August 14, 2017

Phil Beaver works to establish opinion when the-objective-truth has not been discovered. He seeks to refine his opinion by listening when people share experiences and observations. The comment box below invites readers to write.

Note 1:  I often dash words in phrases in order to express and preserve an idea. For example, frank-objectivity represents the idea of candidly expressing the-objective-truth despite possible error. In other words, a person expresses his “belief,” knowing he or she could be in error. People may collaboratively approach the-objective-truth.
 
 Note 2: It is important to note "civic" refers to citizens who collaborate for the people more than for the city.
 
A personal paraphrase of the preamble by & for Phil Beaver:  Willing people in our state routinely, voluntarily collaborate for comprehensive safety and security: continuity (for self, children, grandchildren & beyond), integrity (both fidelity and wholeness),  justice (freedom-from oppression), defense (prevent or constrain harm), prosperity (acquire the liberty-to pursue choices), privacy (responsibly discover & pursue personal goals), lawfulness (obey the law and reform injustices); and to preserve and cultivate the rule of law for the USA’s service to the people in their states.
 
Composing their own paraphrase, citizens may consider the actual preamble and perceive whether they are willing or dissident toward the preamble. 
  

Our Views (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/our_views/article_fc006810-7c5c-11e7-b2cc-0b8672445efc.html)

The Advocate exhibits the kind of encouragement willing people may perceive in my home town: ". . . an abiding truth about this state and its people. The real greatness . . . rests in us."

 

Where else in the country is there as much potential for a super-majority to emerge having the will to order civic morality according to the agreement offered in the preamble to the constitution for the USA?

The subject of the constitution is “We the People of the United States” who commit to the goals stated therein. Dissidents to the agreement may experience the benefits anyway. This is a good day to begin preparing for the annual Constitution Day, September 17. What can we do in the coming year to, using the civic order specified in the preamble, make Baton Rouge lives better?

Letters

Protester (McIlwraith) (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters/article_ac711996-7d49-11e7-a835-874d9a491ff5.html)

To each his or her own.

It seems to me personal time is better spent listening to what people are saying, doing the research to earn an opinion about the issue, expressing either agreement with the other person or the well-grounded reasons for the view you earned, and behaving to cultivate comprehensive safety and security. Stonewalling is a form of lying.

By listening, studying, and expressing well-grounded views, a person may learn from civic neighbors.

Through civic collaboration, I discovered that the birth of the USA occurred on June 21, 1788, when the required nine states had ratified the draft constitution that 2/3 of delegates for the thirteen free and independent states had signed on September 17, 1787.

National Constitution Day is about a month away, and celebration is appropriate during that week. September 17 holidays a logical consequence of Personal Independence Day, June 21, which we hope will become a national holiday.

Citizens can’t learn critical, historical facts from either political regimes or from organizers: The-objective-truth is not on their agenda. The-objective-truth matters to the people.

287 (g) programs (Weishar)

(theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters/article_6b428c22-7d1f-11e7-8b0b-0b3b94b0ef4b.html)

To William Thornton: The citizens, including taxpayers, have learned that philanthropy is a way to circumvent the law and pick the people’s pockets.

The Catholic Church, for example, participates in sanctuary for illegal aliens, while American children suffer abuse. I want philanthropists to pay all their bills and not involve local, state, or national government in their heartfelt personal concerns for people beyond our borders.

  

Charlottesville (pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20170814/281496456389090)

The attention to Civil War monuments is unfortunately biased by the oppressed vs oppressor mentality that has dominated US politics since the Great Society, or for the last five decades.

Black lives matter demonstrators in Baton Rouge and take’em down now marchers in New Orleans are given maximum protection to express their opinion. Contrast Charlottesville, where counter-expressers are given free rein to violence.

I think the Mayor of Charlottesville should be held responsible. I hope AG Sessions expresses my view.

BR rally (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_e668cccc-805d-11e7-95a8-a33cf03640ff.html)

It seems like organizers would eventually wake up to the nonsense: “. . . love trumps hate.” The path from protesters’ expressions to love seems non-existent: Maybe try behaving to attract appreciation.

Appreciation precludes hate. Routine appreciation warrants respect. Enduring appreciation may invoke admiration. Mutual appreciation may invoke attachment. Mutual attachment may invoke commitment. Mutual commitment may become love. Love is for life.

Protesters’ lives assuaging Heather’s death: It ain’t happening.

  

Phil Beaver does not “know” the-indisputable-facts. He trusts and is committed to the-objective-truth of which most is undiscovered and some is understood. He is agent for A Civic People of the United States, a Louisiana, education non-profit corporation. See online at promotethepreamble.blogspot.com.