• Fix Maryland's budget
    Add your voice to the more than fifty community groups urging leaders in Annapolis to come together and resolve Maryland’s ongoing budgetary crisis now. Ask the Governor and legislature to raise the necessary revenues in a special session to fully fund the public programs and services that make our state a great place to start a business and raise a family.
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    Created by Neil Bergsman
  • Stop the needless animal slaughter by the National Park Service
    National Park Service paid assassins have savagely “bear claw” trapped and then shot thousands of innocent mammals at Our Cape Hatteras National Recreational Seashore!
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    Created by david l parks
  • Legalize Marijuana Altogether
    This plant, is the single most important plant on the face of the earth. Over 300,000 environmentally safe products can be manufactured from Hemp. You hear a lot about "Going Green" these days... well? what gives? Weed is the GREENEST thing on the PLANET! its MEDICINE! for GODS SAKE people... there isn't a person ALIVE of even average intelligence that will have a debate with me about the legalization of marijuana... PERIOD. Anywhere. Why is this? Its because it doesn't take a genius to figure out that we are MASSACRING this planet with Styrofoam, plastic, and all kinds of prescription chemicals, Rubber, Metal, Fiberglass,Aeosol, ...on and on... all of which could be replaced with GREEN MATERIALS (maybe not aerosol) but that are BIODEGRADABLE... I think that actually the biodegradability of our trash is the single most threatening thing our survival as a species faces. (besides this "Jesus is coming back" delusion) but that’s neither here nor there...) and I say that b/c those people that believe that; are so SURE of it that they are just waiting for the appocolypse and claiming its all been predicted as if they have no control over the fate of our future generations by accepting the fact we've been lied to our whole lives and moving on. (but I digress) and If I told a lie, argue about it with me publically at facebook.com/hollaratme so I can embarrass you worse than dropping your draws on stage at a halftime show of the super bowl! (or opening olympic ceremony)(couldn't decide which one was funnier) anyway... the fact is... the reasons given for marijuana prohibition don't make any sense, TO ANYBODY...they never did, they TRULY don't, and they NEVER WILL! its time to end this Tyranny, the American people are supposed to be a FREE people.... where is the remedy in law for people that partake of marijuana for RELIGIOUS reasons? do they not have a constitutional right to celebrate and praise/worship the "God" of their understanding? Furthermore, I can walk into the woods and see a budding female plant, and eat of her fruits...(cooked with food) and have get “High” so? How about this? Who is a government to say that “The Creator” a.k.a “God” or whoever put us here... aliens? (we don't know) (is my point) but how do we know this chemical doesnt serve a SPECIFIC function in the UNIVERSE... I gaurantee you weed was here before WE WERE... so? HOW DARE WE destroy her! Until we figure out what this thing (universe) is; and what its all about... EVERYTHING on this earth is like pieces to the puzzle... and just like any puzzle, if you stick with it long enough and you don't give up looking for the HARD pieces... you with me? It will all come together, and you figure it out.. (as I have done) but whats happening is those chemicals, are MAJOR MAJOR pieces to the puzzle. And if people are denied access to these pieces; they'll never figure it out... and that is the analogy of the mental prison the american people find themselves in. They can't figure out their destiny b/c CRUCIAL pieces of the past and present are being withheld from human conscious... these chemicals found in these illegal plants and fungus are the keys to unlock the parts of your brain needed to be a human BECOMING not a human BEING. Its really deep folks. ..so? how is it that the FEDS passed a bill that was FUNDAMENTALLY unconstitutional to its very core... OH! Yeah! Thats right! Harry anslinger lied to everybody b/c he was a racist bigot and knew he could lock up hundreds of successful african american Jazz musicians. As well as countless hispanics and other poor people... see? He had stock in the prison system probally? Who knows? It used to be against the law NOT to grow hemp.... just think about the implications of that? okay? THATS how important this plant is...and if you don't know that, its b/c you've never researched it...Lastly, the whole "But, People will use it to get HIGH?!?!" thing... :laughs: ... if that's your only argument (which it is) Hey, you need to not sell whip cream (or any aerosol product) you need to get rid of every drop of alcohol on every shelf. no more cough medicine,cigarettes, Synthetic cannabinoids, i.e. "Spice" ...speaking of, lets address that real quick shall we? ...the same Govt that tells us "We don't have the RIGHT to ACCESS a PLANT..." (just let how ridiculous that sounds sink in for a minute) ..the same Govt that tells us "We don't have the RIGHT to ACCESS a PLANT..." ...Tells us, BUT, as and ALTERNATIVE you can buy these CHEMICALS made in a lab owned by a guy known as "Doctor Feel Good" ...and if you smoke that... it will impair you WAY MORE than natural herbs. They even sell extract (that comes in a dropper to put on it to make it more potent.) That alone tells you the nature of this prohibition. It was created out of, and REMAINS ILLEGAL as just another excuse to keep the impoverished African American Male incarcerated... look at the statistics folks. Not only that, but here is alcohol, we love alcohol right? its our baby! don't take our beer!! ...but see? I suspect that the BEER COMPANIES (among others) have "Lobbied" I.e. paid off congress to keep it illegal b/c those companies know that if nature was accessible again...(in the land of the free) (haha) that beer sales would plum it. so what else would plum it? Date rape. Spousal abuse, DUI's, Bar Fights,STRESS in general, thus ADDICTION rates. Usage numbers. DOCTOR VISITS. Tobacco use. Prison sentences, What would increase? Happiness in general, Moral, confidence, Creativity, Art, Music, Parties, Coffee sales, Pizza sales, Visine sales, Grocery Sales, Clothes sales, on and on and on yeah, that’s right, all those MILLIONS from the black market will come flood the economy like a hurricane. Its impossible for it not to. Its simple economics. when 2 dried grams goes for 20 dollars... imagine what will happen when that person starts from seed and Grows it themselves POUNDS AND POUNDS.... all t...
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    Created by ADAM AUGUSTUS DAVIS
  • Governor Quinn! LEAVE TEACHER PENSIONS ALONE!
    Governor Quinn has made several proposals to change teacher pensions in Illinois! We believe Governor Quinn's proposals violate the Illinois constitution! We believe the proposals are not FAIR! Teachers have lived up to our TRS commitments—the state did not! "There they go again!" The Governor is focusing on cutting retired benefits not creating new revenue streams! Governor—the pension problem is a revenue problem—we need a graduated income tax. We need to close fat cat corporate loopholes! The governor's proposals will have a harmful impact on current teachers and make education a less attractive career for younger people. Teaching is a stressful career and burnout is a problem—these proposals will only increase the burnout potential. His proposal applies to active employees enrolled in the Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS) and the State Universities Retirement System (SURS). The proposal that the Governor outlined would be posed to members as a choice. The choice would be for members to choose this benefit package and receive their health insurance or for members to keep the pension benefit structure they currently are afforded but their future salary increases would not count toward their pension, and their health insurance benefits would be dramatically reduced or eliminated. Again, the details are minimal and the implications of many of these ideas have not been fully fleshed out by the governor.
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    Created by Bob Haisman
  • Take the Politics out of the Supreme Court
    Require all Supreme Court decisions to have a minimum of a 2 vote majority. NO MORE 5-4 political rulings. Minumum majority would be 6-3. Rulings should be based on the law NOT politics.
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    Created by Chris Smith
  • Coralville City Administrator
    Coralville needs to reduce it debt, sell of some of its properties, and spend future investments on city services for the ditizens of Coralville.
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    Created by Jerry Szczech
  • Clinical trial for Azacytidine as a treatment for HTLV
    HTLV is a life threatening virus that has infected 35 million people worldwide, including half a million Americans. Azacytidine has been demonstrated as a potential cure for HTLV by the apparent clearance of the virus in a patient in Greece after 8 months of treatment.
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    Created by T D
  • Congressional Term Limits
    Congressional representatives and Senators should not be allowed serve no more terms than a President. In doing so, this will remove a huge amount of corruption, cronyism and rascalism.
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    Created by Joe Stephens
  • Checking cashing fee
    When a person writes a check, they are requesting their bank which holds a person's money, to pay a sum certain to another person (or entity). Sometimes banks violate the terms of the check by charging a service fee to follow the order. This violates the terms of the check. This is not the same as going to a bank that is not holding the funds.
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    Created by Timothy Bryson
  • 100,000 New Police and K9 Units On The Beat.
    We need more police on our streets why did we sun down the funding for the 100,000 new police officers from the Clinton years? It was a good idea then and a good idea now.
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    Created by Brian Williams
  • End Citizen's United
    In November 2010, Congress with Speaker Boehner in charge passed a bill called Citizen's United which allows corporations to donate unlimited funds to political campaigns. Political contributions made by corporations were once entirely illegal as recently as the Nixon administration, now unbounded. Until we fix this problem, corporations will have the greater say in the election process, many of them not even American corporations.
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    Created by Tod F. Sarguis
  • Home Owners with high Interest rates who are under water and mortgage companies refusing to refin...
    Being able to stay in my home and refinance to a lower rate which will save me over $1000.00 per month which can be used to pay off other credit card debts
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    Created by gcunje99