to be opened in this area, that would not help the rest of our students who wouldn't be able to attend these schools. So where would that leave us as a whole community? Divided with no over all solution to a bigger problem.

My wife has been unable to work enough during her lifetime due to a medical problem, that the doctors I have had to pay ignore as a disability. I recently retired and can not afford to purchase healthcare insurance for her. Governor Scott will not implement Federal Law which is the only hope for getting her coverage.

The over payment of American tax payers for government services.