Paul Ryan used the Mahoning County St. Vincent de Paul Society soup kitchen for an unauthorized publicity stunt. Now, the soup kitchen is facing a backlash, because of Ryan's stunt, in the way of their donors saying they will no longer donate to the charity.

I live in Ohio and resent the fact that he'd exploit homeless folks in our state for cheap political gain. Its not fair to them, our state or the St. Vincent de Paul Society for his shenanigans. He should be ashamed. I have had relatives who were homeless, and I have received food from a food bank once. Good people go there who don't need phony's using their pain to get elected.

Mitt Romney has failed time and time again to mention our Veterans. At this point, it is obvious that is a conscious decision. He has not mentioned his stand on veteran's programs. Veterans Health Care is big budget socialized medicine, is this the cut that he is going to use to balance his budget. I believe that he and Ryan plan to voucherize Veterans Health Care and that is why they are not interested in Veterans they see them as part of the 47% that are on the dole. Force Romney to state his position on Veterans Health Care and the budget. This could be a deal breaker for Veterans and that is why he avoids it.

It's clear that we've got to amend the U.S. Constitution to overrule the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision. But most of the amendments in play in Congress deal only with the problem of money in politics (see http://FreeSpeechForPeople.org/node/441 ). That's important, but we have to go deeper too: Citizens United also said corporations have constitutional rights, like free speech, as if they were people. This gives corporations the power to get the courts to throw out all kinds of laws they don't like - including food labeling, health, environmental, and civil rights laws as well as laws on money in politics. We need an amendment that makes it clear that people, not corporations, are in charge of America. The People's Rights Amendment, H.J. Res 88, does this (see http://PeoplesRightsAmendment.org ). It has extensive bipartisan support in the House but has not yet been introduced in the Senate. That's why we need your help. Please sign on, then spread the word. Thanks, from the whole team at: http://FreeSpeechForPeople.org

We are a group of students working to ban the sale of bottled water on the Clark Univeristy campus. -Bottled water creates unnecessary waste; 86% of bottled water ends up in landfills. - Bottled water is typically more than a thousand times more expensive than tapped water. - The PET plastic used to produce bottled water is produced using the chemical benzene which is correlated with the development and other health problems. Please sign the following petition to show your support and make a difference on our campus. Thank you

From the moment Walmart announced plans to open a grocery store in Chinatown, that community has been clear. They don’t want the retail giant’s poverty-wage jobs, nor do they want to see the destruction of Chinatown’s small businesses and unique neighborhood character. But Walmart won’t take no for an answer. So now it’s up to the City Council – and to us. Ten councilmembers already have pledged their support for an emergency law to stop Walmart and other chains from locating in Chinatown. We need two more votes to prevent Walmart from moving ahead. Please tell City Councilmembers Tony Cardenas and Joe Buscaino to vote YES on the Chinatown Interim Control Ordinance.

In a true democracy everyone's vote should count equally. the whole system is broken, which becomes especially apparent when someone who has lost the popular vote can still "win" the election. The electoral college is an antiquated system that needs to be eliminated. Everyone should feel equally empowered, by their right to vote.

Undocumented youth in Arizona have tried it all. Went to his congressional office, to his Tucson headquarters and even invited him to a town hall meeting to address immigration, but he refuses to do so! He even went on Prensa Hispana (a Spanish newspaper) saying he does support the DREAM Act. Ask Jeff Flake to stop ignoring us and tell the truth on how he voted no on the bill in 2010.

billboards in south Florida " friends don't let friends nuke friends" I've seen several billboards in my area that is disturbing to say the least

Military supply companies in the USA are making a fortune selling heavy weapons to both our allies and to our enemies overseas. Guns and bombs made in America are killing our own soldiers. It should be against the law for the tax-supported American defense industry to sell weapons to a foreign country without federal authorization.

As a career firefighter in the State of Illinois, I have paid into my pension fund without ever missing a payment. State Government Officials have historically allowed State and Municipal employers (my boss) the right to ignore their responsibility to provide adequate funding contributions into State/Municipal pensions, resulting in an 83 BILLION DOLLAR PENSION SHORTFALL. There is talk of A POSSIBLE FEDERAL BAILOUT after the election for Illinois. EVERY US CITIZEN should SignOn to this Petition to tell Gov. Pat Quinn: SOLVE YOUR OWN FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. My State can't afford to clean up the mess that your State caused!

Congressman “Doc” Hastings introduced legislation that would stop river restoration in communities nationwide, hurt local economies, and strip away wildlife protections all to benefit a handful of special interests. This “Dangerous Dams Protection Act” would do sweeping damage to rivers across the country. It would: * Harm rivers and wildlife and threaten public safety by prohibiting federal funds to be used to remove or study the removal of any hydropower dam - even unsafe dams that the dam owner and the local community want to remove. * Slow job growth and hurt businesses by bringing river restoration to a screeching halt and stopping growth in commercial and recreational fishing. * Create an expensive new subsidy that would not only allow private groups to build new dams, whether or not they are in the public interest, but taxpayers would have to reimburse the full cost. This irresponsible bill could be up for debate this month. Will you tell your Representative to oppose this destructive vision for rivers and hydropower – one that is at odds with mainstream thinking about hydropower policy?