Saturday, July 3, 2010

Anatomy Of A Deceptive ''Democracy'':The American Psychological Association (APA)

I believe America (a democracy of 300 million) and ''democratic'' organizations within america like the APA (about 170,000 members) are the experimental labs f0r the coming democratic international government of 6 billion plus citizens of the world.

In a series of blogs titled'' Advocates For First Amendment Rights'' (oldest posts, article 2),'' To Change Or Not To Change The Bureaucracy'' and ''Open Letter To Current APA President Goodheart'', I began to expose the deceptive democracy of the APA organization.

The dues (taxes) paying members of the APA are the rightful owners of the APA. Over the years their dues has been invested in real estate and other business ventures, giving the APA a stable income for survival .

The editor of the APA Monitor magazine has t0tal control of the flow of communication to the entire membership of the APA community. The editor of the Monitor is not an officer elected by the entire membership of the APA community. There is no rotation of this position as in the election of the american pres., v.p., senators and house reps.

Yet the executive editor of the Monitor creates her own ground rules for the flow of information to the entire APA membership community.

The editor of the monitor can create rules to solidify and protect her own job position at the APA.

The editor of the monitor can create self-serving rules to filter communication from apa members. Thus creating ''Deceptive Democracy.''

Dear Executive Editor Of The APA Monitor: Do the right thing by opening this issue to public dialogue/debate in the Monitor and let us have a vote for or against A FREE SPEECH FREE PRESS COLUMN in the Monitor by the entire APA membership community.

I intend to send a web press release to make this issue public.

Sincerly your fellow APA member, Sheldon M. Cohen, Ph.D.

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