Petition for Libyan Type Military Intervention in Syria. End the genocide to help stop the murder of innocent human life.

Flagstar Bank does not seem to want to work out a loan Modification. It has been four years since I tried to modify my mortgage loan. I have been treated like a second class citizen. They have strong arm me into taking any offer. On certain occassion they have hung up the phone on me, spoke to me like I was a child and refuse to work out a modification for my mortgage loan.

HB 2191 will allow predatory lending (Pay Day lending) into PA with interest rates of 300% and higher. Pay Day loans hurt the people desperate enough to need them AND the rest of us by siphoning hundreds of millions of dollars out of PA's economy - money lost to exorbitant interest rates and fees.

Diane Tran is a 17-year-old honor high school student in Texas. She has been working 2 to 3 jobs at a time to support her 2 siblings because their parents divorced and both moved away. When she missed school 10 times in 6 months, she was ordered, by Judge Lanny Moriarty, to spend 24 hours in jail and pay a $100 fine. This girl should have been rewarded, not punished. Judge Lanny Moriarty has shown poor judgement, and thus should no longer be allowed be a Judge!

According to a new report published by Zillow, 15.7 million Americans, or 1 in 3 homeowners is under water on their mortgage. http://www.zillow.com/blog/2012-05-24/zillow-negative-equity-report-shows-1-in-3-mortgage-holders-underwater/ Many of these home owners are not fixing their roofs, not remodeling or even maintaining their homes. In my area, 42% of homeowners are under water, most of us with at least $100,000 in negative equity. For these families, it will take 10 years or more paying their current mortgage rate before the house is even worth what they owe. The economy will continue to suffer until this group is brought up to date on their mortgage. Reduce principal now. If Ed Demarco can't get it done, replace him with someone who will.

The peoples of Abkhazia are facing a continual humanitarian crisis of poverty, compromised resources, and a lack of international attention, from fair, unbiased and accurate reporting. Since the collapse of the former Soviet Union in 1991, the ethnic peoples of Abkhazia have struggled and waged war for their peoples and cultural independence in the Caucasus region. Situated on the south-western coast of the Black Sea, Abkhazia is facing a continual humanitarian crisis due to the aftermath and ongoing effects of Georgian-Abkhaz war and violence, as well as being relatively ignored by Western governments such as the United States of America and the European Union. To Georgians, the Republic of Abkhazia is considered only a de facto government, and a breakaway region within its sovereign borders. Like the South Ossetians, these regions are considered by Georgian and its Western allies rogue statues, and have been declared a“Russian-occupied territory” following a resolution passed in August, 2008. Yet the complex and intricate geopolitical tension between Abkhazia and Georgia—on behalf of the Russian Federation’s pro-Abkhaz support militarily and financially, on the one hand, and America and European’s pro-Georgian call for national integrity on the other—threatens to overshadow the exact crises and humanitarian needs facing the Abkhaz people: 1. The Abkhaz people are not recognized by the European Union or United Nations, and as such, receive no official voice or diplomatic relations among the international community. (Though five United Nation members have recognized the Republic of Abkhazia as an autonomous, sovereign government, only Russia provides substantial financial and humanitarian aid). Therefore, the people of Abkhazia have no international voice. 2. Abkhazia as a region still faces the consequences of a brutal and severely costly war. Land-mines are still found within its villages and borders. Widespread poverty and continual violence effect the lives of countless women, children and non-militant combatants in the Abkhaz-Georgian conflict. National infrastructure such as police, education, hospitals, and other municipal agencies operate on meager budgets without any means of receiving international support as an unrecognized country, the peoples of Abkhazia (which include a large population of Greeks, Turks, Armenians and others) must combat disease, poverty, and a compromised quality of life in silence. Therefore, impoverished living conditions of Abkhazians exist mostly undocumented and rarely acknowledge by the international press. 3. As a result of the West’s pro-Georgian stance, citizens and refugees within Abkhazia are unable to travel freely throughout the world, as visas and international embassies do not recognize them as anything else than aliens, or internationally displaced persons. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, a widespread diaspora from the 1992-1993 War in Abkhazia has left Abkhaz peoples displaced in Turkey, Russian and elsewhere in the Caucasus, without the safety or assurance of their return to their “disputed” homelands. Families are divided, the burdens of travel and communication are not often feasible, and the cultural traditions of the Abkhaz people are in danger of being effaced. 4. Abkhazia’s lack of international recognition can be considered the result of Cold War realities—and while Russia and the West have stopped waging war on each other, the geopolitical pressures concerning Abkhazia’s international recognition are immense. Ethic cleansing and genocide has been documented by both Georgian and Abkhaz militant forces during the 1992-1993 war. Additionally, a large population of ethnic Georgians have been displaced from their homes and property following the fighting in the region. The resettlement of these Georgians, as well as the loses suffered by non-militant combatants, has motivated the Georgian government’s language and ensuing policy towards reunification as well as an absolute refusal to recognize the legitimacy of the de facto Abkhazian government, aka The Republic of Abkhazia, or Aspny. Several United Nations resolutions following militarized violence in the 1992 and 2008 wars have repeatedly demanded for the return of ethnic Georgians and the compensation of their lost property, which many international governments consider the Abkhaz people to possess illegally. Yet Western and international media sources have told with great bias only a Georgian narrative of these events, and have turned a blind eye toward any rights of the ethnic Abkhaz to self-govern independently and rightfully. While the Georgian government and people have a right to promote and uphold their cause and claims following this violence, the peoples of Abkhazia have been denied a fair and internationally-recognized dialogue. Neo-ColdWar policy (Pro-Western vs. Pro-Russian) is still dictating the legacy and legitimacy of the Abkhaz people.

An ad sponsored 24 Hour Fitness that degrades women by stating that if the "Get off their FAT ASS! " their men would stop cheating on them

Each year, over 40,000 people in the United States die because of binge drinking. For many, this begins in college, drinking to excess because they don't know their limits. If the drinking age was lower, young people would develop a healthier relationship with alcohol and know not to abuse it once they have the right to actually drink. If 18-year-olds can die fighting for their country, vote and go to prison, they should be able to drink.

The separation of Church and State in the U.S. is in jeopardy now that the churches are instructing their memberships how to vote and the members are following. If the Churches continue to use their patrons to influence political matters in this country, then they should no longer enjoy freedom from taxation. This tax would improve the economy substantially and force the churches to put their money where their mouths are.

Unfair campaign contributions have created a shift away from The People's Government to The Corporation's Government. This kind of spending on campaigns is obsolete. We must not allow money to corrupt members of Congress. All members must spend the same amount on their campaigns. Only then will we have a level playing field.

Nutritional science is a growing interest among young health professionals. Most professional graduate programs are crowded with academic requirements and leave little room for the study of nutrition. While many programs include short courses in nutrition, nutrition is emerging as a complex subject that requires more instruction time. In order to provide a strong base in nutrition, a full year of focused study has been found to be effective. The Institute of Human Nutrition in the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University is the pioneer in providing this educational opportunity. The demand for Columbia’s Master of Science Program is growing with over double the graduates (80) this year compared to thirty years ago. The proposal for a Masters in Science Program in Nutrition will provide the opportunity to focus on the subject of nutrition over the course of a year to prepare the next generation of health professionals to effectively promote health and wellness through optimal nutrition, physical activity and emotional wellbeing. The proposed Masters of Science in Nutrition would be a 12-month program that provides the foundation in Nutritional Science that will lead graduates to careers in Medicine, Public Health, Policy, Research or Academics. A multidisciplinary team of UCLA Professors would teach the Master students. This program would take advantage of the large resource pool of talented UCLA professors who focus on nutrition and provide a cadre of self identified graduate students to participate in the Nexus Initiative. Other educational opportunities could be a Master in Science for Health Professionals, a PhD in Nutrition or a MD/PhD.

Mega money in U.S. politics is drowning out the voices of those who can't afford to compete on the same monetary level, so inevitably the message funded by rich is the only message that gets heard. We're proposing a law that would require anyone who bought time to air a political attack ad in markets with limited access, i.e. TV networks & local stations (cable or broadcast), radio stations, or paid to publish a political ad in a newspaper or magazine, would be required to pay for equal time in the same media for a rebuttal to that political attack ad, answered by the individual or party the ad attacks. This would not be a limit to free speech, this would be a balanced expansion of free speech to allow both sides to be heard.