Unfortunately, both parties; Republicans and Democrats have failed us since they have become pawns of special interests. They are no longer protecting the interests of American citizens because they are too busy protecting the interests of the corporations for the sake of power.The only man standing up in the 2012 presidential race to up-hold the constituation of the United States of America and protect American values and our civil liberties is Dr. Ron Paul. Dr. Ron Paul has been consistent in his views as they relate to civil liberties, economy and the foreign policy AND has never compromised on them for the sake of just winning an election. Therefore, it is our responsibility to elect men of honor like him. It is also clear that mega interest groups are as always spending millions of dollars to keep the status quo and silence people like Dr. Ron Paul. Our press, as usual is serving special interests again and the system has piled up obstacles and hurdles for people like Ron Paul. It is up to us now. We should all contact Dr. Ron Paul and request him to break with his party and stand as an independent candidate so that Americans can get an option to vote for him. http://www.ronpaul.com/ Respectfully Arshad Waheed

The Network "Lifetime" is planning on Making a miniseries about the April 20th 1999 shooting in Littleton Co. There is no mention of any proceeds being directed at programs that address school violence. There has been no indication that people were actually consulted from the community. There is no indication that anyone has been contacted for likeness rights. How the network has gone about making this movie is questionable, which begs the question, "How tasteful is this movie going to be? WIll it be historically accurate or just a gore-fest?" "How distorted are they going to make the film to sell ad space?"

Sunny Sheu was a victim of mortgage fraud, who discovered that a NY Supreme Court Judge was complicit in the fraud that stole his home. Sunny was officially scheduled to testify at NY State Senate hearing on Judicial Corruption, but before he could testify, he was abducted by two NYPD detectives and threatened with death if he "went to the authorities" Sunny requested witness protection from the FBI and posted a video on Youtube predicting his murder by the judge and the NYPD. Days later, on June 26th 2010, Sunny was found bludgeoned to death on a dead end street in Flushing Queens. Hours after his death, the NYPD illegally removed his body and sent it to the Medical Examiner with a note saying he had dies of an "aneurysm" and that there was "no criminality" The Medical examiner disagreed and ruled the cause of death "Blunt force trauma to the Head with skull fractures and brain injuries." and the manner of death "undetermined", making a criminal investigation mandatory. There has been no investigation. The NYPD has violated NY State law by denying FOIL request for information regarding Sunny's death. The case is thoroughly detailed and documented at: www.sunnysheu.blogspot.com On May 18th, 2011, the Blackstar News sent a certified letter to NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly, describing the case and demanding an investigation. Receipt of the letter was confirmed, but Kelly has not responded. If a whistle blower can be kidnapped, threatened by the NYPD, then murdered without an investigation, all New Yorkers are in dire jeopardy.

The U.S. House of Representatives have recently passed a much weakened version of the STOCK Act legislation, which some representatives in the U.S. Senate find to be disappointing. We need to remind our House Representatives and Senate Representatives that the parts left out in the weakened STOCK Act need to be kept in the final bill.

Currently, under the name of religious freedom, many Catholic run institutions like hospitals refuse to provide health insurance coverage for contraception for their women employees even if it is medically indicated for their health (even though 98% of Catholic Women have used contraception.) It is time for all women, including Catholic women, and the men who love them, to speak up and let their voices be heard about this issue.

This petition is addressed to the International Committee Of The Red Cross (ICRC), so please read an sign, you should act quickly, it is our responsibility to act because the ICRC is not taking the necessary steps to save Adnans life. After you sign please distribute widely.

We oppose the new Montessori elementary school that will soon present a charter petition to the SC City School Board. This petition will first go to its founders. See our website: savescschools.wordpress.com for more information and many reasons to sign. Pass it on! PLEASE TYPE IN YOUR CITY - if you only put the zip code, it may auto-fill inaccurately. Thank you!

Military whistleblower Bradley Manning, being prosecuted by the US Government for releasing details of illegal and immoral US actions, has been nominated for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize.

Never has it been a more important time to petition our government to require full disclosure of genetically modified foods. Studies in lab rats have shown organ failure when they ingested Monsanto's new GMO corn. If we do nothing Monsanto will continue to pollute the very thing that is supposed to nourish us. . . our food. We have a right to know what is being sold as food.

Although Archbishop Dolan is against this portion of the health bill, historically, Catholics follow their beliefs. This should not rule out others who need or want this medication.

The stock market is run on secrecy. The buyers and sellers identity is hidden from everyone except the insiders. Openness is better for the retail traders who are taken advantage of by the professionals. I propose that this identifying data be displayed in all completed orders. When a buyer or sellers order is bought by another market participant, the following data should be displayed for both the buyer and the seller; the sellers and buyers names, the stock broker's name, the brokerage company's name, the clearing firm name, the name of the cities where both orders originated, the trading platforms used, the time the orders were entered and completed. All of this information is already available in the computer record of the stock market clearing firms. Including this data in the display on my home computer would enhance my ability to see who is manipulating the stock maket. In my humble opinion displaying the buyer and seller names would take some of the secrecy out of the stock market.

The FDA is on the brink of approving genetically engineered salmon for human consumption. This would be the first genetically engineered animal on supermarket shelves in the United States. The salmon is engineered to produce growth hormones year-round that cause the fish to grow at twice the normal rate. The government already requires labels to tell us if fish is wild-caught or farm-raised – don't we also have a right to know if our salmon is genetically engineered? Without labels, we'll never know. More than forty countries, including Russia and China, already require labels on genetically engineered foods. As Americans, we firmly believe that we deserve the same right to know what we are eating. That's why we hope you'll join us and over half a million other Americans in telling the FDA to require labels on genetically engineered foods. Eric Schlosser is the author of Fast Food Nation and a producer of the documentary Food, Inc. Gary Hirshberg is the Chairman of Stonyfield Farm and an advocate for sustainable food. By signing this petition, you will be submitting a comment to the FDA.