Susan G Komen Foundation, led by a virulent anti-choice Vice president, and succumbing to pressure from far-right anti-choice groups, has severed its relationship with Planned Parenthood effectively denying breast cancer screening to thousands of poor and minority women."Shame, shame, shame on Susan G Komen. I thought you cared about women's health!"

Georgia's HOPE Scholarship has not been fully funded since 2008. Over the past year alone, the state has cut $305 million from student awards, leading many students to take on expensive student debt and increasing the number of students who leave school without finishing their degree. The reform efforts of 2011 have failed. The HOPE Scholarship program is hemorrhaging. We need to return the program to its original intent that ensures access and opportunity to higher education for Georgia's high-achieving students.

The governor is proposing a fifty-cent increase on the already outrageous cigarette tax,tax on candy,tax on soda....No more.

Obama can not possibly attack Iran..tho the powers that be fully intend him to. An illegal attack on Iran would trigger WW3 and further destabilize the planet. It is time for Obama to wake up, and take a real stand for the planet and her peoples.

Students have no say in the creation of the HIB laws and the laws are too broad, leading to consequences for subjective acts of bullying. These policies are too strict and have too negative of an impact on students.

It seems that our representatives do not want to hear what we have to say about the Keystone XL pipeline. OK, maybe the oil companies will. If the pipeline is included in legislation, I would like the bill to also include a provision that any oil company using the tar sand oil must disclose as much in labeling. I would be willing to pay extra to be sure that tar sand oil is not going into my tank. Let's show them other people feel this way, too.

One enormously important women's health organization has succumbed to ultra-right wing attacks on another. This is wrong on many levels. Please support this petition that urges Susan G. Komen for the Cure to stand tough against right wing attacks and restore its relationship with Planned Parenthood. From the Associated Press (the article really says it all): By Associated Press, Updated: Tuesday, January 31, 3:48 PM NEW YORK — The nation’s leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is halting its partnerships with Planned Parenthood affiliates — creating a bitter rift, linked to the abortion debate, between two iconic organizations that have assisted millions of women. The change will mean a cutoff of hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants, mainly for breast exams. Planned Parenthood says the move results from Komen bowing to pressure from anti-abortion activists. Komen says the key reason is that Planned Parenthood is under investigation in Congress — a probe launched by a conservative Republican who was urged to act by anti-abortion groups. The rupture, which has not been publicly announced as it unfolded, is wrenching for some of those who’ve learned about it and admire both organizations. “We’re kind of reeling,” said Patrick Hurd, who is CEO of Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Virginia — recipient of a 2010 grant from Komen — and whose wife, Betsi, is a veteran of several Komen fundraising races and is currently battling breast cancer. “It sounds almost trite, going through this with Betsi, but cancer doesn’t care if you’re pro-choice, anti-choice, progressive, conservative,” Hurd said. “Victims of cancer could care less about people’s politics.” Planned Parenthood said the Komen grants totaled roughly $680,000 last year and $580,000 the year before, going to at least 19 of its affiliates for breast-cancer screening and other breast-health services. Komen spokeswoman Leslie Aun said the cutoff results from the charity’s newly adopted criteria barring grants to organizations that are under investigation by local, state or federal authorities. According to Komen, this applies to Planned Parenthood because it’s the focus of an inquiry launched by Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., seeking to determine whether public money was improperly spent on abortions. Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, has depicted Stearns’ probe as politically motivated and said she was dismayed that it had contributed to Komen’s decision to halt the grants to PPFA affiliates. “It’s hard to understand how an organization with whom we share a mission of saving women’s lives could have bowed to this kind of bullying,” Richards told The Associated Press. “It’s really hurtful.” Planned Parenthood has been a perennial target of protests, boycotts and funding cutoffs because of its role as the largest provider of abortions in the United States. Its nearly 800 health centers nationwide provide an array of other services, including birth control, testing for sexually transmitted diseases, and cancer screening. According to Planned Parenthood, its centers performed more than 4 million breast exams over the past five years, including nearly 170,000 as a result of Komen grants. ----------------------------------------------------------------- If you'd like to also send an actual letter through the mail, this is their corporate address: Susan G. Komen for the Cure 5005 LBJ Freeway, Suite 250 Dallas, TX 75244

Susan G. Komen bows to anti-abortion groups and halts support to Planned Parenthood.

This petition is to help the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless save the Peachtree-Pine shelter. The homeless have the right to live and get help so that they can get back on their feet. We All Have Dreams!

Currently, there are projects in mind to log massive amounts of Oregon's temperate rainforests this year. If these projects ensue, the forests that we know and love in Oregon will be permanently altered. The surrounding lands, which include residential lands, will be affected. Most waterways will be impacted. The mountainous headwaters where most of the logging will occur will be irreparably damaged: THE TREES PROTECT OUR WATER SOURCE! Not to mention the toxicity that will follow from an inability to flush out the chemical herbicides required by state rules to be sprayed on all cut lands! Erosion! Death of already endangered animal and plant species! So, do you want clean fresh air and water that Oregon is prized and known for? Do you want your children's children to know and appreciate the wildlife that we do right now? Do you still want to see these mountains, intact and as they stand now, for years to come? Do you want your children and relations to exist and grow healthfully? Please sign this petition!

I think that the Occupy sites that have tents should post a sign indicating that they are calling the site "Groverville" to advertise the fact that Grover Nordquist is holding the country for ransom by his "Taxpayer Protection Pledge" that most Republicans have signed.

Please sign this petition in support of LGBT rights in the state of Michigan we need to let our government know that denying people these basic rights of health care benefits insurance and care for their childern isn't right we need to let our voices be heard. Thank you,