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New Topics—Recently created topics.
Political Economy—clash of economic ideologies, and their supporters, affecting economic choices of Governments.
Statism—Philosophical doctrine that involves concentrating economic and political power in the state, resulting in a weak position for the individual or community. The defining characteristic for this doctrine is the state's monopoly on violence.
Overpopulation—Population growth as a current and growing future problem.
Bankster Government—Bankster Government
Herman Cain—Herman Cain Campaign Election Racism Depiction Media Interview Democrats
Job Creation—How to create jobs; and how not to. Jobs are the powerhouse for all economies and an important factor in estimating the strength of a nation.
Special Needs—Basically, articles about people with Special Needs (Autism, ADHD, PDD-NOS etc.) and other people's/government's approach to them.
Ron Paul 2012—Ron Paul's 2012 campaign for the Presidency.
Individual Liberty—The individual freedoms of the American people.
Civil War Sesquicentennial—The 150th ( Sesquicentennial) rememberance of the American Civil War is occuring between 2010 - 2015. The parallels between today and then are startling.
Terrorism —Terrorist attacks, what terrorism is and why it's done.
Primary—Stories about the Republican Primary
Mali—Articles and columns related to the nation, and people of Mali.
College Voter Turnout—How to achieve higher voter turnout from college age kids in an era when they find politics unattractive
Voter ID Law—The controversy that surrounds these laws which purposely tries to exile minority groups
Food stamps—The government has extended food stamps to more citizens than ever before while food stamp abuse is at an all time high
Media Bias—
Campaign Finance Reform—
Women's Rights—
Update—An update on whats happening.
GOP Presidential Primary Recap—
Death Penalty—
The Decision for Vice President—
Corporations and Individual Liberty—Should body Corporates get a better treatment than individuals? Are corporations a bigger threat to individual freedom of speech, expression, creativity than electorally dislodgable Governments?
Arts and Culture—Examining, interpreting cultural and/or artistic works and events on a physical and/or meta level.
Gay Marriage—
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About the Chart—The origins and purpose of the Nolan Chart website and its included articles and columns are explored.
Nolan Chart News—
Miscellany—This is a root-level topic containing subtopics that aren't easily placed within the other root topics.
U.S. History—While not strictly a political topic, this topic provides some of the background for many of the political issues that exist today in the U.S.
Political Literature—includes both fiction and non-fiction of interest to readers that enjoy politically-relevant literature.
Economics—The branch of social science that deals with the production, management, distribution and consumption of goods and services. You cannot separate personal liberty from economic liberty. It's all related.
Federal Reserve Debate—This topic was originally created to be the repository for a debate between libertarian Walt Thiessen and liberal Master C about the Federal Reserve System.
Gold and Silver—All about the precious metals and those who invest in them.
The Federal Reserve—Federal Reserve (or FED) articles on the organization enacted by the government in 1913 that is the United States' Central Bank. Current chairman is Ben Bernanke, successor to Alan Greenspan. The FED manipulates America's monetary policy, but whether it is to the detriment or enrichment of American citizens is up for debate.
TARP—Tax-payer funded bailout of financial institutions, reaching trillions of dollars.
Capitalism—Capitalism is an economic system in which wealth, and the means of producing wealth, are privately owned.[1][2] Through capitalism, the land, labor, and capital are owned, operated, and traded, without force or fraud, by private individuals either singly or jointly,[3][4] and investments, distribution, income, production, pricing and supply of goods, commodities and services are determined by voluntary private decision in a market economy.
Stock Short Selling—Stock short selling is the act of selling stock that is not owned.
Media—Stories about the media, to act as a watchdog.
Thoughts on Glenn Beck —Arguments, pro and con, and thoughts on Glenn Beck statements and positions.
Merry Christmas—Reminiscences and greetings of the season, from our columnists to your home.
Year of Hope—2008 will be the Year of Hope.
Atheism—Will you convert to atheism, a non-prophet organization, to suppress the old, racist, and predjudice ideas of relgion?
Collectivism—Collectivism is the root ideology that underlies all totalitarian systems; socialism, communism, fascism, and naziism alike. It holds that the group is superior to the individual, and thus individual rights may be violated with impunity, for the perceived or alleged "common good," "national greatness," or "national security."
apology—It's always good to have a category like this for one of those rare times when someone wants to come clean.
Book Reviews—Book reviews of all sorts, from all pints on the chart. Perhaps in literature we can agree, or if not, at least relax.
Events—This topic is for a variety of sub-topics that are about specific events and have no other home in the topic list.
Whistle-Blowers—Americas Watch Dogs
Revolution—The coming American Citizen Revolution from the Federal Government.
Occupy Wall Street—Articles about the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations
Philosophy—This is a holding topic for a variety of sub-topics on various aspects of philosophy.
Democracy—Ideas on the theory of democracy.
Libertarianism—Libertarianism and its workability in light of human nature, the nature of the masses and of that minority fascinated with power.
Libertarian Outreach—Communicating the philosophy of liberty
Conservatism—Conservatism, defined in a President
Liberalism—Attempts to examine Liberalism from angles for both advantages and disadvantages.
Fomenting Democracy—Blowback to America's developing oligarchy and a tyranny by the minority
Statism and Liberty don't mix—
Liberty—
Political Theory—
Parenting—Articles on parenting, including strategies for effective post-divorce cooperation between former spouses.
Family Values—
Discrimination—
Tea Party Movement—Tea Party describes the tax protests nationwide against government spending and raising taxation. Rallies and protests are springing up spontaneously all over America.
Socialism—Analysis of Socialism, its good points and its bad points. Its successes and its foibles.
Communitarianism—Social relationship and system based on creating a free society of volunteers and robotic mechanization without capitalism or socialism.
Bizarre—This is a category for commentary about the most completely insane, off-the-wall subjects imaginable.
Art—What is art?
Humor—humorous stories, ideas, and anecdotes
Satire—
Travel—Island getaway in the caribbean
American Culture—Concerning the folkways, shared beliefs, values, and arts and letters of the people of the United States.
Americana—Materials relating to American history, folklore, or geography or considered to be typical of American culture.
Culture War—
National Identity—The issues surrounding a nation's particular culture and a signature identity.
History—This is a holding topic for all historical topics and sub-topics.
Libertarian History—The formative events and philosophies of history that underlie libertarianism
History of Liberty in America—Historical examples of America's continuing quest for Liberty. Liberty is an ideal, not a goal; and the fight for it must never cease.
Confederate Rememberance—remebering and honoring the confederacy and the confederate soldiers that fought for it.
Founding Fathers—What the Founding Father said and there intent for the United States of America. How the founders would view the USA today and how fair off track we have gone
Charity—All about the philanthropic side of the human condition and the role it plays in alleviating the darker side of the same human condition.
Internet—The Internet is arguably the largest, most pervasive and intuitively accessible means of intra and international communication ever to exist.
Censorship—Issues dealing with Censorship
Civility—The role of civility vs. rudeness in public discussion and debate of the issues.
Language—Precise language needs to be used to insure accurate communication
Animal Rights—The protection and conservation of animals. The activity or protest of animal rights. Humane treatment of animals in a form of law.
Agriculture—Food
Love—This isn't really a political or news related category, so think of it as a human interest category. Besides, what's wrong with a little love?
Religion—Our normal policy is not to publish articles that are mainly about religion. However, there were some articles that were published here before the policy was instituted.
Mysticism—Mysticism is that myriad of unreal things people advocate or believe.
Scientology—Truthful information on the Cult of Scientology
Corporations—This is a holding topic for a variety of corporation-related sub-topics.
Corporate scams and rackets—Corporations are adept at using seemingly benign nonprofit front groups to obtain government funding and consumer interest in their products.
Corporate V Citizen—Covering the debate on balance of legislation,judicial, and economic policies.
Science—This is primarily a parent topic that holds science-related sub-topics.
Science education—Science is the foundation of our modern technical civilization and so the methods and discoveries of science must be taught openly and without bias. Evolution is one of the basic scientific concepts that has been wrongfully attacked by bigots with an anti-science agenda.
Science and Faith—Various ways in which Science and Faith either cooperate or conflict dependent on what view-point the author has.
Darwinism—Darwinism and evolution
Nautical—Nautical: Photos and discussion
Government—A root-level topic that deals with the form and existence of the U.S. Government today.
Presidential Campaign 2008—Comments, opinions on the current presidential race for '08.
Republican Convention Ron Paul Battle—Ron Paul backers turn out in droves for the Republican Convention in Spokane, WA
Political Parties—This is a hodge-podge category for articles related to all major and minor political parties and their activities, for articles that don't readily fit into other categories.
Third Party Strategies—General ideas and suggestions to be implemented by third parties for electoral political success.
Domestic—This is a top-level topic that includes all issues relating primarily to American domestic policies.
Health Care—This is quickly becoming one of the most important issues facing America today. This topic explores all aspects of the Health Care issue.
Gun Control—The Constitutional implications hang in the balance as gun rights advocates debate with those who believe that the world can and should be forcibly disarmed.
Patriot Act—News and views about the Patriot Act and its impact on the Bill of Rights.
Universal National Service—Variations on a military draft, proposed for a variety of purposes.
Constitutional Issues—Discussions about and suggested changes to the U.S. Constitution within the context of the challenges of a rapidly changing world.
1st Amendment—Free speech civil rights freedom of religion
2nd Amendment—This topic is about the 2nd Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, which reads, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." Related topics are gun control, gun rights, gun ownership legislation, etc.
10th Amendment—Information and action regarding the restoration of states' powers through the 10th Amendment to the Constitution for the United States of America
14th Amendment—The right of naturalization by birth in the United States
17th Amendment—The direct election of Senators.
Social Security—As more and more baby boomers approach retirement, this is going to become bigger and bigger as an issue. This topic explores all aspects of that issue.
Copyright Issues—This topic explores the question as to whether copyrights have become so overwhelming that copyright holders are now legally empowered by the government to use intimidation techniques against anyone who dares use their ideas.
Monetary Policy—This topic discusses the strengths and weaknesses of fiat money (as controlled by the Federal Reserve system) vs. hard or "sound" money. Sound money uses a commodity that has an objective value, independent of political control.
The Banksters—Bankers, and democratic goverance
National Security—Claims of "national security" by the Bush administration have skyrocketed in comparison to past administrations. This topic explores the degree to which such claims of national security are working either for or against best the interests of the American people.
Social and Cultural Issues—The things that go beyond politics in our local and state communities
Abortion—abortion right to choose federalism roe v. wade life conception
The Environment—A discussion of current environmental concerns; honest discourse about the nature and extent of the environmental crises we face today.
Zoning—Zoning for Climate Change in the City of Vancouver and other localities throughout the USA.
IRS—The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is a universally despised, vastly intrusive arm of the federal government. It uses threats of impoverishment backed by prospects of incarceration and violence to accomplish its ends of terrorizing the American populace.
Law and Order—General topics on the rule of law and those who break them.
Economic Policy—
Auto Industry Bailout—
Article V Convention—This topic discusses the issues of an Article V Convention.
Bi-partisanship—bi-partisanship
Department of Homeland Security—Department of Homeland Security
FDA or Drug and Food Related Freedoms—FDA Food and Drug Administration Food Related Act Law NAIS Medicine Drugs
Eminent Domain—The ways and means by which government seizes and forfeits private property from owners, ostensibly for the "greate good".
California Turmoil—Problems and suggested solutions for America's largest state.
Postal Service—Discussions of the U.S. Postal Service
Asset Forfeiture—About the the government's asserted right to take your property without substantive due process.
America's Future—This section should talk about the direction of the United States of America. Among the areas discussed should be globalism, energy resource development, centralism vs. state rights, morality, etc.
TSA—Transportation Security Administation policy
International—Related to issues involving the United States with other countries around the world.
Iraq—President Bush's Iraq is a mess by all accounts. This topic is devoted to discussing what should be done about it and when America should remove its military presence in Iraq.
9/11 Remembered—Nolan Chart looks back on the events of 9/11, remembering the victims and the failures of leadership.
Foreign Policy—This topic is devoted to all discussions about foreign policy, including Middle East issues like the Iranian nuclear situation
Globalism—"Globalization in a literal sense is international integration. [1] It can be described as a process by which the people of the world are unified into a single society. This process is a combination of economic, technological, sociocultural and political forces." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globalism)
Israel-Palestine—All news and commentary related to Israeli / Palestinian conflict.
CIA—Central Intelillenge Agency, CIA, intelligence and espionage
Council on Foreign Relations—Behind any act of treason to the American people one can find one or more CFR members.
Iran—About Iran and its upheavals, its interactions with the United States, Europe and its own people.
United Nations —Current events and analysis of the latest actions by the United Nations.
China—
Balkans—Srebrenica
Haiti—The devastating 7.0 earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010.
Pakistan—Pakistani relations with United States
North Korea—The totalitarian State of North Korea is a controversial and often-avoided subject for debate.
Russia—News concerning Russia
Japan Earthquake—All about the Richter scale 9.0 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear crisis in Japan in March 2011.
India—India Politics
Government's Responsibilities—This is a broad topic for discussing the proper role of the United States Government as it does the "people's business."
Government Regulation—The number of industries regulated by the governments at the Federal, state and local level is staggering, and the consequences of that regulation is profound. While these articles mainly focus on Federal regulation, don't be surprised if some state or local regulatory articles appear here at some point.
Political Advertising—Articles about print and media ads in the 2008 Presidential campaign.
Abolition of Statism—Applying the same morality against the slavery of one individual over another to the coercive actions of the State, creating a nascent abolitionist movement to free humankind from the bondage of greed and the unearned.
Government Boondoggles—A monument to FEMA.
Government Accountability—Questions and answers regarding government accountability.
Crime and Punishment—This topic discuses crime, the prison system and the correctional institutions.
Bush / Cheney—
The Bush / Cheney Stratagem. Part 1 Chapter 4—
Infrastructure—America's infrastructure at crisis level.
Federal Reserve—The Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bailout—Articles to help us understand the Federal Reserve's role in bailing out countries and big business.
Civil Liberties—Freedoms that protect an individual from their own government.
Free Speech—One of the rights of the 1st Amendment. Freedom of speech protected by our constitution which will not be infringed.
Community Self Government—Bringing life back into balance by emphasizing the importance of community and self government at the local level.
Congress—The United States Senate and House of Representatives and their nature and actions, both good and bad.
Municipal Government—Governance and politics at the local level.
Elections—Elections in general. non specific
Super Tuesday—Get your heads out of the sand!
Election 2009—All about state and local elections in this off-year.
Election 2008—campaigns and candidates for 2008
Election 2010—All about the mid-term elections of 2010.
Election 2012—All about the next presidential election cycle coming in 2012.
Waste—Government waste
Government reform—Changes to existed national, state and local government which reflect advances in technology, new understandings of the social forces at work, and recognition of new government powers and interests.
Google Adwords As Lobbyist—Explores the role that Google's Adwords advertising program plays in promoting popular political views and declaring unpopular political views to be comparably "irrelevant".
Citizen Responsibility—What YOU should be doing as a citizen of any country.
Union Power—The role of the modern labor union is discussed.
People—Famous people in the news and in the world of politics are featured in this topic.
Ron Paul—
The Revolution—This topic is devoted to the post-Paul campaign. It explores the continuation of the Revolution for liberty and discusses whether the Revolution will succeed or disappear, as well as what steps can be taken to insure its success.
Campaign for Liberty—Ron Paul's book "The Revolution" states: "...the last line of defense in support of freedom and the Constitution consists of the people themselves. If the people want to be free, if they want to lift themselves out from underneath a state apparatus that threatens their liberties, squanders their resources on needless wars, destroys the value of their dollar, and spews forth endless propaganda about how indispensable it is and how lost we would all be without it, there is no force that can stop them.”
The Campaign for Liberty Website adds, "The time has come to act on these words. May future generations look back on our work and say that these were men and women who, in a moment of great crisis, stood up to the politicians, the opinion-molders, and the establishment, and saved their country."
This topic will feature articles written by people that are aptly described in the words above. These and similar writings will help remind the People that they, not government, is what makes America Great in much the same way Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" did prior to the adoption of the Constitution.
Hillary Clinton—Presentation of issues relating to the political career of the most powerful woman in America, and possibly the world
Jesse Ventura—Jesse Ventura considers 08 presidential race
Bob Barr—All about Bob.
What's he doing, what has he done, is he for real.
Barack Obama—General and Libertarian analysis and discussion pertaining to Barack Hussein Obama, his political backdrop, his presidential candidacy, and his campaign positions and governmental proposals.
Obama—Articles about President Obama
Rockefellers—The Rockefeller family and its secret role in American dirty politics
John McCain—Nolan Chart topic John McCain the Republican presidential candidate and the Admiral John McCain Sr. and Jr. Vietnam. Cindy McCain. Carol McCain. USS Liberty. Gulf of Tonkin.
Sarah Palin—The GOP Vice-Presidential Candidate for 2008
Joe Biden—Vice-presidential candidate and Delaware Democratic senator Joe Biden.
The Citizen—The views and topics for that of the people. The citizen, by virtue of the U S Constitution, has the right and duty to reform the government.
Rand Paul —The political career of Ron Paul's son.
Gary Johnson—The libertarian Republican who served as a two-term Governor of New Mexico, 1995-2003.
Justin Amash—A rising star in the libertarian Republican movement.
Rick Perry—
Issues—This is a general topic for holding a variety of sub-topics that are issue-related.
Education—Should it be "No Child Left Behind"? Is mandatory testing helping or hurting? Education is as hot a topic as ever. This is a general topic holder for sub-topics that are related to education as well.
Drug and Alchohol Education—Drug and Alcohol Prevntion Education
Political Correctness—The wave of political correctness is at a fevered pitch and it drives me nuts. I'm tired of hearing people being offended over something stupid. I'm tired of hearing people having to apologize for saying what the feel.
Taxation—Articles dealing with taxation and disparity of wealth, class division, and the laws perpetuating this situation.
Energy—Topical articles covering alternative energy, energy independence, fossil fuels, solar, hydro, wind, nuclear power, transportation, energy efficiency, and economic factors.
Politics—
Global Warming —Global warming and fossil fuels and ecology
Poverty—this examines political issues pertaining to poverty.
Gay Rights—Issues concerning the LGBTQ community. Discrimination against people based on sexual orientation or behavior.
Prostitution—The world's oldest profession
New World Order—Is America about to enter a new Cold War Phase and who will be the protagonists?
Secession—Discussion on secession.
Texas Secession—Texas and seceding
War on Drugs—
War On Terror—The U.S. government leaders quest for war at any cost.
War—
War for Empire—Wars for empire are seldom just, but are often portrayed as wars of self-defence, for appearances sake...
War Profiteering—Profiting off of war
Racism—The politics of hate.
National Debt—Causes and solution to the national debt, including cutting unnecessary agencies, taxes, spending, waste and redefining the role of government.
Space Colonization Politics—
Smoking Bans—Smoking bans
Separation of Church and State—Topic dedicated to the interaction of religion and politics.
FISA Reform, and Telecommunication Companies—Concerning the Retroactive Immunity for Telecommunication Companies who violated the law.
Torture—Torture has been around since mankind existed and has been practiced by those wishing to control a population. It has sadly undergone a resurgence, post 9/11 causing America to lose much of it's luster in the eyes of the world.
Immigration—
Immigration and trade—Articles dealing with immigration and trade issues.
Regulation—Stupid regulations and licensing schemes.
Surviellance Society—Governments are spying on and filming citizens at an alarming rate.
Human Rights—Individuals have rights, and there are things no person or group may do to them.
Divorce & Child Custody Issues—Articles related to divorce, child custody, and associated topics.
Police State and Civil Liberty Violations—This topic covers police state and civil liberty violations and events in the United States of America (USA). Keywords surveillance society, 1984, democracy, spying, snooping, first amendment, constitution, freedom, liberty, riot, attack, ACLU, terror, Patriot Act, FISA, brave new world, group think, collectivism
Justice—
Tyranny—
Ignorance—The American people today are completely ignorant of the political situation in Washington.
Traffic violations—Articles on traffic violatins, including speeding, speed cameras, red light cameras, et al.
Property Rights—Commentaries related to private property.
Licenses and permits—Local licensing and permit requirements for business.
Empire—Articles that look at modern empire, particularly as applied to America in international affairs.
mental health—articles for people who are interested in finding information about psychologically related issues.
States Rights—States Rights is the ability to Nullify unconstitutional federal law.
Environmental Issues—This category covers a wide range of environmental issues and concerns.
Population Control —Curtailing population for future generations.
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