Speaker of the house John Boehner has done extremely little to nothing to cooperate with the American people or the President in helping it's citizens. He has shown himself to be incompetent and unwilling in this regard. I'd like to see him voted out of office.

Republican or Democrat doesn't matter. They need to be taught that they are representing ALL Americans. This affects each and every tax paying citizen in this country. I'm tired of these politicians trying to vote to get reelected and not what's important to us everyday folks. How about not spending more than we have and taking care of the the people that need help!

I am a public school teacher. I attempt to get children of poor families mental health services on a frequent basis. It is almost impossible due to the lack of services available in the community. The support for students with mental illness inside of schools has been cut due to the neglect of congress to fully fund IDEA and NCLB. As a nation and a community we need to confront this injustice. A different way to stop a mentally ill bad guy is to get him the help he needs before he does something horrible. This starts with funding the frontline of public education. With limited funds, why should the public subsidize the political contributions of the 1%?

Although right wing religious groups cry foul about religious freedom all of the time, they block true religious freedom. There are groups out there that don't have enough money to take on the big churches; Atheists, Independent Catholics, pagans and others. We demand True Religious Freedom, that is to allow all faith structures to have a voice.

If the average American worker refused to work diligently at doing their job - there would be no job. Members of Congress make well over $100,000 per year, have several paid members on their staff, and other "perks" for doing their job. However, since many are not doing the job that the American electorate clearly defined for them in November, they should take a cut to help relieve the deficit.

We talk about debt but never address what's really bankrupting America. We couldn't cut enough welfare programs to get out of debt so it's time to start talking about ending the unconstitutional murder being committed overseas as we spend more on that than everything else combined.

Columbus Day is a celebration of rape slavery and genocide. We need to remove Columbus day from the United States Federal Holidays.

Reporters should not have been allowed to interview those poor children in Newtown, CT. They were truly hounding them with questions. What we the people are suggesting is a way to protect children from over zealous reporters. No child should be allowed to have contact with a reporter with in 48 hours after such an event. This will allow time for reflection and recovery for the victims. We the people would like to state this petition isn't to limit the freedom of speech or the freedom of the press we hold so dearly. This petition is to protect its integrity, so as to not surrender our principles of right and wrong for personal gain.

Who was Toussaint Louverture? Would the United States of America have become the greatest power in the world without…? Toussaint Louverture was first this young, skinny, and shy slave, but with a dream to free his people; and he did! He would become the general-in-chief then the Governor General of the most important French colony in the Caribbean. He would say, NO to Napoleon's grandiose project to expand his empire to the American continent after being ceded the vast Louisiana Territories in October 1800. He defeated Napoleon who took the matter to the force of arms, forcing the latter to sell the Louisiana territory in 1803. Toussaint was viewed here as the indirect means of expansion of the United States 16 colonies to the West with the acquisition of the vast Louisiana Territory for only 15 million dollars, or four (4) cents an acre. It was the greatest land bargain in history. With the Louisiana Purchase deal, the United States had doubled its size. “Thus, all of Indian Territory, all of Kansas and Nebraska and Iowa and Wyoming and Montana and the Dakotas and most of Colorado and Minnesota and all of Washington and Oregon States, came to us as the indirect work of a despised negro. Praise, if you will, the work of a Robert Livingston or a Jefferson, but today let us not forget our debt to Toussaint Louverture...” Rev. Talmage De Witt wrote (Christian Herald, New York City, November 28, 1908.) More importantly, between 1796 and 1797, at Toussaint’s invitation the government of John Adams had joined Toussaint in a trade agreement with the British that would authorize the latter to trade in all Haiti’s ports and would also safeguard the US goods to reach Europe through Haiti (then the most important colony of France) thereby would help the American merchants to by-pass trade embargo by European powers against the United States. Such trade treaties were indeed vital to the American economy. To facilitate the trade with the French colony Haiti, the US treasury department had passed a law that allowed the use of the French currency in the United States. The late French President Francois Mitterrand said: “Toussaint Louverture was the symbol of freedom for not only blacks but for us all.” Despite all the glories Toussaint had remained a very humble man. In his speech dated August 1797, just a month before his nomination as the general-in-chief of the army, Toussaint Louverture declared: “I was born slave but nature gave me the soul of a free man. Every day I raised my hands in prayer to God to implore him to come to the aid of my brethren and to shed the light of mercy upon them.” In analyzing Toussaint’s remarkable character a certain psychic elevation to spirituality can also be noted, which in turn elevated him above all blacks, whites, or mulattos. This was the origin of his unconquerable power. "Toussaint Louverture, in the words of Dr Wesley- Smith, was one of the truest and noblest of his or any race. He was pure, when to be otherwise was no discredit; grateful when ingratitude was the rule, and self-sacrificing when individual aspiration seldom extended beyond self-interest. More than any other man he contributed to the honor and reputation of that division of mankind with which he was allied by blood and birth." The success of this petition will make the world a better place where people could live in greater harmony, love, and peace. PS: Please support this petition by clicking on the link above and purchasing a copy of this book, titled: “Toussaint Louverture: A Missing Hero from American History” written by Jacques A. Dorcely. Please contact Imperial Book Company at (631) 929-8424

Many CRPS/RSD patients are having to pay out of pocket for IV ketamine infusions or to go with out. Studies have shown that IV Ketamine does reduce the pain of most people with CRPS. Medicare covers it but Aetna states in it's policy that it will not cover IV Lidocaine or Ketamine, yet they will pay for spinal cord stimulators that are more expensive and less effective.

The time to Enact a federal and state-mandated sexual abuse and assault education to all elementary, middle, and high schools is now. Let us work together to create and implement nationwide the very best age appropriate curriculum for children, how to best educate all adults including parents, teachers, and administrators on sexual abuse prevention, warning signs, and how to proceed when a child reports sexual abuse!

We the American people need a Speaker of the House that is willing to work for the American people not his own personal agenda. We are all facing financial ruin if he doesn't get serious and fix the fiscal cliff.