February 20, 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.

The Advocate:

Our Views Each time The Advocate gets overloaded with the Edwards saga, I hope for a reminder of Cain's factional Christian infamy and the state’s promotion of religion in prison. Alas, the Chapter XI Machiavellianism is obfuscated.

The imposition of psychological and physical power over people by religious ministry is well known. Conversion of criminals to ministers has been reported: theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/entertainment_life/faith/article_21a71897-1438-52e6-956d-56c868 . “Once a slave to sin and crime . . . now . . . preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ to young men in urban neighborhoods.” Maybe that reflects the-objective-truth . . . sometimes. But what, specifically is being taught to young men: subjugating women?

Cain was a favorite for Chuck Colson’s group: https://www.prisonfellowship.org/2013/04/the-saints-of-angola/ . (The URL may be tricky.)

And bpnews.net/45906/angola-prison-church-joins-baptist-association; “Paul Will, Grace Baptist's pastor . . . credits Warden Burl Cain for bringing the New Orleans Seminary to Angola 20 years ago.”

Factional-Christian hubris infects high office. I wonder if the Cain experience inspired Gov. John Bell Edwards to exercise any Vatican-Louisiana-partnership at an inopportunely risky time. A week with Louisiana persons still out of their homes, with no FEMA rebuilding money imminent and maybe ¼ of the need requested. Also inauguration of a US president whose help is needed by Louisiana people, perhaps the governor’s Machiavellian No. 1 Interest.

The point of Chapter XI Machiavellianism is the hubris of religion-government-partners who, under the guise of “god’s work” pick the people’s pockets with immunity.

Fleshing out this possible story could be worthy of a Pulitzer Prize and could help the people reform from subjugating their lives to religion-government-partnerships. Religion is for afterdeath: government is for life. Of course, I hope my hometown newspaper will research the story and publish any evidence that apparent dots reflect the-objective-truth.

Today’s thought. Consider the difference between art forms and the-objective truth, and exercise your personal preferences and fidelities. Religion constructs wishes for afterdeath. The-indisputable-facts-of-reality empower living.

 

Past time on ACA (Nolan). Relax. Trump negated Chief Justice John Robert's tax folly; help is already underway.

 

In their defense, Cassidy (who disappointed me, too) is one of 100 and Graves is one of 435. President Trump’s Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Price, was confirmed on February 10 after long contention by the nation’s liberal democrats. If you don’t want more chaos, you’ll want and contribute to an orderly process and encourage the people who elected Democrats to pursue civic-morality by addressing the-objective-truth.

I prefer Michael Gerson’s “aggressively authentic” rather than Ilya Shapiro’s “vulgar” to describe Trump but encourage readers to take fifteen minutes for Shapiro’s “Against Restraint,” National Affairs, No. 29, Fall 2016, page 113. See online at nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/against-judicial-restraint . Quoting. “John Roberts sold out the law [by] vindication of Obamacare on June 28, 2012.” You’d think Shapiro would blame perhaps bungling President George W. Bush, who nominated Roberts.

 

Regardless, Trump has already negated Roberts’ folly. See washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/14/irs-weakens-enforcement-obamacare-individual-manda/ . IRS will not require people to report Roberts’ ACA tax thanks to Bush. President Trump opines it is bizarre to tax a commercial inactivity---not purchasing insurance.

 

Shapiro most egregiously misses the civic-morality mark with “Whatever happens, conservatives should learn their lessons and push for judges possessed not only of the right interpretive principles but of the desire to follow those principles wherever they lead.” In reality, We the Civic People of the United States may establish public-integrity by appreciating each person who 1) iteratively-collaborates for broadly-defined-civic-safety-and-security and 2) requires the US Supreme Court to obey statutory law rather than dominant opinion.

 

Russia ties (Bushnell). Nothing wrong with an opinion.
 
I want and expect USA ties to every nation. And during the transition from a leaving administration to an incoming administration, the latter is more critical to me.
 
President Trump is not upset with any of the folly and confronts both the media and liberal democrats with Michael Gerson’s “aggressive authenticity.” His cabinet members and other administration personnel face the same authenticity. Good as they may be at their profession, if they have not learned they cannot achieve public-integrity by lying, they’ll hear “Ya fyad,” (attempting to spell a NYC accent).
 
Flynn averted possible Russian retaliation for Obama’s December 2016, ineffective governance. We may be grateful yet regret that Flynn apparently lied to Vice-President Pence.
 
People who want to make more of the story should go for their wishes: We like and want the-objective-truth.
 
Trump was in Scotland and commented on Brexit, perhaps influencing some British voters. Some liberal democrat could dedicate their career and media-fortune on researching that story. Here’s a start: ://newsweek.com/donald-trump-brexit-vote-eu-influence... .

 

To Charles Foster Kane:  Will you ever get over learning from me that in the 2016 presidential election Trump won 84% of US counties?

 

I wrote for two decades that honesty is insufficient: a civic people may have integrity. My work to share that thought is evident on my blogs. However, Donald J. Trump forever changed my view. Trump taught me a concept I had read a quarter century ago in Raphael Patai's book,The Arab Mind, 1976, 1973.

 

Trump taught me: confront lies with lies . . . in a way Patai just could not penetrate my stubbornness. Moreover, Trump gives me hope beyond the mind that intends to entrap you in your trust. Trump follows up with integrity, once the other party realizes integrity is the only way to communicate. That’s why Flynn is gone.

 

As always, I encourage you to forget about me. I'm just a person who works to understand the-objective-truth even though not much of it has been discovered.

Rich Lowry column. Lowry continually disappoints.

Remonstrance has always been a part of American politics. One of the most controversial I studied is James Madison’s “Memorial and Remonstrance,” June 20, 1785. I want to listen to the scholar who can parse that speech according to the-objective-truth. On my own, I find it the worst psychological tyranny I can cite; it’s beyond Federalist 10, which works to keep a poor person down.

 

Remonstrance needs to be supported by the-objective-truth rather than dominant opinion. Madison said something about not being a citizen if you’re not a theist. Wrong! The 95% who originally could not vote said they could. Right! The Supreme Court said blacks have no standing. Wrong! South-white-church said North-white-church was erroneous. Wrong! Black church marched for civil rights and voter rights. Right! But then came three as what I call Alinsky-Marxist organizers (AMO). Congressional Black Caucus aggressed to make MLK Jr.’s “check cashing” metaphor actual retribution. Saul Alinsky kicked in organized disruption with the potential for violence. James H. Cone kicked in black power and black theology. God is black and blacks will emerge masters with whites as slaves. Three wrongs!

 

ACA was predicated on penalizing people who did not want medical insurance. Objections by the people turned into a tax (via John Roberts) for not buying a product. The Tea Party remonstrated. Right!

 

The three wrongs of AMO cannot emerge right by claiming they are like the Tea Party. Obama, the prince of AMO, should be avoided without limitation: Simply avoid Obama-influence no matter who offers it.

Melinda Deslatte column. After the budget has been addressed, remind the people that the Legislature needs behavioral reform.

Michael Gerson column.  President Donald Trump shares a vision and nominates cabinet members who agreed to carry out that vision. Paul Ryan, in a meeting without Trump asks, “Who’s in charge?” Is that attempted usurpation of a team Ryan is not on? Was an attempt to threaten the administration with GOP “power”? Was Ryan countering Trump’s rebuke? See newsmax.com/Politics/trump-tweets-rebukes-ryan/2016/10/10/id/752613/ .

 

Gerson asserts the presidency cannot brook this president, because observers say the staff is too flat and competitive to do Trump’s bidding. Good grief! That team wrenched the presidency from the most unconstitutional gang of civic-hoodlums this country has ever seen! Liberal democrats who still have any authority are resisting like a swamp of vines, alligators and moccasins.

 

Who does Gerson quarrel with if not the voters who gave Trump 57% of the Electoral College and 84% of US counties? The elected president decides how to govern within the constitution for the USA. Trump faces a Congress, a judicial, and a press that have trashed the constitution---have been dysfunctional---for decades. That’s why Obama, the AMO prince IMO, was able to run wild. Those two branches and one kibitzer need to tend to their responsibilities.

 

Restoring law and order to the federal government and thereby to the people will not be easy, but that is Trump’s promise. There is no silence about it.

Dana Milbank column.  A committee has many branches and its chairman can spit and chew in sequence. Milbank can’t handle it. But please don’t send him back to journalism school. They might give him the idea he can influence public opinion and thereby change the USA from a republic to a liberal democracy.

St. George (Feb 17). To Joe Diogenes: More important to me is what culture: the culture defined by the preamble to the constitution for the USA. It came from my heritage.

On my mom's side, it's Tater Valley Tennessee German with ties to the Irish. On my dad's side, it's Harlan County Kentucky Scots-Irish with English ties. Both lower-class civically powerful cultures. My Uncle Clyde Booker, for example, put seven children through college working his 100 acre farm in Tater Valley.

My mom's side taught me self-reliance: Phil upholds himself when he refuses to lie. (Now I know her advice as the only example of civic-morality Albert Einstein presented: we don't lie so that we can communicate.) My dad's side taught me humility: Worse things happen to better people. Read Paul Johnson's A History of the Jews to get a global perspective on humility's power. Today, it seems their first goal is Security.

 
With this heritage, I am an American and work hard for public-integrity according to the-objective-truth.

 
I sincerely want people to address James Meredith's statement and think it could lead to public-integrity in Baton Rouge. The preamble is intended for every citizen of the USA.

 
Thanks for your question.

To Fred Bear: I appreciate your remonstrance, but do not recommend escape.
 
One of the immigration issues that came to my attention is the comparison of Syrian flight with other refugee situations. The Syrians could have stood their ground for their country long ago. Why did they not do so? I have questions and seek answers, because I care. It does not seem to me "none of my business."

 Diversion permit (Page 1B). It seems to me delays in getting federal funds for rebuilding after the flood are due to Louisiana’s slow application for money. It would help the people keep track if The Advocate would acquire and publish the state’s critical path for completing the 2.5 years of federal hurdles.
 
I tried to learn if the shock came from the Trump administration, like the recent pipeline projects being unlocked, but could not find that detail online. The media and Democrats try avoid credit to Trump while they hold out hands for money. I don’t like it. Get on board with the USA, people; Gov. Edwards!

Sunshine (Page 1B). While it may seem like trivia, knowing the facts about a song is enriching.

 

The story is also told online at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Are_My_Sunshine#Authorship , but I doubt I would ever have been drawn to it. Some readers tell me I’m a fool to look at Wikipedia anyway. But you know what they say about fools. (I don’t particularly like “takes one to know one.” But it does assume that the two parties talked.)

TOPS (Page 1A). I favor both the 30 hour requirement and staged awards: Say 50% in freshman year, 55% sophomore, 65% junior, and 75% senior.

The comments that were shared in the article seem uncompromising more than collaborative. I am for education, but moreover I am for incentives. The human condition is so fraught with uncertainty it is common for people to fail because they were not persistent.

Additionally, I want the state to get serious about the child incentives program that makes the statement to newborns: You are a person of interest to this state and we want to encourage you to take charge of your learning, understanding, and intent to live a full life. Please Google “Baton Rouge ‘Child incentives brief’” and choose the URL starting cipbr.

Kushner risk (Page 6A). Hopefully, the Democratic Party will take note of this but decide to join the establishment of public-integrity in the USA.

Security advisor (Page 6A). Albert Einstein said that a civic people don’t lie so that they can communicate. Hopefully, most citizens have gotten that age old message, published as Einstein’s’ sole example of psychological ethics in 1941. See “The Laws of Science and The Laws of Ethics,” at samharris.org/blog/item/my-friend-einstein .  

Other dialogues:

 

My FB for Washington Day
 
On June 8, 1783 George Washington said farewell to the Continental Army and also addressed the (former loyal British subjects) newly "Americans" but not yet recognized by the defeated king.
That September, the king agreed In the Treaty of Paris that the 13 states were independent, naming each one.
 
Four years later, leading patriots admitted to themselves that they must form a nation. Washington presided over the negotiations leading to the preamble and the draft constitution for the USA, signed by 2/3 of states representatives on September 17, 1787. The nation was to be authorized by willing people in their states, as stated in the preamble. The 1/3 dissidents had their reasons. Nine of 13 states ratified the draft on June 21,1788, establishing the USA as a nation of 9 states; four had the chance to remain independent.
 
Today, dissidents have their reasons, but many do not consider the civic agreement that is stated in the preamble. Every citizen may adopt the civic agreement therein. Every citizen may collaborate for public-integrity as broadly-defined-civic-safety-and-security. George Washington expressed such a vision 234 years ago, and the essence applies in Baton Rouge today.
 
Quoting Washington, “There are four things, which I humbly conceive, are essential to the well being, I may even venture to say, to the existence of the United States as an Independent Power: An indissoluble Union of the States under one Federal Head; A Sacred regard to Public Justice; The adoption of a proper Peace Establishment; and The prevalence of that pacific and friendly Disposition, among the People of the United States, which will induce them to forget their local prejudices and policies, to make those mutual concessions which are requisite to the general prosperity, and in some instances, to sacrifice their individual advantages to the interest of the Community.”
 

Washington's Circular Letter of Farewell to the Army, June 8, 1783 - American Memory Timeline- Classroom Presentation | Teacher Resources - Library of Congress

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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, an education non-profit. See online at promotethepreamble.blogspot.com.