THIS PETITION IS ABOUT THE ILLEGAL ADOPTION OF JODY TRACY MAHONEY GRANDSON,CPS HAS TORN THIS FAMILY APART,AND JODY TRACY MAHONEY TRACY HAS NOT SEEN OR HEARD FROM HER GRANDSON IN MONTHS,THIS IS VERY WRONG,AND I KNOW JODY AND SHE LOVES HER GRANDSON AND WOULD NEVER EVER DO ANYTHING TO HARM HIM.THIS IS VERY MUCH SO A ILLEGAL ADOPTION HELP BRING HER GRANDSON HOME TO HER WHERE HE BELONGS,SIGN THE PETITION TODAY THANK YOU. DIANA LYNN WINKLE.

Inpatient psychiatric hospitalization and residential treatment are unnecessary for many children and adolescents with mental disorders. Help keep our children and youth in their homes by providing them with home-based and community-based interventions, which has been proven to be a more appropriate and less restrictive alternative.

Underwater homes are the "forgotten" piece of the housing debacle in Maryland and in this country. Lost equity, inability to sell the property, and paying on a mortgage that is basically worthless. It's time Congress addressed this issue.

We've all been personally affected by our bloated military budget and bloated military presence of the world

Stop supporting corporate greed and help support a law that eliminates huge corporations from causing such chaos! The day after we are thankful America goes crazy on a shopping rampage to get the best deals without any concern for others... I have been driving to work one "Black Friday" and people are so lost in the “deals” that I almost got ran off the road near a Walmart… People have died because of this and WE MUST STOP IT!!! If special events are required to have permits, so should these stores. If a church on Sunday has traffic control, so should these stores. If a concert requires portable toilets, so should these places. If there are more than 100 people in front of a store, there should be security. HELP AMERICA REMEMBER THAT A HUMANS LIFE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN A TV OR ANY PRODUCT OUT THERE!!!!

Please sign our petition on the White House's website to get the US out of the #WTO http://wh.gov/Xq8e

Get the money out of politics; this will clean corruption out of our government.

We should "Nation Build" through economic means, not through sacrificing the lives of our Military Might.

The past few weeks have been deeply trying ones for New Yorkers, with scores of lives and thousands of homes lost. The storm exposed not only our vulnerability as a city, but widespread inequality as well. Wall Street reopened one day after the storm, but many in public housing waited three weeks for heat, and many others remain without adequate shelter. But we’ve also seen extraordinary acts of generosity and courage, as people have come together to provide food, blankets, money, helping hands, comfort, and hope on an incredible scale. As we turn from relief to recovery, we face a stark choice. Will we simply rebuild what was there before – a city riven by inequality and poverty, vulnerable to climate change, with government decisions too often driven by corporate interests rather than the public interest? Or will we build on the remarkable spirit of organized compassion we’ve seen – to try to create a city where everyone is protected, and no one is homeless? Will we rebuild two cities, or one? Mayor Bloomberg should make this a recovery that genuinely works for everyone. Let’s rebuild by creating forward-thinking infrastructure and good jobs, while including residents in the decisions about the future of their communities. After Hurricane Katrina, rebuilding policies focused on corporate tax breaks rather than public housing. Here in New York, the 9/11 recovery ensured a resurgent Wall Street, but created a Lower Manhattan that was even less affordable for most New Yorkers. We must invest significant public resources to rebuild our city and create the sustainable infrastructure we need. While we do that, we must also insure genuine economic opportunities, affordable housing, a healthier and safer city for everyone. Let’s reject a trickle-down recovery. Mayor Bloomberg should invest in New Yorkers and their neighborhoods, so New York City’s recovery creates a more sustainable, equal, and democratic New York. • A more sustainable recovery will invest in infrastructure we needed long before Sandy - like neighborhoods and environmental systems that are sustainable in the long term and help protect New York from extreme weather. We need to focus on preventing climate change by expanding our mass transit system, promoting energy efficiency and green buildings, and accelerating regional alternative energy projects like solar, tidal power and wind farms. • A more equal recovery will create good jobs for those impacted by the storm. Let’s make sure that publicly-funded rebuilding jobs go to low-income communities, and pay workers enough to lift them out of poverty. And let’s not just rehouse people made homeless by the hurricane – but also the 46,000 people who were in NYC homeless shelters before Sandy. • A more democratic recovery will empower regular New Yorkers – especially those in hard-hit communities – to help envision the city we rebuild, so that rebuilding creates stronger neighborhoods and doesn’t concentrate risks in low-income communities. We should strengthen the community organizations that were first on the ground in Hurricane Sandy’s hardest-hit neighborhoods, giving them a central role in rebuilding their neighborhoods and setting them up to be even stronger in the next crisis. Hurricane Sandy can be an opportunity, to rebuild a more sustainable, more equal, more democratic New York City.

Palestinian death toll in Gaza reaches 100: Health Ministry On his Facebook page, a ministry spokesman said the Palestinian dead included 24 children and 10 women. The soldiers from 'The Outpost' tell their story [Israel says prefers diplomacy but ready to invade Gaza] - Reuters via Yahoo! News - 24 minutes agoGAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel bombed dozens of targets in the Gaza Strip on Monday and said that while it was prepared to step up its offensive by sending in... full story Gaza assault raises anger in changed Arab world - Reuters via Yahoo! News - 2 minutes ago Tears breed defiance at funeral for Gaza family - Reuters via Imported or homemade, Gaza's rocket arsenals bedevil Israel - Reuters via Yahoo! News - 2 hours ago more Gaza news...

Encourage Chevron/Standard Oil to update their Richmond refinery for safety and health of their neighbors and their employees.

The election of 2012 in Ohio will be remembered for one thing: the arrogant and unbridled efforts of the Republican Party, led by Ohio Secretary of State John Husted, to suppress the voting -- and the constitutional rights -- of the proven majority of the Ohio Citizens. From the appalling gerrymandering of congressional districts to the reduction in early voting opportunities, from "accidentally" removing thousands of qualified voters from eligibility to the last minute rule changes for provisional ballots, Husted -- along with Governor John Kasich and the Republican dominated Statehouse -- has proven time and time again that he could care less about his sworn commitment to serve and protect the rights of ALL Ohioans; all under the guise of "combating fraud," a complete fabrication to justify his crimes. The very day after the election, did Husted realize that his unsuccessful and unconstitutional efforts to force Ohio to throw its electoral votes to the Republicans was misguided? No. He actually said that Ohio and Ohioans HAVE TOO MUCH INFLUENCE in electing the President. He now plans legislation, eagerly awaited by Governor Kaisch and the Tea Party Statehouse to change the way our electoral votes are allocated. Instead of listening to what the majority of Ohioans voted for, and allocating all our electoral votes to the winning candidate as we have done throughout history, he wants to divide them up between the candidates piece meal. As with gerrymandering, Husted and Kasich plan to advance the Republican national agenda with a strategy of divide in order to conquer. This petition may not effect Husted's ability to stay in office, but, with enough OHIO VOTER signatures, it can certainly put a public spotlight on how he, Governor Kasich and the Statehouse Republicans are actively taking steps to unconstitutionally gut the voting rights of the majority of Ohio Citizens. That alone may be enough scrutiny that the Ohio media will undertake a much-needed, public investigation of this travesty and stop these unAmerican efforts. Please sign and share this. BUT PLEASE, ONLY IF YOU ARE A RESIDENT OF THE STATE OF OHIO. The media is not doing its job, and Husted, Governor Kasich and the Republican Party have such a stranglehold on state government at the moment that their arrogant and sneaky efforts will never be stop unless THE PEOPLE TAKE ACTION!!!!! Please Sign NOW!