June 1, 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.

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Our Views (Scott Angelle’s new job). Best wishes for Angelle and every one of us.

  

Today’s thought (1 John 1:9). When you make a mistake, admit it to yourself and don’t let it happen again. It’s human to err but dehumanizing to habituate an error.

I do not trust G. E. Dean.

Letters

TOPS (Lomax). To Ben Benton: I agree with you that universities are failing because of liberal-democracy impositions prevalent in this country. And LSU is not exempt, as evidenced by F. King Alexander’s “International” Symposium, “Moment or Movement?”, October 3-4, 2016 and the new indoctrination of dialogues on racism.

Lobbyists for TOPS invariably have at the heart of their plea benefits for adult satisfaction rather than help for students. In this case, it’s UNCF.

Our interest is in the child, probably an elite person who needs an elite education. We wish to instill in each willing child the motivation that his or her opportunity to learn in no way depends on the past. Most important is that the student needs preparation for three decades from the present and beyond for four or more decades. In no way can the community, educators, legislators, parents, or anyone else predict what is needed in the future. Therefore, it is his or her duty to self to acquire fundamental understanding and intent to live his or her unique journey to perfection---whatever that excellence may be.

In this interest, I recommend that the Louisiana legislature and the Taylor Foundation create as soon as possible a child incentives program, gradually increasing qualifications for TOPS in order to create funds for K-12 incentives. See cipbr.blogspot.com/2016/09/child-incentives-brief.html for an initial statement of the proposal. Full implementation requires $1 billion per year.

It seems obvious that a child incentives program would swamp TOPS and lift education success in Louisiana to previously unimagined levels. State GDP would also enjoy an upward step change. Such increase in student performance does not seem to be the goal of extant education systems.

Correcting Obamacare (Gleason). No doubt, creating personal responsibility for health care has been difficult, and the nanny-state attitudes that Obamacare exacerbated increase the problem. Personal care is above than four times more effective than medical care.

  

Obamacare certainly has made medical unions rich. Little recognized by the people is the fact that a base of automatic customers whose bills are paid by the government positions the healthcare industry to increase prices and play the market for all that paying customers can afford and beyond in some cases.

I agree that subjugation of women is barbaric. However, the people including taxpayers should not fund abortion for fun (according to MWW).

  

Since you seem to want to additionally subsidize insurance companies, my guess is you are a part owner. I know nothing, but try to connect dots according to common sense.

  

Columns.

Brzezinski (David Ignatius). In my eighth decade I cannot attest to usually getting it right, let alone imagine someone saying that about me. I also appreciate Brzezinski as best I understood him, even though at times I fell he leaned leftist, which I do not support.

My greatest concern is the gullibility that inspired the quote, “Isn’t it great to be trusted by God with such tremendous responsibility?” The shield against such gullibility is humility.

Border wall underway (David Ignatius). Writers are so gullible to their self-importance!

Pseudo-news about Russian, Flynn’s work to inform Americans about Gulen (businessinsider.com/michael-flynn-turkey-gulen-lobbying-2017-5), keep the media ginning out the bucks and allow the administration to do its work.

By the time the media decide to consider, study, practice, and finally adopt integrity, Congress may have decided to create laws to constrain unfettered lying. The media may wake up too late.

Betty Jean Joseph is dead and Norris Henderson celebrates freedom (James Gill). Thank you for a wonderful illustration of the need for the death penalty.

Statutory law is intended to protect the public from criminals and not to be sidelined by either liberal judges like Calvin Johnson or the ACLU.

Cautious President (Clarence Page). Page gave Obama and Clinton a free pass on their explanation of Bengasi as a reaction to a US film.

I prefer President Trump’s delay for enough information.

Page evoked hate. It seems to be another case of systematic neglect of a known, sick person.

Other forums.

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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.