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.

People lost over 30% of their retirement savings during the economic downturn, which disproportionately affected those nearing retirement. This has caused many people in their 50's and 60's to delay retirement, thereby not freeing up jobs for younger people. We believe that a tax waiver for the first $60,000 of retirement investments (IRA'S, 401K's) per year will result in greater economic security for retirees, and open up additional jobs.

Food safety in China that affect over one billion people.

We want this chanted and asked for everywhere and by everyone, most importantly at the first presidential debate. For every job we have applied for we reluctantly but proudly agree to the full disclosure of an invasive background check and drug testing, (for example, during the Olympics, screening for performance enhancement, advantage giving, cheating drugs) Our group of Republicans, Democrats and Independents find it ironic that the former head of the Olympics and a self proclaimed "Business man" doesn't get this principle of fairness and "informed" choices as it applies to him.