July 29, 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_c3d9ba80-6be6-11e7-a706-57092f44c6d0.html)

As often happens, The Advocate chose an idol I don’t share, despite my appreciation for never, never, never giving up . . . on the willing people of the preamble. I prefer George Washington’s ideas. Washington helped free us from British culture.

Churchill represents the evolution of culture from which 1774 British Americans perceived personal enslavement, with placement of African slaves here, to benefit England; changed their style from colonists to statesmen; declared independence; and negotiated military aid from France. Ten years later, the states ratified the Treaty of Paris, agreeing that they were thirteen free and independent states---with thirteen names. In four more years, on June 21, 1788, nine states ratified the draft constitution for the USA: The USA was thereby established, and the four independent states, dissident or not, had the opportunity to join or remain free and independent. Each citizen today has the opportunity to either join or be dissident.

In 180 years, willing people had experienced freedom from oppression they would not have known had they stayed in England. Some people had acquired the liberty to pursue with civic morality their personal preferences. Perhaps freedom from and liberty to are the American dream. After another 191 years, America declared civil rights for all races, potentially ending the consequences of the African slave trade that had been imposed on the colonies.

The English never had the American experience and cannot talk about it. Alas, many Americans do not learn civics and cannot talk about it. Every American may choose to practice the civic agreement that is stated in the preamble, regardless of the past, or be dissident to it.

On June 8, 1783, Washington addressed citizens with the fourth requirement for “the existence of the United States as an Independent Power: The prevalence of that pacific and friendly Disposition, among the People of the United States, which will induce them to forget their local prejudices and policies, to make those mutual concessions which are requisite to the general prosperity, and in some instances, to sacrifice their individual advantages to the interest of the Community.”

Then, the common good was British common law with theism. Today, it is comprehensive safety and security.

In 1787 came the preamble, revising government by the states to government by the people in their states, written and signed with George Washington presiding on September 17, 1787. It was intended then and is available now for every inhabitant, even though the statutory, civic justice to replace Blackstone could not be discovered during the summer of 1787.

In his first inaugural address, 1789, Washington said, “. . . preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the Republican model of Government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.” Further, based on past success, he expected “the liberties and happiness of the People of the United States” as cited in the preamble's agreement.

Willing people may use the preamble to restore the USA’s constitutional republic. America has another 228 years’ experience informing humankind that neither government nor theism can, let alone will, offer civic justice. Justice must come from willing people. There are always dissidents: therefore, there must be a constitutional republic.

Respecting the civic agreement stated in the preamble to the constitution for the USA, every inhabitant may choose to be willing or dissident. Civic apathy is dissidence.

   

Today’s thought, G.E. Dean (Revelation 14:7, CJB)

“In a loud voice he said,

“Fear God, give him glory, for the hour has come when he will pass judgment!
Worship the One who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water!”

Dean says “We would do well to remember this verse. When it is all said and done, God is still on this throne.”

Good for Dean, but I am not a subscriber to his ideas.

Letters

Taxes (Delacroix) (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters/article_a5223c0a-6ca1-11e7-b681-a3679d65c253.html)

The end of indefinite borrowing is bankruptcy:  either enslavement or ruin.

  

Relieve the people of the TOPS burden (Bienvenu) (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters/article_07c196ba-6c9a-11e7-b5b6-73a71cdcecc6.html)

Philanthropist Taylor endowed a partially erroneous idea and sold it to state government who imposed it on the people---not only taxpayers but all citizens.

The privileged citizens, many of them philanthropists for their preferred causes, influenced privileged legislators to expand the program to favor the privileged. Now, the people suffer.

Beware philanthropists. Let them convince a willing people on merit rather than emotions or passion. I want to convince a willing people to focus on children rather than young adults. Denying children the education they need to transition into young adult with understanding and intent to live a full life is barbaric in scale in the USA.

I want the legislature to spend $1 billion per year, only 3.5% of LA expenditures, for the child incentives program. See cipbr.blogspot.com/2016/09/child-incentives-brief.html

  

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

  

Western values (Walter Williams) creators.com/read/walter-williams/07/17/western-values-are-superior

Perhaps because of “freedom of religion,” Westerners more readily accept the-objective-truth.

“Few people, such as Persians and Arabs, once at the top of civilization, accept their reversals of fortune gracefully. Moreover, they don't blame themselves and their culture. They blame the West.”

The accommodation of Arab cultures in England confronts a genetic issue regarding marriage between cousins. See dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1394119/Its-time-confront-taboo-First-cousin-marriages-Muslim-communities-putting-hundreds-children-risk.html .

In the USA, we need to be more open to LGBTQ issues and the-objective-truth.

Democrats? (Eugene Robinson) washingtonpost.com/opinions/forget-a-better-deal-heres-what-would-actually-work-for-democrats/2017/07/24/3865e556-70a9-11e7-9eac-d56bd5568db8_story.html?utm_term=.e3e22c33cd54

Persuade Americans to take private responsibility for personal wellbeing.

Arrogant media (Bernard Goldberg) bernardgoldberg.com/category/columns/media-bias/

Goldberg is Trump bashing. He did not mention any Trump accomplishments. 

I doubt there is one writer of integrity and that there ever was a journalist.

 

A teen raped (July 27) theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/crime_police/article_b3d78918-731c-11e7-b9c9-bbca5359c661.html

To Bob White: If willing people would reform the education system so that all schools, public and private taught children 1) the human reproductive systems, both physical and psychological, 2) authentic womanhood, whereby each female sees herself as the origin of perhaps 400 potential lives during her fertile years and thereby a person who may attend to both her own wellbeing and the wellbeing of her viable ova each month, and 3) authentic manhood, wherein each male is aware of his sexual appetite and prefers taking responsibility for his relationships with other people, especially a woman and her viable ova.

 

If we establish such a culture, and I am a working on it, then a drastic idea like yours might have some merit. As long as the people are dissident to the transition of a feral infant into a civic young adult, there is no justification to demand them to behave as authentic humans. When adults dehumanize themselves, they have no reason to expect their youth to act human.

BTW. The data is showing that if a culture teaches its youth to argue with their body regarding gender, the practice increases. In other words, confusion begets confusion. Listen to youtube.com/watch?v=vpETtSSzXAo about modern parents sterilization young children. Listen to suicide trends at youtube.com/watch?v=MMmUqvyggn0. Read the latest statement at thedailybeast.com/anti-lgbt-doc-paul-mchugh-i-will-not-be-silenced.

  

Other forums 

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It seems readers can count on The Advocate to bury/neglect essential issues, but readers who pay attention (to what Andrea Gallo and Bryan Stole kindly reported for The Advocate) can keep track.

Perhaps the most interesting point in Reed’s recent statement: “Reed said he does not believe that a 9-1-1 call was ever made the night Sterling was killed, despite both EMS and the Department of Justice saying there were two calls.” See theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_c74b9674-726d-11e7-855b-1f6a8f56c1c6.html .

There’s an old saw: The perpetrator returns to the scene of the crime.

Two questions: What motivates Reed’s interest in the 9-1-1 call(s), and why does he think he knows enough to question officials who cite the calls?

  

What does Mayor Broome know about Reed’s knowledge about the 9-1-1 calls? Is it all an AMO development arising from black church’s insistence on dialogues on racism? Is Together Baton Rouge (TBR), member of Alinsky’s Industrial Area Foundation (see industrialareasfoundation.org/affiliate-members#LA) the driver of hometown division? See industrialareasfoundation.org/content/history: “William F Buckley, Jr, a leading voice of thoughtful conservatism at the time, elevated Alinsky and the IAF to further prominence as he described IAF practice as “organizational near genius.” Mayor Broome stonewalls my concerns, and TBR could not care less about my ideas for civic morality---don’t respond to my messages.

I write about Alinsky-Marxist organization (AMO) frequently. If you are curious about it, I recommend D.L. Adams, “Saul Alinsky and the Rise of Amorality in American Politics,” 2010, online at newenglishreview.org/DL_Adams/Saul_Alinsky_and_the_Rise_of_Amorality_in_American_Politics/ . It seems to explain what America has experienced over the last five decades with roots from before. “While [Saul Alinsky’s son] relished the fact that Mr. Obama had learned his father’s "radical lessons," we should not be so sanguine. The anti-morality of Alinsky has brought our national political discourse to a breaking point. This is good for the true believers of Alinsky but bad for those who love liberty, democracy, and the future growth and stability of the United States and the prosperity and security of ourselves and our friends.”

 

On re-reading the above quotation, I'm reminded of the way President Trump ends many speeches: I work for safety and security for the American people. His wording seems more inclusive than "security of ourselves and our friends." Trump leaves comprehensive safety and security it to the citizens who are willing to live that way. The rest are dissidents to civic morality, such as people who insist on church talk or dialogues on racism.

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.