International law and common decency

Rhode Island has the highest suicide attempt rate in the Nation. Please sign a petition to get suicide prevention in schools. Suicide is the #3 killer among teens. School psychologists and counselors do not have suicide prevention training as part of their education. A Bill was just passed in Congress mandating that most health care professionals be trained in suicide prevention. The deadline for this petition is Nov. 18th, 2012, the date of the 14th Annual International Survivor of Survivors day. www.justdontdoit.us. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and founder of the organization Just Don't Do It, education and advocating for suicide prevention.

People who owe more than 20,000 on Student Loans, have not been able to pay them for over 10 years, and have been unable to pay them because they just don't make enough money, should have their loans forgiven. Currently, their is a limit on how many deferences due to economic hardship a graduate can get and forbearance just makes the loan worse because they capitalize the interest thus increasing the loan!

Investing in Social Security as an option vs wall street...Guranteed by the government vs taking your chances on wall street that has lost over 45% of the value of all IRS's and 402K's.

Sign it to protect both the cleanness of our water and the very solidity of the earth beneath our feet. No more fracking until we get a handle on all its affects. Once we do, we can discuss either lifting the moratorium or putting in a permanent ban, depending on what the data shows us. There are other things we can do besides frack for necessary energy, but there is NO substitute for either clean water to drink, wash with and irrigate nor for the very planet on which we stand.

In commemoration of the people who died in the terrorist flight attacks on September 11, a solemn tribute could not be more appropriate than a day without flights to mark the occasion. The utter silence of the skies would be a stark reminder to all of the devastation of that dark and disastrous day in our history.

Wild Wings Cafe still uses "Chernobyl" to describe a sauce type and how hot it is. The Chernobyl disaster should not be remembered in this way. I am asking that the name be removed from the Wild Wings menu.

Torrence-Lytle High School in Huntersville, NC was build tin 1937, had only one principal, Isaac T. Graham and one librarian, Esther S. Johnson. In 1966, the only school for blacks in the northern end of Mecklenburg County was closed. Today it has the designation of a historic landmark but some buildings may be slated for demolition because refurbishing them will cost millions. Several companies have created plans to buy the site but none were successful. We're seeking individuals who believe that this site should be saved and brought back to its original character where individuals of all nationalities can walk the sacred halls of my Alma mater.

The Massachusetts Southcoast cities of Fall River, New Bedford, and Taunton are the only eastern Massachusetts cities not served by the MBTA. Consistently, the Massachusetts Southcoast has higher unemployment than the rest of Massachusetts and remains in a recession long after the rest of Massachusetts recovers. Economic recovery in the communities of the Southcoast require passenger rail service. Recently, the MBTA heralded a passenger rail link through Providence to South Kingston in Rhode Island. The Massachusetts Southcoast should be linked to Boston via the MBTA.

We need to protect our water shed from pollution and corporations

The City of Gainesville, GA, Hall County, and the entire State of Georgia are considering passing breed-specific legislation concerning pitbulls in our area. For many residents, this may mean having a ban put on a beloved member of the family and possibly having to choose between killing their loved one or becoming an outlaw. Please let the members of the Gainesville City council and the Hall County Commissioners know that this isn't fair by signing this petition.

Karl Menninger said an accurate diagnosis can greatly enhance a cure. We need a cure, but few are suggesting the diagnosis. We all are greedy beyond bounds. The crime of hoarding is not a crime until you are caught. The crime of huge bonuses, unseemly pensions, fraudulent practices leading to personal ruin are rampant. A beginning would be a combination of Bill Daley and Warren Buffett's amendments---a four-year term limit for representatives,period, and then to receive social security and medicare as a benefit, no consulting or working for corporations with which you wrote legislation. The income tax code would be rewritten to reflect a concern for the human infrastructure and the communal infrastructure.