We call on the United States Office of the Attorney General to appoint a Special Counsel to investigate whether crimes were committed by anyone in the United States government who committed or authorized torture.

“This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it.” President Abraham Lincoln Fellow Americans, if there is but ONE PETITION you should sign in your life time it is this one for it addresses the very fabric of our founding Constitution, the role of our government, the rights and expectations of the American people, the very nature of our Democracy, and the protection of our National Interests. Fellow Americans, we have far too long laid ignorant and silent about the hijacking, influence, and manipulation of our federal government by a foreign nation through its powerful Lobby, the Israel Lobby, that corrupts, bribes, and purchases our elected representatives through large campaign donations and a most supportive media that can make or break careers. The net effect of such power is the nullification and neutralization of our democratic system whereby the government is elected to serve the American people first, foremost, and always; and not serve a foreign nation’s interests out of greed, fear, and intimidation. George Ball (deceased), former Undersecretary of State and former Ambassador to the United Nations wrote in his book, “The Passionate Attachment”: “Practically every congressman and senator says his prayers to the Israel lobby–they have done an enormous job of corrupting the American democratic process.” Fellow Americans, this is the SINGLE Most Important Petition you will ever sign given that it impacts our rights and expectations from our government, our democracy, and the Constitutional fabric of our founding, and the nature and future of our nation. PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION and share it with every American you know, at home or abroad. A signature for the freedom of our country from the grip of a foreign nation is the least patriotic duty any American citizen or resident can do for their country. We can’t afford to be cynical, skeptical, and silent as the costs of supporting this foreign nation escalate in terms of our treasury, military, and tragically at recent times at the expense of the lives of our young soldiers who unknowingly are sent abroad to fight another nation’s wars. Thus: We The People, the undersigned citizens of the free Republic of the United States of America, hereby declare and demand that our government, a government elected by us to serve us and no other nation, immediately cease and desist all foreign aid, grants, loan guarantees, military, and intelligence cooperation given to the only “democracy” in the Middle East; which on many occasions violate our own laws ,such as the “Armed Export Control Act” of 1976, which only permits the use of American weapons for self defense purpose and not for military offensives. We demand that all aid and cooperation be conditioned on that nation ending its decade’s long illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories and abide by all relevant U.N. Security Council Resolutions, and all applicable International and Humanitarian Laws. No person or nation should be above the law. We, Americans, with out governmental blind support of this nation are seen by the entire world as highly complicit in this nation’s impunity and immunity from being held accountable for its persistent violation of International Laws. In the eyes of the world we are just as guilty as this nation for the devastation, destruction, and loss of life incurred by its neighboring civilian populations. We the People hereby give notice and warning to all our government officials, especially the President and Congress, that we will hold them accountable for their commitment to serve, support, and protect this foreign nation’s interests above our own, even when they contradict our own interests. We the People through the ballot box will vote for a truly patriotic government that will serve, adhere to, and elevate the interests of the United States of America above all foreign interests. So Sayeth the People, so help us God.

Be an ADVOCATE in the 21st Century for the 3C's for the 3 E's Have our young world citizens and future leaders will be Educated, and Employed to save our Environment for generations to come - for more bang for our buck! 1933 -- The 73rd Congress Invest in Human and Natural Resource Capital "I propose to create a Civilian Conservation Corps to be used in forestry, the prevention of soil erosion, flood control and similar projects . . . More important, however, than the material gains from their labors will be the moral and spiritual value of such work." FDR's written message to the Emergency Session of the 73rd Congress on March 21, 1933 Today - Yes we can "I want generations that follow to see that we used this moment to encourage a 21st Century Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) for our young people." President Barack H. Obama’s historic statement at his address on the 160th Anniversary of the Department of the Interior on March 3, 2009 Since 2009, there has been a 21st Century Civilian Conservation Corps Act sponsored by Marcy Kaptur D-OH-9. FMI at http://www.wecantakeit.org/id73.html HR 188, is the current bill that proposes to re-establish the CCC to provide for the creation of jobs for more bang for our buck and will enroll American Civilians and a support staff to work in the field with them for generations. Please contact and strongly urge your US House Member to co-sponsor HR 188 the 21st Century Civilian Conservation Corps Act. Next we have to urge our US Senators to create a companion bill. At the same time, we have to strongly urge the POTUS to shepherd the CCC Act through Congress and then signing it into law. The CCC Program is a non-partisan issue. The CCC would benefit communities and the Nation. Many young Americans need a good first time job experience reference! The 21st Century CCC would bring opportunity for men and women and 10 percent of them would consist of our homeless but fit war veterans to have fun, travel and adventure. As FDR said, " We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build them for the future!" Those who enroll in the CCC would be involved in a public sector National Service. The 21st Century CCC would put our young American men and women to work on jobs that really need to be done, saving our environment and building national assets for future generations. The 21st century CCC would work on conservation projects in national, state, municipal parks, forests and waterways. They could live in college dorms or on decommissioned military bases, or in barracks, or in spike camps similar to those used by the military in the field close to the job site. They also would move at a moments notice to work on disaster relief. ………………….. To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace. President George Washington And can you sign and spread these older petitions. … https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Refund_the_United_States_Civilian_Conservation_Corps http://org.credoaction.com/petitions/national-service-for-american-refund-the-ccc-us-civilian-conservation-corps http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/national-petition-for-the-reactivation-of-the-us-civilian-conservation-corps/ http://www.gopetition.com/petition/44609.html http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/bring-back-the-us-civilian http://www.change.org/petitions/rep-marcy-kaptur-congress-pass-the-21st-century-ccc-act or http://chn.ge/1o0C0ur. SEE http://www.wecantakeit.org/id58.html FMI on History of the CCC... http://www.history.com/topics/civilian-conservation-corps FYI: Contact info for CCC Initiative, Inc got to http://www.wecantakeit.org/id6.html

Dear Spokane City Council Members, We would like to begin by thanking the City Council and the Plan Commission for the important work done last fall to re-name Ft. George Wright Drive to Whistalks Way. While some argue such changes are merely symbolic and lack impact, the decision to cease commemorating a historical figure responsible for genocide is a significant step in healing for those communities who still, generations later, have been affected by the aftermath of their brutality. It is in this same vein that we, the undersigned individuals, urge you to remove another Spokane monument that continues to perpetuate racism and inflict pain upon members of our community: the John R. Monaghan statue. At first glance, the statue, which belongs to the city and is located opposite the Spokane Club, appears as nothing other than a prominent memorial to a fallen war hero. “During the retreat of the allied forces from the deadly fire and overwhelming number of the savage foe,” the inscription reads, “[Ensign John R. Monaghan] stood the fearful onslaught and sacrificed his life defending a wounded comrade Lieutenant Philip V. Lansdale United States Navy.” Although most who pass by the statue are unlikely to know who Monaghan was, or what battle he fought in, it is known around the world to the Pacific Islander community as a devastating reminder of the thousands of innocent men, women, and children whom were brutally murdered. It stands as a monument to the unprovoked, antagonistic, colonial attacks by the United States on Sāmoa and Sāmoan civilians, and to the racist perceptions that Americans had of them at that time. The impacts have been deep and lasting. In 1899, when the United States was aggressively conquering the native lands of foreign people to extend U.S. influence, the U.S. Navy received orders to attack Sāmoa in an effort to install a ruler favorable to the United States. The USS Philadelphia shelled Sāmoan villages, targeting and killing civilian populations, including women and children. An eyewitness to one of these bombardments reported “shells bursting everywhere; the cries of the bedridden and the helplessly wounded burning alive in their blazing houses ... mangled children crawling on the sands.” Ensign John R. Monaghan, who hailed from the Spokane area, was among the U.S. officers and sailors who went ashore to burn villages – a fact that is overshadowed by the statue’s depiction of him as a martyr and a hero. The Monaghan statue and its pediment are problematic for three important reasons. First, they commemorate a war that was not honorable, and that caused pain and destruction of Sāmoan communities. Second, the bas-relief pediment on the statue uses degrading language, perpetuates racist stereotypes, and misrepresents Sāmoan defenders of their land, homes, and resources. Lastly, they serve as a constant reminder of a painful past and thus continue to inflict harm and cause pain to the Sāmoan and the larger Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities of Spokane, which includes the second largest Marshallese population in the nation. As Spokane media in the past few years demonstrates, this monument continues to serve to this day as a rallying point for anti-Sāmoan racism. Perhaps the statue was a source of pride for Spokane citizens when it was erected in 1906, a physical reminder of the U.S.’s superiority over “the savage horde,” as Governor Mead referred to Sāmoans during the dedication ceremony. But the racist and ignorant perceptions that went virtually unquestioned during that era should not be allowed to represent Spokane today, 115 years later. We must not continue to pay homage to unjust wars, people who carry them out, and racist, colonial beliefs that lead to them. In solidarity with our Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander community members, we call for the immediate removal of the statue and the pediment, and we ask, with deep humility, for the full support of the Spokane City Council in these efforts as we move closer toward reconciliation and healing together.

Mumia's human rights are being violated here in USA. He's a political prisoner, who's not getting adequate medical care, for a possible diabetic coma.

I support the A2GBN efforts to educate the public about natural burial and would like to see the development of more green burial options in our area.

Stop the Bullying on these Social Media websites for just being a Trayvon Martin Supporter.

To not vote this bill out of the Criminal Justice Committee to begin the process of House Bill 22 (Expansion of Obstruction of Justice) becoming law.

Redistricting occurs approximately every 10 years, after the U.S. Census. The purpose is to adjust congressional, legislative, and other districts based on population, while ensuring certain requirements of the Voting Rights Act are met. When redistricting is a partisan process, problems occur. The party in power uses its power to draw districts that weaken the other party. This is called gerrymandering. The one-hour documentary How Elections are Rigged by Snag Films describes the problem in depth and can be found on youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-285T7Pdp58&t=463s Both the Democrats and the Republicans have been guilty of gerrymandering. Presidents from both parties – including John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and Barack Obama -- have spoken out against gerrymandering and urged for a non-partisan process in redistricting (see the youtube video). One way to achieve that goal is through an independent, non-partisan redistricting commission. As of this writing, 13 states exclusively use redistricting commissions to draw electoral district lines. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redistricting_commission Texas is not one of those states. Instead, the Texas Legislature draws district boundaries. If it fails to do so, the Legislative Redistricting Board (LRB) will draw the legislative (but not congressional) districts. That Board is comprised of five partisan officeholders: the lieutenant governor, speaker of the house, attorney general, comptroller, and commissioner of the general land office. Texas’ redistricting process has been the subject of federal litigation for years. See Perez v. Perry; Evenwel v. Abbott; and Davis v. Perry. These lawsuits have cost Texas taxpayers in excess of $5 million. Multiple attempts to create an independent redistricting commission in Texas have failed. Republican Jeff Wentworth (San Antonio) sponsored bills in 2005, 2009 and 2011. In 2015, Democrats Rafael Anchia (Dallas) and Donna Howard (Austin) sponsored bills. Howard is sponsoring a bill now in the 2017 Legislature. HJR 32 would create an Independent Redistricting Commission and give Texas citizens the opportunity to vote on an amendment to the Texas Constitution to permit the Commission. In addition, Democrat Royce West is sponsoring SB 209, which would create an Independent Redistricting Commission for congressional districts but not legislative districts. That bill has been referred to the Senate State Affairs Committee. This petition urges the Texas House Committee on Redistricting and the Senate State Affairs Committee to hold public hearings on HJR 32 and SB 209, and to vote both bills out of committee so that the full Legislature can consider them. At a bare minimum, all of our representatives should have a say in whether this proposal goes to the Texas voters. Texas these days is considered a purple state -- in recent elections, its cities have gone blue while its rural areas remain red. Because of this, this is an ideal time to seek an independent redistricting commission, as both parties will benefit from it. The San Antonio Express-News supported the proposal in 2015: http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/editorials/article/A-Texas-way-revealed-on-redistricting-6377717.php The Texas League of Women Votes supports the idea: http://www.lwvtexas.org/Redistricting.html The National Organization for Women (NOW) supports the idea: http://now.org/resource/issue-advisory-restoring-democracy-court-ruling-approves-independent-commissions-to-counter-gerrymandering/ The New York Times found that independently-drawn districts are more competitive: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/02/upshot/independently-drawn-districts-have-proved-to-be-more-competitive.html?ref=politics&abt=0002&abg=1&_r=0 Common Ground for Texans supports drawing districts without partisan gerrymandering: http://cg4tx.org/about/vision-mission-statement/ Texas Common Cause supports redistricting reform: http://www.commoncause.org/states/texas/?referrer=https://www.google.com/?referrer=http://www.commoncause.org/states/texas/ The Brennan Center for Justice supports reforming the redistricting process so that it is independent, transparent, and ensures that communities are fully and fairly represented in Congress and the nation’s legislative bodies: http://www.brennancenter.org/issues/redistricting

In 1776, representatives of the residents in thirteen North American colonies adopted a Declaration of Independence that set forth the philosophical principles behind their recent and future actions, their grievances against King George III of Great Britain, and the redress they sought. Among other things, that Declaration made note of the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The writer of the Declaration substituted “pursuit of happiness” for “property” found in earlier formulations of those three inherent rights. After struggle, victory, and peace, representatives of the citizens of the thirteen sovereign, independent states established from initial trial and error, through debate and consensus a new form of government of, by, and for the people. That government has withstood invasion, wars of expansion, defense, principle, ideology and questionable motive, economic transformations, immigration of individuals from every part of the world, cultural awakenings, social unrest and political corruption, assassinations, and a great conflagration that soaked this country’s fields with blood from self-inflicted wounds and tore the fabric of a shared civic culture. That government has evolved as its creators intended to meet new challenges and provided infrastructure, regulations, and services as the need arose. That government remains a beacon of hope for all human beings seeking democratic, representative, responsible, humane, and limited rule over their affairs. Today, many citizens of the United States of America fear their government has become a creature of the wealthy, the corporations from which the wealthy derive their resources, and the politicians driven to act in the interests of those corporations due to their need for funds to fuel their endless campaigns to stay in office. Some of those citizens have made their concerns known by occupying parks, streets, and public areas in the cities and other localities of this country. They call upon the one percent that wields power through wealth and elected office to return the government, its policies, laws, regulations, and justice to the ninety-nine percent that have the capacity to fuel the economy, generate jobs, mobilize society, and move forward but are starved of the resources to do so. They seek change. As the colonial representatives knew two hundred thirty-five years ago, great change must be founded on rational principles soundly developed from evidence, facts, and natural law. Such are the times now that some choose to twist, dissect or profane the principles supporting change out of fear, ignorance, or self-interest. Nonetheless, the foundations for change are present for all to see. The evidence is clear. We truly are created equal, endowed with certain rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We all require and are entitled to consistent shelter, social and familial companionship, wellness and good health, education to our potential, full and complete nourishment, adequate clothing, employment of our skills and knowledge, and safety from harm. We build communities, support our brothers and sisters regardless of skin color, religion, ability, condition, sex, attribute, or characteristic, and treat one another with respect and dignity. We are a diverse nation. The citizens of the United States of America have found their government and political discourse in their country at an impasse. They have reacted in frustration, fear, apprehension, and sadness to the growing sense that their great nation has taken an unproductive and dangerous path. Witness the facts: • the wealthy have steadily increased their share of the nation’s wealth at the expense of the poor and middle classes; • politicians have pledged to enact no taxes despite the necessity for revenues to meet the needs of the people and revitalize our nation’s infrastructure; • corporations have been deemed persons with political rights, allowing these corporations to support candidates and political causes financially, thereby drowning out the voices of voters; • elected officials have engaged the nation in lengthy, unwarranted wars that have sapped the economy, killed and harmed tens of thousands of people, and invoked ill feelings abroad; • legislators and governors have used the narrow tenets of religious minorities as the basis for laws that restrict the exercise of fundamental human rights in order to maintain political support; • politicians have set out arbitrary and selfish requirements prior to debates on issues that require negotiation and consensus; • companies, business groups, and single-issue interests have used their resources to influence and shape legislation and regulations for their benefit, squeezing out the common good; • representatives have conducted inquiries and provided earmarked funds for their own self-promotion; • laws have been passed to address issues that do not actually exist and other laws...