May 20, 2017

Phil Beaver works to establish opinion when the-objective-truth has not been discovered. He seeks to refine his opinion by listening when people share 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 1:  I often dash words in a phrases in order to express and preserve an idea. For example, frank-objectivity represents the idea of candidly expressing the-objective-truth despite possible error. In other words, a person expresses his “belief,” knowing he or she could be in error. People may collaboratively approach the-objective-truth.
Note 2: It is important to note "civic" as in citizens for the people more than for the city.

The Advocate:  See online at theadvocate.com/baton_rouge.

  

Our Views (imprisoned). Perhaps business plans imprison the press.

Regardless, The Advocate missed a pivotal message, and I think not agreeing is no excuse for not reporting. The New Orleans struggle over race supremacy is overtly expressed but covertly reported, and religion is at the heart of the matter.

The claimed departure from “civic solidarity” is itself an obfuscation. It does not admit the Page 6A statement by Eloise Williams: she has known for seven decades, “If you’re black [the Lee statue] ain’t good for you.” Also, “Our Views,” leaves it to the reader to imagine the cost of fulfilling Take “Em Down NOLA goals to purge the city of every confederate reminder. What a waste of humanity! New Orleans solidarity is non-existent because of 230 years neglect: neglect of the human agreement in the preamble to the constitution for the USA.

Issues the press reports pale before the failure to publicize the role of Christianity in the 400 year history of cruelty in this land. America, only 228 years in operation accepts Christian victimhood! The Church’s doctrine of discovery with African slave trade began in 1452-5, fore-ordained by canonization of the Bible over 1600 years ago. England commissioned John Cabot in 1496. After Luther, the doctrine was mimicked by Protestant kings. Sir Walter Raleigh in 1584 and 1587 and others, including the First Virginia Charter, 1607.

Eastern seaboard colonists experienced subjugation by England during the next 165 years and realized that they had experienced freedom-from oppression their homeland friends still suffered. Thereby, colonists had practiced the liberty-to pursue personal happiness rather than English impositions. Therefore, they must declare independence. Many wrote that if they won independence they would be morally bound to emancipate the slaves.

Over the next 14 years, colonists, turned statesmen, with the help of France, won independence and changed their style from states to people in their states authorizing the USA, a republic. A draft plan of governance was negotiated and eventually 8 slave states and 5 others began operation as a nation. Plans for emancipation had not survived the debate, but objections to Christian involvement in slavery were evident, for example in Thomas Paine’s letter of 1775.

Emancipation was a continuing struggle for 74 years, during which many ministers preached slavery as an institution of God. Owners educated slaves in Bible reading, unable to imagine how some passages influenced slaves to rebuke the Christianity they were being taught and experiencing. Instead of hope for their afterdeath, slaves began to pray for relief from Christian masters. The election of President Abraham Lincoln inspired some Bible-interpretation believers to secede from the USA. That anyone could justify such cruelty on erroneous religious beliefs was expressed by Paine yet claimed by the declaration of secession. Inspired by Christian belief, seven states fired on the USA’s 27 other states. I speculate that Lincoln would have conducted himself differently if he had grasped the power of religious beliefs to inspire people to inhumanity.

After five years and a disastrous war, emancipation was declared in constitutional Amendment 13. But the religious zeal lived on and became manifest as Jim Crow laws, lynching and other cruelty to ex-slaves and their descendants. Christian hypocrisy became ever clearer to the descendants.

Eighty years later, soldiers coming home from WWII demanded respect for their service and were astonished that whites took racial abuse for granted. In only twenty years, their awareness, along with black-church-community, accomplished the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1965. Descendants of slaves had freedom-from oppression at last, but many remained imprisoned by the past and did not move on to liberty-to live according to personal preference.

The success of freedom marches turned negative when other forces converged. An Al Capone associate, Saul Alinsky preached violence-when-necessary to impose personal opinion on others (my paraphrase of his words). Latin-America-Christian-derived liberation theology, perhaps Marxist Bible beliefs, combined with the Nation of Islam’s black power might have inspired James H. Cone’s black liberation theology. Traditional black church success became the (I think) unconstitutional Congressional Black Caucus. This divisive Bible confluence overtly emerged under media secrecy during the past 52 years. The history from Al Capone to Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton is presented by D. L. Adams, 2010, online at newenglishreview.org/DL_Adams/Saul_Alinsky_and_the_Rise_of_Amorality_in_American_Politics/ .

The Advocate might win a Pulitzer Prize by helping Louisiana establish the preamble to the constitution for the USA after 230 years of neglect as a tool for establishing civic morality and making use of practices for voluntary public-integrity. Ideas for collaboration were developed in EBRP library meetings over the last three years. “Civic” refers to citizens who collaborate for living people rather than for the city. Consequential city-benefits are secondary.

   

Today’s thought (2 Peter 3:10). Before it was flood. Next: fire.

From mystery to mystery:  From doubt to doubt.

Letters

Clean energy (Fitzwilliam). Clean energy can help when it is competitive without tax subsidy.

The media and the legislators like to say they are picking the pockets of the taxpayer. In reality they are picking everyone’s pocket.

It’s not only that we all pay sales taxes: The money used to subsidize “clean energy” comes from medical care, infrastructure, and education in balanced budgets and otherwise adds to debt.

Coast and tourism (Johnson). I understand tourism. I understand tourist destination. I don't understand the certitude of the La 2017 Coastal Mater Plan and think this propaganda seems a stretch.

Cal Thomas column (Trump voice). It seems to me President Trump is focused on his work and uses communications to involve liars in lies. So far, it seems to be working.

When the liars perceive they need to switch to integrity, their world might settle down.

Otherwise, my vote was a mistake. On the other hand, I wanted to vote and was not going to vote for any of the 16 same old GOPs Cal may have chosen. Then, I was going to vote for my victorious choice rather than the candidate Trump treated with deserved unkindness.

The Roberts’ column. It seems 2/3 of Americans do not want to pay for abortion for fun. Since the DNC favors liberal democrats, they must concede the abortion debate to the GOP.

Comey drama (Page 1A). Where there’s smoke there’s fire, and Comey’s actions regarding Hillary Clinton were three smokes.

We’ll see.

NAACP changing (Page  3A). “We understand and appreciate the historic model of protest, but . . . “

I’d like the NAACP to perceive that the preamble to the constitution for the USA is a civic agreement that can be adopted when a person understands its values rather than when it seems others invite them to use it. “Civic” means citizens collaborating for safety & security for living and for posterity, establishing consequential benefits to the city.

Trump overseas (Page 3A). Tillerson is with him.

NAFTA reopened (Page 8A). Might help La cane farming.

Other forums

At a library meeting I expressed the fidelity I think empowers a successful life: fidelity to the-objective-truth, to self, to immediate family, to extended family, to friends, to the people, to the nation, to the world, and to the universe, both respectively and collectively. A human being has potential psychological power to perfect his or her unique person by not repeating human mistakes.

A person responded, “That is a solid list of tangible fidelities. But it overlooks afterdeath in Jesus’s house,” (recalling John 14:2).

  

Where does fidelity to personal hopes fit in my catalog? Perhaps a lifetime of comprehensive fidelity is sufficient hope.

I think my list inspires and motivates for life rather than for afterdeath.

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