I believe the necessity of presidential candidates ( and all elected officials ) to immediately begin raising funds and courting the moneyed interests for support for reelection inhibits, if not paralyzes, their ability to perform the duties for which they were elected.

I had a stroke at age 35 & decided to end my Toxic 16 yr marriage. During my quest to secure affordable housing in union/essex counties I discovered a large # of waiting lists at senior housing buildings,why? Most lists have years long waiting periods like the Summit senior building list is 6 yrs long. Persons like myself collecting Social Security disability are not eligible for TRA or TANF. Persons with disabilities basically are waiting for seniors to pass away in order to get affordable housing.

Foreclosure is rapidly becoming a major factor in the decay of the family foundation.

Congress is required by law and statute to tell the truth, and many times it appears that they do not tell the truth, and nothing adverse ever happens to them when they tell obvious lies.

This petition is about reversing the media consolidation by implementing limitations on the number of TV, radio, and print news mediums a person or corporation can control in a local media market.

The President can focus on the job, not on spend two-three years out of the current four running for a second term. Four years is no longer enough time to get done what needs to get done in government. It will make it more difficult for the opposing party to block every policy for seven years and force them to work together. This is the best place to start government reform.

Bain (Romney) is currently dismantling a **profitable** US auto parts company and sending it to China, forcing US employees to train their replacements. They bought it with borrowed money, extracted all the wealth they could, then shipped the jobs overseas. We have recently heard about 'legitimate rape.' This is the legitimate pillage of America. Does the 0.01% have to make their money these days by selling out the other 99.99%? How is this legal?

I believe that all these commercials showing people partying and drinking, makes it look attractive to young people! It is a drug and should not be shown in commercials at all! It should have warning labels on it, just like cigarettes. How many people do we have sick and dying from alcohol addiction in this country? Why do people not sue the alcohol companies for wrongful death?

Time to end the gravy train of elected officials in Washington. "Career politicians" only care about their careers; are totally out of touch with their constituents. It's time they join mainstream America in our day to day worries about employment, social security and health care. Change the law so we will finally have politicians who are "in it" to serve, not be served!!!

This petition is about the millions of dogs that are killed every year in America due to the greed and inhumanity of Puppy Mill owners and the continued indifference and inaction of the AKC. Puppy Mills are breeding factories where AKC registered dogs are kept in inhumane situations, forced to breed relentlessly with little to no veterinary care and whose offspring are often sick physically and challenged mentally. Please increase the pressure on AKC to revoke their certifications of all other dogs than those that are bred in private homes and who live as companion animals/pets.

In 2007, after 23 years of saving lives as an EMT with the D.C. Fire Department, I suffered a career ending back injury while on the job. During recovery I got behind on the mortgage for my home in Southeast D.C. My lender, JP Morgan Chase, moved quickly to foreclosure, auctioning my home off in December 2009. Less than $5000 separated me from keeping my home, but Chase never gave me the opportunity to bring the mortgage current. Instead they chose foreclosure, and sold my home to Freddie Mac. Since 2011 I’ve been working to obtain a loan modification so I can stay in my home, but just last month it was denied. Now Freddie Mac is pressing forward with eviction proceedings. The former Mayor of DC, Anthony Williams is on Freddie Mac's Board of Directors. I am asking that everyone in DC and elsewhere join me in asking him to stop my eviction.

According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s annual Uniform Crime Report 2010, marijuana arrests now comprise more than one-half (52 percent) of all drug arrests in the United States. We demand that our city stop arresting and prosecuting non-violent consumers of Marijuana and instead refocus its law enforcement resources to more effectively combat violent crime. We urge the city council to pass an ordinance making marijuana arrests the lowest police priority within the city of Charlotte-Mecklenburg, and we specifically request that an ounce or less (30grams) of marijuana be effectively decriminalized within the area.