July 27, 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 write.

Note 1:  I often dash words in 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" refers to citizens who collaborate for the people more than for the city.
 
A personal paraphrase of the preamble by & for Phil Beaver:  Willing people in our state routinely, voluntarily collaborate for comprehensive safety and security: continuity (for self, children, grandchildren & beyond), integrity (both fidelity and wholeness),  justice (freedom-from oppression), defense (prevent or constrain harm), prosperity (acquire the liberty-to pursue choices), privacy (responsibly discover & pursue personal goals), lawfulness (obey the law and reform injustices); and to preserve and cultivate the rule of law for the USA’s service to the people in their states.
 
Composing their own paraphrase, citizens may consider the actual preamble and perceive whether they are willing or dissident toward the preamble.  
   

Our Views (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/our_views/article_059db194-6c35-11e7-8999-9b85827b0395.html)

Perhaps The Advocate is saying in a politically correct way that the people of Louisiana, including the taxpayers, should have no sympathy for LSU’s poor maintenance conditions; perhaps it’s that LSU management squanders every opportunity to make prudent decisions.

Scuddy's got the right idea: Don't increase student fees for fluff. Repair the library with student fees.

When you consider the belief that public opinion determines public policy and Mass-Comm-poles provide the press tools to manipulate public opinion; when you consider the liberal democrats on the LSU faculty; when you consider F. King Alexander’s 2016 opportunistic symposium “Moment or Movement?” it is easy to agree: Support LSU sports and forget the rest.

How can satisfying adult appetites be so competitive against fidelity to the-objective-truth? Do we suffer the mystery of tradition? Why not mix a little what-is with the what-could –be?

 

Today’s thought, G.E. Dean (Psalms 141:5, CJB).

“Let the righteous strike me, let him correct me; it will be an act of love. Let my head not refuse such choice oil, for I will keep on praying about their wickedness.”

  

Dean says, “A godly friend is a treasure. They will speak the truth because they belong to the one who is the truth.”

David’s thought is mysterious, even if you take the last word as “calamities” rather than “wickedness.” Out of David’s mystery comes Dean’s circular confusion. 

I protect myself from influence like that of David and Dean by trusting and committing to the-objective-truth and people who are willing to discover the reality rather than construct mystery.

Letters.

Immigration bans often essential to safety and security (Eshelman). (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters/article_4ac4e23a-6c9c-11e7-b95a-7776bea95d9d.html)

Thank you. We need more such realistic reviews of civic history.

 

For the first time ever I wondered how things might turn out if the native Americans had a welcoming immigration policy.

  

It's never too late to collaborate for comprehensive safety and security for every decade of the lives of the people in this land.

PSC candidate (Green). (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters/article_85e8a822-7095-11e7-bd47-23016e5c7ea5.html)

Candidate Greene, I appreciate your letter.

  

I’m looking for a candidate who wants to work for comprehensive safety and security or civic morality more than for the mystery of faith or religious morality. I hope you will do the work to understand what I mean by that statement and at least show appreciation for the difference. In other words, it may be possible for you to win my vote.

 

Columns. (The fiction/non-fiction comments gallery for readers)

  

Social security (Cal Thomas). oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/07/cal_thomas_a_plan_to_save_soci.html

So $7,000 per newborn with 4 million newborns/year is $28 billion/year or $1 trillion over 35 years.

With 120 million taxpayers, that’s only $230/yr per taxpayer. Hummm. Could I swap an existing tax for this one?

DNC agenda (Clarence Page). http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-page-democrats-trump-rebrand-perspec-0726-jm-20170725-story.html

The new platform: increase pay by pushing for a $15 an hour minimum wage, reduce "everyday expenses" — such as rising prescription drug and transportation costs that eat away at family incomes — and use tax credits and other incentives to encourage job training and hiring.

Free college for everyone seems better.

 

Health is everything (Robert Samuelson). twincities.com/2017/07/26/robert-samuelson-how-health-care-controls-us/

Health means everything to a person, and it is a personal responsibility. I paid for my health-care during my thirty-five year career.

The way I would state Samuelson’s point is that the USA, for Obamacare, had a lapse in integrity, led by the liberal democrats of the Democratic party. Here’s Samuelson’s version:

“We need a better allocation of burdens: higher eligibility ages for Social Security and Medicare; lower subsidies for affluent recipients; tougher restrictions on spending. But this future is impossible without a shift in public opinion that legitimizes imposing limits on health spending. We didn’t get that with the eight-year Obamacare debate. The compassionate impulse overwhelmed the rational instinct.” 

  

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.