Saturday, May 21, 2011

Frothy Urine And Mucus

REFLECTION on the program is

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from a premise undeniable. Something has gone wrong Izquierda Unida for people to protest through the platform without political affiliation Real Democracy Now! , long before they start to protest, would not have referred to this option as a means of achieving the much desired changes that are being requested.

Of course, the demands of citizenship pivot-perhaps more so than any other-about the vices that bipartisanship has generated, see the corruption and political patronage above the interests of citizens. Could this mean that we should not vote? Not at all and the crude slogan and dishonestly manipulated by the media "will not votes", he quotes a splendid way. This and nothing else, is what explains that in his manifesto assimilation into the two major parties has been made by the uniformity of acronyms: "PPSOE" in Catalonia, have been extended to CIU.

That said, I invite anyone to take a look at the political programs of parties, also of the two majority, provided that there are doubts about who-or who-vote. Turn means that the absence of doubt is given by the knowledge the program or, ultimately, the idiosyncrasies of the organization from which it emanates. The lyrics are the tangible and the program is the commitment contract that such a group takes to their electorate.

For obvious reasons, my only intention is to highlight some aspects (generic) that I find most significant the IU program in Asturias.

"Democracy is based on a dual commitment of the citizens in public affairs and public authorities with the public. This dual commitment must be based on a strengthening of participation, control and assurance of critical civil society on government. " (P.7 UI program Asturias). This includes electoral law reform, control of taxation and tax burden for higher income, fixed Institutional Advertising spending at 0.1%, promotion of citizen participation through associations, etc.

"The basis of the welfare state are just taxes. Authorities removed them the most favored part of the wealth to sustain essential public services, part of social benefits and make investments. That is, who else serve to have more input to meet the health, education, our social wage, which benefits the many society could not afford in the market and infrastructure, contributing to the development and generate employment. "(p.19, Introduction to the Taxation Policy of Asturias UI program.) This includes: increasing the tax burden of those listed above 60,000 euros per annum, reset the inheritance tax, raising taxes on large stores, boosting the tax on vacant housing on undeveloped lots on retraining Amen land ... a whole series of taxes around a "green taxation" (p.20).

"Education is a primary tool for the emancipation personal and collective, and an essential tool of social cohesion. In the current economic climate, investing in education is investing in tackling the crisis, taking on the social burdens arising from the bad situation of families and generating training to face the job market.
'education has become an essential means of achieving the comprehensive development of the potentialities of all individuals throughout life. And it should be an important element in the processes of economic, social and territorial balance. "(P.21 and extends to 26)

leave here the link program, which is, I think, very well structured and the format is read.

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Jamaican Free Glory Hole

Our hands

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Do You Lose Any Calories From Diarrhea

then wonder why the right beats

The transfer of votes of the PSOE to PP in the upcoming election seems like an ever closer. Leo calls "social networking" to many people, related to the social, rowing published numerous reports, with little room for doubt, to the defense of the PSOE. This used to be tricky, is that on the news that hang or "tweet" is alluding to the Popular Party a greater extent than the Socialist Party. It never ceases to be entertaining as last year gubernatorial PSOE as rightist, I believe, leaves even less room for doubt.

has caught me somewhat by surprise speech that suddenly has taken to release the Prime Minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, taking boasting of his administration in defense of the welfare state. And is it surprising that being accused of "lying like miscreants" who speak of welfare cuts when he not only regret but did not conceal that they were when "forced" to attack them.

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But, again, of the welfare state by the PSOE, and this is insultingly obvious, far from being an assertion merely discursive, is absolutely unassailable. Since the Government itself and the Socialist Party itself has sold all its emergency measures such as product precisely that, emergencies and circumstances. When they announced cuts to weigh both showed President Zapatero to the Cortes, were not at all proud of being forced it. It is not understood why so much current arrogance. Is it the unfortunate electoral desire the ultimate reason or else they are truly proud its management?

From the Socialist party does not cease to remind all the "different social policies undertaken by their government ", as on Wednesday May 3 was at a meeting in Santander, where he also returned to the negative chatter. For the PSOE, the biggest social policy is the non-privatization of health that the PP apparently, and must attest apparently seen by Madrid-intended, proposing the imposition of health copay to the Social Security system.

Indeed, once again, the best promise of the PSOE is that not come true PP policies. It follows that if they turn right, first rotate them irreparably. This rightward political system as the Socialist Party has helped create, has drawn a social discourse in these waters for themselves the right, but they seem so comfortable swim.

But beyond all this, over these four years has planned the shadow of economic crisis. Both have not only planned, it has stuck on a particular group and a certain social class, the workers. Contexts and situations "special" often take to the fore contradictions. Under this, the PSOE has spared no effort to eliminate taxation on high incomes tended hands while saving to private companies and large-and not so great, banks, under the pretext of avoiding bankruptcy even without considering their nationalization. It is therefore not uncommon to hear Emilio Botin confirm what everyone knows, but that is rude statement: "We are clearly winners in the recent economic crisis ." On the contrary, the socialist party has partially privatized two of the few remaining public enterprises whose profitability is difficult to answer (Aena and State Lotteries).

thought the ideologues of socialism of the nineteenth century, structural inequality that while there could not have freedom, two of the axes of the French revolutionary triad. And without them there would be no peace, there would be class struggle. While it is true that the current landscape seems strangely calm, reasons are not lacking for social war breaks out. Should be aware of it, because if such a thing were to happen, the structural violence against despair has been limited at this time will be understandable for such abuse.

others would not be covered with these helpless an aura of legitimacy to anyone changing their vote to voice their situation, and offered to endorse policies consistent with their objective interests. Who can win the right is not grounds for abstention or choose the lesser evil. The right wing is already de facto rule.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

How Much Will Angel Bites Cost In The Bronx

"Being Communist


late eighties a playwright from East Germany wrote a book called Knights of the Round Table . What future awaits them? Lancelot asks. "The people no longer want to know anything about the Grail and Round Table ... No longer believe in our justice or our dream ... For the people of the Knights of the Round Table are a pile of crazy, idiots, criminals. " Did Lancelot himself no longer believes in the Grail? "I do not know" answers. I can not answer that question. I can not say yes or no ... "No, probably never find the Grail. But no reason King Arthur when he says that what matters is not the Grail, but your search? "If we abandon the search for the Grail, we gave ourselves." Just to ourselves? Does humanity can live without the ideals of freedom and justice, or without those who devote their lives? Or perhaps even without the memory of those who did so in the twentieth century?

Eric J. Hobsbawm, "Being a communist" in Interesting Times: A life in the twentieth century , p.145.