March 14, 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. Three courses taught me to write to the audience.

Today’s thought. Psalms 66:18. Is David blaming the Lord for David’s behavior?

Is fidelity to the-objective-truth rather than entreaty to mystery the better human expression?

Letters:

 

Obamacare (Hale). Quoting Gov. Edwards, “. . . the more important goal is to give people better health.”

 

I spend about 90 minutes a day on my health. It consists of strength and stretching at several stations plus 30 to 60 minutes brisk walk (slow enough to avoid angina but brisk enough to circulate blood and get my heart rate up). I finish with about 15 minutes trying to witness a new skate-board or BMX bike feat.

I don’t drink enough water but maintain a steady weight and limit alcohol to 2 glasses wine or two beers at supper. About 8%-9% of my awaking-hours exercising to keep my doctor visits to routine check-ups rather than search for effective drug or surgery.

It takes private dedication for a body and mind to give its person good health. (If that did not have meaning, please give it another chance.) A governor who purports to “give” health is taking from the people who could effect good health for their persons. Meanwhile, that governor drives the state to financial ruin.

McGee does a disservice to mental patients by mixing improved mental-health-care with Medicaid. If I were NAMI, I’d make certain McGee issues no more personal opinions. It's bad publicity on par with Gene Mills writing for LFF.

Planned Parenthood (Galland). Galland and others may separate the issues.

MWW does not want to pay for sex for fun. She has no problem with recreation parks but would not contribute to a facility for sex-for-sport, team sex, and such. The privacy of sex demands personal responsibilities.

IMO intimacy is for human bonding and appreciation. Sexual-intimacy is for mutual-commitment. Sex may also be for extending mutual appreciation to children through procreation. 

 

MWW especially opposes abortion for fun. She and I both view our opinions as civic morality rather than either social morality, religious morality, or other form of civilization. We prefer to be privately-civic rather than suffer civilization or other imposition. My guess is we are fiscal conservatives and civic republicans. (Look those terms up if you don't understand them; you'll be delighted, IMO.)

Civic-morality or public-integrity addresses the-objective-truth. Planned Parenthood (PP) does not face the reality of its services: Some PP services exploit sex for fun, a private rather than public practice.

Student obstacles (Washington). Thank you for sharing your frustration but more importantly for your service to children.

Being able to learn in the midst of chaos is perhaps a skill today’s children need to face their future. It might help to read Kahlil Gibran’s poem “On Children,” online at katsandogz.com/onchildren.html .

Here’s my adaptation:

Your students participate yet belong not to you.

You give them your appreciation but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts.

You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.

For humankind’s psychological maturity goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

Revised 3/14/17. PRB adaptation from Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, 1923 “On Children”.

Rich Lowry column. There you go again---labelling President Trump and speculating on what he should be other than President Trump.

Charles Krauthammer column. Who is making money on the rabbit hole? I posit it is the media and that you should have suggested it, Krauthammer.

Eugene Robinson column.  It’s true IMO: The GOP is failing on repealing and replacing Obamacare.

Felon voting (Page 1B Mar 13). This case is a good illustration that the preamble to the constitution for the USA may be used to distinguish a civic people from dissenters. A civic people willingly collaborate to achieve the aims and purpose of the preamble.

 

By all means, I hope Judge Kelley rules that changing “under an order of imprisonment” to mean “in prison” would require amendment of the 1974 state constitution.

To Scuddy Leblanc: I think first offenders should be required to study, comprehend, and adopt the preamble to the constitution for the USA.
 

Anyone whose offense denies them suffrage should be required to paraphrase the preamble to the satisfaction of the court, then sign a statement of trust and commitment to their paraphrase.

 

After Kelly’s decision: Kelley said to the plaintiff, "If I take your position I'm bending the law. I like your position."

 

I appreciate Kelley’s decision but want legislation that would hold him responsible for expressing opposition to his decision and agreement with the plaintiff’s opinion. Contrary to merely bending, if Kelley bends he breaks the law: He is bound under oath to defend the Louisiana Constitution.

 

The plaintiff and Kelley opined the peoples' “under an order of imprisonment” means “in prison.” No bending there; only breaking.

 

The Louisiana Constitution says anyone is entitled to their expressions. However, they may be held responsible for the consequences. I recommend the Legislature put enforcement behind the state’s civic provision respecting expression.

 

In future incidents like this, for example, when prudence begs silence but the judge expresses low appreciation for the state constitution, require the judge to pay court costs for ensuing appeal of his decision. I expressed request for consideration to my state representatives.

 

Of course, I know nothing beyond being a sovereign citizen who seeks civic justice despite lawyers and judges and civil opinion. A civic people pay too much for uncivic civil debates like this one.

  

Audit clerk (Page 1B). What can be done?

  

Obamacare (Page 1A). The GOP may require the CBO to report the comparison between Obamacare left in place and the GOP plan.

  

Inmate shackles (Page 1A). Let the inmate who needs one (not all do) pay for the shackles.

Walt Green (Page 1A). I am glad he is willing to serve if asked.

Edmonson (Page 1A). I thought Edmonson did a good job last summer, but have always been upset with the money grab he seems to be in. I worry more about the competence of his bosses. I guess that’s Jindal, Edwards, and Leblanc. Ultimately, it’s we the civic people of Louisiana who are responsible for public-integrity.

Wiretapping evidence (Page 3A). The evidence for Russian contact is the fact that Hillary lost the election---a strawman argument, which is fallacious. Russians influenced neither my vote nor Louisiana’s vote-count.

King remarks (Page 7A). Perhaps King is bumbling for a statement that if a person does not want to assimilate with Americans, they should not be admitted as immigrants. If so, I wish he would stop blasting out substitute statements. If he’s representing the people of Iowa, they need to make it plain that they agree with him.

Turkey sanctions Dutch (Page 8A). It seems to me Turkey is trying to influence Holland to civilly accommodate the Turkish minority in Holland Turkey’s way. If so, I defend Holland. This doevetails with my recommendation that the USA require applicants for immigration to paraphrase the preamble to the constitution for the USA to the USA’s satisfaction then sign a pledge to trust and commit to their paraphrase.

Nazi in Minnesota (Page 8A). What a shock. If true, send him back.

 

Other:

 

This morning the sun was hidden from view by the earth in its daily rotation toward the east but appeared as usual. This evening, the rotation will re-hide the sun. 

 

(Forgive me for being such a nerd.) But this perspective extends the joy, for example, in realizing how fast we are moving. Either phrase, sun-rise or sun-set brings to mind the wondrous fantasy-of-reality.

 

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.