More and more Americans are having serious trouble affording a college education every day, while more and more college professors are finding students woefully unprepared on basic academic and life skills, and while many employers are discounting applicants without a college education and often still complaining that people fresh from college don't have the skills they need. All of these stresses could be lessened by enhancing our current K-12 programs, including teaching students important job skills that can easily be learned by experience. Give high school grads a fighting chance in the job market by allowing them to graduate with real world experience and skills that prepare them to begin working in a trade as soon as they graduate.

Getting honest news, without political bias. We have an agency to monitor the media. It is entitled the Federal Communication Commission. Let's give them the power and the obligation to insist that anything labeled as news be just that. News. Not opinion, not lies, and not speculation. In order to empower a populace that populace must have the facts.

Reform the Legislative Branch through certain constitutional laws that would punish any of them that broke thses laws.

Wells Fargo evicted a man in kidney failure last week from his home of over 14 years instead of working with his family to come to an acceptable loan modification. Now another home sits empty while this hardworking family of 3 who has already dealt with so much due to illness have to go rebuild their lives. Its just not right.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Desmond Tutu has called on the International Criminal Court to prosecute George W. Bush and Tony Blair for war crimes, for their actions in precipitating the Iraq war. The Iraq war "has destabilized and polarized the world to a greater extent than any other conflict in history," wrote Tutu, "Those responsible for this suffering and loss of life should be treading the same path as some of their African and Asian peers who have been made to answer for their actions in the Hague.

Voter Supression

The GOP wants you to believe that President Obama's efforts over the last four years have somehow hurt the country - when the fact is, he saved the auto industry, implemented healthcare reform, made it easier for women to make equal pay, saved us from an international terrorist and ended a war that was started for all the wrong reasons. We need to get the message out loud and clear - WE ARE BETTER OFF, and we're not going back to the policies and practices that took us so close to the bring in the first place! Add YOUR name to the list!

Modern communication has made the Electoral Colege Obsolete and ripe for corruption. One person equals one vote.

Congress needs to have term limits, and work for We the People

The hardships anf hurdles being forced upon voters in some states is against federal guidelines and laws. It is another attempt to dismantle rights of Americans for political gain. Using homeland security bill if neccessary, have the President stop all rules that infringe upon voters rights before this election . After the election with a reasonable period of time both houses of congress can work on a proper bill, if needed. This is a matter of national security and the states may not fool with our nations voters rights.

While the government insists that cannibis needs to remain a Schedule1 drug, it simultaneously holds patent #6,630,507 which clearly outlines all the medical benefits of the herb. The people deserve an explanation regarding these contradicting stances.

Mandate that Special Hiring Coordinators, charged with achieving President Obama's 7% goal of the percentage of disabled employees in the federal workforce, actually submit the resumes of the disabled for positions PRE-PUBLICATION as recommended by OPM guidelines. Currently, these coordinators refer disabled candidates to USA.jobs to compete with able bodied, and current federal employees. Despite 25 years of solid IT experience, I have applied for over 100 federal jobs and have not received ONE interview. I am Schedule A disabled. Despite over 20 years of solid experience and a graduate degree, and over 100 federal applications, my wife has received MANY "referred but not selected" notices. She is Schedule A disabled. Selective Hiring Coordinators should present the resumes of the disabled as recommended by the OPM. You can't maintain a vibrant federal workforce with the best and brightest from diverse applicants, without allowing experienced people a fair chance.