My petition is about the Flag of the United States of America. Our military personnel fight for our country using the stars and stripes of the USA flag as their banner for freedom and liberty for all. Citizens of the USA pledge their allegiance to the flag. Don't you think that Flag should say "made in the United States of America"? It is time to take back our outsourced manufacturing jobs and our USA Flag should be our number one priority.

We need to repeal the capital gains exemption in the federal tax code. The capital gains exemption reduces the tax rate of income from capital gains. This raises the value of money and reduces the value of people's labor. This tax exemption distorts values by inflating the value of capital items and diminishing the value of labor.

We, the residents of Johnstown Pennsylvania do hereby petition the Johnstown City Council, Mayor and City Manager to enact legislation to establish a democratically elected Civilian Board of Control of the Johnstown Police Department. This board will be empowered to make policy, hire, and fire police, review and investigate any and or all complaints against officers and petition for the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate and prosecute police accused of crimes such as battery, unlawful arrest, racial profiling, torture, murder, and the use of force to suppress the democratic rights of the people to organize and protest. The Board of Control would be directly responsible for conducting investigations into allegations of the use of excessive force, police shootings where an officer’s discharges his/her weapon and strikes someone, deaths in custody, domestic violence, verbal abuse including bias and coercion. The board would also investigate allegations of off duty misconduct relating to excessive force and discharge incidents. These investigations would include but are not limited to conducting interviews and formal statements with complainants, witnesses, accused and witness officers, and the analysis of all forms of evidence including video, forensic and documentary. This legislation is due in part with the murder of Elip Cheatham on June 25, 2012 and for all the other instances of police abuse, brutality and or abuse of power. We feel the Johnstown Police Department needs to be policed and we the citizens of this community respectfully wish to be heard and these issues addressed.

The lack of respect of our politicians for the sancity of our sexuality.

Nothing wastes more gas than carpool lanes. Anyone on a crowded freeway can see that 1000 cars crawling bumper to bumper in three lanes and one lane with hardly anyone using it is NOT an efficient way to use the lanes. We pay more in sales tax than any other state and we are third in fuel taxes. How is it fair that the newest lanes on our most crowded freeways are being made into toll lanes? So the richest of us can skip past traffic. Let's stop it now!

A President must be honest and forthright. Mitt Romneys actions to deliberately hide his tax returns fails to show integrity and honesty. Please tell Mitt Romney to Stop his Deceptive Practices.

Request to have federal government subsidize/promote community gardens for cultivation of food (condos and townhouses to be included).

Virginians across the state are concerned with the collusion between big business and government as it pertains to our water and air quality. If the ban on mining uranium is not reinstated then the health and well-being of all Virginians will be jeopardized. Virginia's agricultural economy would be forever compromised and diminished as toxic containment facilities routinely fail.

I watch the news every day. I am appalled by the paparazzi and the major TV stations coverage of celebrities. They will stop at nothing. It is a waste of our time.

See Lawrence O'Donnell's "Last Word" segment that aired last night (July 18). Get ready to support the "Off the Cliff" Campaign. It has growing support from even the veteran Repubs! Can you believe it? Finally COMPROMISE! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45755883/vp/48235591#48235591 Contact your Democratic congressperson and senator now. Let them know that you support this initiative and willing to take their hand and GO "OFF THE CLIFF" WITH THEM!!!

If we let the Bush tax cuts expire, congress can reinstate the middle class cuts with out the Republicans having to worry about the pledge to Grover Norquist.

Save the U.S. the cost of an unnecessary position. Cut spending!!