March 11, 2017

Phil Beaver works to establish opinion when the-objective-truth has 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. If you like the wok, share with people who may be interested.
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. Forward New Orleans (FNO) seems an enterprise that complements The Advocate’s business plan---a partner of sorts. But FNO seems like a special-interest coalition. For Louisiana citizens, it seems better to be personally informed and vote for the candidate you want in elected office for your private reasons rather than an organization’s reasons or a political party's reasons. In other words, vote for your choice, not theirs.
 
The phrases “civic platform” and “civic life,” commonly referring to the overall good for the city or community, made me wonder of FNO is similar to A Civic People of the United States, an education corporation which meets at libraries in Baton Rouge.
 
Our use of “civic” is uncharacteristic in that it refers to citizens who practice the aims and purpose stated in the preamble to the constitution for the USA, yet “a civic people” is general in that persons worldwide may iteratively collaborate for public-integrity during their brief lifetime. However, so far, we feel civic morality (civic justice) expresses our opposition to social morality (classism) or civil morality (judgmentalism).
 
I feel informed respecting the people’s rather than the business-coalition’s interests by one comment about the scorecard: “To declare “good progress” on any front when it comes to crime, Forward New Orleans shows it’s desperately in need of lessons in basic math and logic.” See neworleanscitybusiness.com/blog/tag/forward-new-orleans/ . (The media in general are in desperate need to recognize that a civic people know math and logic.) I found the complete scorecard at ://forwardneworleans.com/.../2013/06/FINAL-REPORT-1.pdf . An affiliate: cbno.org/programs/collaborations/forward-new-orleans/.
 
A brief search on the Internet gave some background about FNO. “Forward New Orleans — based on a similar coalition focused on the mayor and City Council — was formed ahead of School Board elections in 2012. It is led by the New Orleans Business Council.” See ://theadvocate.com/.../article_560f5c61-ae89-53d3-bd8d..., May 28, 2015. For schools, ://schools.forwardneworleans.com/.../Forward_New-Orleans... .
 
A Civic People of the United States, like the preamble, is for citizens who voluntarily, iteratively collaborate for public-integrity. Our meetings are open to the public, and the next one is our fourth annual ratification day celebration, June 21, 2017, 7:00 PM at Goodwood library. June 21 is the actual day the USA came into being by the acts of the people's representatives in nine independent states, leaving four of the orignial thirteen states with the choice of joining the USA or remaining free states.
 
June 21, 1788 is more important to mutual freedom for the liberty to act according to a personal dreams than any other date IMO. What happened on July 4, 1776 through September 17, 1787 would have been for naught without ratification by the people in those nine states.

Today’s thought. Galatians 5:8-10. Paul used metaphors that often obfuscate meaning. In this case, the message I get is that a singular experience may sustain a journey of fidelity to the-objective-truth.

I don’t know why Dean turns to the negative, but his point is valid, too. For example, nursing human appetites can ruin a person’s life, as we often observe or experience.

Letters:

 

Today’s writers express opinions that did not instruct me.

 

Froma Harrop column. The caption does not seem accurate. However, “the House bill seems destined for an early demise,” seems accurate and just, IMO.

Dana Milbank column. I like the opinions that oppose the house bill re Obmacare, and think Milbank makes a better case than Harrop. Was there no opposing opinion The Advocate thought worthy of balancing Milbank? Why ask the reader to suffer Harrop?

Bernard Goldberg column.  I appreciate the news (to me) that Professor Allison Stranger was the person injured and that Alinsky-Marxist organizers (AMO) pulled her hair and twisted her neck enough for her to wear a brace. Also, I was not aware of how elite the Middlebury College students are. People may think that AMO is a movement by the poor, but it is not so. It is for and by intellectuals who have lost any respect for duty and responsibility that has been expressed by classical republicanism. One AMO intellectual was so overconfident that he apologized for “bullying me,” never accepting that I was not on-board until he finally terminated our dialogue. He never answered my question, “Are you an AMO priest?”

And there is no doubt that opposing AMO strongly influenced my early decision to vote for Donald Trump, based on his ability to keep another traditional GOP candidate from being nominated. Opposition to AMO sustained my determination through negative-attention that would normally turn me away, such as Trump’s debate statement I viewed unkind, “Hillary does not have the stamina to run for president.” Only after my vote did I learn of Trump’s twenty-hour days on the campaign trails.

Judge White (Page 1A). The suggestion that White is responding to action by the Judiciary Commission is reassuring, and everyone who is contrite deserves a chance to reform. Best wishes to Judge White.

 

However, in future, a civic people would appreciate immediate action by the Judiciary Commission when election offenses such as Judge White apologized for are perpetrated. The election should not have been allowed.

 

I’m not certain a civic people would extend the exemption from justice the Judiciary Commission extended, because I have neither the judicial rules nor the-objective-truth needed to make the decision. From a public-integrity viewpoint, it does not seem civic justices is operating.

Jail reforms (Page 1A). Services for mental patients should be part of this reform.

Conservatives (Page 2A). I don’t trust Associated Press writers. I’m a fiscal conservative and civic liberal (public-integrity) but think “conservative” is often used to report about the Christian right, a faction that predominantly affiliates with the GOP. The GOP bill is shockingly poor.

Equal pay (Page 3A). This is a popular but wrongful movement. The woman is naturally powerful according to the-objective-truth, and if she dedicates her life to a career, she should be paid for accomplishments rather than her gender. And if she changes her mind to partially dedicate her life to conceiving and rearing children, she cannot be paid for the accomplishments her employer needs and is not getting.

 

Only liberal democrats would try to use emotionalism to refute the-objective-truth. The USA must continue its support of the family and the roles of mother and father, the two people who supplied the ovum and sperm to conceive the child, according to the-objective-truth.

Ethics quandary (Page 3A). If ethics gets in the way, change the legislation: that’s often the Louisiana way.

Police panel (Page 3A). Disgusting to watch a meeting.

Democratic AG’s (Page 4A). Some of these people can be unelected.

Palestinian leader (Page 4A). While the media belabor Obama-Clinton falsehoods, President Trump proceeds to pursue the art of the possible when history says it can’t happen. Yeah for the world!

Sessions not following Obama’s way (Page 9A). So far, people in official capacity who should have accepted the results of the presidential election have done everything they can to hope by some miracle Hillary Clinton is actually president of the USA. The sooner such people are incapacitated the better.

 

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.