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.

Today, in a neighboring community, a man was arrested for threatening the life of the President. All this vitriolic rhetoric has a price. Besides dividing the country and stopping all progress, the rhetoric inflames the unbalanced and threatens the security of each of us.

Tommy Thompson has refused to release his tax returns for the last 10 years. His opponent Tammy Baldwin has already done so and it is time for Tommy Thompson to step up to the plate and show Wisconsinites he has nothing to hide.

Let's fight against obesity and diabetes, by taking the corn syrup out of a lunch that some children eat ever day!

With budget cuts to mental health care services, schools have begun the practice of pressing charges against special needs children for behavior directly related to their disabilities instead of offering required services and following educational federal mandates to practice a manifestation determination. My 11 year old son now has a criminal record for the school's derelict actions in responding to his specific disability. This is the second school to respond to my son's disabilities, not by offering appropriate services, but by criminalizing him and pressing charges for non-injury incidents. Bullying triggered my son's disability and his inappropriate responses were his reactions to provocations. None of my son's actions resulted in anyone needing a band-aid nor even a trip to see a school nurse(or any medical attention). Stop adjudicating special needs children for actions directly relating to their disabilities. Fund mental health care services, now.

I would like to see the Democratic National Committee or any democratic PAC, to use some of the advertising dollars, which in my opinion are a waste, to assist low income individuals with the funds necessary to obtain a state identification card. Many of the low income and elderly cannot afford the small fee, nor do they have the transporation to get to their applicable state offices to obtain the ID. Helping democrats DIRECTLY is more cost efficient than a TV ad which most people are immuned to at this point.

Congress wants to cut costs. They can do this easily by cutting the number of members in congressin half.That will reduce the cost of the house by half and cut the staffs that work for congress

Creating separate National Holidays to both register to vote and for voting day.

Free speech is one thing, but making ignorant and dangerous comments that could effect the rights and health of the nation's women is absolutely unacceptable. Take a look at this link for a more detailed description of what Fischer stated: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/21/bryan-fischer-todd-akin-legitimate-rape-absolutely-right_n_1818285.html Allowing comments like these to flow about freely will nearly guarantee survivors being shamed, medical access being denied, and further spread misinformation throughout an already uninformed populous. If people were to hear these comments and believe them, what would happen?

REQUIRE STORES TO DISPLAY MADE IN AMERICA ITEMS IN A SEPARATE AND PROMINATE AREA SO CUSTOMERS CAN FIND THESE MADE IN AMERICA ITEMS EASILY! IF MORE AND MORE MADE IN AMERICA ITEMS WERE SOLD, IT WOULD CREATE MORE JOBS FOR AMERICANS - THE DEMAND AND SUPPLY PHILOSPHY!!!

No American citizen should need a Photo I.D in order to vote for United States President. As long as you are 18 years old and a citizen it should be a right for any person, race, sex, to vote, without limitations. To many people have died, bleed, lost their lives in American history for any political view to stop any citizen the God given right to vote for the highest office in this land or any or political office. We should demand as a Country that as long as you are a United States citizen you should have the right to vote without limitations in the 21century.