May 11, 2017

Phil Beaver works to establish opinion when the-objective-truth has not been discovered. He seeks to refine his opinion by listening to other people’s experiences and observations. The comment box below invites readers to express facts, opinion, or concern, perhaps to share with people who may follow the blog.

Note:  I often connect words in a phrase with dashes in order to represent an idea. For example, frank-objectivity represents the idea of candidly expressing the-objective-truth despite possible error. In other words, the writer expresses his “belief,” knowing he could be in error. People may collaboratively approach the-objective-truth.
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Our Views (Obama/Clinton isolated). Lying begins within the person and isolates the liar in possible woe.

People who glimpse my messages know that a prime inspiration and motivation is my interpretation of Albert Einstein’s 1941 speech (76 years ago). The-indisputable-facts-of-reality have one origin: physics, defined as energy, mass, and space-time---the object of study rather than the title of the study. Everything, including opinion, emerges from physics (readers can’t possibly understand without using my definition of physics). It’s a big leap to opinion, but opinion both addresses physics and operates on biology, a progeny of physics (as I defined physics).

Speaking in the vernacular of the 1941 conference, and perhaps unable to separate his personal trust and commitment from religion, Einstein did not speak my interpretation of his message: I do not know what Einstein intended. (In fact, I feel Einstein obfuscated forever his civic messages by not clarifying his commitment to either religion or fidelity.) However, almost everyone may understand Einstein's one illustration of his 1941 message. He stated that people with integrity do not lie so that they can communicate rather than to follow an arbitrary rule. (See the speech at samharris.org/blog/item/my-friend-einstein .)

I have written about this for a number of years now and express it this way this morning: a civic person does not lie so that people of integrity (other civic citizens) are not challenged to respond to a lie. Collaborative citizens voluntarily establish public-integrity. Liars isolate themselves from both the-objective-truth and the people. Some of the people are dissenters from public-integrity for reasons only they may understand; some are ignorant, some criminal, and some evil.

While I do not know the-objective-truth, the evidence is that Johnson, LeBlanc and Coyle are correct. They make the case that The Advocate is a dissenter (for reasons only The Advocate may comprehend---maybe they hope Trump will resign and by an act of liberal-democracy such as AMO marches Clinton will take his place). Fat chance!

Voters in 84% of US counties elected President Trump because he was not and is not a part of the dysfunctional federal government, and we want our votes to succeed.

    

Today’s thought (Psalms 119:11). David expresses a mystery that most humans experience with caution.

Most humans seem born with a sense of right vs wrong and realize each erroneous action as it is made. Error brings regret if not woe. A humble person does not repeat error.

When “scripture” or clergy speak conflict, the human psychology rejects falsehood.

To claim that competing messages should be memorized seems anathema to me, based on seven decades’ experience and observation. I think advice like Dean’s causes the civic and spiritual dysfunction Americans suffer.

Letters

Don’t penalize Louisiana with a higher minimum wage (Saltsman). I appreciate your point: what’s needed is jobs for Louisiana workers, and non-competitive minimum wage would drive some jobs to neighboring states.

For example, EITC adds $5550/yr for a single mom with two children. That’s $2.64 per hour, tax-free added to $7.25/hr with $0.36/hr withholding, for a total of $9.89/hr.

A higher minimum wage, $8.50/hr, would push some jobs into neighboring states. What Louisianans need is jobs. Increasing the wage decreases jobs.

As usual, Gov. Edwards' bid for political approval hurts No. 1: the people of Louisiana.

  

Local park (Jackson). To Chucky Moos: President Trump is pushing federal grants out of the federal budget onto the states.

It is a restoration of the authority stated in the preamble to the constitution for the USA: we, the people in our states who want to achieve the goals stated herein, authorize and limit a federal government.
 

Past regimes have created a massive federal government that removes decisions from the people by taxing them and then redistributing the tax-revenues according to federal opinion rather than the local people. They are effecting waste by accumulating federal deficit, now at $20 trillion.

  

I support shrinking the federal government and returning decisions about expenditures for local parks and other state functions to willing people in their states and cities.

To Mary Bryan: Come spend an afternoon at Baton Rouge’s Perkins Road Park for some delight.

  

I spend about 90 minutes per day there: stretching and strength at about 20 stations, walking while runners, bikers, and others pass me by, then resting and wondering in astonishment at the skating and BMX pads. I don’t care for rock climbing, balloon ball, remote cars, fishing, and children’s climbers (but would be glad to escort a visiting child) and have done so. There are water-fountains everywhere for both humans and pets, as well as three locations for toilets. If you like basketball and other indoor team sports, they are there. Sand volleyball? Tennis? Picnicking? Swings? Slides? I bet I left something out.

That’s only one of many parks. Check Perkins out (takes an afternoon, recall), then write about our neglect of ourselves.

While you are in town, check out our libraries.
   

Cal Thomas column. How anyone can be so bold as to offer President Trump unsolicited advice is beyond my imagination.

The intent to negotiate a contract and then break it is disclosed by Raphael Patai in his book, The Arab Mind, 1976, pages 228-246. I imagine the administration is well informed and updated of the practice.

One of my favorite writers is William Faulkner, whose Snopes trilogy gives the reader the impression that the pope of the Snopes family is the one who out snopes all other Snopes. There may be a quote in there somewhere, but I lost track of it.

Jan Moller guest column (tax reform). I perceive that Moller is too ready to vote with liberal democrats. I am for fiscal conservatism and individual independence with civic morality.

However, Moller’s thoughts make more sense than Gov. Edwards’. I hope legislators make good use of Moller’s ideas and thank him for them.

The governor has so alienated the federal government I am afraid that flood victims are not going to get much help unless it comes from the state budget. And Edwards seems destined to find a way to pay for Medicaid expansion.

Michael Gerson column (Trump can’t). It took eight years for Obama to fill civil service jobs with majority liberal democrats. In other words, Trump is working with the Obama administration.

Anyone with Gerson’s experience and observations is aware of that reality. I ask, why obfuscate the obvious? Is obfuscation a form of mendacity? Does Gerson write with integrity or with an agendum?

Suing in two courts (Page 1B) I hope the offending attorneys have to pay the surplus court costs.

Metro Council escorts (Page 1B) Escorting disrupters from the meeting was a welcome, civil handling of AMO disturbance. I hope we see more of this common-sense civil order.

Even boisterous behavior outside or inside city hall or on the sidewalk seems like disturbing the peace.

I commend the Metro Council to create an ordinance restricting protest events so as to establish civic order. Here’s a typical guideline: aclusc.org/en/know-your-rights/your-right-organize-demonstrations-and-protests. When organizers apply under a permit, I think liability insurance should be required. AMO is aware that in disruptions, passions to lead to property damage, injury, even death to recruits and bystanders.

To Stacy Lynn: Seems like you might not advocate for the pledge of respect: mannersoftheheart.org/brrespect . That crazy pledge is being taught to children!

For civic morality, I prefer appreciation prior to respect and often think love, compassion, or tolerance is unwanted let alone overboard/inappropriate.

DA Hillar More speaks (Page 1B). Readers who are bored with me challenging The Advocate’s integrity and business plan, check out Moore’s account of the DA’s side of the prison reform debate.

Thank you, Bryan Stole and The Advocate for the report. At least The Advocate has the honesty to publish Stole’s report. However, when it comes to serving the people, honesty is insufficient to voluntary public-integrity.

Moore said (my paraphrase). Despite reports, DA’s want less incarceration. Primary culprits are poverty, ignorance, and family dysfunction. Safety first. Neither Pew Charitable Tursts’ dat nor task-force-staff seemed representative of experience.

  

Moore analyzed EBRP 2015 non-violent crime imprisonments; 74% had prior felony convictions; 8% violent crime. (The data suggest the legislature needs to further reduce their reductions.) Only 3.5% w/o violence were for marijuana offense alone, 16% with no prior felony. Adding “unlikely to reoffend,” would greatly reduce the reduction in imprisonment.

In local parish jails (78%) there are no educational opportunities. The state needs up-front money to serve mental health, drug reform, and crime-victims.

Can’t trust the Associated Press (Page 1A). Mark Sherman slants writing for the Obama administration, and with such honesty the AP can’t cover the President of the United States in his meeting with Russian officials (Page 9A).

Wonderful! Let the Associated Press get the message: in serving the people of the states in the USA, honesty is insufficient: reporting must reflect integrity.

Tougher TOPS rules (Page 1A). To Larry Teague: I think this is great. Foils bill won’t pass at 3.0, so he offers 2.75. That’s compromise, and the legislature needs more of it. Best wishes for passage.

Making 3.05 meant everything to me in 1962: cooperative engineering scholarship program, without which I would not have been changed by a B.S. in chemical engineering. I’ll never forget Dr. Charles Keenan seeing me in the student union pool hall and say, “Why, Mr. Beaver. What is a man of your imminence doing here at 2:00 PM? I was only 19 years old, but heard that message often thereafter.

  

Blind AMO behavior (Page 5A). Hats off to President Edison Jackson for inviting DeVos and supporting her speech.

Other Forums

quora.com/What-indicators-would-you-formulate-to-determine-a-just-society/answer/Phil-Beaver-1

I do not think justice can be achieved with society, as my “credential” may suggest.

The word “society” indicates some form of evaluation, rule making, or classing. Members either conform or are excluded. There’s social justice for satisfied members of the society but requirements that excluded citizens may find objectionable.

For example, I deem the Congressional Black Caucus unconstitutional: it’s institutional discrimination based on skin-color.

I advocate for civic morality rather than social morality. “Civic” refers to citizens of humankind whose public connections or transactions are individually just according to each of the parties, based on the-objective-truth rather than dominant opinion. In other words, the two parties collaborate for justice according to the-objective-truth.

  

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