January 21, 2017

Phil Beaver works to establish opinion when the-indisputable-facts-of-reality have not been discovered. He seeks to refine his opinion by learning other people’s experiences and observations. The comment box below invites sharing facts, opinion, or concern. (I read, write, and listen to establish my opinion as I pursue the-objective-truth.)
Note:  I often connect words in a phrase with the dash in order to represent an idea. For example, frank-objectivity represents the idea of candidly expressing the-objective-truth without addressing possible error or attempting to balance the expression.

Our Views: Today, after Jan. 20, 2017--into my eighth decade--is a new day like none other.

We advocate a civic culture, using various phrases, including: public-integrity, private-liberty-with-civic-morality, broadly-defined-civic-safety-and-security, iterative-collaboration based on the-indisputable-facts-of-reality, individual-independence, privately pursuing real-no-harm personal preferences, statutory-law-enforcement, and more. These phrases came from collaboration with over fifty people rather than me.

I have regarded the terms "together" and "solidarity" as negatives, because I associate them with liberal democracy, socialism, and communism. Yesterday, President Trump changed my view of those terms with ideas like: focus on blood color rather than skin color, collaborate on world trade yet know that America comes first, from today the people rather than the government will benefit from the USA, help rather than talk about the poor, forgotten people never again after January 20, 2017. New viewpoints come from iterative, open-minded listening, and yesterday, I adopted Trump's use of "together" and "solidarity."

Rep. Richmond heard the same message, and I hope he came away unexpectedly celebrating and with the resolve to end the Congressional Black Caucus and the states' chapters. By doing so, he may address 1966-march icon James Meredith's 2016 concern: the black race has ignored the duty and responsibility part of citizenship. Richmond may help put the past behind and get to work on making America great at last (the last two words borrowed from Martin Luther King, Jr). It is fitting for a Louisiana representative to lead that bold reform, because the idea of public-integrity emerged in Louisiana public-library-meetings in 2016. If I were Gov. Edwards, I would regret having sacrificed my opportunity to participate in the inauguration. Perhaps he may make it up to the people of Louisiana.

IMO the premier first-principle of America's greatness is the neglected and abused preamble to the constitution for the USA. (For abuse, see the limousine that was trashed yesterday.) 

 

I paraphrase: the civic people in our states, in order to create public-integrity for ourselves and our children, create and specify a nation. Then, there were 13 states, most with slavery. Today, there are 50 states with equal citizens. The signers of that unique civic agreement invoked the future totality of inhabitants with the subject, "We the People of the United States." President Trump invoked that ideal yesterday. However, we know from history that it seems there will always be dissidents, criminals, and evils. Each person may understand, consider, and choose whether to be of We the [Civic] People of the United States, who by example are reaching for that totality: We the People of the United States.

Today and henceforth, citizens may choose the preamble. Today, all the people who would trash the President of the United States, rather than join the togetherness and solidarity Trump seeks have the option to reform. We’ll see what unfolds.

Today’s Thought (Dean). I’ve thought about it. From Genesis 6:3 I get the notion the perfect life is 120 years. I work to understand and practice good behavior, young as I may be.

U.S. Constitution (Esman). The pertinent phrase is “right . . . to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.”The pertinent phrase is “right . . . to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.” That is interpreted as a provision of the court proceedings when the accused is indigent.

 

Noble ideas often eliminate financial viability. Some criminal lawyers and judges manipulate nobility into their pockets. The federal government imposes a welfare system that helps ruin persons, and the Great State of Louisiana is a particularly acute victim of federal largesse.

Louisiana is well aware of this dilemma and needs no burden from Ms Esman’s branch of ACLU. Her letter seems like federal bullying rather than civic collaboration.

 

Pipeline (Bond). Thank you for a great opinion. Please consider a follow up letter wherein you follow the order of benefits in this letter, but give us actual facts. I think savings facts would help win public opinion for the pipeline.

Rich Lowry column. I have yet to grasp how a managing board for each school can help children. I have regarded charter schools as a means of shifting taxpayer money from neutrality on religion to Christian favor. Charter schools seem to me a reversal in priorities from teacher excellence respecting civic education to administrative emphasis to further Christianity. I thought DeVos also supports home schooling. If DeVos has preparing children for civic adulthood as her top priority, I am for confirmation. If it’s Christianity, I oppose. Religion is an activity for mature adults, not children and adolescents.

Michael Gerson column.  Gerson understands neither the American story nor Trump. The American story is a struggle to rise from the ruin of a canonized Bible that justifies slavery and may be used to advocate for black supremacy, as well as the Doctrine of Discovery for God and his son Jesus Christ. That story is 1700 years old, and the USA has made huuuge progress in only 230 years. (That date marks the signing of the preamble to the constitution for the USA rather than the Declaration of Independence so many storytellers like Gerson cite.)

And Trump is not one to discount what someone did 60 years ago, but asks, “What have you done lately?” In Lewis’s case, the answer seems not iconic. Frustration with Trump is that he is aware of the record and quick to respond.

David Ingatius column.  Writers need to get over evidence for global warming and consider the question of economic viability with an uncontrolled population growth. Trump’s skepticism may arise from two considerations politicians and their writers obfuscate: 1) cosmic effects may be so predominate that survival on fossil fuels is not an issue, and 2) economic feasibility might better be dedicated to means of survival despite global warming. The latter point is especially significant when no global agreement will be honored by rouge nations. Obama’s monarchial actions to impose that burden on the American people was reversed when Trump was elected, and Trump said so yesterday IMO.

Address (Page 1A). I heard that you can tell the “forgotten” by the color of their blood and their commitment to We the [Civic] People of the United States. Awesome. Even in the prayer selections I heard civic morality more than religious doctrine. I look forward to the day when civic morality has grown such that private-art-preferences may be omitted from togetherness and solidarity.
 

Indicted (Page 1A). Is she partially guilty yet a victim of systematic crime? If so, I would prefer indictment of the bosses rather than one collaborator.

  

Charters (3A) More and more this seems to be another case of Christian zeal vs the children. If so, it is awful. Regardless the role of teachers’ unions—adults vs the children is regrettable. I’m for reform of education so as to coach children in the transition to civic adulthood rather than to “train the workers we need.” In other words, the Charter-school squabble is an adult distraction rather than an opportunity to help children.

School Tax (Page 10A). I would have thought the timing would not seem favorable: there’s too much turmoil, misery, and loss just now.

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