Save lives, save on medical costs and be kind to animals.

On November 19, 2011 68 year old Kenneth Chamberlain Sr. was shot and killed by members of the White Plains Police Dept. He accidentally triggered his life aid pendant which he wore around his neck because he suffered from COPD and a mild heart condition. He had committed no crime. The entire incident is captured on audio. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5MSP48NH4U Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUwNHZr_nUM Part 2 When acting under color of law the City of White Plains and its elected officials have made it very clear through the lack of a criminal indictment in this case that it is ok to mock, taunt, use expletives and call a man a nigger before killing him and that the word NIGGER was used as a tactic to distract the victim.

Bike sheds are a convenient way to keep bikes safe. New York City should install more of them.

Some 1/3rd of all land is desert, and most of the 920 million people living in or near those deserts are on the "brink-of-starvation." A number of current conflicts were caused by hunger issues.

Even after America have spoken, it's obvious John Boehner still has a hidden agenda. He need to be investigated then removed from being the Speaker of the House because he is doing a terrible job. Even when he is losing support from his own party he still is showing how big of an ass he can be. Boehner is part of the good old boys club which have died years ago. He is not concerned by this country he has proven that again and again.

too much money wasted in trying to influence elections, total campaign spending from all sources should be no more than what the office salary is for one year.

The "fiscal cliff".

If the payroll tax is restored it will cost a typical worker about $1,000 a year, and two-earner family with six-figure incomes as much as $4,500.

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I am a Federal Government employee stationed in South Korea and have a military ID card so I can enter the bases, commissaries, and post exchanges, on the bases. My same-sex spouse has been denied an ID card even though "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" has been repealed. This means he can't shop on base to buy groceries and his personal needs at the PX. He must wait in the car while I stop. This is total discrimination toward spouses of gay employees.

When you work your whole life and pay into SS and Medicare and they are referred to as entitlements. Call it a Senior Retire Plan.

http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2012/IN/IN0347.1.html, senate bill 347 it is already in the works, however this is not enough it needs to be Decriminalized all together! "WE THE PEOPLE" just need to support it and stand behind it. Every one in this state that pays taxes is effected by these marijuana laws. Indiana would stand to make over 17,000,000 a year just on revenue see link below; http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/taxes_marijuana/table.html not to mention the money we would save on jury trail cases to try people for marijuana violations, cost to prosecute these cases, cost to pay to incarcerate people for pooss. and then you have the loss of revenue in sells taxes a year,17.8 million, and jobs that it would create to be grown and sold legally it would eliminate the black market and support legal causes as opposed to the criminal causes its profits support now. In 1988, Michael Aldrich and Tod Mikuriya published "Savings in California Marijuana Law Enforcement Costs Attributable to the Moscone Act of 1976" in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. The study estimated California saved almost one billion dollars in a twelve-year period between 1976 and 1988, as a result of the Moscone Act of 1976 that decriminalized cannabis. In 2003, the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) published "Economic Costs of Drug Abuse," which stated without separately analyzing cannabis related costs, the United States was spending $12.1 billion on law enforcement and court costs, and $16.9 billion in corrections costs, totaling $29 billion a year. In 2004, Scott Bates of the Boreal Economic Analysis & Research center prepared a study for Alaskans for Rights & Revenues entitled "The Economic Implications of Marijuana Legalization in Alaska." The study estimated the Alaskan government was spending $25–30 million per year enforcing cannabis prohibition laws. The study found if the purchase of cannabis were to be taxed as a legal commodity, tax revenues would increase by about $10–20 million per year, making $35–50 million per year in funds available to the state . In 2006, a study by Jon Gettman entitled "Marijuana Production in the United States" was published in The Bulletin of Cannabis Reform. The report states cannabis is the top cash crop in 12 states, is one of the top three cash crops in 30 states, and is one of the top five cash crops in 39 states. Gettman estimated the value of U.S. cannabis production at $35.8 billion, which is more than the combined value of corn and wheat. Furthermore, the report states according to federal estimates, eradication efforts have failed to prevent the spread of cannabis production, as cannabis production has increased tenfold in the past 25 years. In 2006, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime released the 2006 World Drug Report, which stated the North American cannabis market is estimated to be worth anywhere from $10 billion to $60 billion annually. That same study also indicated that the mountainous regions in Appalachia, and the rural areas of the West Coast are ideal for growing cannabis. Allowing farmers there to grow cannabis openly would both provide jobs and reduce the need for expensive federal welfare payments to those areas, which are disproportionately dependent on welfare. The Drug Enforcement Administration has reported that cannabis sales and trafficking support violent criminal gangs.Proponents of fully decriminalizing cannabis to allow the regulated cultivation and sale of cannabis, including Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, argue that fully decriminalizing cannabis would largely decrease financial gains earned by gangs in black market cannabis sales and trafficking. Health effects of cannabis The Lancet's 2007 comparison of substances' relative harm See also: Effects of cannabis Cannabis has been subject to many studies over the past century. Studies acknowledge that cannabis can in rare cases cause adverse reactions, but is generally safer than any commonly consumed drug such as Alcohol, Tobacco and pharmaceuticals. Psychopharmacologist David Nutt argues, though he is against full declassification, that the harm caused by cannabis is far less than that caused by alcohol or tobacco, which, if they were invented today "would be illegal. Reduction in prison overcrowding and strain on the Criminal Justice System Supporters of decriminalization argue that if cannabis was to be legalized it would reduce the amount of non violent offenders in prison making room for the incarceration of more violent offenders as well as easing the current strain that the large amount of cannabis possession cases have on the criminal justice system. They also propose that it would also save taxpayers the cost of incarceration for these non violent offenders. Success of progressive drug policies adopted in other countries Studies on decriminalization of Marijuana in Portugal have indicated it to be a "huge success". Drug use rates in Portugal were found to be dramatically lower than the United states with Decriminalization enacted. Teen use of Marijuana in the Netherlands where it is sold legally and openly is lower than in the United States. It is natural we want what we can not have, legalize it and it losses it seductive power of rebellion that most underage user are attracted to. Individual freedom Some people are in favor of decriminalization and legalization of marijuana simply for the moral stance that individuals freedom for property rights should be respected. This view is generally held in libertarian politics. This view is that regardless of any health effects of someones lifestyle choice if they are not directly harming anyone else or their property then they should be free to. Many people who support drug freedom policies may personally be strongly against drug use personally but still wants to protect the freedom of others to do so. lets not forget 12 U.S. presidents admittedly smoked or grew and smoked marijuana George ...