Comments for Cheap Motels and a Hot Plate http://blog.cheapmotelsandahotplate.org An Economist's Travelogue Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:17:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 Comment on About Michael Yates by Sergio M Perez http://blog.cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/about/comment-page-1/#comment-367 Sergio M Perez Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:17:56 +0000 http://blog.cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/?page_id=2#comment-367 Mr. Yates, Regarding your review of Shaw's book on the UFW and Cesar Chavez. Did anything positive come out of the movement? Did it make a difference in the life of the farm workers? I for one had searched for Marshall Ganz to express my thanks for making a huge difference for this particular farm worker and my entire family. You are correct that much work needed to be done after 1974 and the UFW needed to re-structure into a more formal organization. Legislation under Jerry Brown gave the farm worker more rights and basic protections making the push for fundamental rights less of a battle cry for the organization. We can argue about the course that the UFW took in the 80's and 90's but to understand the legacy of the movement and the impact of Cesar Chavez we need to examine how the movement changed the outlook and aspirations of the farm workers and other people. In an era of ENRON and multi-billion dollar Ponzi schemes we need to look for better leadership. Regards, Mr. Yates,

Regarding your review of Shaw’s book on the UFW and Cesar Chavez.

Did anything positive come out of the movement? Did it make a difference in the life of the farm workers?

I for one had searched for Marshall Ganz to express my thanks for making a huge difference for this particular farm worker and my entire family.

You are correct that much work needed to be done after 1974 and the UFW needed to re-structure into a more formal organization. Legislation under Jerry Brown gave the farm worker more rights and basic protections making the push for fundamental rights less of a battle cry for the organization.

We can argue about the course that the UFW took in the 80’s and 90’s but to understand the legacy of the movement and the impact of Cesar Chavez we need to examine how the movement changed the outlook and aspirations of the farm workers and other people.

In an era of ENRON and multi-billion dollar Ponzi schemes we need to look for better leadership.

Regards,

]]> Comment on The Neoclassical Economic Dogma: Part I by mike http://blog.cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/2010/01/08/the-neoclassical-economic-dogma-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-365 mike Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:02:46 +0000 http://blog.cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/?p=315#comment-365 Abel, Thanks for the kind words. Of ocourse, I remember you. How are you doing? Abel, Thanks for the kind words. Of ocourse, I remember you. How are you doing?

]]> Comment on The Neoclassical Economic Dogma: Part I by abel http://blog.cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/2010/01/08/the-neoclassical-economic-dogma-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-364 abel Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:14:22 +0000 http://blog.cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/?p=315#comment-364 MIke Yates was my professor at Umass Labor center. I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THE ENTIRE COURSE AND HIS BOOK AND MIKE MADE EVERYBODY FEEL COMFROTABLE ABOUTTHE DISMAL SCIENCE. KEEP IT UP MIKE. PS I WAS THE GUY FORM NYC WHO USED TO BE A BIKE MESSENGER. MIke Yates was my professor at Umass Labor center. I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THE ENTIRE COURSE AND HIS BOOK AND MIKE MADE EVERYBODY FEEL COMFROTABLE ABOUTTHE DISMAL SCIENCE. KEEP IT UP MIKE. PS I WAS THE GUY FORM NYC WHO USED TO BE A BIKE MESSENGER.

]]> Comment on Teaching the Vets by Jeff Booth http://blog.cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/2010/02/17/teaching-the-vets/comment-page-1/#comment-363 Jeff Booth Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:58:07 +0000 http://blog.cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/?p=359#comment-363 Jerry Lembcke's book is called "The Spitting Image". I think he teaches at a college in Worcester, Mass., not BC but I could be wrong. Lembcke's book covers false memory syndrome in terms of Vietnam Vets who swore they were spit on by anti-war protestors but upon investigation, these stories are invariably fasle. The whole notion of Vietnam Vets being spit on actually got created during the Reagan administration (no surprise) as part of a general, on-going re-writing of U.S. history. "The ruling ideas of any age are the ideas of the ruling class." Karl Marx. Jerry Lembcke’s book is called “The Spitting Image”. I think he teaches at a college in Worcester, Mass., not BC but I could be wrong. Lembcke’s book covers false memory syndrome in terms of Vietnam Vets who swore they were spit on by anti-war protestors but upon investigation, these stories are invariably fasle. The whole notion of Vietnam Vets being spit on actually got created during the Reagan administration (no surprise) as part of a general, on-going re-writing of U.S. history. “The ruling ideas of any age are the ideas of the ruling class.” Karl Marx.

]]> Comment on Teaching the Vets by mike http://blog.cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/2010/02/17/teaching-the-vets/comment-page-1/#comment-360 mike Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:32:34 +0000 http://blog.cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/?p=359#comment-360 Thanks for your comments Mjosef. My friend John says he knowe two vets who were spat upon. So I will remain agnostic about this. I agree completely about the dead, wounded, killed by unexploded mines and agent orange, etc. Vietnamese. The Vietnam veterans from my hometown came back pretty broken. I felt for them, even though I hated the war and what the US was doing in Vietnam. Like Iraq and Afghanistan, Vietnam created nothing but misery for the many, and plenty of opportunities for making money for the few. I do know many good professors, though your remarks about ego are well-taken. Thanks for your comments Mjosef. My friend John says he knowe two vets who were spat upon. So I will remain agnostic about this. I agree completely about the dead, wounded, killed by unexploded mines and agent orange, etc. Vietnamese.

The Vietnam veterans from my hometown came back pretty broken. I felt for them, even though I hated the war and what the US was doing in Vietnam.

Like Iraq and Afghanistan, Vietnam created nothing but misery for the many, and plenty of opportunities for making money for the few.

I do know many good professors, though your remarks about ego are well-taken.

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