Recall: Phil Beaver trusts and is committed to, but does not know the-objective-truth,
of which most is undiscovered yet some is understood. He works for opinion when
the-indisputable-facts-of-reality have not been discovered and seeks refinement
through other people’s experiences and observations.
Our Views: One scribe’s truth. Thanks to Jack
Hamilton, some readers studied “A Free and Responsible Press”, Midway reprint
1974. This reader paraphrases: We the [Civic] People of the United States
iteratively collaborate among We the People of the United States, and the media
workers and management either choose or default to one of the aforementioned
groups. A civic culture marches inexorably toward civic justice; knows the
difference between media truth and the-objective-truth; and suspects persons
who do not address TOT. The media may choose a business plan that iteratively
collaborates to establish and maintain a civic culture---a people that seeks
public-integrity as civic justice. We hope 2/3 of Baton Rouge inhabitants are
working to establish a civic culture by September 17, 2017, a national
Constitution Day.
Today’s Thought. If G.E. Dean’s purpose is political
force, such as a master’s temptation to power over slaves, he could not find a
better reference than Dean-Bible interpretation.
FEMA (Stolar). Two sentences invoke
concern. "We continue to accommodate individual family needs, and most
important — their requests." I can't believe you think requests are more
important than needs. "Mitigating against future events will be an
expensive, long-term effort but the outcome will better prepare the people of
Louisiana for the next natural disaster.” People in the Great State of
Louisiana buffer the USA at the Gulf of Mexico. This long term effort has been
long term forever and identified for a least a century. The next heavy rains
may come next season. It is time to deliver relief rather than write excuses.
Religion and Justice (Bates). For justice, ministers
should resign from their institutions and become civic practitioners: People
trained to help each person achieve individual-independence with
civic-morality. The sole purpose of religious institutions is to preserve the
institution regardless of the cost to humankind.
Edward
Pratt. Here’s my nomination for exemplary
appreciation of the year: “Coach . . .
was perfect for me.” Behind the statement is a story of mutual appreciation
each of us may earn. Love is overrated and often inappropriate, but everyone
wants and most people, I guess 2/3, work for appreciation.
Overdoses (Porter). I dislike a culture of acceptance and think nudging people into fidelity to their person is better than force. This letter seems exemplary in its comprehension, understanding, knowledge and motives. Thank you.
Whitehead praise (Catarella). I reviewed her summary and comments at lifechangeroftheyear.com/jennifer-whitehead-3/ but could not comment.
Fiscal Responsibility (Lindenfeld). I agree. Homeowners owe to themselves to be faithful to the-indisputable-facts-of-reality. If a slab flooded once, it will again. Religion-government-partnerships are not reliable, as Chapter XI Machiavellianism informs a civic people. Religion is likely to remain unchanged for an infinity, but the Metro Council may reform anytime they perceive the incentives.
Robert Reich column. Yesterday’s Roberts column
informed us that the Clintons are habitual dissemblers---a trait that is understandably
deemed worse than liars. Does that raise
questions about the people who gave Mrs. Clinton a 2.8 million majority vote? I
think so. Reich’s party, the Democrats, struggle for communitarianism,
collectivism, socialism, and communism. Democrats do everything possible to
unify groups that prefer groupism to individualism. That’s why the
Congressional Black Caucus exists despite their harm to black persons. There is
only one valid group in the USA: We the
[Civic] People of the United States inexorably march toward
individual-independence with civic-morality. Civic is introduced to emphasize
that the preamble is a civic agreement rather than a secular divider. For a
half century, the Alinsky-Marxist organizers (AMO), assisted by leftist
thinkers such as Reich, played on the appreciative tendency of a civic people.
A civic culture helps people who by nature cannot alone establish
individual-independence with civic-morality. Also, a civic culture nudges
rather than coerces able people toward individual-independence with
civic-morality; a civic culture constrain dissidents, criminals, and evils.
Social democrats like Reich have been a threat to the American republic---the
rule of statutory law, but their half-century is over. Individual-independence
seems at a nadir but the ascent has begun. The civic culture regained control,
and it is up to Trump to iteratively collaborate with We the [Civic] People of
the United States, perhaps 2/3 of We the People of the United States. Reich and
other Democrats may reform, but they can neither succeed with group voting nor
make dissemblers their party leaders, IMO.
Bernard Goldberg. I nominate this opinion as the
column of the half-century. Since 1966, the media has attempted to form
national policy by influencing public opinion--- false emotions lull an
indolent people into tolerance for social democracy instead of democratic-republic;
social morality instead of civic morality; communitarianism instead of
individual-independence; welfare enslavement instead of freedom from federal
oppression; tax-obligations instead of liberty to pursue personal goals; prayer
to factional gods instead of collaboration for civic justice. I am reminded of
James Meredith’s reflections on his 1966 march: “Duty and responsibility are an
equal part [of citizenship], and that’s the part the [press] has failed to pay
any attention to.” See concordmonitor.com/Civil-rights-marchers-U-S-still-needs-to-address-inequality-3635924
to read Meredith’s words, which I cannot interpret. However, they come under
the press’s caption, “Civil rights marchers: U. S. has work to do." IMO,
Meredith’s words claim the black race has work to do a half-century after his
march.
Ron Faucheux. Here’s my nomination for pseudo-wisdom of the year: “National polls only measure the popular vote.”
Sewer
taxes. The present disclosure of municipal
neglect in St. Joseph and elsewhere in Louisiana gives some comfort about EBRP
taking care of infrastructure. Yet, we are answering to federal oversight after
"authorities in the 1970s and 1980s neglected sewer maintenance." A civic people may monitor the
Metro-Council's agenda to make certain it and the Mayor-President are taking
care of needs rather than commercial dreams---like the rail to connect the City
of LSU with the Downtown Development District. What's wrong with Uber and buses
for that function? Mobile capital's operators can avoid floods: rail capital
and rail-car capital in floods . . . flood. Also, EBRP may reform from
answering to the religion-government-partnerships, for example, Together Baton
Rouge and Together Louisiana. The alternative to public-integrity is misery and
loss.
Hillar
Moore objects. The
Advocate should learn the facts and report them. When Moore objects I want to
know the details of why. I cannot reform an opinion without the details. Moore seems
authentic, and without more detail the other party is wrong IMO. I appreciate
the opinions I form. I need either the-objective-truth or well-grounded-new-evidence
to change. It seems that Gov. John Bel Edwards needs to reform to
public-integrity. He seems to be smoking the power of the
religion-government-partnership or Chapter XI Machiavellianism. While
disclosure of Chapter XI Machiavellianism is 500 years old, I hope a civic
people will soon establish public-integrity.
Religious Freedom Act (Winston). Paraphrasing Trump,
you can’t learn the-objective-truth from the media. Ms. Winston tells us “The
new version of the law, named for a former Virginia congressman . . . extends
protection to atheists.” That congressman was Republican Frank R. Wolf.
Further, HR 1150 was sponsored by Republican Christopher H. Smith, New Jersey.
Would your first guess be that Ms. Winston and her media bosses are leftist
democrats? I hope IFRA will lead soon to amendment of the religion phrases in
the First Amendment so as to protect and nudge thought, an inalienable duty in
individual-independence, rather than religion, a for-profit business that
should be supported by adult customers only. Substitution of conscience for
thought is an effort by religious institutions to claim that religious thought need
not make common sense. Allowing conscience to coerce your person to neglect
common sense is voluntary slavery. It is hard to believe Professor Corbin so
shamelessly ignores the fact that this historic Congressional Act is a
republican-sponsored improvement on statutory law. We’ll see what reforms it
demands from the US Supreme Court, the infamous opinionaters who are way out on
the rotten left limb of opinion about opinion. For example, Greece v. Galloway
(2014) could reverse because of the formerly niggling interests of atheists and
others like me. HR 1150 is at congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1150/text
.
Faith (Robinson). A skill of Alinsky-Marxist
organizers (AMO) is to create phrases that identify a group interest that may
be used to defeat public-integrity or individual-independence with civic
morality. One such phrase is “faith community.” Every civic person has faith.
For example, I trust and am committed to the-objective-truth of which most is
undiscovered but some is understood. AMO wants communitarianism, socialism,
communism, and other fist-raised solidarity. It’s un-American, IMO. “Together”
groups should be avoided like the plague. Also, “. . . faith leaders were
called upon to provide counseling and consolation” reminds me that counsellors
should resign ministries and become licensed civic practitioners with university
degrees in living according to civic morality: fidelity. Let adults pursue any
spiritual life they may want, but end the religion-government-partnership that
coerces people to spend part of life pursuing hopes for a favorable afterdeath:
let such pursuits be a private preference with no coercion.
Secular France (Heneghan) This article provides
evidence of why the civic preamble to the constitution for the USA is
preferable to France’s 1905 law requiring church-state separation. The
preamble, labeled secular by American Christianity, is neutral to religion.
Thus, a civic people---those who collaborate for civic morality according to
the goals in the preamble---create and observe statutory law. As long as a
religion has first principles that do not conflict statutory law, church and
state are separated. As long as elected or appointed officials observe
statutory law, their real-no-harm private pursuits, such as religion, are not
of civic interest. When a person is elected to office, he or she is expected to
perform the duties under statutory law, and his or her prayer life has no
impact on their civic leadership beyond the personal value to him or her.
According to the preamble, religious oaths are private matters.
Malta vs pope (Winfield). I often write that the
branches of religions are fractionated, but had not run across organizational
factions in Rome. I’m glad to have this reference. Professor Martens apparently
referred to “the Holy See under international law.” I suppose that’s Catholic
law, but do not intend to research it.
Christopher Simon. Ben Franklin’s thirteen virtues
are: temperance, silence, order, resolution; frugality, industry, sincerity,
justice; moderation, cleanliness, tranquility, chastity; humility. See thirteenvirtues.com/ . These virtues
seem private intentions---fidelity to self. For example, I recall Bill Clinton’s
disassembly, “I did not have sex with that woman. [She had sex with me.]” Integrity (both wholeness and factual understanding)
and fidelity seem covered by the thirteen virtues. Regardless, intention to
perfect your person is a very good idea, and the first step is to think it can
be done, low as you may now be. I’m quoting from emersoncentral.com/divaddr.htm
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