Millionaires and Biilionaires and people you may have heard of are buying African farmland and dsplacing the natural born citizens and NOT empoying them and NOT using the land for farming. PLEASE READ the LINK http://www.businessinsider.com/meet-the-millionaires-and-billionaires-buying-land-in-africa-2011-6?op=1#ixzz20ucuDmvR

The Michigan State Legislature has made all fireworks legal. But even when they were illegal, there was no recourse for those affected by them. Citizens complain of being "blown out of bed" at all hours of the night, having to sedate their pets with drugs due to the anxiety created by loud fireworks displays, veterans with PTSD are terrorized once again and all wildlife is stressed from the blasts. Fireworks emit toxic heavy metals in the smoke which goes onto our gardens, on our lawns where our children play, in the lake water and into our lungs. These metals can cause cancer, lung distress and digestive disorders. One must ask, is this really fun? And, what rights do we have to a quiet, peaceful home environment?

The public sewer dept. used lies and miss information to borrow 34 mil to expand their system to 1670 residences and destroy there working septic tanks. Their system is failing and dumping raw or poorly treated sewage into a creek. We are being forced to pay a high monthly fee if we hook up to the system or not. If one hooks up to the system they will be adding more pharmaceuticals to the drinking water that is already affecting fish and the human race.

HAVEN'T ENOUGH PRECIOUS ANIMAILS DIED FOR THIS OVERPOPULATED, GREEDY,UNEDUCATED BABY PRODUCING COUNTY TAKING MY LIFE EARNINGS!

Our country recently witnessed another gun-related tragedy in Aurora, CO. We cannot allow one more innocent life to be taken. We are calling on our elected leaders to end this senseless violence by enacting legislation that will limit the number and types of weapons that individuals can own.

Replace the current inequitable tax code with Fishman's Framework for Tax Reform

What makes a university special? The students and faculty, of course -- but also the programs and places that make an institution of higher learning truly special. Bowling Green State University is fortunate to have an internationally recognized Popular Culture Program that is housed in a very special (and appropriate) building -- a Montgomery Ward catalog house, known as a Wardway kit house, that was the home of several presidents before Pop Culture took up residency there in the 1970s. The Popular Culture Building is one of the last Wardway kit houses to be constructed, and lovers of both history and pop culture can appreciate what it says about small-town living in the years before the Depression. No one who understands the building's history would want to lose a treasure like this; please sign this petition to tell the BGSU administration that they must not raze the Popular Culture Building, a distinctive and significant part of BGSU's culture.

Washington State will be the first state to offer voter registration through a Facebook account. Let's have NC be the second state. While some are trying to suppress voter registration this is a great way we can encourage it especially for our youth. We all know our youth are our future, so let's help them to become involved in our political future as well. I know that's what I want for my 20-year old daughter. How about you? http://news.yahoo.com/washington-state-first-launch-facebook-voter-registration-015230746--sector.html

Dedicate the presidential campaign to Aurora, Colorado. Campaign with facts and proactive declarations not violence, anger, hostility, attacks, negative spins etc. Be the change you want.

This petition is not about stopping persons who want to protect their homes from doing so. It is about taking control. It's time to come up with a new plan to protect the populace.

Electing the President of the United States by direct one person, one vote. Ending the outdated electoral college system which in effect, disenfranchises the majority of Americans who are in either safe Democratic or safe Republican states. Our presidential elections are decided by maybe 10 states. This flies in the face of democracy. There are several ways to do this, constitutional amendment, or through the state legislatures who would vote to apportion their electors. It is absurd to maintain the electoral college. It serves no useful purpose except to preserve a two party system that is not working. Please sign this petition which will be delivered to Congress and the President.

The State of Connecticut charges sales tax for doctor-prescribed over-the-counter medicine, such as Mucinex and Triaminic. I brought this to the attention of a State Representative and - heard nothing. My child had pneumonia and part of her protocol, per her pediatrician, was over-the-counter medicines. Rite Aid charged sales tax. When I asked the clerk if the billing was correct, she sadly said yes. What a poor way to raise state revenue!