Deniers Petition

There is a petition on the Downing Street Website that is worth a look.  Interestingly, it will not expire until after the General Election, so who knows who will be responding.

New Climategate Petition

HERE is the link to this petiton, please feel free to spread the word on this.

Hattip: Daily Referendum.

Petitions

There are a few petitions out there that are in need of some support, I have linked to most of these before but here are some fresh links and hopefully some fresh impetus.

1.  Steve Green has started a 10 Downing Street petition HERE after seeing an advert of television.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Stop wasting taxpayer's money on climate change propaganda designed to frighten our children.

2. I started the Daniel Hannan petition over on Voice Of The Resistance looking for support to urge Daniel Hannan to stand for the Westminster Parliament.

"We the people who leave our name in the comments field do so as to indicate that we share this same opinion. It is our wish to encourage Daniel Hannan in the strongest and most emphatic means available to us to stand for Election to the UK Parliament at the next General Election so as to join his "The Plan" co-author Doug Carswell in leading and influencing the next Government and the UK towards the ideas espoused in "The Plan" and from on his blog"

3.  There is also a pan-EU petition against nominating Tony Blair as President of the EU, which is proving popular but needs all the signatures possible.

We, European citizens of all origins and of all political persuasions, wish to express our total opposition to the nomination of Tony Blair to the Presidency of the European Council.

4.  Inspired by Ron Paul I wrote this piece about the need to have an audit of the Federal Reserve, and linked to this PETITION on Downing Street which is sorely in need of some support.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Openly and Publically Insist That The United States Government Conduct The First Ever Public Audit Of The Federal Reserve.

Please sign these today if you have not already done so, and let me know in the comments if I have missed any that need attention.

Appeal For Support To Audit The US Federal Reserve

Did you know that the Federal Reserve is not a part of the US Federal Government?

Did you know that it is in fact a Private Company?

Did you know that The US Government has little domestic oversight of the US Fed?

Did you know that the US Fed can enter into negotiations with “Foreign” central banks without Federal oversight?

Did you know that the Federal Reserve has never been audited?


The US Government does not own and it does not control the US Fed. Yet the Fed controls the monetary policy of the biggest economy on the planet and has a direct line to the US Treasury Department. The Fed board’s influence extends to and beyond the US Government and as such the Fed has a very big say in the economic health of the Western World. It is in fact the single most powerful organisation influencing world markets. But where are the checks and balances? There are none.

Ron Paul, everybody’s favourite Republican (outside of the US) introduced House Resolution Bill 1207 The Federal Reserve Transparancy Act to the US House of Representatives in February this year urging the Federal Government to bring the Fed under real scrutiny starting with a full public audit of the bank, to be completed before the end of 2010. This is earth shattering stuff, seeing as nobody is even sure who owns the Fed.

Here is the speech Ron Paul gave when he introduced the bill.

Madame Speaker,


I rise to introduce the Federal Reserve Transparency Act. Throughout its nearly 100-year history, the Federal Reserve has presided over the near-complete destruction of the United States dollar. Since 1913 the dollar has lost over 95% of its purchasing power, aided and abetted by the Federal Reserve’s loose monetary policy. How long will we as a Congress stand idly by while hard-working Americans see their savings eaten away by inflation? Only big-spending politicians and politically favored bankers benefit from inflation.


Serious discussion of proposals to oversee the Federal Reserve is long overdue. I have been a longtime proponent of more effective oversight and auditing of the Fed, but I was far from the first Congressman to advocate these types of proposals. Esteemed former members of the Banking Committee such as Chairmen Wright Patman and Henry B. Gonzales were outspoken critics of the Fed and its lack of transparency.


Since its inception, the Federal Reserve has always operated in the shadows, without sufficient scrutiny or oversight of its operations. While the conventional excuse is that this is intended to reduce the Fed’s susceptibility to political pressures, the reality is that the Fed acts as a foil for the government. Whenever you question the Fed about the strength of the dollar, they will refer you to the Treasury, and vice versa. The Federal Reserve has, on the one hand, many of the privileges of government agencies, while retaining benefits of private organizations, such as being insulated from Freedom of Information Act requests.


The Federal Reserve can enter into agreements with foreign central banks and foreign governments, and the GAO is prohibited from auditing or even seeing these agreements. Why should a government-established agency, whose police force has federal law enforcement powers, and whose notes have legal tender status in this country, be allowed to enter into agreements with foreign powers and foreign banking institutions with no oversight? Particularly when hundreds of billions of dollars of currency swaps have been announced and implemented, the Fed’s negotiations with the European Central Bank, the Bank of International Settlements, and other institutions should face increased scrutiny, most especially because of their significant effect on foreign policy. If the State Department were able to do this, it would be characterized as a rogue agency and brought to heel, and if a private individual did this he might face prosecution under the Logan Act, yet the Fed avoids both fates.


More importantly, the Fed’s funding facilities and its agreements with the Treasury should be reviewed. The Treasury’s supplementary financing accounts that fund Fed facilities allow the Treasury to funnel money to Wall Street without GAO or Congressional oversight. Additional funding facilities, such as the Primary Dealer Credit Facility and the Term Securities Lending Facility, allow the Fed to keep financial asset prices artificially inflated and subsidize poorly performing financial firms.


The Federal Reserve Transparency Act would eliminate restrictions on GAO audits of the Federal Reserve and open Fed operations to enhanced scrutiny. We hear officials constantly lauding the benefits of transparency and especially bemoaning the opacity of the Fed, its monetary policy, and its funding facilities. By opening all Fed operations to a GAO audit and calling for such an audit to be completed by the end of 2010, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act would achieve much-needed transparency of the Federal Reserve. I urge my colleagues to support this bill.

The Bill is gaining momentum and people in the US are taking notice and an interest and there are some public campaigns aimed at applying pressure on US Congressmen and Senators to back this Bill.

It is important because the US Fed makes decisions that affect us all, it is directing traffic and nobody is really sure how strong or weak it really is. If Ron Pauls bid succeeds, other central banks would come under pressure to also come under open scrutiny.

So, if you are a reader from the US, please lend your support to 1207 and urge your representatives to do the same. If you are in the UK please sign THIS PETITION on the 10 Downing Street website urging our Prime Minister to publically lend his support to the existing calls for the US Fed to be audited. Please advertise the link on your blogs and social networks and let’s see if we can help Ron Paul and the US Congress open the books on the Fed. Maybe then we can really get a handle on the Global Economic downturn.

This video is of Ron Paul explaining why this is an important bill. He explains it much better than I can.

Daniel Hannan Petition

I have just started a petition over on The Voice Of The Resistance Blog regarding Daniel Hannan.

If that sounds interesting, please go take a look.

Petition Links

David Cameron today called on everybody who wants a general election to pester our MPs, and media to show the strength of our feelings, and even suggested signing a petition.

Well courtesy of Daily Referendum, I have signed the Conservative Party's petition for a general election which can be found here.

The 10 Downing Street Petition calling on Gordon Brown to resign, which has been signed by over 60,000 people is here.

An alternative petition to dissolve Parliament is here.

If any other petitions become known to me I will add a link to this blog. Please consider signing one or all of the above if you have not already done so.

From Tiny Acorns Mighty Oaks Do Grow

Just saw this link in the comments of Doug Carswells Blog, it is a petition to dissolve Parliament, there are at present 23 signatures, and I felt that maybe a wider airing in the blogosphere might trigger some enthusiasm. It is quicker than the 10 Downing Street Petition, and can be done in about 30 Seconds.

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/dissolve-the-british-parliament.html

Petition For Brown To Resign

Do you want Gordon Brown to resign?

If so, please click here and go to the latest Downing Street petition to request exactly that. There seems to be a bit of a buzz about this one on the Blogosphere, and maybe this one will lead somewhere if it picks up a head of steam.

Update 27-Apr-09: Signatures up to 18,261
Update 28-Apr-09: Signatures now up to 27,835, and I see the server crashed at one point.
Update 03-May-09: Signatures now at 47,064. Not bad for about a week, but no fast or big enough to be a story on its own.

10 Downing Street Petitions - 22nd February 2009

If you want to have a look at the petitions on the 10 Downing Street Website, you can do so, here.

I am just having a look through and thought I would again highlight some that might be of interest. I do not necessarily endorse all of these, but I did think that all were of interest. Click on the link if you want to sign, or find out more about the petitions aims.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Re-introduce the zero-rate corporation tax band for the first £10,000 of company profit. Here. Deadline 14th April 2009, signatures 397.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to scrap ID cards. Here. Deadline 15th December 2009, signatures 135.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to resign. Here. Deadline 31st March 2009, signatures 130.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to allow the people of England a referendum on English independence. Here. Deadline 9th June 2009, signatures 115.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Give British people the view to decide if the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland should withdraw out of the European Union. Here. Deadline 31st October 2009, signatures 31.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Give the United Kingdom public a vote on the Lisbon Treaty. Here. Deadline 2nd September 2009, signatures 62.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to repeal the law which stops protesting within one mile of Parliament. Here. Deadline 29th December 2009, signatures 49.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to not allow the "Made in the United Kingdom" mark to be replaced by "Made in the EU". Here. Deadline 17th March 2009, signatures 131.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Save Woolworths from Closure and Create a People's Woolies. Here. (Started by George Galloway) Deadline 15th March 2009, signatures 524.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Scrap Sunday trading laws allowing all shops to open normal hours on Sundays. Here. Deadline 20th May 2009, signatures 58.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to ban the practice of restaurant-owners applying service charges to bills. Here. Deadline 23rd April 2009, signatures 34.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to push the EU to break the connection between gas price and oil price. Here. Deadline 17th April 2009, signatures 31.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Ban the import of pork products that do not meet the same welfare standards expected of British farmers. Here. Deadline 3rd August 2009, signatures 26.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Ban door to door salespeople. Here. Deadline 4th June 2009, signatures 23.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to reintroduce the ten pence tax band urgently, in order to prevent low paid workers facing a painful increase in the tax they pay on their income. Here. Deadline 4th April 2009, signatures 5,077.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Open and reveal court papers for UK Savers & Tax payers to view. Here. Deadline 16th April 2009, signatures 1,121.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Give serving and ex armed forces personnel tax relief. Here. Deadline 18th June 2009, signatures 481.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to enforce Northern Rock to pass on the interest rate cut to its customers SVR. Here. Deadline 16th April 2009, signatures 277.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to stop the taxation on income from pensions under £25000 per annum. Here. Deadline 24th November 2009, signatures 106.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Abolish inheritance tax. Here. Deadline 2nd June 2009, signatures 87.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Reduce MPs' salaries to 4000 GBP per annum per MP. Here. Deadline 12th March 2009, signatures 32.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Reduce single occupany council tax to 50%.
Here. Deadline 8th September 2009, signatures 31.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to reverse the demonstrable decline in school science examination standards that is destroying our competitiveness. Here. Deadline 24th April 2009, signatures 5,752.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to resist the proposed changes from the EU in relation to Recreational Sea Angling (RSA). Here. Deadline 16th December 2009, signatures 3,124.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Return Bin Collections To A Weekly Pick Up and the Placement of a proper Recycling Initiative. Here. Deadline 1st March 2009, signatures 107.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to call a general election immediately. Here. Deadline 27th June 2009, signatures 1,253.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Save Bletchley Park. Here. Deadline 28th May 2009, signed 18,991.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Raise the National Speed Limit from 70mph to 80mph. Here. Deadline 3rd June 2009, signatures 214.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Protect the RNLI from paying licence fees for using Maritime radio frequencies. Here. Deadline 8th October 2009, signatures 26,977.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to make it a criminal offence for a pregnant woman to smoke. Here. Deadline 25th March 2009, signatures 26.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Sack Jacqui Smith for gross incompetence. Here. Deadline 29th May 2009, signatures 351.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to scrap the t.v licence and force the bbc to fund itself!. Here. Deadline 2nd March 2009, signatures 413.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Stop 0845 & 0870 Numbers in Government Departments. Here. Deadline 2nd April 2009, signatures 970.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to scrap the current legislation that forces every lockable room in a student house to have its own TV licence. Here. Deadline 25th April 2009, signatures 96.

10 Downing Street Petitions

If you are a resident of the UK you can petition the Government on anything that you like. I am not sure that the Government takes these petitions too seriously.

Here are a few current petitions that you might be interested in signing (?)

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to resist all calls for GCHQ to monitor all email and internet activity in the UK. Here. Deadline, 13 October 2009, currently 798 signatures.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Prosecute women who use false accusations to restrict fathers access to children. Here. Deadline 18th February 2009, currently 224 signatures.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to call a general election immediately. Here. Deadline 27 June 2009, currenlty 520 signatures.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Stop plans for the Privatisation of Security within HMRC. Here. Deadline 23 April 2009, currently 361 signatures.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to scrap the t.v licence and force the bbc to fund itself!. Here. Deadline 02 March 2009, currently 234 signatures.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to order an INDEPENDANT and public audit of MP expenses and second home allowances. Here. Deadline 11 January 2009, currently 119 signatures.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Hold a referendum on Great Britain's further involvement with the European Union. Here. Deadline 06 February 2009, currently 97 signatures.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to repeal the law which stops protesting within one mile of Parliament. Here. Deadline 27 December 2009, currently 42 Signatures.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Demand full publication of the report by European Union Auditors into alleged misuse of expenses by MEP's. Here. Deadline 29 April 2009, currently 38 signatures.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to reintroduce the ten pence tax band urgently, in order to prevent low paid workers facing a painful increase in the tax they pay on their income. Here. Deadline 04 April 2009, currently 4,939 signatures.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to resign due to gross financial incompetence in running the British economy. Here. Deadline 15 January 2009, currently 889 signatures.

There are plenty more here.