many of our leaders talk about changing the way medicare and social security operates. no,they need to leave these vital health programs along. work to improve them,but not to make any major changes.

I would like to petition both the local,state, and federal government to compel an investigation into war crimes by George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. To compel our government to act responsibly and to show we will not allow anyone whether it be our own government representatives to feel they can act with immunity and trample over the rights of law abiding citizens in ANY country.

We demand the the Justice Dept.in Washington imediately investigate the NYPD,regarding the myriad of civil and human rights violations that have occured under Ray Kelly's watch.Illegal suppression of the right to protest goverment policies,illegal stop and frisk used to terrorize people of color,many,many incidents of corruption, and violence against ordinary citizens.

Just like Governor Scott Walker attacked collective bargaining rights of workers in Wisconsin, Governor Tom Corbett is bent on destroying public education in Pennsylvania. We need to take action now and STOP the right-wing campaign to dismantle public education by cutting school budgets and privatizing schools. It hurts our children now and it jeopardizes their future. It is also killing good jobs that our economy urgently needs. Many public school workers also are parents of school-age children. These families will get hit twice, with their kids losing access to decent public schools and parents losing jobs. There’s still a chance to save schools and jobs before budget talks end. Let’s put our children’s future above politics. Protect public education in Pennsylvania! --Steve Siebert, Philadelphia Schools Maintenance Worker

While I fully support the campaign to get KFC to stop using rainforest products in their packaging, I find the video created and distributed by SignOn.org to be offensive and obnoxious. It will do more to HURT this campaign than to help it. Convince SignOn.org to STOP SENDING THIS VIDEO AND RETRACT IT IMMEDIATELY.

Disgusted at the wealthy fund raisers just done in Ca.

There will be a ton of money during this election cycle, we must demand that aids speak the truth.

The Board of Education of the Three Village Central School District is currently considering cuts to a number of programs -- including Junior High Athletics at Murphy and Gelinas JHS -- to reach a 2.99% tax levy. As they will decide on the exact cuts by the next meeting on Tuesday, May 29, we must speak up now to ask the Board to preserve Junior High Athletics from being cut. Prefer to sign a paper copy? Paper petitions are available to sign in the mailbox of 4 West Meadow Rd in Setaket (blue house).

Budget cuts on Education are a bipartisan issue. Stop the proposed budget cuts!!!

Schools generate tons of recyclable material and should reap the benifits and there not getting a cent.

If a citizen of a state does not have any new convictions,(other than traffic fines or parking tickets) within a 7 year period. That person should have that right to have his record cleared. *I believe that there are many people out there that have been denied access to better paying jobs because of something they did 10-15 years ago. This is unjust to these people that deserve a chance.

We all know the reasons for going to war in Iraq were based on one lie after another. First it was that Saddam Hussien had Nuclear Weapons, then it was chemical weapons of Mass Destruction; all of which were never found. Then, we stayed and fought for control of oil in the region. Then it was for Stability of the region which we made unstable by a massive invasion ("you break it, you buy it."). As we all know, Colin Powell was forced to Lie to the United nations in order to change the public opinion from "we need to have an investigation" to try and prove a clear and present danger to the world at large. That danger was never found, and what resulted was a massive conspiracy to mislead Congress and the American people into a "police action" which caused over 100,000 injured American Soldiers, over 4,000 American Soldiers dead, and the Iraqi Civilian death toll of over 1 million. I demand a International Tribunal to try these men (George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Karl Rove) for conspiracy, lying under Oath and 1 million counts of murder.