Issue sources to Issues & Answers

For a collection of social issues do a Google google search using Society_Issues. ; Yahoo's "Issues and Causes" is a must. libraries provide excellent sources on issues; Try Oregon's Multnomah Country library as a prime example. Although limited and not prioritized goggling "pros and Cons" or "pro and con" will turn up many excellent sites like ProCon.org which aspires to be non partisan; then go to wisegeek.com for a discussion about the value and methodology. Look also at the argument against the value of "pro con" extrapolations in Wikipedia. If you want a sticker for your viewpoint go to Issueprocon.org site of Jack Metzel.

There are many other excellent sites which we will highlight as they pertain to the top issues of this year. An excellent site politics1.com has extensive coverage on both issues and details about political parties in the U.S. We'll cover some special issues below and delete those which are already covered in more detail in politics1.com. For individual state issues go to stateline.org.

For attacks on the right, see the progressive activist site, http://www.publiceye.org/aboutpra/prainfo.html

For attacks on the left see the site ???

For activists see http://www.protest.net/activists_handbook/ or
http://www.lawcollective.org/handbooks/activist/html/intro.htm

Listening If you want to hear what others are upset about try www.e-thepeople.org/.

II. National Issues

The first and most important issues NSC is addressing are those about the malfunctions of our government for if we can correct those some the other issues will be addressed by a better functioning Political Parties, Presidental selection and Congressional system.

These issues are:

A. The Corruption of the Major Political Parties and our Presidential Selection System

B. The Corruption of Congress and Ways to mend it.

C. The Ineffective Working of The National Security Council

D. Preparing of Replacing the United Nations so that the U.S. is not the single International Police Force.

Other National Issues of great importance are: Some of our members will want to start working these issues as a part of Issue Wiki so that we may practice Continuous Improvement until they can be addressed in a Citizens Assembly.

Economy

Citizens for a Sound Economy CSE, A Conservative Organization primarily funded by big business.

Media Transparency - The Money Behind the Media. A mostly liberal organization which presents opposition to the positions of Conservative Organizations like CSE.

Terrorism

Social Welfare

Effective functioning of the federal government

Congressional functioning

Tort Reform and Rebirth of Legal Ethics

Pro -For tort reform http://www.atra.org/atra/, http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/article/6280-5921.html, http://www.uschamber.com/default.htm

Con - Against tort Reform http://www.atlanet.org Association of Trial Lawyers

Essential reading for anyone interested in the issue of a "Rebirth of Legal Ethics" is Mary Ann Glendon's book A Nation Under Lawyers. Problems in the legal profession are larger than the excesses of tort law.

What should be done about Corporate Accountability? Some sites are; Corporate Governance, Executive Paywatch, Securities and Exchange Commission and, The Stakeholder Alliance. The last organization bills itself as a grassroots effort to change the corporate system to make it responsible to all of us as stakeholders.

Social Security and Senior benefits

www.unitedseniors.org Conservative organization with major interest in Social Security and health care.

Technology

Limitations on science and medicine.

III. State and Community Issues

Issues of courts, crime, and correctional policy

Public order

Gun Rights and Gun Control

Con -Against more gun control www.nra.org/ The National Rifle Association

Pro -For Gun Control www.bradycampaign.org/

Drug war

Con - www.drcnet.org/, www.drcnet.org/cops/, www.hr95.org/, www.drugwarfacts.org/, www.drugsense.org/wodclock.htm, www.drugsense.org/, www.november.org/

Pro - ?

National Terrorism

Family Issues

Child Care

Women's issues

Birth Control

Pro www.naral.com/about/index.html The National Abortion and Reproduction Rights League

Con ?

More Power for women www.emilyslist.org/ Works to identify Democratic pro-choice candidates for office.

Ethnic politics

Black
Hispanic
Indian
Other minorities

Education

Transportation

Housing

Immigration: How do we construct a policy that is good for immigrants, good for the U.S, and contributes the general welfare?

Urban affairs

Poverty: How do we create an environment that charts a path, creates the means, and provides the societal support that will enable people to rise above a life that they hate?

Welfare

Budgeting

Religion: What is the responsibility of civil law in the current cases of sexual molestation by priests.

Taxation

IV. Other

Space program

Environmental

II. International Issues

U.N. It is important to recognize the limitations as well as the potential of the U.N. First some of the limitations. We are working the potential but we will also depend on your inputs.

A look at one view on why the U.N is ineffective in helping preserve peace when dealing with tyrants {http://canada.com/ottawa/ottawacitizen/columnists/story.asp?id={9907AF2A-2E61-45F9-A42B-8C44EBCBD7F3} This article also mentions why "international law' is ineffective in the same situation.

Other International bodies

International law

International order

Corporatization or Globalism

In defense of http://www.bipac.org/about_do.asp The U.S. political voice of Business-Industry Political Action Committee

Opposed to

Terrorism

International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism Israeli site and primary view of the site however the link to other Counter-terror sites are very good.

Other views on terrorism to come.

Tyranny

Health The World Health Organization reports that "lack of food" is one of the major ten health risks in the world.

Starvation

Slavery

Immigration

Issues by country

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