Our pristine Arctic is about to be attacked by Shell Oil. The fragile Beaufort Sea, a critical habitat for whales and polar bears, has never been drilled for oil. This summer, unless we speak up, Shell Oil is preparing to do just that. Right now their drilling rig is getting towed up the Pacific Coast to the Arctic. Let's show Shell we are serious. Vow to cut up your Shell Oil credit card if it does not cease its destructive plan to drill in the Arctic.

Restaurants, bars, clubs, convenience and grocery stores have no mandatory recycling rule in place and no incentive to start. I want to call on everyone who knows and cares about this huge and very important issue to help make it mandatory for any establishment that sells glass bottles or plastic bottles to recycle them. If there is any interest in something like this, then incentives can be created for these places of business to participate and fines can be established and issued to those who do not comply. If a business is allowed to sell glass or plastic bottles, they MUST recycle both. Beach bars and restaurants are especially guilty of filling their dumpsters with glass and plastic bottles. Convenience and grocery stores are guilty of supplying the very bottles that litter our streets and fill our dumpsters. This practice must end now and reasonable incentives need to be put in place to make compliance something that is not resented by targeted business establishments.

Presidential elections are generally controlled by the electoral votes in a very few states. As in the elections of 2000 when the popular vote elected a president who did not serve.

Many of us support the Occupy Movement. We may be too frail, too old, too remote from the action, or for other reasons unable to participate on site. The Occupy Movement's reputation has been diluted by the destructive actions of a few who do not represent the movement, but its values remain intact. We need to have a strong on-line presence as part of the 99% message.

When millions of American's lost their jobs due to big business fiascos, people had to dip into their 401ks and IRAs and the like to survive. The federal government did not lift the rule on the 10% pre-withdrawal penalty. Corporations got bail-outs, and executives got bonuses. But the average citizen still had to pay a penalty when they tapped their retirement funds to survive.

Justices Scalia and Thomas are supposed to be neutral in their decision making yet they routinely associate with the Koch brothers and Tea Party even echoing their positions. They might as well be wearing 3-pointed hats while on the bench.

If you're part of the wealthiest 1%, feel free to ignore this. If not, sign. Let's show Pres. Obama he's right about fair taxation and we're behind him. Show your support for the Buffet Rule. If you agree that millionaires should pay at least as high a rate as middle class Americans, sign this petition to show our numbers. No household making more than $1 million each year should pay a smaller share of their income in taxes than a middle class family pays. This is the Buffett Rule—a simple principle of tax fairness that asks everyone to pay their fair share.

Prenatal care should be restored to all poor women in NE

After a person has paid the amount of their original loan in either payments or interest only payments, the loan should be forgiven.

Electronic Voting Machines have been proven inaccurate, unreliable, and susceptible to fraudulent tampering. In 2012 after the initial GOP Primaries, several states had inaccurate counts including Iowa and many had revised vote counts and many mistakes. This will not stop unless we make it stop. Read more: http://www.politicolnews.com/election-2012-hacked/#ixzz1rr66JWE3

This petition is in hopes to acquire a law that requires every Virginia hospital to report all cases of the deadly blood infection known as Septic Shock. Most people have no idea the state of Virginia is not among the states that are required to collect or report any information regarding incidents of septic shock. My hope is if this petition is signed it might prevent some of the fatal traumatic incidents of Septic Shock at Virginia hospitals. I aquired this deadly infection while in a Virginia hospital and once I was released no one in the healthcare profession seemed to care. This is a scary thought because 40-50% of patients that acquire this blood infection die. This is an outrage! This fatal desease must be controlled to prevent further families from loosing love ones. Hospitals and staff should be held accountable for their mistakes.

The Problem: It's almost cliche now that Vanity Fair's annual Hollywood Issue will feature white actors to the near-total exclusion of actors of color who are as busy and talented as their white colleagues. Too often, actors of color-- and the important stories they tell-- are relegated to specialized or marginalized publications. Rather than segregating actors, we paying newsstand readers and subscribers would prefer to see and read about actors who are telling compelling, powerful stories-- which are sometimes not at the top of the box office returns-- no matter what race they are. One Solution: Vanity Fair has an impressive stable of writers, photographers and editors. They are thinkers who have the ability to do more than pander to the masses, just as countless other publications do already. VF has a unique position and ability to elevate and challenge our cultural conversation. Therefore, we ask that they make an effort to do so, starting with that most powerful of impression-makers, the visual on the cover.