August 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_65222e7e-82ba-11e7-be8e-8f856be44e45.html)

How can my home town newspaper work so hard to expose their privations? They don't seem to realize there are other media that inform hometown folks even though The Advocate seems ignorant of the reports and the facts.

Take for example nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/02/john_bel_edwards_televised_spe.html informing us that on February 11, 2016 Gov. Edwards threatened the state with no LSU football. Good grief! It doesn’t get scarier than that without resorting to third-world tactics!

  

It seems The Advocate wants readers to question their audacity as a ploy to bemuse the people’s awareness of Gov. Edwards’ manifold failures.

  

The people know that Gov. Edwards is wasting Louisiana’s future in order to advance special interests at the expense of the people, including taxpayers.

Willing people may discourage Edwards and The Advocate from the collective-democracy scare tactics they use.
 

The watchword for necessary $1.5 billion reform is: Stop spending. Stop spending. Stop spending.

  

Letters

New Orleans rain drains (Rosenthal, 8/26) (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters/article_8e3a012c-89ab-11e7-b0ac-c7c2de707ecf.html)

To Laura Paul: The claim "respectfully disagree" expresses failure to appreciate the reality: civic justice comes from the people who collaborate for comprehensive safety and security rather than conflict for dominant opinion. Government is responsible to government, benefits from government and grows government for government officials as long as people demand freedom from responsibility for what they do. (Check Sartre’s famous quote.)

To Philip Frady: The problems with your comment start with no meaning for "most folks appreciate the concept of 'the greater good.'" You can’t specify who "the Founders" are. Nor did the past twelve or so generations conform to most folks’ "greater good."

If you had a trace of comprehension, you'd have a chance to perceive that comprehensive safety and security is the only "common good" that is worthy of the demand for the responsibility that empowers freedom.

  

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

  

Trump as Palmerston (Michael Barone) (townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2017/08/25/trumps-palmerstonian-policy-n2372824)

President Trump’s Afghanistan speech certainly was inspiring and comforting for citizens who long to feel that they are important to the federal government.

I appreciate Barone’s hope that Trump’s policies succeed.

An institution (Rich Lowry) nationalreview.com/article/450683/donald-trump-resignations-plague-administration

Lowry claims that serving Trump “means courting social disapproval.” Since when did social approval have meaning?

And Trump “personally radioactive” does not touch the Obama monarchy, yet we erroneously said, “Give the liberals a chance.” Obama’s conflict for chaos so divided the nation that reform is difficult.

Once I had encountered Lowry-theism (nationalreview.com/article/450470/charlottesville-clash-robert-e-lee-statue-removal-right-choice), it’s no surprise that he imagines saving the country from Trump. He asserts, “Someone has to do it.”

Lowry-theism is doomed.

 

Gov. Edwards puts lives at risk (Jeff Sadow) (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/jeff_sadow/article_46d11588-88fb-11e7-97d6-2778606bc84b.html)

I appreciate Sadow trying to second-guess Edwards’ reasons. However, the man is just no good for Louisiana. West Point? If Edwards had boy-scout honor, he’d resign.

 

Twisted laws (George Will) (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/jeff_sadow/article_46d11588-88fb-11e7-97d6-2778606bc84b.html)

Maybe I don’t appreciate Will. He hides bad writing behind “parsimonious” for stingy, and “punctilious” for strict.

Why not simply say that the Obama rebuked the law --- had no Congressional funding --- in his executive order to insure people who are already sick and charge healthy young people for the cost. Then go on to say that perhaps only President Trump has the courage to let Obama’s audacity end in the trash bin of history.

    

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.