March 28, 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:  See online at theadvocate.com/baton_rouge

Our Views. “. . . without Donald Trump jawboning on the telephone.”

 

The Advocate has freedom of the press and may choose to explicitly “commend the president,” or disparage and commend.

I’m disappointed in my hometown newspaper for not having the confidence to skip a desperate rebuke of United States President Donald J. Trump.

Today’s thought Phillippians 1:21. In V 19, Paul, in chains, claims, “I know that . . . what has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance.”

Paul “knows,” but leaves the definition of “deliverance,” a mystery.

Dean mimics the mystery: “This should be the life goal of all Christians.” What “this”?

I mistrust both Paul and Dean; Jesus not so much, according to my opinion. For example, I like the message: “Phil, your person has the psychological power to be perfect.”

I think I’m working to perfect my person.

Letters

Education (Allen). “. . . if you just gave me students who wanted to learn.”

Students who deliberately want to learn is the purpose of a rational proposal of incentives for children---to take charge of their learning rather than merely suffering the adult competition that always “sounds familiar.”

Google [phil beaver + child incentives brief] and choose the URL that starts “cipbr” to:  learn about the proposal, improve it, and help make it happen.

Single payer (Moe). I also liked McGonigle’s letter plus yours.

Together, you two helped me recognize an important barrier to single-pay:  humankind evolved into the insurance system for constraint. Many subscribers never recognized insurance as the governor that constrains both customer’s potential to risky behavior and provider’s will to serve.

Constantly, I am annoyed with writers lobbying for health-insurance rather than health-care.

I’d like to see the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals move toward incorporating personal responsibility for healthy living into health-services so that the insurance function could be eliminated or lessened to a free market.

I see such a program as a move toward public-integrity, which is essential for economic viability. In other words, public-integrity seems essential for survival.

N.O. statues (Sharpe). To Pascanal Petreoff: I nominate Ms. Sharpe’s as the best letter so far against Mayor Landrieu’s tyranny and more.

Cal Thomas column worst “sanctuary”. “. . . officials and legislators who . . . allowed such [horror] must be held accountable by the citizens.”

The citizens may realize that the preamble to the constitution for the USA divides inhabitants according to the preamble’s agreement: a civic people vs dissenters. Among the dissenters are criminals and evil people.

Stephanie Grace column. It’s too bad when a writer is so liberal she or he can’t express the obvious:  American Christianity ruins the USA. 

We, the people, including Christians, may establish the political power of the-objective-truth and thereby enjoy statutory law "not of men," at last.

 

Public theism ruins the USA. Bemusement with religious freedom ruins the USA. James Madison arrogantly claimed, “Before any man can be considered as a member of Civil Society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governour of the Universe: And if a member of Civil Society, do it with a saving of his allegiance to the Universal Sovereign.”

 

So far, Madison’s arrogance ruins US citizenship: A US citizen may pass up every religious edifice in the country but cannot escape Christianity in government buildings and meetings. But a civic people may effect reform any time a 2/3, perhaps existing, majority decides to use the preamble to the constitution for the USA, much as 2/3 of states representatives did on September 17, 1787, leaving 1/3 dissidents.

 

If the Freedom Caucus is 36 representatives (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Caucus#Rejection_of_American_Health_Care_Act_in_2017), that’s only 8.3% of seats. If so, the current party-count is 201 Republican, 193 Democrat, 36 Freedom Caucus, and 5 vacant (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives).

The vote 229 Democrats and Freedom Caucus vs 201 is unfavorable. However, with 2/3 of each faction voting to comport to their 2/3 civic constituents, the vote would be 287 vs 143, an easy victory for the people.

 

The USA may establish political power of the 2/3 civic people by talking. When a civic people talk, they voluntarily don’t lie to each other so that they can communicate. They don’t worry about the dissidents, because the dissidents can’t communicate. Additionally, a civic people voluntarily collaborate to discover the-objective-truth rather than compete for dominant opinion.

 

I’d love to try this process, we dub public-integrity, with Ms Grace or anyone else game to try. Civic morality can’t happen in one discussion and typical stonewalling.

E. J. Dione column.  Dionne continues to present evidence that writers lie by omitting evidence that refutes their case. John Roberts, appointed by a Republican, legislated (unconstitutionally) for the Democrats.

 

One of the most egregious judicial acts of the ACA debacle was Chief Justice John Roberts' legislative creativity in changing the penalty for not purchasing ACA insurance to a tax. See nytimes.com/2012/06/29/us/supreme-court-lets-health-law-largely-stand.html . Thus, Roberts created a tax on a non-purchase! What travesty!

 

To understand Gorsuch a little, read Ilya Shapiro, “Against Judicial Restraint,” National Affairs, No. 29, Fall, 2016, online at nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/against-judicial-restraint .

Ron Faucheaux column.  Don’t forget: According to polls, Hillary Clinton did not need to campaign for president.

 

Poll attempts to influence voters (Page 1B). Don’t forget: According to polls, Hillary Clinton did not need to campaign for president.

 

Bill to block monuments removal (Page 3B). I agree that it is a state issue and hope a bill can be passed in time.

11 of 69 districts want internet (Page 1A). IMO, this is evidence that school officials compete for the education budget for adult satisfactions at the expense of children.
 
In other words, $85 million for high speed cable competes with teacher salaries, administrative raises, and retirement funds. The children had no one speaking for them.
 
A civic people should stop the barbaric abuse of children in Louisiana.

Nine groups for April school plan submission (Page 3A). I hope April is it.

Sanctuary cities (Page 5A). Philanthropists who support illegal activities should be held responsible for the harm they cause. Add them to the targets of Cal Thomas’s objections in his column today, “Case shows ‘sanctuary’ at it’s worst.”

 

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.