making the Child Support System, Hold Dead Beat Parents accountable for their Children, Stop letting them run the System

In a last-minute directive issued Friday night that could disenfranchise thousands of Ohioans and tip the outcome of the election, Republican Secretary of State Jon Husted changed requirements for submitting provisional ballots on Election Day. The directive requires voters, not election officials, to fill out a confusing form listing the type of ID they provided to vote. This new directive is a clear violation of Ohio law and puts even more votes at risk of not being counted. Secretary Husted has also instructed election officials to not count ballots where that part of the form has not been correctly filled out by the voter.

“The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection produces incomplete lab reports and uses them to dismiss complaints that Marcellus Shale gas development operations have contaminated residential water supplies and made people sick, according to court documents.” When I read this opening sentence in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette I almost fell out of my chair. This seemed like something from a bad movie from the 1980’s about how the big bad corporate lobbyists have influenced government watchdogs by contributing millions to the state’s governor. But it’s not a movie. It’s happening now. Gov. Corbett received $1.3 million from drilling interests in his campaign for governor. He also received another $6 million from organizations affiliated with the drillers. And in return the drillers received a Department of Environmental Protection that may be routinely falsifying reports to homeowners who ask for their water to be tested. When homeowners suspect that their water has been contaminated by drilling in their area, they can ask the DEP to check for metals, organic material and volatile organic compounds (VOC). Depositions of two DEP employees allege that the DEP tests for all contaminants, but omits some of the most dangerous contaminants in their reports to the homeowners. According to the Post-Gazette, “The omissions include heavy metals, including lithium, cobalt, chromium, boron and titanium, some of which are human carcinogens or toxics, as well as volatile organic compounds that are associated with hydraulic fracturing fluids.” If it is true, then it is criminal. Everyone involved should go to jail for putting Pennsylvania’s families at risk. State Representative Jesse White (D, Allegheny, Beaver, Washington) has called for an investigation for “alleged misconduct and fraud.” We agree. PA’s enforcement agencies are too tightly controlled by Tom Corbett to conduct an independent investigation. So we’re calling on U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate whether these allegations are true, and if so, to find out who ordered reports that mislead the public and put us all at risk of cancer by hiding the contamination of our water and air.

All too of ten political candidates BUY their positions. This is not the American way. A candidate should only receive support fron an individual that could vote for that candidate. The present presidential election is spending many millions of dollars given by big business, labor unions, super funds, this should not be allowed.

I have watched during the past 40 years as the Republicans have used their influence to tilt the playing field toward the upper 1% and it has worked. It is time to realize that it is immoral to vote Republican when the future of our planet is riding on this next election. It is immoral to put more power into the hands of the very wealthy and it is immoral to expect the 99% to pay for the mistakes and risk taking of the 1%.

I'm a NJ resident without gas because of Hurricane Sandy. The lines for gas are miles long in NJ and NY. It is time for BIG OIL to have the backs of their neighbors in NJ and NY to get us through this diaster. Additionally, Big Oil should pay for generators at every gas station to keep gas flowing during a crisis.

Many people are concerned about the effects of hydraulic fracturing on water supplies and the water table in the geographic areas where fracturing is conducted. Executives and PR folks and captive scientists of those companies doing "fracking" insist that it is harmless. They should prove it by consuming exclusively the same water that the people where they conduct their operations are forced to consume. If it's safe, they won't mind. If they object, we can ask why. If they won't say, deny the permit. If they won't do it, or stop doing it, or evade the requirement, suspend the permit immediately. Problem solved.

Since approved by Pres. Bill Clinton, N.A.F.T.A. and other trade agreements have cost America millions of good paying manufacturing jobs.

Politicians and every one in Authority should be held at a higher standard. God tells us in His Word to RESPECT those in AUTHORITY, therefore, they need to be held accountable for the lies that they tell. The lies that they tell can and often do affect people less fortunate.

Politicians and every one in Authority should be held at a higher standard. God tells us in His Word to RESPECT those in AUTHORITY, therefore, the need to be held accountable for the lies that they tell. The lies that they tell can often be a life and death situation for someone less fortunate.

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy and its aftermath, many voters will find it challenging or impossible to get to the polls on Tuesday.

As a consequence to the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy, not everyone who is eligible to vote on Tuesday is going to be able to vote. This is an urgent matter to be addressed immediately -- before it is too late. We are affected as individuals, families and members of communities which have all been affected by the hurricane. It is likely that residents of areas that are without power will not have power back before Tuesday and therefore, will not be able to cast their ballots. Many are not in their homes and are not in proximity to their voting stations. In addition, it is likely that polling stations are not fully functional as a result of the devastation to many places along the Eastern Seaboard. Moreover, at this point in time, many people do not have enough gasoline to drive to the polling stations. It is imperative that everyone have an equal opportunity to vote. With lives as compromised as they are now, alternative arrangements must be made for those who are not able to vote on Tuesday.