SC has cut more from education (24.1%) than any other state. Now we are running a budget surplus of almost a billion dollars. For the last four years, teachers have not been paid the salaries they were promised when they accepted their positions. Gov. Haley wants to cut education by $80 million, leave salaries frozen, and use $62 million of the surplus for a corporate tax cut. SC House of Reps has agreed to leave us two years behind on our salary schedules. Meanwhile, we'll pay 4.6% more for health premiums, and lose 1% of salary to correct decades of pension mismanagement. Tell the Legislature to do more to honor SC's commitment to its teachers. Also contact them directly at scstatehouse.gov. Be sure to contact both House and Senate. For more tools and resources, contact [email protected]

It’s healthy! It’s hydrating! It gives a natural sugar rush in the afternoon and prevents binging on cookies! It provides daily doses of Vitamin C (both OJ and Apple juice give 100%) keeping ClimateWorkers (and maybe even CPI-ers) happy and healthy. Save the juice! Don't let the Big-Soda lobby have their way with us!

Unlike transit systems such as New York's or Chicago's, Atlanta's MARTA system can be unreliable and mostly limits its service to Fulton and DeKalb counties. In addition, MARTA has to keep raising its fares to stay in business. This could smear Atlanta's reputation as one of the top cities to live.

The decision to place any corporate executive into a cabinet position is a poor one, but the idea of allowing a Monsanto employee, former or current to sit in leadership of the Department of Agriculture's FDA is tantamount to not only letting the fox guard the henhouse but actually frying the chickens and hand-feeding them to Renard with a silver spoon!

Cut FDA ties to Monsanto

Four years ago, we rallied around the idea of real change for America. A lot of people were bright eyed and hopeful. What Obama delivered was more of the same, showing us that, democrat or republican, politicians work for corporations. Now as the 2012 election gears up, we have a chance to take our candidate back. Join me in demanding Barack Obama to stand with the people, give back his corporate interest money and not take a single penny more that doesn't come from the people. We need a conduit for the people. With this petition, the message is clear. If he will not give us the change we need, he will not have our support. Obama already has gotten the majority of his funding from the people. All we are asking is for him to make a stand for the people and cut out the special interests. Imagine how many more people would support him if he made a stand like that? Look at his top contributors here: http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/contrib.php?cycle=2008&cid=n00009638

PPG Industries has been selling house paint high in lead content in the African nation of Cameroon for years, and although it says it stopped production of that paint late last year, it has rejected a request that it recall or accurately label its lead paints now selling in stores there. Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12037/1208431-114-0.stm#ixzz1ldJDcWdU http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12037/1208431-114-0.stm

WE need to review the current Trade Deals and cancel those that are unfair, use slave labor and child labor to manufacture the product, ruin our USA worker opportunity to a job, avoid protecting the environment by ignoring the policies within the country and do not protect the American public with adequate inspection leaving the foreign port and entering our US Port before they are distributed to US buyers.

NBC-TV did NOT telecast Miss Deaf America, Rachel Maziqeu's American Sign Language (ASL) signing of "America the Beautiful" during the Super Bowl XLVI telecast game. Miss America, Kelly Clarkson's "America the Beautiful" singing was telecast, not Miss Deaf America's "America the Beautiful". Why? DEADLINE - FRIDAY, FEB. 9TH Please grant Miss Deaf America, Rachel Maziqueu an interview on NBC's "Today" tv show to showcase the real beauty of American Sign Language and discussion of issues affecting the Deaf American communities at large. We are all Americans!

New York City residents: Send a message to NYC Government that if we can honor the NY GIANTS by hosting a ticker tape parade celebrating their victory in the Superbowl, then we should act honorably and pay homage to the Service men and woman who served our country in The Iraq War. Many of those in today's American Armed Services are either from families living at or below the poverty level, and for many, joining the American Armed Services, this is the only way of attaining a higher education as a means of lifting themselves out of poverty. We ought to at least acknowledge their sacrifice and commitment to the ideals of this country in honoring their service. Many of those who've served in this war, apearantly have done several tours of duty. Regardless of our position on any of these wars, we should honor those who have served their country, and their families, with a Parade in the Canyon of Heroes, like we have all other generations of Veterans returning home.

I have had my VA med. report into the VA for 2 yrs. and when I call them they advise that a decision has not been made.All of my papers are in order what is the holdup.

Monsanto influence over and corruption of Food Policy