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.

Oregonians deserve true representation of their needs by all the legislators they elect to the Oregon Legislature. Eighteen Oregon Republican Representatives and Senators are associates of the powerful and secretive American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) which claims to be a nonpartisan charity yet lobbies for the interests of large corporations rather than the public interests of Oregon citizens who elected them to office. The subterfuge under which ALEC operates has been challenged by Common Cause, which filed a complaint in April with the IRS, charging that ALEC is a lobbyist organization rather than a charity and misuses charity laws, extensively under-reports lobbying, and improperly obtains tax breaks for political donations by ALEC’s corporate funders to state candidates, ballot measures, leadership, and other political committees, funneling millions of dollars into Oregon in order to skew the Oregon political process. The ALEC agenda seeks to remove federal and state environmental regulations, repeal the federal health care reform law, dump state minimum wage laws, and bust unions. What the ALEC agenda does espouse is taxpayer support of public subsidies for private schools, privatization of prisons/detention centers coupled with support for Draconian immigration laws to provide profits for the private corrections industry, and restrictions on voting rights which discriminately disenfranchise people of color, senior citizens, students, and the poor. Oregonians have the right to expect that their interests will be served by their elected officials without the interference of undue monetary and philosophical influence of out-of-state mega-corporations. The following Oregon elected officials who hold current ALEC affiliations have been identified using three resources: Oregon’s campaign finance database ORESTAR, The Oregonian, and analysis by the Center for Media and Democracy at ALEC Exposed (http://alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed). (Those legislators who contact this petition framer to report that they are not current associates of ALEC will be removed from this list. Updated as of November 17, 2012.): Oregon Senator Larry George, R-Sherwood Oregon Senator Fred Girod, R-Stayton Oregon Senator Ted Ferrioli, R-John Day Oregon Representative Sal Esquivel, R-Medford Oregon Representative Tim Freeman, R-Roseburg Oregon Representative Kim Thatcher, R-Keizer Oregon Representative Gene Whisnant, R-Sunriver Oregon Representative Bruce Hanna, R-Roseburg Oregon Representative Jason Conger, R-Bend Oregon Representative Mark Johnson, R-Hood River Oregon Representative Dennis Richardson, R-Central Point Oregon Representative Sherrie Sprenger, R-Scio Oregon Representative Jim Thompson, R-Dallas Oregon Representative Kevin Cameron, R-Salem Oregon Representative Wally Hicks, R-Grants Pass Oregon Representative John Huffman, R-The Dalles Oregon Representative Bill Kennemer, R-Oregon City Oregon Representative Mike McLane, R-Powell Butte

Universities across Australia and the world are making the choice to become Fairtrade Universities. If the University of Technology Sydney doesn't start the process of gaining Fairtrade accreditation it will be left behind. The Vice-Chancellor and President of the University Council, Professor Ross Milbourne needs to be told that UTS students and staff want our university to become a Fairtrade university. Please add your name to this petition if you, as a staff member or student of UTS believe we should start the process of becoming Fairtrade accredited.