Comments for Sociological Eye http://thesocietypages.org/eye Ron Anderson uses the lens of sociology to shed light on world problems and give perspective to American society and the American character. Sat, 17 Mar 2012 00:07:08 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on In Defense of Empathy, Especially for Judges by pozycjonowanie malopolska http://thesocietypages.org/eye/2009/05/17/in-defense-of-empathy-for-everyone-including-judges/comment-page-1/#comment-151 pozycjonowanie malopolska Sat, 17 Mar 2012 00:07:08 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/eye/?p=128#comment-151 Aw, this was a very nice post. In concept I wish to put in writing like this additionally - taking time and actual effort to make an excellent article... but what can I say... I procrastinate alot and certainly not seem to get one thing done. Aw, this was a very nice post. In concept I wish to put in writing like this additionally – taking time and actual effort to make an excellent article… but what can I say… I procrastinate alot and certainly not seem to get one thing done.

]]> Comment on What is China Doing in Jamaica? by sarawak http://thesocietypages.org/eye/2009/02/18/what-is-china-doing-in-jamaica/comment-page-1/#comment-150 sarawak Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:49:12 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/eye/?p=115#comment-150 Just finish washing Life and Debt, from the Jamaican Perspective, telling how cruel is the big brother USA...While US government's destroying Jamaica Economy, ordinary US citizen still thinking that they had done so much to help Jamaica...Wake up! Just finish washing Life and Debt, from the Jamaican Perspective, telling how cruel is the big brother USA…While US government’s destroying Jamaica Economy, ordinary US citizen still thinking that they had done so much to help Jamaica…Wake up!

]]> Comment on What is China Doing in Jamaica? by cuniverse http://thesocietypages.org/eye/2009/02/18/what-is-china-doing-in-jamaica/comment-page-1/#comment-148 cuniverse Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:26:54 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/eye/?p=115#comment-148 I wonder if our Jamaican Politicians care enough about its people, to have china send a type of farming peace corp to help, and show Jamaicans how to use our lands to feed our selves. Small farm acrages of rice,vegetables, self sustained chickens and pigs ect. They are able to feed themselves of over 1 billion people, and the worlds second largest food exporter. I wonder if our Jamaican Politicians care enough about its people, to have china send a type of farming peace corp to help, and show Jamaicans how to use our lands to feed our selves. Small farm acrages of rice,vegetables, self sustained chickens and pigs ect. They are able to feed themselves of over 1 billion people, and the worlds second largest food exporter.

]]> Comment on What is China Doing in Jamaica? by cuniverse http://thesocietypages.org/eye/2009/02/18/what-is-china-doing-in-jamaica/comment-page-1/#comment-147 cuniverse Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:18:23 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/eye/?p=115#comment-147 Aaaamen!!! Aaaamen!!!

]]> Comment on What is China Doing in Jamaica? by stanley kent http://thesocietypages.org/eye/2009/02/18/what-is-china-doing-in-jamaica/comment-page-1/#comment-129 stanley kent Mon, 14 Feb 2011 02:44:33 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/eye/?p=115#comment-129 thank God almighty for china ,the world is looking and seeing things from another angle.all the billions of third world countries wealth are in western banks and they are the once aiding those corrupt leaders around they world just take a look at tonisia ,egypt ,nigeria ,just to name a few all there leaders have stolen government fund in the western banks .not in china or india so pls the world is waking up to know that it is not there leaders that is the problem but the leaders of the world who pretend to be saving the world on tv ,only to allow stolen government funds from poorer countries into there banks and later point fingers .is time the whole world should wake up and know that the western world are behind there poverty not just there corrupt leaders alone. thank God almighty for china ,the world is looking and seeing things from another angle.all the billions of third world countries wealth are in western banks and they are the once aiding those corrupt leaders around they world just take a look at tonisia ,egypt ,nigeria ,just to name a few all there leaders have stolen government fund in the western banks .not in china or india so pls the world is waking up to know that it is not there leaders that is the problem but the leaders of the world who pretend to be saving the world on tv ,only to allow stolen government funds from poorer countries into there banks and later point fingers .is time the whole world should wake up and know that the western world are behind there poverty not just there corrupt leaders alone.

]]> Comment on Deep Recession Produces Decline in Materialism by iamjennie14 http://thesocietypages.org/eye/2009/05/05/deep-recession-produces-decline-in-materialism/comment-page-1/#comment-111 iamjennie14 Thu, 13 May 2010 02:46:02 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/eye/?p=120#comment-111 I believe that the recession overall was a huge burden on United States as a nation, but it had its positive attributes too. It was an eye-opener to many Americans about their spending habits and materialistic views. With parents that grew up during the Cultural Revolution in China, I had learned about necessities and money management. When a lot of my friends would spend money on unnecessary items, I would save my money for something more important or for emergencies. I felt as if this was a value that most Americans had lost. When I took an exchange trip to Argentina in high school, I had lived in a small city that didn’t have any malls, entertainment spots, etc. People there took pride in spending time with people and just sitting around to talk. They were equally, if not more, happy than many of my friends back in the United States. This shows that people don’t need material items to make them happy. Out of every bad problem comes something good. In this case, it opened the eyes of many Americans to their old spending habits and have changed their views on such related topics. I believe that the recession overall was a huge burden on United States as a nation, but it had its positive attributes too. It was an eye-opener to many Americans about their spending habits and materialistic views. With parents that grew up during the Cultural Revolution in China, I had learned about necessities and money management. When a lot of my friends would spend money on unnecessary items, I would save my money for something more important or for emergencies. I felt as if this was a value that most Americans had lost. When I took an exchange trip to Argentina in high school, I had lived in a small city that didn’t have any malls, entertainment spots, etc. People there took pride in spending time with people and just sitting around to talk. They were equally, if not more, happy than many of my friends back in the United States. This shows that people don’t need material items to make them happy. Out of every bad problem comes something good. In this case, it opened the eyes of many Americans to their old spending habits and have changed their views on such related topics.

]]> Comment on Cultural Contexts of the 2008 Financial Crisis by Beth Vanfossen http://thesocietypages.org/eye/2009/03/20/cultural-contexts-of-the-2008-financial-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Beth Vanfossen Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:00:31 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/eye/?p=118#comment-109 With regard to the comment by Ralph: I am currently in a course about the financial crisis of 2008, and have found a great deal of information out there about the economic reasons for the crisis. Many people, groups, and institutions were involved. Particularly important were the financial innovations (derivatives, credit default swaps, and collateralized debt obligations) used by the top banking and investment firms from the 1990s on -- many in a shadow market. Also important were the housing bubble, the proliferation of subprime mortgages, the decline of regulatory provisions and agencies, economic models that assumed the market takes care of everything, mathematical models that did not include scenarios for collapse, corporate influence on politicians, corporate lack of attention to systemic risk, failure of accounting agencies to properly evaluate instruments and risks,are just a few of the concrete events. In addition, macroeconomic issues include the increased concentration in size and power at the core of the financial system, the imbalance in income-and-wealth distribution, crises as a feature of laissez-faire capitalism, the increasing role of hedge funds, monetary policy, and the loss of checks and balances between the economic and political institutions. Analyses of these factors are relatively easy to find in the proliferation of books on the topics published in the 2009's, and on the web. But there is hardly anything in the current analyses available on the cultural context of the financial crisis. The main source I found was the book by Karen Ho, Liquidated: An Ethnography of Wall Street, Duke UP, 2009, that you highlight above. Thank you for highlighting the cultural aspects of the situation. With regard to the comment by Ralph: I am currently in a course about the financial crisis of 2008, and have found a great deal of information out there about the economic reasons for the crisis. Many people, groups, and institutions were involved. Particularly important were the financial innovations (derivatives, credit default swaps, and collateralized debt obligations) used by the top banking and investment firms from the 1990s on — many in a shadow market. Also important were the housing bubble, the proliferation of subprime mortgages, the decline of regulatory provisions and agencies, economic models that assumed the market takes care of everything, mathematical models that did not include scenarios for collapse, corporate influence on politicians, corporate lack of attention to systemic risk, failure of accounting agencies to properly evaluate instruments and risks,are just a few of the concrete events. In addition, macroeconomic issues include the increased concentration in size and power at the core of the financial system, the imbalance in income-and-wealth distribution, crises as a feature of laissez-faire capitalism, the increasing role of hedge funds, monetary policy, and the loss of checks and balances between the economic and political institutions. Analyses of these factors are relatively easy to find in the proliferation of books on the topics published in the 2009′s, and on the web.
But there is hardly anything in the current analyses available on the cultural context of the financial crisis. The main source I found was the book by Karen Ho, Liquidated: An Ethnography of Wall Street, Duke UP, 2009, that you highlight above.
Thank you for highlighting the cultural aspects of the situation.

]]> Comment on Obama Tackles Executive Greed by mike sher http://thesocietypages.org/eye/2009/02/04/obama-tackles-executive-greed/comment-page-1/#comment-107 mike sher Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:24:09 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/eye/?p=112#comment-107 Greed is an addiction.... Filling a hole that will never get filled. System/Laws designed for a few. Enough room for all of us...regardless of class. Power-Control is a disease. People just what is their value? Greed is an addiction….
Filling a hole that will never get filled.
System/Laws designed for a few.
Enough room for all of us…regardless of class.
Power-Control is a disease.
People just what is their value?

]]> Comment on Where are the sociologists in a time of financial crisis? by Jorjann Chezem http://thesocietypages.org/eye/2008/12/07/where-are-the-sociologists-in-a-time-of-financial-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Jorjann Chezem Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:51:58 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/eye/?p=71#comment-95 I urge you to take action NOW! Data is available now! No need for conjecture. Nor, should Sociologists wait for Americans to endure the next ill-timed economic quagmire. Americas' government and it's policies have strangled private industry and it's laborers in elephantine financial proportions. The following factors correlatively have opened the "abyss" which American workers and their jobs have been sucked down into. Attacked by both the over reaching gluttonous orifice of the Federal government and the burgeoning numbers of illegal aliens/immigrants in this country. The invasion of millions of illegal aliens has exploded on United States soil. According to Brad Knickerbocker, Christian Science Monitor, May 16, 2006 along with his sited sources: US CENSUS BUREAU, US CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES, PEW HISPANIC CENTER, US BORDER PATROL UNION LOCAL 2544, BEAR STEARNS ASSET MANAGEMENT; RICH CLABAUGH - STAFF "As of 2003, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services put the number at 7 million. Since then, United States immigration officials have said the number has grown by as much as 500,000 a year." Ascertained from the Department of Homeland Security Febuary 2009 Population Estimates: "Mexico continued to be the leading source of unauthorized immigration to the United States (see Table 3). The estimated unauthorized immigrant population from Mexico increased from 4.7 million in 2000 to 7.0 million or 61%." Although immigration from Mexico continues to dominate unauthorized population growth, the greatest percentage increases during 2000-2008 were among immigrants from Honduras (81 percent) and Brazil (72 percent). estimates by State of residence." May 8, 2009 The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), reported that under the Employment Situation "the unemployment rate rose from 8.5 to 8.9 percent. Since the recession began in December 2007, 5.7 million jobs have been lost. In April, job losses were large and widespread across most private-sector industries. Overall, private-sector employment fell by 611,000." The U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the annual total for Mass Layoff Statistics,2008, was 19432, this is the highest total of Mass Layoffs since 2001, which reached 19449. These numbers of Mass Layoffs are recorded for non-farm, private sector employment. Which begs the question how were the farm laborers effected by Mass Layoffs? And why are the totals for 2001 and 2008 extremely similiar? According to the (BLS) the Mass Layoffs Total all industries for 2001 was 21467, with the annual total of 21137 in 2008 Presumptively, one could surmise that events Nationally effected supply and demand during these periods of time that were beyong our control. "9-11" and The Obama Administration takeover. Recessions or depressions breed apathy. As wage earnings drop, so to the sociocultural opportunities. Self-preservation, ego-centricity, anomie are all fertilized by the precipating loss of employment, the loss of house or home, even the loss of family and friends. I would suggest a visit to your local unemployment office, or homeless shelter and look into the eyes of those who have lost everything. There is your data! My Country, your Country is being dismantled job by job, home by home, Freedom by Freedom. Unless we stand united, and take action to recapture our "social capital" the "statistics of "jobless and homeless" will continue to grow not by the thousands but by the millions. Then we will have plenty of data. Jorjann Alexander-Chezem 769 Cedar Drive Loveland, OHIO USA I urge you to take action NOW!
Data is available now! No need for conjecture.
Nor, should Sociologists wait for Americans to endure the next ill-timed economic quagmire.

Americas’ government and it’s policies have strangled private industry and it’s laborers in elephantine financial proportions.

The following factors correlatively have opened the “abyss” which American workers and their jobs have been sucked down into. Attacked by both the over reaching gluttonous orifice of the Federal government and the burgeoning numbers of illegal aliens/immigrants in this country.

The invasion of millions of illegal aliens has exploded on United States soil. According to Brad Knickerbocker, Christian Science Monitor, May 16, 2006 along with his sited sources:

US CENSUS BUREAU, US CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES, PEW HISPANIC CENTER, US BORDER PATROL UNION LOCAL 2544, BEAR STEARNS ASSET MANAGEMENT; RICH CLABAUGH – STAFF

“As of 2003, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services put the number at 7 million. Since then, United States immigration officials have said the number has grown by as much as 500,000 a year.”
Ascertained from the Department of Homeland Security Febuary 2009 Population Estimates:

“Mexico continued to be the leading source of unauthorized immigration to the United States (see Table 3). The estimated unauthorized immigrant population from Mexico increased from 4.7 million in 2000 to 7.0 million or 61%.”
Although immigration from Mexico continues to dominate unauthorized population growth, the greatest percentage increases during 2000-2008 were among immigrants from Honduras (81 percent) and Brazil (72 percent).
estimates by State of residence.”

May 8, 2009 The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), reported that under the Employment Situation “the unemployment rate rose from 8.5 to 8.9 percent. Since the recession began in December 2007, 5.7 million jobs have been lost. In April, job losses were large and widespread across most private-sector industries. Overall, private-sector employment fell by 611,000.”

The U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the annual total for Mass Layoff Statistics,2008, was 19432, this is the highest total of Mass Layoffs since 2001, which reached 19449.

These numbers of Mass Layoffs are recorded for non-farm, private sector employment.

Which begs the question how were the farm laborers effected by Mass Layoffs? And why are the totals for 2001 and 2008 extremely similiar?

According to the (BLS) the Mass Layoffs Total all industries for 2001 was 21467, with the annual total of 21137 in 2008

Presumptively, one could surmise that events Nationally effected supply and demand during these periods of time that were beyong our control. “9-11″ and The Obama Administration takeover.

Recessions or depressions breed apathy. As wage earnings drop, so to the sociocultural opportunities.

Self-preservation, ego-centricity, anomie are all fertilized by the precipating loss of employment, the loss of house or home, even the loss of family and friends.

I would suggest a visit to your local unemployment office, or homeless shelter and look into the eyes of those who have lost everything. There is your data!

My Country, your Country is being dismantled job by job, home by home, Freedom by Freedom.
Unless we stand united, and take action to recapture our “social capital” the “statistics of “jobless and homeless” will continue to grow not by the thousands but by the millions.
Then we will have plenty of data.

Jorjann Alexander-Chezem
769 Cedar Drive
Loveland, OHIO USA

]]> Comment on Cultural Contexts of the 2008 Financial Crisis by Loretta http://thesocietypages.org/eye/2009/03/20/cultural-contexts-of-the-2008-financial-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Loretta Tue, 19 May 2009 11:14:48 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/eye/?p=118#comment-87 Great information. Thanks for the post. That was a spectacular article, need more great work like this out there. Great information. Thanks for the post. That was a spectacular article, need more great work like this out there.

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