Top ceo pay must be tied to how good they are at creating full-time jobs and supplying health care and be in line with what all other employees get paid. Ceo's can only make 50 times what their lowest paid full-time employee makes. Companies can only have 20% non-full time employees. This will create jobs by making ceo's earn they pay in ways that matter to our nation.

Justice for Kenneth Chamberlain Sr. http://signon.org/sign/justice-for-kenne... I just signed a petition to Janet DiFiore, District Attorney: This petition is regarding the upcoming Grand Jury hearing in the case of Kenneth Chamberlain, Sr., an unarmed elderly black citizen who was shot to death by the White Plains Police Department. This case not only brings into question …

In pennsylvania and all over this country the American people are fooled into buying food items that contain GENETICALLY modified organisms. In other words, changing the genetic make-up of a food to make it more appealing to the consumer. Seriously, if you look up the "flavor saver" tomato, it was an experiment on the people with this alien tomato that got terrible reviews. That doesn't stop companies like Monsanto from genetically engineering a HUGE percent(over 75%) of corn, soy beans and cotton in the US. Don't we do deserve to know that this is in the food we feed to our families? Shouldn't it be our decision if we want our cereal to have GMO corn flakes or fresh organic corn flakes? Shouldn't there be tests on the safety of these products before releasing them onto the public in the 1990's? We have the right to be informed. Knowledge is power and when the right to be informed is taken away then we lose our voice and the FDA doesn't react to inaction. We as a people cannot make educated decisions on our health without the FDA taking the proper steps in labeling all foods that contain these harmful and alien ingrediants. Organic farrmers cannot stand alone in this fight. Organic farmers are being sued left and right by huge companies like Monsanto, and other farmers and being forced to buy Monsanto's seeds every year. This has to stop. Labeling is important. After PINK SLIME I think we can all agree on that.

Please take this opportunity to voice concern in regards to the state’s inclusion of Medicaid’s fee and community based services, managed and long-term care systems for the Intellectually and developmentally disabled(I/DD). With the aid of your support we hope that this petition will promote continuity of care and effectiveness of services for this population by amending KanCare to carve out long term care services from the Medicaid Reform Budget and proposed service delivery system. By signing this petition you reach out not only to our governor and the state of Kansas but also to the US House of Representatives and President Barack Obama. By targeting such structures we hope that we can effect timely and long-term change within the Kansas Legislature in concordance with this issue. Collected under one mission, we encourage and provide the opportunity for all to voice their specific concerns in regards to upcoming healthcare policy and (I/DD) populations. You’re participation is not only appreciated by us as advocates and students, but vital for the cessation of inclusion of this vulnerable population from the KanCare health policy. Will you sign the petition too? ____________________________________________________ Looking to find out more? House Panel Urged to Remove long-term DD servcies from KanCare: http://www.tilrc.org/assests/news/0312news/0312state14a.html Invisible Kansans: http://www.invisiblekansans.org/

This petition is to get back standard consumer protection - including bankruptcy to Private Student Loans. Private Students Loans are not federally insured and therefore should be treated like any other private debt (Credit Cards, Mortgage, Car Loans etc...) Bankruptcy protection was removed from Private Student Loans in 2005 after intense Lobbying by Student Loan giants. Congress amended Title 11 of the Federal Financial Insolvency Codes which took this protection away. Student Lending Giants claimed that adding private student loans to this would help them offer lower interest rates and more favorable terms to student borrowers who did not qualify for federally insured loans. This has in fact had the opposite effect and instead is used as a huge money making tool for student lenders.

In 2005 Congress passed a law that protected private unsecured student loans against bankruptcy. This is an unfair practice and allows financial institutions federal protection on a private debt. This would be likened to not being able to discharge a credit card in bankruptcy because the credit card was protected by federal law. It is not fair to the consumer and negates the true reason for bankruptcy to begin with.

For years, fans (mainly girls) have been wanting a sequel to the Studio Ghibli classic, "Spirited Away" (or, "Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi"). Of course, as many say, sequels often tend to ruin the charm of the original. So, in this case, why not a simple short film?

The shooter should be behind bars as he present him to be face to face with Trayvon. In the Police call the officer ask whether the shooter was following him {Trayvon} the shooter replied YES. The Officer then said to the shooter to NOT follow Trayvon violating a Police Order. The shooter should be arrested and Trial with hope of being charged 1st degree Murder. You can't strive to be a Police if you are too gun hoe and can't follow Police Orders. Kelvin Parks

I want to make it illegal for anyone to put pornography on the internet.

Dogs deserve better than to live their lives at the end of a 6ft. chain or tether. Dogs that are tied 24/7 are usually neglected and isolated. Dogs that are tied around the clock become more aggressive and territorial. They are almost 3 times more likely to bite overall. Children are particularly vulnerable. Statistics show that chained/tethered dogs are 5 times more likely to bite children. Chained/tethered dogs account for the majority of serious bite injuries to children. Dogs and people deserve better in Bella Vista!

Tennessee is on the verge of turning the clock of science education back to 1925, the days of the Scopes Monkey Trial, and Governor Bill Haslam is the only one who can stop it. Last week, the Tennessee State Legislature passed legislation (HB 368/SB 893), which allows classroom teachers to position well-established scientific topics such as evolution and global warming as "controversial." The bill is the brainchild of Senator Bo Watson, who claims that the bill will help improve student's critical thinking skills. But leading scholars and science education groups strongly disagree, and have widely condemned the bill. If this bill becomes law, the students of Tennessee will suffer its consequences. As the American Association for the Advancement of Science explains, “Asserting that there are significant scientific controversies about the overall nature of these concepts when there are none will only confuse students, not enlighten them.” Students confused about well-established scientific facts will have a harder time getting into college, more difficulty getting the high-tech jobs of the 21st century, and will be unprepared to deal with the very real impacts of climate change that are their inheritance. This bill will also damage the state's reputation as a leader in science education, and could harm science and technology jobs in Tennessee. Governor Haslam has the ability to stop all of this from happening, which is why we strongly urge him to veto the bill today!

In 2010, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) began a campaign against small farmers who raise heritage pigs. Their claim is that heritage pigs are feral pigs that cause damage to the environment and carry disease. Farmers attempted to stop this action through a senate action, and the senators thought that the decision should be stopped. But when the senators were preparing to vote, they were being lobbied by presumably Big Pork producers, and after that, the decision remained. Beginning on 1 April 2012, the DNR will begin enforcing this decision by "depopulating" these small farms and the farmers will be felons for raising pigs that have be farmed for decades.