Stop Governor Snyder from building the new bridge when there is one in place to be done. He is in it to spend money that does not need to be spent. This money will come for ALL taxpayers, not him included. Spend the money he had planned on the new bridge he wants and use it to finish the bridge already started!

The protests against this dictatorship have grown for almost a year, as has the brutal military response. Members of the regular Syrian Army have defected to the Free Syrian Army. Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas support Syria. The Russians and Chinese vetoed a UN resolution for a non-violent solution to the conflict, and Russia, like Iran, is arming the government. All nonviolent solutions are exhausted. The Free Army is outgunned. The overthrow of Assad is in America's national interest; it will deprive Iran of a critical ally and break its link with Hezbollah and Hamas.

We need to focus the proper management of tax dollars into more meaningful programs rather than war mongering, corruption, and greed. We need to funnel money into education, so teachers don't have to spend their own money to get needed supplies for their students, and college graduates aren't paying student loans forever...healthcare, so people are not dying needlessly...jobs and housing, so families do not lose their homes...clean, renewable energy and sustainable living as humans being, so we can have hope for the future without using up our resources...social security, so our seniors don't have to worry needlessly...and most of all, global peacemaking efforts, paying it forward with random acts of kindness so everyone can be who they are, and have what they need, all around the world.

Improving home energy efficiency gives residents control over their energy usage, so they can use less without sacrificing comfort. However, the initial cost of efficiency upgrades can put these improvements out of reach for many customers. Connecticut has great programs that can make upgrades more affordable, but currently they are not available to the half of state residents who heat with oil, because unlike natural gas customers, they do not contribute to the state's efficiency fund via their fuel bill. The Connecticut legislature is considering a measure that would correct this, making energy efficiency programs that are currently available to electric and gas customers also available to heating oil users. Please ask your state senator and representative to support this legislation.

Maryland's Constitution mandates that every 20 years the General Assembly place a referendum on the ballot giving voters the opportunity to convene a state constitutional convention (con-con). If a majority of the voters approve, then the Assembly must provide for the election of con-con delegates (using the same electoral districts as the Assembly) and then another ballot referendum so the voters can ratify or reject the con-con's proposed constitutional amendments. The Framers of Maryland's 1851 constitution inserted this self-executing provision in the Constitution because they knew that the Assembly would have a conflict of interest in convening a con-con to implement democratic reforms that did not enhance their power. Prior to the most recent referendum on Nov. 2, 2010, not a single member of the General Assembly publicly supported a yes vote on the referendum. This was no surprise, as many legislators feared a con-con would lead to popular constitutional amendments that they strongly opposed, such as independent redistricting, legislative transparency, legislative term limits, and a balanced budget. On Nov. 2, 2010, 54.4% of Marylanders voting on the question voted yes to convene a state con-con. But members of the General Assembly have refused to convene it, despite their claims to respect the will of their constituents, the original intent of the Framers and Ratifiers of the self-executing con-con provision, and their oath of office to uphold the Constitution. Sign this petition to uphold Maryland's Constitution and the people's right to convene a state constitutional convention. For more information, see www.MarylandConCon.org.

Tell President Obama no cuts to MediCare for his budget plan. He told the American people when he campaigned he would not make cuts to MediCare and Social Security.

President Obama should send a request to Congress every month to pass measures such that employment growth in total, private and public, is 400,000 per month. 400,000 will return us to full employment, and erase the tragically unnecessary misery and injustice of the current mass unemployment, by about 2015 instead of 2020 if we stay on the current path of employment growth.

The push to make Voter ID laws that are targeted at Poor, Ethnic, and Student voters is nothing more than a Poll Tax disguised as "Fraud Prevention." Making people pay for a State Authorized form of ID is a tool to disenfranchise people on limited or fixed income.

Each of use creates wastewater daily and the reason it can't be released into a river or lake is that it causes algae blooms, it's a rich resource for growing algae. So in America we burn 474-million gallons of all types of transportation fuels a day and with 300-million people that's 1.58-gallons a person a day in fuel. If you grow algae to purify the wastewater it's worth about 2-gallons or more a day per person on the system. Biodiesel will burn in any engine on the planet so this suggests a way to gain all our transportation fuels from our own wastewater and never need a drop of oil. The reasons to do this is that algae are the world's best water cleaners so when growth-rates drop the water is given final treatment and fully recycled like North Lake Tahoe's plant has been doing since the late 1970's, so you get the water back. Then you get the biodiesel by pressing the algae for oils and giving that a tweak to work with the seals in the engines you use. This system can work at any scale, for example Phoenix, AZ, produces 10-million gallons a day of secondary effluent, 41.5-million pounds of fertilizer the algae must consume before tomorrow and worth about 3-million gallons of biodiesel daily. The fertilizer alone is worth over $9-million a day, that's part of the economy of doing this is to use this renewable source to grow our fuel from existing infrastructure and like for Phoenix, a city on canals to get enough water, the 10-million gallons of wastewater is recycled saving that amount in fresh-water demand --- per day. With a local source of transportation fuels being created at wastewater plants, we'll never need another gallon of foreign oil.

Rather than our government paying other countries Interest on our debt, let's issue government bonds That go directly to pay down the deficit. Then US citizens Would earn a decent interest rate & pump money into our Economy instead of overseas. Even if it's only 2% Interest, guaranteed government bonds that Reduce the deficit is a win for all Americans!

Macy's keeps attaching a fee for "credit card protection" to my credit card. For the second time I called to take it off my account.

Governor Cuomo is closing the only long term psychiatric Hospital in Brooklyn and sending a little over half of the patients and families to Staten Island. The other 115 beds are being closed forcing the other patients to be kicked out and possibly will be on the trains and the streets of Brooklyn. Kingboro services patients with a long history of being severely and persistently mentally ill, as well as forensinc patients. The South Beach Psychiatric Hospital is over 21/2 hours a way. Not to speak on the 650 employees whom could be jobless as well! Please help! It is Brooklyn who will suffer! The Kingsboro property will be like a shelter instead! Spread the word they are doing it quietly! The streets of Brooklyn will suffer the loss of mental health care. You only have to watch the news to know not having this service in Brooklyn will effect the community adversely. There is an attack on Brooklyn's Mental Health Center and on Brooklyn residents with a long history of being severely and persistently mentally ill. Please support not closing Kingsboro Psychiatric Center and Down State Hospital/ Medical School.There is an attack on the mental health System. There is also a smear Campaign to justify steeling Brooklyn tax dollars and not providing the services to Brooklyn. It doesn't make sense for Brooklyn the biggest borough to send our Mentally ill families to Staten Island 2 1/2 hours away for treatment, they will quicker take to the streets!