Every four years we hear that we may lose social security, that we can't afford it ect. I ,for one, don't want all the money I paid to just dissappear, I am 50 and have worked since I was 14. I have paid a lot. But congress and the house are not worried as they have a pension that will not be touched. I think that that pensionshould be dissolved if anything happens to social security. If the people who have paid so much of their small wages can not be compensated for the money they put in, then congress and the house should not be allowed to use our tax money to pay themselves a pension, it is all "our" tax money, why should they get to keep it when we don't. These people cannot even do a good enoough job to not be fired in four years, why should someone who may have worked for 30 years and not been replaced loose they money they put in. If our social security cannot be paid, then neither should the pension for the govt employees.

I would like to see statewide petitions_ particularly here in Missouri and Kansas_ to ban reparitive gay therapy. Hundreds, if not thousands, of gay teens have been forced_ in most cases, by their own parents_ to be treated by quack therapists in hopes of praying away their homosexuality. I find this barbaric and often wonder how many youths have committed suicide because their parents reacted in such a way to their sexual orientation. As an aside, it is an issue that would really piss of the Religious Right because I think it could win at the polls.

With patriotism comes the responsibility of all American citizens to care for the ones in need. We should bring up the issue of taxation as a shared responsibility by all alike. The United States was built on the backs of ALL Americans who would risk their education, their health and their capital. The taxation system has helped those who failed through, bannkruptcy laws and such. Those that succeeded did so with the help of a work force that contributed to the dream. With this shared sacrifice of the worker and the investor, taxation then becomes a patriotic right for all, not only for the middle class.

Many people will be slow to advocate such a wonderful opportunity to help and serve as this because they feel that crimes like these only happen in foreign countries and territories; certainly not as domestic and close to home as their own city. Unfortunately, that is not the case. Victims can easily be your child, or a child of someone close to you, if precautions are not taken to stop the traffickers and abductors. But how CAN you help? The goal, as you have read, is to start the process of getting pieces of legislation into the law books in our state. When that happens, we can start using the law to prosecute criminals and bring to them the justice that they are evading. To get state lawmakers to notice our efforts, we need to show a concern of the people, and in order to do that we need to have pledges- signatures that show a support for the cause. For this reason, ONE BY ONE, INC, its founder, and its supporters need YOU to sign the petition to help enable us to get noticed. You do make a difference because every signature matters!

This is a petition to reinstate provisions 16 and 20 of the Glass Steagall Act and to support Federal Reserve chairman Paul A. Volcker's Volcker Rule and Barack Obama's push for it regarding financial regulatory reform.

President Obama's campaign co-chair, Caroline Kennedy, advocated adding marriage equality as a platform plank for the Democratic National Committee's convention. The convention will be held in Charlotte, NC in September 2012. Support Marriage Equality and Caroline Kennedy's push to have this issue included in the official DNC platform.

Robert Howard grew up in the 12th Ward in New Orleans. His mother died when he was a young boy. At eleven, after leaving the foster care system to live with his father, Robert dropped out of school to work in a restaurant as a dishwasher and substitute cook. His cooking was so good, he was offered a job. This angered the current cook and he came after Robert with a knife. Robert defended himself and the man eventually died. Without adequate counsel, Robert pled to manslaughter and was admitted into Louisiana's infamous Angola Prison. For the next 45 years, he endured violent assalts. Recommended for release repeatedly by the LA Board of Pardons and Appeals, Robert's release is denied by sitting governors concerned with their political standing. Now sick and 60 years old, the friends of Robert Howard ask you to stand up for this model citizen. For decades Robert Howard has mentored young men in chosing a moral life. He has tutored, run rehabilitation groups, prayer groups, revivals and legal clinics. His recommendations for prison reform are sought out by wardens across the state - yet he remains behind bars. Why? What kind of country imprisons its children and leaves them to die behind bars for nearly five decades?

Cable television has become a pain in the but, since the industry has labled cable as (intertainment ). My husband and I have been fighting with Comcast for about 2 years in regardes to the channels that we don't watch and still have to pay for. We believe that it is lutercrest to charge a person for service that we don't use. We are on a fixed income, but our cable bill gets higher and higher almost every month with additional fees that we don't agree with, however comcast has taken the postion that they are such a major company that they can increase their charges anytime they fill like it. I live in Gary IN, and because we live in Gary our rates are higher than any other city rates. We asking for the support of the public to help in getting Comcast regulated for fair practices in their billing and program packages. We are seniors and Comcast does'nt provide a package for seniors on a fixed income. The telephone companies did it Why not Comcast?

My suggestion for a petition? A national program to promote the recycling of individual water bottles and good will towards the environment.

For too long this American hero and his actions were never given the Highest military decoration and it is time for our President to award this honor posthumously to his family.

We should expect all politicians to tell the truth - we know longer will except lies, only truth should get our vote.

Lying in politics must be outlawed and prosecuted. Politicians routinely lie to the American people. They think nothing of changing their stories regularly as they destroy the foundation of our democracy. We must demand a zero tolerance law that strongly punishes lying politicians.