I'm a petitioner in America; trying to put an issue on the ballot in Ohio. Basically- Factory farms should be fined if we have another dog food recall (tainted dog food killed some of our pets recently in our state, much like many of the products Wall-Mart has to offer). People might as well assume my skin is made of acid before they give me the time of day. If it's not a constant barrage of no's, it's people kicking me off of private property, stating "it's not ok with corporate to solicit" to which I reply- "Freedom of religion, speech, the press, assembly, and petition". The 1st amendment grants me the right to petition, yet where the people assemble is now considered private property (in the facility of any business or practice thereof). I've even been kicked off a BMV lot, which last time I checked was government property, argo I pay taxes for such a place to operate. I'm not going to deny my own bias when I say Capitalism is failing! It's a system built to spill. Before we place blame on anyone, shall we rebel for our own sake? Political science is a major; a study you must practice to understand. Do we the people really know what's going on anymore? No! So we let the rest of the world peg us for ignoramuses. Thomas Jefferson once wrote "Never spend your money before you have it", which has clearly been done by people you and I shall never know and now we pay the price. Like the generation before us who violently opposed the war in Vietnam (which this war on terrorism has just surpassed in time committed) , we should protest if we feel the need to be! The time to collect ourselves (republican or democrat) has risen. Apathy is not acceptable. We need to speak up! My name is Chris Gerrard, and I'm ready to challenge the powers that be. We can make a solution happen, opposed to waiting for it by people who do not represent us as Americans!
