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Critically evaluate Eriksons psychosocial theory
Erik Erickson is possibly the best known of Sigmunds Freud's many followers. He
grew up in Europe and spent his young adult life under the direction of Freud. In 1933
when Hitler rose to power in Germany, Erikson emigrated to the United States and
began teaching at Harvard University. His clinical work and studies were based on
children, college students, victims of combat fatigue during World War two, civil
rights workers, and American Indians. It was these studies which led Erikson to
believe that Freud misjudged some important dimensions of human development.
Throughout this essay, Erikson's psychosocial model will be explored,
discussed and evaluated interms of it's concepts, theories and assumptions. The
theoretical underpinning will be discussed with reference to the nature versus nurture
debate and also the continuity versus discontinuity argument. It will then be shown
how Erikson has influenced the way psychologists view the importance of identity
during adolescents. Firstly, however, Erikson's work will be put alongside that of
Freud's to establish an understanding of the basis from which it came.
Erikson's psychosocial model was heavily influenced by Freud, and shares a
number of central ideas. For example, both Freud and Erikson agree that every
individual is born with a number of basic instincts, that development occurs through
stages, and that the order of these stages is influenced by biological maturation
(Sigelman, and Shaffer 1992). Erikson also believes, as did Freud, that personality has
three components: the id, the ego, and the superego. Therefore it is fair to say that
Erikson is a psychoanalytic theorist.
However, Erikson does argue that social and cultural influences have a critical
role in shaping human development, and less significance should be placed on the role
of sexual urges. Freud did note however, that social agents such as parents should be
regarded as important, but it is Erikson who highlights the forces within a much
broader social environment, including peers, teachers and schools which are highly
important according to Erikson. Erikson, then, moves more towards the 'nurture' side
of the nature - nurture debate than did Freud, viewing nurture as equally important in
development. This 'nurture' outlook highlights the emphasis on environmental forces
within Erikson's model. Experiences in life, changes achieved through learning, the
influence of methods of child rearing, societal changes and culture all have an
exceptionally important role on human development according to Erickson.
In addition, Erikson's theory encompasses the whole of the human life-span,
outlining the stages that occur, which will be looked at more closely later on. Erikson
also regards the individual as having responsibility during each stage of development
and that they also have the opportunity to achieve a positive and healthy resolution to
the 'crisis' experienced. Erikson, therefore, puts less emphasis on the id and instead
places more emphasis on the ego. In his view, human beings are rational creatures
who's thoughts, feelings, and actions are largely controlled by the ego and it is the
ego's development in which he is interested in.
Before we go any further it is important to look at Erikson's psychosocial
model in more detail in order to understand the following evaluation.
Erikson's model consists of eight stage of development, with each stage
unfolding as the individual goes through the life cycle. Each stage consists of a 'crisis'
that must be confronted. The term epigenetic principle was used by Erikson to describe
the process that guides development through the life cycle. Within this it is urged that
everything that grows has a blue print, each having a special time of ascendancy, until
all of the parts have arisen to form a 'functional whole' (Siglemann and Shaffer 1992).
It has been attained that Erikson's psychosocial model consists of eight stages
of development which continue thoughout the life-span of an individual. This idea of
'discontinuity' suggests that development occurs via a series of abrupt changes that
develop from one stage to another. Presumably Erikson believes that an individual
experiences a rapid period of change and reorganisation before being elevated to a new
and more advanced stage of development. Continuity theorists however, would argue
that human development is a process that occurs in small steps, without sudden
change. Physical growth and language development, for example, show smooth,
gradual and continuous growth. But Erikson does not totally rule out this argument.
He suggests that experiences in the early stages have a bearing on the experiences in
the later stages, this indicates that earlier and later development are connected in such
away as to suggest continuity. Erikson also stresses the importance of environmental
influences which would place the emphasises on continuous development, however, he
also highlights the influential role of maturation in the growth sequence (as highlighted
earlier). This suggests that Erikson did not ally himself with either extreme point of
view. He recognised that some aspects of development are continuous, whereas others
show stage-like characteristics. What Erikson has produced is a sequence of critical
periods in the human life cycle. However, he did not imply that the crisis was by any
means catastrophic, but that they represent crucial developments in which a decisive
turn, one way or another is unavoidable (Stevens 1983).
Eriksons psychosocial model is very generalised and he himself acknowledged
that no attempt was made to trace the differences in ego development between the
sexes. Erikson justifies this decision by arguing that beyond childhood there are no
consistent differences between the development of men and women. It has also been
suggested that the model lacks rigour (Stevens 1983), as the behaviours and
components are not easy to specify precisely and they are often unclear. Some have
criticised the overlapping of the stages, though this may reflect the way things really
are rather than any inadequacy in the account. As mentioned during the introduction,
Erikson's model was based on his clinical work and studies of people from all stages of
life, which provided excellent access to intimate details of their life experiences.
However, Erikson accepted the possibility that due to this, his theory could be class or
culture bound and actively pursued to remedy that assertion via his anthropological
studies and seminars to discuss and compare the patterns of the life cycle in societies
other than his own. In later writings, Erikson goes on to deepen his contribution to our
understanding of the life cycle in two particular ways. One is represented by his
biographical studies of the lives of specific individuals. The other, which will be
considered next, is to elaborate in greater detail on the issue which first come to
'ascendancy' (Stevens 1983), as we become adult, identity.
Erikson believed that adolescence was a time of major change. It was he who
characterised adolescence as a 'critical period in the life long process of forming one's
identity' (Sileman and Shaffer pp315). The concept of identity is a consistent theme
throughout Erikson's work and there are several reasons why it assumes so much
importance for Erikson, one of which is it's significance in modern life. According to
Erikson the nature of society will reflect in the psychological problems
characteristically experienced by the members of that society (Stevens 1983 p59). In
today's society, Erikson claims, identity confusion is the most important issue.
According to Erikson, during his 'identity versus identity confusion' stage, adolescents
are faced with finding out who they are and where they are going in life. Many new
roles are being explored and parents must allow their child to fully do so in a healthy
manner, which will help arrive at a positive identity. However if an identity is imposed
upon the adolescent and they are not allowed to explore for themselves, then 'identity
confusion reigns' (Santrock 1992). Some individuals may withdraw or turn to drugs
and alcohol to relieve anxiety.
There are a number of good reasons why Erikson's theory may be correct, and
an individuals sense of identity may change considerably through adolescence. It is this
period of the life cycle that physical changes occur, which will affect an individuals
body image or sense of physical self. Also during this period a pattern of sexual
relationships needs to be decided upon while societal expectations urge a young person
to make some choice of vocation.
However, this supporting evidence only highlights that Erikson's ideas were
not obtained via any large-scale survey's, they were infact only based on his own
observations, and his clinical practice. Therefore they require the evidence and support
of empirical findings to discover when a sense of identity is actually achieved. The
most thorough attempt to do this was made by James Marcia (1966), after he
developed a interview technique to asses 'identity status'. Within the interview
questions relating to occupation, religion, political belief and attitudes to sexual areas
would be asked, and depending upon the answers an individual would be placed into
one of four groups. These groups are: diffusion (or confusion), where the individual
has not yet started thinking about identity seriously, foreclosure, where a commitment
has been made but without going through a crisis, moratorium, where the individual is
going through a 'crisis', and finally achievement, where the individual has been
through the 'crisis' and has reached a resolution.
A number of studies have been undertaken using Marcia's scheme and one in
particular is of great interest. Meilman (1979), performed a cross-sectional study on
12-24 year old males. It was discovered that just over half of the subjects had reached
identity achievement at 24 years. Therefore this shows that identity achievement must
go on into adulthood. O'Connell (1976), found similar patterns when he carried out
retrospective interviews with married women who had school age children. These
women described how their identity became more evident to themselves as they
progressed though their life, from getting married, to finding a job, to having children.
These findings suggest that identity development is not so strongly focused in
adolescence as Erikson believes.
The work on identity status and it's attempt to pin down Erikson's ideas has
shown some interesting findings but can be criticised on three counts. Firstly, it is not
the case that adolescents experience the moratorium status in different topic areas at
the same time. It is evident that at a single point in time, one content area (e.g.
religious belief), may be stable while another area of life decision (e.g. sexuality), is in
crisis. Secondly, a crisis can occur at any point in time during adult life, but identity
development is quite prominent in the early adult years (Cowie and Smith 1996).
Finally, it has been discovered that for most young people, most of the time 'changes
in identity are gradual' (Cowie and Smith 1996), and are not restricted to individual
stage-like experiences. It would therefore appear that the status categories are not
such a useful tool for adequately assessing identity as first expected.
In conclusion, Erikson's work is a direct descendent of Freudian theory. He
does not try to redefine the fundamentals of psychoanalysis but instead enrich, clarify
and extend it by taking into account the importance of culture and historical context's.
Erikson was also able to illustrate the nature of their influence on individual identity.
However, this is not without criticism, many of which have been mentioned earlier.
Some are relatively minor, such as the considerable similarities in the context of his
books, but more serious is the possibility of cultural bias. Although he recognised that
his conceptualisation of identity and the life cycle were centred in modern Western
society, he still used them in situations where they may not have been applicable in the
same way (Stevens 1983). So what is it then, that Erikson has produced? It is hardly
comparable to the biological and natural sciences with their requirements of precision,
replicability and testable hypothesis. Therefore the theory is best regarded, to adopt his
own words, as 'a tool to think with' rather than 'a prescription to abide by' (Stevens
References Cowie. H, & Smith. P. K. (1996), �Understanding Children�s Development� (2nd Ed), Oxford, Blackwell Publishers Ltd. Rice. F. P, (1998), �Title Human development : a life-span approach� (3rd Ed), London, Hall International. Santrock. J. W, (1992), �Title Life-span development� (4th Ed), Iowa, W.C. Brown. Sigelman. C. K. & Shaffer. D. R. (1991), �Life-span Human development�, U.S.A, Wadsworth, Inc. Stevens. R, (1983), �Erik Erikson�, Great Britain, Open University Press.
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Trial of Ibudilast for Methamphetamine Dependence (IBUD ph II)
Tracking Information | |||||
First Received Date ICMJE | May 20, 2013 | ||||
Last Updated Date | November 8, 2013 | ||||
Start Date ICMJE | July 2013 | ||||
Estimated Primary Completion Date | June 2017 (final data collection date for primary outcome measure) | ||||
Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE |
Methamphetamine use [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ] | ||||
Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE | Same as current | ||||
Change History | Complete list of historical versions of study NCT01860807 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site | ||||
Current Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE | Not Provided | ||||
Original Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE | Not Provided | ||||
Current Other Outcome Measures ICMJE | Not Provided | ||||
Original Other Outcome Measures ICMJE | Not Provided | ||||
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Brief Title ICMJE | Trial of Ibudilast for Methamphetamine Dependence | ||||
Official Title ICMJE | Randomized Trial of Ibudilast for Methamphetamine Dependence | ||||
Brief Summary | The objective of this study is to test the safety and potential efficacy of ibudilast to treat methamphetamine dependence. The study hypotheses are that ibudilast will reduce methamphetamine use and increase treatment retention more than placebo among patients seeking treatment for methamphetamine dependence. As HIV infection is a common complication of methamphetamine dependence, half of the participants will be HIV positive and the study will assess whether ibudilast also improves HIV related outcomes (e.g. medication adherence, CD4 count, risk behaviors). |
Detailed Description | Ibudilast (IBUD) is a macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) and phosphodiesterase (PDE)-4 and -10 inhibitor at peak clinical exposures (Rolan, Hutchinson et al. 2009) that increases glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) expression (Mizuno, Kurotani et al. 2004) and reduces microglial activation (Suzumura, Ito et al. 1999; Suzumura, Ito et al. 2003), including HIV-induced glial activation (Kiebala and Maggirwar 2011). IBUD significantly reduces methamphetamine (MA) prime- and stress-induced reinstatement of MA seeking in rats (Beardsley, Shelton et al. 2010) and has multiple effects that may make it an effective treatment for MA dependence including amelioration of dopaminergic and neuroinflammatory dysfunction. Multiple studies implicate glial cells in a variety of neurodegenerative diseases (Hirsch and Hunot 2009; Sidoryk-Wegrzynowicz, Wegrzynowicz et al. 2011) including MA dependence and HIV infection (Nath 2010). Activated glial cells secrete pro-inflammatory mediators (Minghetti, Ajmone-Cat et al. 2005) that may exacerbate MA-induced dopaminergic dysfunction. Glial cells also produce neurotrophic factors, including GDNF, which may ameliorate dopaminergic dysfunction (Pascual, Hidalgo-Figueroa et al. 2008). Thus, IBUD may be an effective medication for MA dependence due to its modulation of glial cell activation resulting in amelioration of dopaminergic and neurocognitive dysfunction and improved treatment outcomes in MA dependence. IBUD may also have unique effects in HIV positive MA users as it may additionally block the degradation of neuronal integrity seen in HIV infection (Chana, Everall et al. 2006; Dash, Gorantla et al. 2011). |
Study Type ICMJE | Interventional | ||||
Study Phase | Phase 2 | ||||
Study Design ICMJE | Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) Primary Purpose: Treatment |
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Publications * | Not Provided | ||||
* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline. |
Recruitment Information | |||||
Recruitment Status ICMJE | Recruiting | ||||
Estimated Enrollment ICMJE | 140 | ||||
Estimated Completion Date | June 2017 | ||||
Estimated Primary Completion Date | June 2017 (final data collection date for primary outcome measure) | ||||
Eligibility Criteria ICMJE | Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Gender | Both | ||||
Ages | 18 Years and older | ||||
Accepts Healthy Volunteers | No | ||||
Contacts ICMJE |
Location Countries ICMJE | United States | ||||
Administrative Information | |||||
NCT Number ICMJE | NCT01860807 | ||||
Other Study ID Numbers ICMJE | 1 R01 DA035054-01, R01DA035054 | ||||
Has Data Monitoring Committee | Yes | ||||
Responsible Party | Keith Heinzerling, University of California, Los Angeles | ||||
Study Sponsor ICMJE | University of California, Los Angeles | ||||
Collaborators ICMJE | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) | ||||
Investigators ICMJE |
Information Provided By | University of California, Los Angeles | ||||
Verification Date | November 2013 | ||||
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Antidiabetic Activities of Triterpenoids Isolated from Bitter Melon Associated with Activation of the AMPK Pathway
Antidiabetic Activities of Triterpenoids Isolated from Bitter Melon Associated with Activation of the AMPK Pathway
Chemistry & Biology, Volume 15, Issue 3,
Pages 263-273,
Publication Date 21 March 2008
Copyright © 2008 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved.
DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2008.01.013
Min-Jia Tan
Ji-Ming Ye
Nigel Turner
Cordula Hohnen-Behrens
Chang-Qiang Ke
Chun-Ping Tang
Tong Chen
Hans-Christoph Weiss
Ernst-Rudolf Gesing
Alex Rowland
David E. James
Yang Ye
State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
Diabetes and Obesity Research Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia
Bayer Industry Services GmbH & Co., Leverkusen 51368, Germany
Bayer CropScience AG, R & D, Agricultural Center, Monheim 40789, Germany
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These authors contributed equally to this work.
Four cucurbitane glycosides, momordicosides Q, R, S, and T, and stereochemistry-established karaviloside XI, were isolated from the vegetable bitter melon (Momordica charantia). These compounds and their aglycones exhibited a number of biologic effects beneficial to diabetes and obesity. In both L6 myotubes and 3T3-L1 adipocytes, they stimulated GLUT4 translocation to the cell membrane—an essential step for inducible glucose entry into cells. This was associated with increased activity of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), a key pathway mediating glucose uptake and fatty acid oxidation. Furthermore, momordicoside(s) enhanced fatty acid oxidation and glucose disposal during glucose tolerance tests in both insulin-sensitive and insulin-resistant mice. These findings indicate that cucurbitane triterpenoids, the characteristic constituents of M. charantia, may provide leads as a class of therapeutics for diabetes and obesity.


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- January 08, 2013 - Great school! Faculty and Teachers truly care about the whole life and education of the children. Many experienced and engaging teachers keep children interested, focused, and make learning fun. Great math, science, and reading/english/literature teachers and programs. The Catholic nature of the school helps our children feel safe at school, keeps learning wholesome and friendly, and helps filter-out some of the cultural craziness that cannot be filtered-out at public schools, while still keeping the curriculum up-to-date with modern science and current events. Tons of parental, family, and parishioner involvement make this parish school feel like one big family. Many of the teachers were once students at St. Mark, have children that are either alumni or current students, and a few have soon to be students, making the teachers highly invested in the educational quality and overall enviroment of the school. An involved home-school association keeps parents a say in the schools daily events. The online resources, such as "power school" help parents track their students daily progress and classroom performance. Siblings discounts make it affordable for large families. - Posted by Parent
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The North Shore Chess Club formed this summer for children interested in playing chess. Young chess enthusiasts meet each Thursday anytime from 6:00-7:30 pm at City Market in Whitefish Bay. City Market allows the kids to play chess in the area at the rear of the restaurant. There is ample seating for parents to stay while the children play chess. Kids bring their own chess boards. The club is free and parent led. Come check it out!
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The City Market is a great place to eat and drink as you read or chat while your kids play chess with other young chess fans at the rear of the restaurant on Thursday evenings 6pm-7:30pm.
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Hello newcomers to the chess club, Just an FYI that some members do not arrive right at 6:00. The club is open to play anytime from 6:00-7:30. Some folks don't arrive until 6:30. Members who are the most active formed a group email list and will email the group if they plan to arrive especially late or are unable to attend. This group email list is an option for newcomers who want better communication with others who play. Hope to see you at chess club! Nancy
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Since When is it a "Crime" to Call the President a Dick?
Since when is it a "crime" to call the President of the United States a dick?
What is this? North Korea?
Ronald Reagan Screamed About the Danger of Not Raising the Debt Ceiling
Hey, yo, all you Ronald Reagan-loving Republicans, this is what your hero had to say about not raising the debt limit:
In a November 1983 letter to then-Senate Majority Leader Howard H. Baker, Jr. (R-Tenn.), Reagan warned that without a higher debt ceiling, the country could be forced to default for the first time in its history.
Reagan wrote: "The full consequences of a default – or even the serious prospect of default – by the United States are impossible to predict and awesome to contemplate. Denigration of the full faith and credit of the United States would have substantial effects on the domestic financial markets and the value of the dollar."
In a 1987 radio address during another such clash with Congress, Reagan wrote that "Congress consistently brings the government to the edge of default before facing its responsibility. This brinksmanship threatens the holders of government bonds and those who rely on Social Security and veterans benefits. Interest rates would skyrocket, instability would occur in financial markets, and the Federal deficit would soar."
Then again, I know you ignore the things he said and did that you don't agree with. It's a facts-only-when-they-fit-the-narrative thing you're in the habit of doing.
Finally, Bankers Are Being Arrested
Finally, corrupt bankers are being arrested. Oh, wait. In Afghanistan:
Afghan officials said on Thursday that they have arrested two former executives involved in the collapse of Kabul Bank.
According to Rahmatullah Nazari, the deputy attorney general, authorities arrested Sherkhan Farnood, the former chairman of Kabul Bank, and Khalilulah Frozi, its former chief executive officer, on Wednesday in connection with what he said was hundreds of millions of dollars in fraudulent loans to bank officers and insiders. . . .
They were the first arrests in the Kabul Bank affair since exposure of the bank's huge losses last August. The move is likely to be welcomed by the international community, which has held up some aid to Afghanistan until government action is taken on Kabul Bank.
While Afghanistan is hardly a model of the rule of law — the arrests were effectuated by a corrupt government under severe pressure from outside factions on which they financially rely — it's nonetheless true that in the U.S., even that minimal level of accountability seems impossible…
Anybody Going to Prison For This?
People go to prison for possessing a couple of joints. When are we going to see these guys doing a perp walk?
Feds: Owner of W.Va. Coal Mine Where Blast Killed 29 Sent Fake Safety Records to Regulators
Massey Energy pressured workers at a West Virginia coal mine where an explosion killed 29 men to omit safety problems from official reports for the government while the company kept another set of accurate books for itself, government regulators say.
Even before the April 5, 2010, tragedy that was the nation's deadliest coalfield disaster in four decades, Massey had a poor safety record and a reputation for putting coal profits first. The mine was cited for 600 violations in less than a year and a half before the blast.
So far, one Massey employee has been indicted. Security chief Hughie Stover was charged with lying to the FBI and MSHA and obstructing justice by ordering thousands of pages of documents thrown out.
Eighteen former Massey officials have refused to testify in the investigation, citing their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
Ignoring We the People, the Federal Reserve Comes to the Rescue of Big Banks
The voice of We the People really doesn't matter around here anymore folks. This would be the Federal Reserve to you and me:
The stock prices of Visa and MasterCard are going gangbusters on news that the Federal Reserve is proposing to rework limits on the "swipe fees" that banks charge each time a consumer breaks out a debit card.
The Fed is proposing a base fee of 21 cents, about half the 44 cents that banks charge now, but better than the proposed rules that would have limited the swipe fees to 12 cents per transaction.
The swipe fee rules were part of the thick book of rules swept in by last year's Dodd-Frank financial-overhaul law. This afternoon, Feb poobah Ben Bernanake called implementing the fee caps "one of our most challenging rule makings under Dodd-Frank."
Dodd-Frank was enacted by the United States congress. You know, the folks who represent We the People? Dodd-Frank is what Obama is referring to when he boasts about having enacted "financial reform." But now the Federal Reserve is stepping in to arbitrarily "rework" that law in favor of the banks? A law is a law, right?
It's gobsmacking.
Corporatocracy anyone?
Reuters Claims "Exclusive" on Five-Week-Old Information
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Reuters today:
Exclusive: S&P to deeply cut U.S. ratings if debt payment missed
The United States would immediately have its top-notch credit rating slashed to "selective default" if it misses a debt payment on August 4, Standard & Poor's managing director John Chambers told Reuters.
Chambers, who is also the chairman of S&P's sovereign ratings committee, told Reuters on Tuesday that U.S. Treasury bills maturing on August 4 would be rated 'D' if the government fails to honor them.
Talking Points Memo on May 19, 2011:
Moody's, S&P Warn U.S. Risks Triple-A Credit Rating If It Defaults On Debt — Even Briefly
But two of the biggest ratings agencies say they could downgrade the United States' triple-A credit if the government misses even a single debt-service payment.
"A sovereign's failure to service its debt as payments come due is a default according to S&P's sovereign rating criteria," writes John Piecuch, spokesman for Standard & Poors, one of the "Big Three" credit ratings agencies, in an email to me. "In that case, the rating would be lowered to "SD" (Selective Default)."
CA Governor Jerry Brown ("D") Tells Farm Laborers to Just Die Already
Why are Democrats such chicken shits when it comes to drawing lines and standing up for democratic principles? (I really am beginning to think it's a Stockholm Syndrome kind of thing.)
Last night a crowd of farmworkers, UFW leaders, and Democratic legislators gathered in front of Governor Jerry Brown's Capitol office, awaiting word on whether he would sign SB 104, a bill that would help farmworker safety and prosperity by allowing them to organize unions via card check. The UFW pushed it after a rash of heat-related deaths in the fields in recent years, deaths that could have been prevented if more farmworkers had unions to protect them.
Brown had played up his connections to Cesar Chavez and the UFW during the campaign, and notably signed the Agricultural Labor Relations Act in 1975 recognizing the right of farmworkers to organize unions.
Instead they received a shock as Governor Brown vetoed SB 104, siding with big business over farmworkers. Brown's veto message doesn't really give any explanation for the veto, except that it changes the ALRA which, apparently, Brown wants to keep taking credit for even after its shortcomings have been revealed:
SB 104 is indeed a drastic change and I appreciate the frustrations that have given rise to it. But, I am not yet convinced that the far reaching proposals of this bill–which alter in a significant way the guiding assumptions of the ALRA–are justified. Before restructuring California's carefully crafted agricultural labor law, it is only right that the legislature consider legal provisions that more carefully track its original framework. The process should include all those who are affected by the ALRA.
In other words, Brown wants something that will make agribusiness happy – the same people who have shown no concern over farmworker heat deaths, who are happy to continue to pay workers poorly.
Corporatocracy anyone?
Cesar Chavez is probably spinning in his grave.
About Those Greek "Anarchists"
There is no better evidence that the "news" we hear in the United States is pro-corporate (and anti-We the People) than when one listens to the coverage of the "riots" in Greece and listen to the anchors tut-tut about the "anarchists" who don't want that country to accept the "bailout" as arranged by the European Union and the IMF.
If you ask me, the Greeks have reason to be furious:
Greek Protesters Are Better Economists Than the European Authorities
Imagine that in the worst year of our recent recession, the United States government decided to reduce its federal budget deficit by more than $800 billion dollars – cutting spending and raising taxes to meet this goal. Imagine that, as a result of these measures, the economy worsened and unemployment soared to more than 16 percent, and then the president pledged another $400 billion in spending cuts and tax increases this year. What do you think would be the public reaction?
It would probably be similar to what we are seeing in Greece today, including mass demonstrations and riots, because that is what the Greek government has done. The above numbers are simply adjusted for the relative size of the two economies.
If you have the time, read the whole article. In essence what's going on is that the powers that be are bailing out the banks and making the people pay.
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Boeing Overcharges Taxpayers Up to 177,000%
Yeah, that hippie commie liberal thing about government "oversight" is so yesterday:
Mega-defense contractor Boeing has been vastly overcharging the Army for basic spare parts, forcing taxpayers to pay more than twice the "fair and reasonable" price, according to an audit conducted by the Department of Defense's Office of Inspector General and leaked to the Project on Government Oversight. The IG looked at spare parts sales to the Corpus Christi, Texas Army Depot for two helicopters systems and found some egregious price gouging, such as charging $71 for a metal pin that should cost just 4 cents:
$644.75 for a small gear smaller than a dime that sells for $12.51: more than a 5,100 percent increase in price. $1,678.61 for another tiny part, also smaller than a dime, that could have been bought within DoD for $7.71: a 21,000 percent increase. $71.01 for a straight, thin metal pin that DoD had on hand, unused by the tens of thousands, for 4 cents: an increase of over 177,000 percent.
Not only that, Boeing is ripping us off in more ways than one. They don't pay any income taxes. As a matter of fact, we pay them!
Oh, and Boeing wants to move from Seattle to South Carolina because labor is cheaper there. What's next? It moves out of the country altogether?
What a bloodsucking company. And I'm talking our blood.
It's About the Revenue, Stupid
Check out this chart showing that the explosion of the debt is and will be mostly due to a lack of revenue:
We need to raise more money folks. We need to end the Bush tax cuts and raise taxes on people making over $250,000. All this talk about cutting programs that benefit the middle class and poor are a ruse so we'll look that way rather than straight at what will really do the trick: Bringing in more money.
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Made in China
What the hell? We can't even build our own bridges anymore?
At a sprawling manufacturing complex here, hundreds of Chinese laborers are now completing work on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
Next month, the last four of more than two dozen giant steel modules — each with a roadbed segment about half the size of a football field — will be loaded onto a huge ship and transported 6,500 miles to Oakland. There, they will be assembled to fit into the eastern span of the new Bay Bridge.
The project is part of China's continual move up the global economic value chain — from cheap toys to Apple iPads to commercial jetliners — as it aims to become the world's civil engineer.
The assembly work in California, and the pouring of the concrete road surface, will be done by Americans. But construction of the bridge decks and the materials that went into them are a Made in China affair. California officials say the state saved hundreds of millions of dollars by turning to China.
I'm sorry — no I'm not — but it should be against the law to spend American taxpayer dollars in other countries. Period. Maybe then we'd start making things here again — other than guns and bombs that is.
The Government Belongs to We the People, Right?
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German Farmers Making Millions on Wind Power
Wouldn't it be great if we had a 24/7 cable "news" media that dropped the repeat-the-same-4-stories-all-day-long format and branched out and brought us actual news? From around the world? Like this?
Farmers in Hans-Detlef Feddersen's neighbourhood in northern Germany make $2.5 million in a good year growing wheat. They make $15 million harvesting the wind.
The first wind turbines came to his area 20 years ago. Local residents watched them go up, did the math, and founded their own co-op to build more.
Feddersen, who farms grain, canola and sugar beets, is the co-op's manager.
This week he is touring rural Ontario with two Canadian groups promoting green energy, the Pembina Institute and Climate Action Network Canada.
In his district, there are 600 turbines spread over 1,800 square kilometres [694 square miles], "and 95 per cent of them are owned by rural area co-operatives in our community. Most of the people living in our area own, or partly own, these turbines."
[...]t says Germany draws about 17 per cent of its power from renewable sources, especially wind — far more than Ontario (where wind has a 1.9-per-cent share).
We Give Goldman Sachs $10B and They Outsource 1,000 Jobs to Singapore
It boggles my mind that we gave the likes of Goldman Sachs $10 billion of our taxpayer dollars without any — any — caveats about them keeping that money, our money, here in the U.S.
Less than three years after receiving $10 billion in bailout money from American taxpayers, Goldman Sachs informed its employees recently that it will fire 1,000 workers in the United States and elsewhere, shifting their jobs to the cheaper Singaporean labor market.
The move to shift 1,000 jobs to Singapore is part of an overall effort by Goldman Sachs to cut $1 billion in operating costs over the next year. However, Goldman is firing American workers at a time of record profits for the company, which raked in $2.7 billion in profits in the first three months of 2011 alone.
Goldman's plan is helped by conservatives in Washington who have prevented Congress from discouraging corporations from outsourcing. Last fall, Senate Republicans voted unanimously against a bill that would have ended tax breaks for companies that shift American jobs overseas.
Sayonara America! We'll be in touch if we need another bailout.
No Wonder We're Feeling Broke — We Are
Ouch. Look at this chart showing the decline in homeowner equity:
[T]he ratio of homeowners' equity to value at the end of the first quarter was just 38.0 percent…the lowest on record. Prior to the run-up of the housing bubble, the ratio of equity to value had never been below 60 percent and it had been near 67 percent until the late 80s.
This signifies the loss of a whole lotta wealth.
Bachmann Confuses John Wayne and John Wayne Gacy
OMG. The campaign for president on the GOP side is going to be a laugh a minute:
Rep. Michele Bachmann kicked off her presidential campaign on Monday in Waterloo, Iowa, and in one interview surrounding the official event she promised to mimic the spirit of Waterloo's own John Wayne.
The only problem, as one eagle-eyed reader notes: Waterloo's John Wayne was not the beloved movie star, but rather John Wayne Gacy, the serial killer.
Mrs. Bachmann grew up in Waterloo, and used the town as the backdrop for her campaign announcement, where she told Fox News: "Well what I want them to know is just like, John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa. That's the kind of spirit that I have, too."
John Wayne, the movie legend, is in fact from Iowa and the John Wayne birthplace is a celebrated landmark — only it's in Winterset, which is a nearly three hour drive away from Waterloo.
Gacy, though, had his first taste of the criminal life in Waterloo, where he lived for a short time, and where he had his first criminal conviction for an attempted homosexual assault, which landed him in prison for 18 months.
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The GOP mantra must be something like "close enough."
Imagine Being Tortured Every Day for Nine Years
Today marks the 31st anniversary of the massacre at Syria's infamous Tadmor Prison. In 1980, hundreds of political prisoners were killed there after a failed assassination attempt on then-president Hafez al-Assad. Following the massacre, the prison was used as a tool of fear to quell opposition to the regime. And many of its prisoners were university students.
Tadmor is closed now, but the prison's dark legacy lives on in the memories of those who survived the brutal torture there.
One of these survivors is Chicagoan Bara Sarraj. In 1984, Bara was a college student in Damascus when he was arrested and taken to Tadmor, where he was tortured almost daily for the next nine years. Now a transplant immunologist at Northwestern University's School of Medicine, Bara recently sat down and wrote about his time in the prison. He's posted his memoir online in Arabic, and has graciously shared his story with us.
Listen to Dr. Sarraj's story here.
Markos Predicts Bachmann Will Be the GOP Nominee
Markos Moulitsas (the founder of the DailyKos) predicts that Michele Bachmann will be the GOP nominee.
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Michele Bachmann will be the GOP nominee.
Yeah, yeah—this could be wishful thinking. Bachmann would gift Obama a second term and would lead to another Democratic wave election in the House. And yeah, this assumes that Mike Huckabee or Sarah Palin don't get into the race. But this is the age of Christine O'Donnell and Ken Buck. Republican primary voters don't give a damn about electability, but about casting a vote for the purest candidate.
Currently, there are three real candidates in the race—Bachmann, Tim Pawlenty, and Mitt Romney. Newt Gingrich is history, Rick Santorum is yesterday's news, Ron Paul is a niche product, John Hunstman has six supporters, and Herman Cain exists only to allow Republicans to say, "Some of my best friends are black!"
Of the three credible candidates, Bachmann easily wins the purity test. Romney has been on the other side of pretty much every issue of current importance to Republicans, while Pawlenty supported the individual mandate. They're toast.
But it's not just policy substance. The early GOP nomination calendar clearly favors Bachmann.
The other thing about Bachmann is that she lies with a straight face and she sounds credible while doing so. Insofar as the "liberal media" doesn't correct or call attention to lies, she could attract a real following of very pissed off people, of whom there are millions.
Then there's Rick Perry. We'll have to see how he fits into all of this.
Read the whole article here.
Half the Bay Area's Trash Comes From Fast Food
Apropos of the post below, wow, check out this factoid:
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Litter from fast-food chains is spreading far and wide. When a team from the environmental nonprofit Clean Water Action surveyed litter in four cities in the San Francisco Bay Area, it found that trash from four restaurants (McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, and Starbucks) and one convenience store (7-11) made up more than half of the litter it collected.
So, fast food is bad for us in more ways than one. And natch, insofar as our governmental entities move at lightening speed, I'm sure they'll get right on this.


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