Handicapped children of divorce are punished twice.

As a member of my local land trust, I have seen properties of significant conservation values turn into huge housing developments for lack of funds to preserve them.

Have the politicians have to follow the same laws as the rest of the citizens.

The new House calendar for the 113th Congress was released on Friday, and if you thought the 112th Congress was unproductive—just wait, the 113th Congress is scheduled to work only 126 days in 2013. We elected our representatives to work on our behalf not take vacation two thirds of the year.

Last year the US government disbursed $10.6-billion in Parent PLUS loans to just under a million families. The interest rate is 7.9%.

If a deal is not reached before Dec. 31, the Bush tax cuts will expire for everyone, and severe cuts to vital programs will occur. It's important that only the Bush tax cuts for the top 2% end, and that Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are protected from benefit cuts. As a key player in the current fiscal talks in Washington, D.C. we are demanding that Illinois Senator Dick Durbin protect these programs and insist the wealthy pay their fair share.

We all have to live within our means and make budgets to pay our bills for our homes, utilities and borrowing to buy a car. As elected officials many decisions in the past were make to borrow money for bailing out wall street and wars that were not paid. It time to do your job and figure out a way to pay the country's bill. Just like I cannot walk away from my mortgage, car bill and VISA, you need to do the same and pay the country's bills. To me it is that simple.

Wouldn't you have loved to have voted for Bill Clinton?

The time to make a decision and vote on a fiscal deal is fast approaching. We must take this opportunity to end the Bush tax cuts for the top 2%. At the same time, we must protect Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits from any cuts.

If my father had not come to the United States I would not be here. He was a migrant/immigrant. He traveled with the crops and made enough money to keep his family, clothed, housed and schooled as well as churched.

I want Senator Jim Webb of Virginia and Ms. Trudy Rubin of the Phhiladelphia Inquirer for Secretary of State-- it's too big a job for one person-- they have to run around to every crisis in the world etc.-- and Ms. rubin really really knows what goes on in the Middle East --whichis such a big problem today-- and Senator Webb knows what goes on in the world from times immemorable-- like about Haddrian's Wall and about why the whites in Appelachia are POOR-- because the Plantation owners didn't hire them --because they had the cheap labor of the enslaved Blacks for sevefral hundred years etc.etc-- Senator Jim Webb knows all this-- and Trudy Rubin knows the Middle East -- and they both know enought to consult Huntsman about China-- ms. Susan Rice may be good for Secy. Of Statre-- but I just really know nothing about her-- and I think the Republicans are almost "forcing " O'Bama into having to support her-- with their rediculous objections-- but it realy is a matter that we all should be looking into -- in a way-- as much as I trust O'Bama's judgement-- and I certainly do-- But Secy of State is such an important job-- and prob ably more than one person is really needed for it-- I want to tell the President to consider a combination of Senator Jim Webb and Ms. Trudy Rubin -- a DUET-- for Secretary of State-- unless her realreally knows for sure that Susan Rice is perfect and isn't just being forced to defend her against these insane Republican attacks.

"Murdoch has long eyed the LA Times (and Chicago Tribune), the paper reported. But any attempt by the media mogul to go after the two newspapers would have to get approval from regulators." - Reuters - Sat Oct 20, 2012