July 30, 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)

It is good, after a week when many people are calling President Trump less than an empty wheelbarrow, to see my hometown newspaper, The Advocate, expressing appreciation for his administration's long-term commitment for the people of the USA.

  

Many pundits, especially “renewables” propagandists, are writing that the end of fossil fuels is in sight. Fat chance.

  

The press, government and theism, after 228 years operation made the USA such a failing culture: It is time to read the 1789 inaugural address and consider: Did the people ever realize that they are in charge of civic morality?

George Washington, based on success through June 21, 1788 when the USA was established by nine states, expected “the liberties and happiness of the People of the United States, a Government instituted by themselves for these essential purposes.” Washington entrusted “the American people” with “the destiny of the Republican model of Government.”

Washington had presided over the convention that authored the preamble to the constitution for the USA. Willing people, formerly loyal British Americans, had reacted to their enslavement by Parliament, changed their style from colonists to statesmen, and requested relief. Only 40% were active, 40% being passive and 20% loyalists. Another 20% were African slaves. Winning a war, the thirteen states were named free and independent in the Treaty of Paris. Dissenters returned to England.

When it became clear that a confederation of the free and independent states, eight with African slaves, would not succeed, leading patriots proposed government by the states be changed to government by the people in their states. The world’s first government of, by, and for the people had been proposed.

However, so far, most people look to either the partnership of theism-government or theism alone to act for them. In 1861, Abraham Lincoln said that only willing people may provide justice. In other words, there will always be dissidents.

  

The generations before us left to us the privilege of iteratively collaborating for civic justice, as specified in the purpose and goals of the agreement offered in the preamble to the constitution for the USA. It is up to willing people to establish justice. Let’s establish civic justice in Baton Rouge now.

 

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

  

“Weak” president or culpable press (George Will) http://billingsgazette.com/opinion/columnists/george-will-good-thing-about-diminishing-president/article_b70ae167-a8d9-5a21-8192-9c71b5f0db4d.html

Lame expert writers like Will are such a disappointment for the American people!

They could be recalling the Lincoln-Stanton conflicts, well-known yet ameliorated by shared purpose: see online at abrahamlincolnsclassroom.org/abraham-lincolns-contemporaries/abraham-lincoln-and-edwin-stanton/. Will and others erroneously point to the White House press room as the locus of success or failure. Quoting the article, “The secretiveness which Lincoln wholly lacked, Stanton had in marked degree.” Trump’s feelings are for the people rather than the government.

Lincoln’s war was between the people over “more erroneous religious beliefs,” and Trump’s war is with the established propriety of political liars among whom the American press is the glaring, abject failure. The want all the attention, no matter what.

Benjamin Franklin worried about freedom of the press but imagined only head knocking rather than fines equal to ten year’s salary when a new writer is caught in a lie.

Teacher’s union gets vicious (Rich Lowry)

nypost.com/2017/07/24/why-randi-weingarten-has-to-lie-to-attack-school-choice/

I’m not certain all parents know enough to help their children, but those who do or get the right help, should be free to help them. As a person, I want children to be coached through the personal transition from uninformed child to young adult with the understanding and intent to live a full life of some ninety years.

 

Sessions battle (Charles Krauthammer) washingtonpost.com/opinions/sessions-lessons/2017/07/27/c7810c54-72f0-11e7-9eac-d56bd5568db8_story.html?utm_term=.2c43f454bf38

The press is so duplicitous! What the American people need is transparency, and for 228 years, the people have counted on the press to discover the-objective-truth. Instead, they turned to National Inquirer like leaks.

I voted for Donald R. Trump because he has what it takes to confront the propriety of politicians lying to the public.

We don’t know what goes on in conversations between Sessions and Trump. However, Sessions would have to work hard to reverse my favor for Trump’s side of the story.

Unfortunately for him, Krauthammer writes about the squabble even though he knows nothing.

President Trump won on the assertion that the press lies. The press works hard to prove it beyond doubt. A nadir is a welcome event with two possibilities. The ascent happens because of either the reform or the demise of the non-performer.

It would not bother me if President Trump’s use of twitter marks the end of the press as a political tool. We’ll see.

  

Dunkirk (Michael Gerson) washingtonpost.com/opinions/at-dunkirk-the-deliverance-of-a-nation/2017/07/27/a2215d3e-72f4-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304_story.html?utm_term=.e0469b6277d1

At last, a reason to thank Gerson. Maybe he should change to movie critic.

A veteran friend, who had been invited to get in line to become brigadier general, may attend with me, and Gerson has given me preparation for understanding as the movie unfolds. Thank you.

  

Transparency (Jeff Sadow) theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/jeff_sadow/

Thank you, Jeff Sadow. Recovering $200 million/year should be on the agenda for the next budget session of the legislature.

“Louisiana nursing homes receive lots of taxpayer dollars — over $900 million from Medicaid in fiscal year 2015. Their owners then donate a few of those millions each election cycle to keep it that way. They’ve used this leverage over elected officials to lock in annually increasing reimbursement rates and to resist reforms that could save the state up to $200 million a year — while improving Medicaid care for their clients. “

I admire the Graff family for their actions for safety and security. The state should offer them in-home alternatives.

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.