The Fukushima multiple nuclear meltdown proved that the GE Mark 1 Boiling Water Reactor has a defective containment and is vulnerable to hydrogen explosions in a loss of power accident. Because the spent fuel pools, filled to bursting, are situated on top of these old reactors, an explosion can spread the highly irradiated spent fuel up to a mile away, as at Fukushima, and air and water contamination across continents. The Pilgrim reactor in Plymouth, MA and the VT Yankee reactor in Vernon Vermont are of the Fukushima design. They are 40 years old, running above their designed power load, leaking, embrittled, outmoded, out of compliance or exempt from NRC's own fire safety and other regulations, and should be retired and decommissioned at once. The risk of an accident with such enormous consequences should demand immediate precautionary action, as was taken by Germany, Japan, and other countries. As Fukushima showed, the risk of catastrophe with Mark 1 reactors is just a power failure away. Retire all Mark 1 BWR's.

Mayor Anthony Chavonne is guilty of Vietnam Sister City insult to Veterans, an insulting decision to include the Quaker House and its anti-war Stance in Homecoming Heroes celebration, Political Corruption - Ticket Gate Fiasco, Political Corruption - Illegal Consent Search Moratorium, and Political Corruption - Moorish Nation Separatist Group Proclamation, Being insulting, defiant and impertinent towards the Honorable Superior Court Judge Gregory Bell. It's time for him to resign.

Three former U.S. Presidents have denied children their basic human rights, and Obama will too unless we demand action. The CRC, The Convention on The Rights of the Child, is an international treaty that has been ratified by every country on Earth except the U.S. and Somalia. The CRC can change childrenʼs lives by finally giving our children their basic human rights. These two children are paying for this: Cristian Fernandez is a 12-year-old boy who faces life in prison. http://www.change.org/petitions/reverse-decision-to-try-12-yo-cristian-fernandez-as-an-adult This 6 year old Texan boy was hospitalized after a school paddling. http://weatherforddemocrat.com/local/x980632247/School-parent-OK-with-paddling Thousands of children in America suffer in similar ways! But Obama has the power to stop this by ratifying the CRC! What does the CRC guarantee American children? •The right to play. •The right to be safe. •The right to practice the religion of their choice. •The right to an education without physical punishment. •The right to be tried as a child, and not sentenced to life in prison without parole. In 1995, President Clinton signed the CRC, but he didnʼt send it to the Senate. It is time for our President to take real action. Obama says heʼs committed to improving the lives of our children. He says he values their well-being. He says itʼs an embarrassment that the U.S hasn't ratified the CRC. Enough talk, Mr. President. It’s time for action! Over 200 non-profits support the CRC, yet a small group of people are afraid of children having rights. They think parents should have 'fundamental rightsʼ over their children, to include the fundamental right to be criminally negligent parents. Here are a few of the crimes that will start to disappear: -Child beatings occur in schools in 19 states more than 200,000 times a year. -Approximately 6 million cases of child abuse go unreported annually. -At least 200,000 children are sexually trafficked across the U.S. annually. . The U.S. is the only country on earth to imprison children for life without parole. -America is the worst offender of child abuse in the Industrialized World. It is time to end the hypocrisy, and give children their rights. It is time for our President to do the right thing. Please also sign our petition on change.org: http://www.change.org/petitions/president-obama-end-mistreatment-of-american-children-ratify-the-crc For more information about... The CRC: unicef.org/crc http://www.childrightscampaign.org/ Corporal Punishment: stophitting.com unlimitedjustice.com Imprisoning children for life: www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/issues/children-s-rights/juvenile-life-without-parole Child Abuse: www.rainbirdfoundation.org Take a Stand for the End of child abuse: rainbirdfoundation.org/takeastand Child trafficking: http://www.notforsalecampaign.org/

This petition is addressed to the Alaska Legislature to ask them not to undo the Alaska Clear and Equitable Share act (ACES) which greatly benefits Alaska. ACES has provided much extra revenue for many necessary and beneficial projects in Alaska, and the jobs to build them. There will be a loss of jobs and project revenue and benefit to Alaska if it is overturned. When Alaska became a State, we didn't model our constitution after run-of -the-mill constitutions, but after the best at the time. This was the case with the creation of ACES, which was long overdue in it's creation, and a miracle it actually happened under a Republican administration. It provides strong incentives for exploration and development our oil resource, but still gives Alaska a fair share. If anyone should profit from the price of oil skyrocketing worldwide, Alaskan projects are as worthy to benefit, if not more so, as anyone standing to profit incidentally may be. The Petroleum Industry is financing a full-scale campaign to persuade us to fatten their profit margins. Not that it is hurting in this state. It is profiting, significantly. But they want even more wealth, which would probably not remain in Alaska. The facts belie many of the industry's arguments. Petroleum Industry employment and projects on the north slope have not gone down since the creation of ACES. And the spending on Alaskan infrastructure development has been able to go up. It is probably a good bet that the oil development will expand in Alaska in the near future no matter what, given the huge resource and profit incentive. And if it didn't happen immediately, it would be there for our children. Norway shares the diverse latitudes and climate of Alaska, and also an oil industry; yet it has over $500 Billion of oil resource wealth in its permanent fund, after paying for benefits for a population six times larger than our state. Norway's petroleum royalty is the only to exceed that of Alaska, at current rates, and yet and the oil industry is in no hurry to leave Norway. They are doing fine. When it comes to this current big push to overturn ACES, we should not be so dense as to not consider the source at this time - Governor Sean Parnell. It is often overlooked that he has been a long-time lobbyist for ConocoPhillips, who is financing much of the current campaign to overturn ACES, and who would stand to make billions in return for their media campaign investment in this regard. Let's not get caught up in the emotional propaganda generated by the "undo ACES" campaign, and keep a very sound policy for Alaska. It is something to be proud of, without apology!

Help ensure that the City of Batavia works to improve the downtown area as set forth in the Batavia Comprensive Plan.

Dear Virginia Voter or Friend of Virginia Voter, We're calling on Governor McDonnell to veto these bills today and protect democracy for all Virginians. Veto SB 1 and HB 63, and end the attack on democracy in Virginia. Government should go out of its way to make sure that all Virginians can vote. Democracy is for everybody. Will you sign the petition? Click here to add your name, and then pass it along to your friends.

HB363-banning sex education in Utah

This is not to suppress the voting which is a Constitutional Right in this country. Voter ID is no protection against voter fraud.

Democratic legislators are becoming as rare as hen's teeth in the SC legislature. Governor Haley should be promoting issues that will improve the lives of SC residents and protect democracy. Instead, she serves her GOP corporate backers while the people of SC are cut out of the loop by this prevailing system of crony capitalism. Voter suppresion is an egregious method the GOP employs in it's agenda to serve their corporate masters, and it must be stopped.

Democratic legislators are becoming as rare as hen's teeth in the SC legislature. Governor Haley should be promoting issues that will improve the lives of SC residents and protect democracy. Instead, she serves her GOP corporate backers while the people of SC are cut out of the loop by this prevailing system of crony capitalism. Voter suppresion is an egregious method the GOP employs in it's agenda to serve their corporate masters, and it must be stopped.

Democratic legislators are becoming as rare as hen's teeth in the SC legislature. Governor Haley should be promoting issues that will improve the lives of SC residents and protect democracy. Instead, she serves her GOP corporate backers while the people of SC are cut out of the loop by this prevailing system of crony capitalism. Voter suppresion is an egregious method the GOP employs in it's agenda to serve their corporate masters, and it must be stopped.

Democratic legislators are becoming as rare as hen's teeth in the SC legislature. Governor Haley should be promoting issues that will improve the lives of SC residents and protect democracy. Instead, she serves her GOP corporate backers while the people of SC are cut out of the loop by this prevailing system of crony capitalism. Voter supression is an egregious method the GOP employs in it's agenda to serve their corporate masters, and it must be stopped.