Tuesday, February 16, 2016

--I understand the psychoanalysis project has been moved up in importance.  That being the case, and the fact that I'm attending Osher Lifelong Learning classes at the University of Texas, El Paso, I went over to the Philosophy Department on campus to see if I could find one on their teaching staff interested in the Philosophy of Psychology area.
If so, I could go over the key concepts in psychoanalysis germane to mental therapy with that philosopher, so that I could write intelligently on the topic!  Else, I'll just have to go it alone on my own.  The benefit to that professor who would be willing to engage in dialogue with me on the key concepts in psychoanalysis is that he could learn possibly along the way from what I know.
I envision a weekly meeting lasting possibly a half an hour in which I present from my readings a digest from selected writings of Freud on some particular concept.  These sessions would probably spread over the entire Spring semester.   

Forming Operations Center #2

I've been given the green light for Operations Center #2 here in El Paso with a satellite in Juarez, MX, #2A.  Operations Center #1 has been so successful, I would hope the Pope could give a wave to this current endeavor!

In Juarez, the office has already been chosen and things are underway.  I know the El Paso Center will be just as successful, though the challenges reach far into Central America--specifically to Panama!  God bless!

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

--I'm instituting once again OLLI REPORTS in the Ruminations Blog.  I'm registered for classes in UTEP's OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) this Spring Semester.  Any comments I want to make concerning topics taken up in the classes I'm in will be recorded under this heading.

--I'm busy studying Freud's Psychoanalysis as well.  

Sen. Bernie Sanders in need of sage advice!

I watched Senator Sanders' campaign speech last night, really closely; and I discerned he's in need of sound advice!  He's made plenty of mistakes, but he's got a lot of good points he's making against the political system; and that's good and very needed.  Let me point out his egregious mistakes I noted from listening to his speech.

Mistake #1:  Socialism isn't the answer!
By advocating socialism, Senator Sanders would be granting to the very wealthy and the middle class, etc. governmental benefits for which they already have the financial ability to pay.   I think the LA County Hospitals have it right:  if a patient has the ability to meet the financial obligations to pay for his care, then he should be charged; but the very poor are not charged.  (At least, that was what I experienced when living in LA some years ago.)  Currently, Sweden can't afford its socialized medicine program, nor can Denmark; but really all of Europe suffers from paying for medical costs incurred by those who can afford to pay their own medical bills or for insurance to cover.  Government can merely provide a safety net for the poverty-stricken and those who would otherwise become poverty-stricken.  The right for which Sanders argues is that of receiving medical care as needed, not for covering all the medical costs for the care received.

Mistake #2:  Senator Sanders is in with the crowd of politicians he wants to reform; and is part of the system he wants to radically correct.  He is appealing to these by mistake.
Of course, he's right to present his case to the American people.  But his appeal is in the field of 'meta-politics.'   There are institutes all around Washington, DC involved in meta-politics.  For one, I've always admired the Cato Institute.  It oversees and monitors those politicians in the Conservative Movement and champions its cause by keeping politicians of that persuasion focused on conservative principles whenever it detects deviance on the part of some political members.
The point is, Senator Sanders needs some advocacy group on his side, some universities and philanthropic organizations to back his organization.  It is not just that he is running for President, but that the views he espouses must become part and parcel of the fabric of the country through Congressional legislation and constant oversight of the political system.  His "revolution" goes far beyond the 2016 election cycle.

Mistake #3:  Senator Sanders may be deluded into thinking the US political system is taking his candidacy for President seriously.  It's not just his age; it's his ideas. To try reform from within, may be mistake #3.

Anyway, don't shut up, Senator Sanders and don't yield!   Hooray for you!