We are trying to impose/prop up a corrupt government

Our education system in Iowa is perhaps our greatest strength, and much of it comes from teachers from K-12 and in higher education. They are among the best in the country. I know, because I am a proud college professor, who teaches online for nearly every community college in Iowa. Every semester, my classes are full, and it's because I work hard to present and teach the most robust, learning friendly courses possible. And I mean I work hard and I work for the benefit of my students to be their solution to receiving a meaningful education. As a result, they do, and when they go to work in Iowa, they are armed with knowledge and skills I have helped them attain to better our fine state. Teachers are not the problem; they are the solution!

In states that are far left or right all the votes cast will go to elect the president of the majority party regardless of the votes of the minority. The Electoral College should be replaced by a popular vote election or at least by a percentage vote whereas the delegates of the state are awarded according to the percentage of votes casts for each candidate.

The Rainey Street area has blossomed into a hip place to be and there is lots of pedestrian traffic since no place has enough parking. But if the City of Austin doesn't act fast there could be some traffic fatalities if they don't provide a sidewalk for the walking traffic on Rainey Street.

All online services (cell phones, Netflix, gaming, etc.) are changing their terms so that if you have any legal issues with them, you can't sue in court, with a jury, and especially no class-action lawsuits. Gaming has always been a huge part of my life, but if I agree to this, they could basically do whatever they want and I'm essentially defenseless. I'm calling on anyone with the power to do so to stop this practice.

No one has been able to explain to me why young men and women serve in the U.S. Military for 20 years, risking their lives protecting freedom, and only get 50% of their pay on retirement, while Politicians hold their political positions in the safe confines of the capital, protected by these same men and women,and receive full-pay retirement after serving one term. This is NOT social equity; it is the fox running the hen house and it has to be be stopped.

Some elected Arkansas officials wish to introduce legislation requiring voters to present certain official forms of identification, which many senior and economically-challenged citizens do not possess. This effort is similar to that recently enacted in Pennsylvania (and found unconstitutional in our neighboring Texas). Our legislature should not impose additional requirements on Arkansans exercising their constitutional right to vote.

In Aug. 2010 a repeatedly battered woman named Marissa Alexander - in "Stand Your Ground" Florida - after being threatened with one more beating went out to her car, got a licensed firearm and ONLY FIRED A WARNING SHOT at her attacker, thus saving herself from another beating. AND SHE WAS SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS for nothing but SELF-DEFENSE, every American's Constitutional right! Prosecutor, Angela Correy, wanted her to plead guilty and get a 3 year sentence. Mrs. Alexander insisted she did nothing wrong or illegal. The judge decided SHE DIDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO "STAND YOUR GROUND" and decided a crime had been committed. This is an OUTRAGE. Nobody, especially a non-offender with NO CRIMINAL BACKGROUND, should be victimized even worse and sentenced to more time than repeat offenders! A total of 9 prosecutors stood against Mrs. Alexander's lone attorney, a jury came back in 12 MINUTES with a guilty verdict. This is judicial and prosecutorial misconduct worse than "Kangaroo Court" lore. She needs to be freed NOW, and her judge and prosecutors disciplined for giving NO rights to this battered woman. Don't forget, a woman was allowed to torch her husband hours after a bad beating. Not only was she NOT found guilty, a TV movie and best-selling book came out about it! Call what she did "Battered Woman's Syndrome" if you like - BUT RELEASE MARISSA ALEXANDER from this greatly unjust, unfair, UNREASONABLE prison sentence!

Petition To Get Equal Rights For Married Gay & Lesbian Military Couples

While I live in the safe Democratic state of California, the voter I.D. laws are designed to stop likely Democratic voters from the polls. It's downright wrong and is unconstitutional since a person born in the US is an automatic citizen.

Arkansas State Representative Bryan King is leading the charge to make an end run around the Voting Rights Act. I have never heard of a single case of voter fraud in the state of Arkansas. And I have never had to show an ID to vote. I know my poll workers—they're my neighbors and friends, and they know me. So why try to create these laws now? Rep. King wants to bring polarizing partisan politics to Arkansas. He wants to attack the Democratic base here in our state to further his party's oppressive attack on the middle class and poor. That isn't Arkansas. Let's tell Rep. King, "Not in our state!"

Every year our schools have to endure cut backs like physical education, music, art, and foreign languages. My children's schools no longer require Physical Education throughout their school years where PE was required through every year that I went to school, from kindergarten to my senior year in high school. Tell the President that our country would be far safer with educated children than with massive amounts of weapons and deploying our soldiers to kill other people.