The only sustainable way for us to get more fresh water is to desalinate it. The only practical way to desalinate water is to do it offshore. And the only way this will effect more than coastal communities is for the Federal Government to oversee it. Desalination is inevitable. The only question is will we drain all of our groundwater first. Done right, pilot offshore renewable powered desalination plants will lead us to water - more water for everyone. Offshore desalination plants are resistant to tsunamis, earthquakes, rising sea levels, terrorism, and individual plant breakdowns. Moreover, offshore desalination plant salt emmissions will negligibly effect deep ocean salinity levels. Also, an important spinoff of developing renewable energy off the coast for desalination plants is that the technology and infrastructure will greatly help us in overall development of wave, solar, and wind energy.

Please contact Governor Dayton and ask that he veto the Targeted Regulation of Abortion Provider (TRAP) bill that singles out abortion providers for medically unnecessary, politically motivated state regulations. These bills grant broad authority to the state department of health to develop structural and staffing requirements for abortion clinics based on existing hospital guidelines that are not medically necessary or justified. Uniform standards for all outpatient medical procedures have been rejected, and only one procedure - the abortion procedure - is blatantly chosen to regulate. In the United States abortion providing facilities are regulated with an exceptional safety record and can be recognized as a public safety model for the rest of the world. Abortion providing facilities are already required to abide by a variety of federal and state regulations. These include the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and local, state, building and fire code regulations. In addition, the National Abortion Federation (NAF) has established evidence-based Clinical Policy Guidelines as well as the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists professional guidelines for abortion clinics. All medical professionals are required to maintain professional standards and licenses and complete continuing medical education courses. If Governor Dayton does not veto the TRAP bill, many Minnesota clinics may be forced to close. Many of this clinics are the only abortion providers serving large geographic areas even expanding into neighboring states without providers. In addition to abortion care these clinics are also some of the only providers in Minnesota that provide low cost/free preventative reproductive health care including pap smears, breast exams, low cost birth control, STI testing and emergency contraception to populations in need. This is urgent. Please sign this petition as soon as possible to ask Governor Dayton to veto the TRAP bill.

All elected to Congress and appointed to or by Congress are required to enter Social Security and Medicare Programs. Entitling those to the same rights and benefits of the Programs as applicable to their earnings. They may opt-out and provide their own coverage at their own expense.

To raise the minimum wage in California and the nation to 10 $ an hour

This is not a petition but needs to be a Constitutional Amendment. Without a means to reform campaign financing and the problems caused by Citizens United our Republic is in serious danger. Campaign finance reforms need to be at local, state and federal levels. Perhaps this is too broad but without reforms we continue down the same destructive Divide and Rule path..

"United we STAND, divided we fall." The political culture of the United States is, and has been divided, competitive, hurtful, dishonest and secretive, all of which are counter to the intent and purpose of a constitutional republic, in mindful service to its citizens. The function of political parties is to divide the people against themselves, instructing them what to believe, think, feel and do. The result of such self-destructive behavior has brought us to the status of "dangerous superpower" around the world. Given this… A prudent, responsible citizen would ask themselves, "Who benefits most from a divided America? Isn't a unified citizenry better than a suffering, divided one?" Is this what you want for life, and your children's? Imagine a supreme court free of political or financial influence. Imagine legislative, executive and judicial branches of government, working harmoniously for the people, and having NO political or financial influence in their decision-making. Considering this… Would you vote for the abolition of political parties and corporate, financial or individual self-interest in government? Would you vote to STRONGLY regulate governance, and administer harsh punishment to those who transgress the the law of a true democratic republic? Imagine a nation where politics as we know it is understood to be dangerous and aberrant. Imagine a society wherein division in politics is no more. No more conflict, lies and manipulation. Make it happen, now, and reap the blessing of a true national equality. Your children and their children deserve it, and it is their birth-right!

American Express sells giftcards that are next to impossible to use. To activate is difficult at best and there is almost no way to use the entire amount. Why? Sales associates and even managers can barely get around the difficulties set up by American Express. The more difficult the more likely the consumer is to give up, and every dollar not used American Express gets to keep.

The greatest obstacle to environmental progress and a humane society is the fact that over half of human financial resources are spent to maintain military organizations and their weapons and, worse, their wars. If no nation has a military then no nation needs a military. That money can be spent on a better world for all. world instead of death and destruction.

THERE WAS AN INCIDENT AT THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL AND PARENTS WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENCE IN A TIMELY MANNER AND IT HAS BEEN SHRUGED OFF AS RUMOR MILL GOSSIP, BUT SO WAS COLUMBINE , BUT IT DID HAPPEN.......PROTECT OUR KIDS EVEN IF THE TEACHERS WILL NOT.....

All high goverment officials, The Congress, The House of Representitives, The Senate and all High government Officials should join the pain of all Americans who have sufferd Job losses, Pay and Benefits. Co-pays should be extended to all the above. All of the above should have to be guided under The Uniform Code of Military Justice. Thank You.

To require companies making over $10million a year to put 10% back to the hourly workforce in the form of a profit sharing bonus based on hours worked. This bonus is calculated BEFORE any exectutive bonuses are calculated and deducted from the profit.

This petition is to make people know how our courts have been and continue to be bought and sold by the wealthy when our judges and shady court practices side immediately with who has the most money without even doing background checks on them. I and many parents like me have been called a "flight risk" because I evacuated from Hurricane Katrina, a dangerous Category 5 hurricane. We had our children immediately stripped from us and given to the other parent who did NOT have even primary custody of the child(ren). These court cases were rushed through during times when the city was not fully up running and there was still martial law and price-gouging on rentals so people could not afford to come back and live. These victimized parents have ZERO rights to the children they once raised and cared for lovingly everyday. I want to push these crooks to overturn all these oportunistic judgements and let children be with their parents. New Orleans courts need to be investigated and held accountable for their actions regarding the evacuation loophole. Many children were taken away to live in other states by their parent who abused this system but evacuation is a "flight risk"? I think not.