October 31, 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:  We the willing people of nine of the thirteen United States commit to and trust in the purpose and goals stated herein --- integrity, justice, collaboration, defense, prosperity, liberty, and perpetuity --- and to cultivate limited services by the USA, beginning on June 21, 1788.

Composing their own paraphrase, citizens may consider the actual preamble and perceive whether they are willing or dissident toward its agreement.   

Our Views (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/our_views/article_8825ac1a-bd8a-11e7-86ef-83c664ea3020.html)

“Trick-or-treating is a way to affirm the bonds between neighbors.” Huh? Bonds from a carrot and stick exchange?

  

“[The] lighter thrills and chills of Halloween will be a relief [from disasters]." Really? For adults?

    

Is The Advocate aiding a trend toward Halloween a commercial activity for adult satisfaction rather than a factional religious tradition?

I think the civic morality we suffer informs us that children should not be subjected to adult phantasms. Materialism has erased the transition from adolescence to adulthood for many chronologically adult citizens. Instead of the past instruction, a civic people may reform to children acquiring fidelity to the-objective-truth and adults practicing comprehensive fidelity.

Of the chronological adolescents who are discovering the-objective-truth, some are doing so despite the adult community that would mislead them. Information on the Internet empowers them, but civic adults could lend a hand by coaching them to fidelity toward the-objective-truth.
 

(So called "spiritualism" is a private, adult pursuit for those who are interested.)

Our Views (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/our_views/article_2d0533fe-bd8b-11e7-82e0-a3c8aa7b47ba.html)

Such public consequences seem a good side of philanthropy. Among a civic people there are some who both think a landmark should be preserved, so they help make it happen.

In our work at EBRP libraries, the objective is to motivate civic citizens to collaborate for civic morality using the preamble to the constitution for the USA. Although our group is a registered non-profit education corporation, we seek no sponsorship, because we think justice comes only from willing people.

For our 5^th annual Personal Independence Day, June 21, 2018, we plan an annual contest to select the best personal preamble paraphrase. Author offer their entry to civic citizens for collaboration. If you are interested, get started right away. The preamble states so many goals it may take some time to write a paraphrase that meets your personal preferences. We wish to maintain a version that is a product of modern collaboration.

Of course, we do not want the original to ever change:  “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”

Today’s thought, G.E. Dean (Matthew 15:11 CJB)

“What makes a person unclean is not what goes into his mouth; rather, what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him unclean!"

Dean says “This truth needs to capture our attention. Words can hurt and they can heal. What words have you been speaking?”

Matthew and Dean use a mysterious claim to coerce people to listen to their phantasms. However, people may choose to take advantage of the-objective-truth, ignoring Matthew and Dean, partners in mysticism (see Merriam-Webster online, 2^nd definition).

  

Letters

TOPS critical to 12^th grader (Carter) (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters/article_1a00a4da-bd97-11e7-ad0e-172df062019e.html)

“. . . my academic advisers started stressing the importance of TOPS the minute my wide-eyed, nervous 12th-grade class walked in the door.”

Three years later, Carter still does not realize that 12th grade is too, little too late.

But K-12 education can coach children to acquire and comprehend knowledge, understand authenticity, and to intend a lifetime of fidelity to the-objective-truth.

Google “Child incentives brief” and select the URL that starts “cipbr” to read about such a program. Some of the $1 billion that is needed could come from TOPS and some from reduced Louisiana support for gambling. Be sure to read about the qualitative benefits. We need an economist to help quantify financial benefits.

The child incentives program is vital for an achievable, better future, because 2017 children are exposed to many nanny-state adults who honestly express low integrity. Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964–65 started the nanny-state, and it is an abject failure.

To Kyle Juneau: TOPS is another illustration of the harm philanthropists do to civic morality.

It seems Mr. Taylor wanted to express his appreciation for college by making it possible for good students who were poor. However, when politicians got involved, TOPS became a way to subsidize Louisiana colleges, shell-gamed as student subsidy.

Similarly, philanthropists who support the Vatican expand world influence by subsidizing people to Mexico’s south border, through Mexico, to the North border. Once here, illegal aliens become wards of the USA with special aid from Catholic and other church charities. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctuary_movement for the old news and pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2017/02/03/sanctuary-movement/34422/, sanctuarynotdeportation.org for the new.

To Kyle Juneau: I appreciate your critique of Adam-Smith ideas. His earlier book, “The Theory of Moral Sentiments” asserts that a person must have social propriety. Smith-standards mimic Aristotle and would limit a person’s freedom to pursue personal integrity---would constrain his or her morality by the standards of a culture, civilization, or society. For example, a person who conforms to the-objective-truth can appear evil in his or her culture. Consider for example the culture that thinks crime pays.

The free and responsible human being may be too psychologically powerful to accept any constraint on his or her goodness.

Crimestoppers (Batt)

(theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters/article_d809bb8a-bd8b-11e7-8431-7f98c1dc4251.html)

I appreciate this good news. It seems to me a letter with ideas on how citizens can turn on to crime stopping would help.

For example, carry cell phones with cameras rather than guns (unless you have the psychology to take full responsibility for gun carrying). Practice videoing scenes so as to prepare for the moment when you should pull out the cell phone.

To Thomas Winn: I appreciate your expressions. Please consider another view.

I felt vulnerable as I knocked on a door to discuss a bad check in a neighbor’s garage-sale transaction. I had spent a lot of time and energy writing to learn the facts and to discover where the offender lived. I had no business calling the police without more information.

However, when a crimestopper’s notice appeared, I called and would have been glad to receive a reward as partial remuneration for my time.

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

  

Humanities (Stephen Kidd) theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/article_7925542e-bd8d-11e7-9abb-07bb361de918.html

When I think humanities, it’s:  Everyone should read and contend with Chekhov’s “Rothschild’s Fiddle.” See eldritchpress.org/ac/roth.html and go ahead and read it.

After that, I need to think before I recommend the next eleven readings.

I think primetimefamily.org/methodology/ was informative. I see professional support at ala.org/tools/programming/primetime/primetimefamily.

 

NAFTA negotiations? (George Will) (washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-radiating-mischief-of-protectionism/2017/10/27/a07243ec-ba7d-11e7-be94-fabb0f1e9ffb_story.html?utm_term=.efcee5252b27)

I appreciate Will’s attention to this squabble between Boeing and Canadian Bombardier. I’ll be watching to see how it turns out.

  

Trump now mainstream (Rich Lowry) nationalreview.com/article/453171/donald-trump-republicans-gop-mainstream-has-shifted

Can Lowry’s youth be blamed for the omission of John McCain from this column? Does completeness even matter for media writers?

I wrote to my senators to request them to impeach McCain if that is possible.

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.

October 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:  We the willing people of nine of the thirteen United States commit to and trust in the purpose and goals stated herein --- integrity, justice, collaboration, defense, prosperity, liberty, and perpetuity --- and to cultivate limited services by the USA, beginning on June 21, 1788.

Composing their own paraphrase, citizens may consider the actual preamble and perceive whether they are willing or dissident toward its agreement.   

Our Views (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/our_views/article_5af6e24a-b8fd-11e7-850e-5f285ef00a51.html)

Louisiana sponsoring gambling is an issue with which to illustrate an achievable better future. Therein, a super-majority---We the People of the United States as defined by the preamble---collaborate to establish a civic culture using the-objective-truth rather than dominant opinion.

The civic culture fosters and empowers comprehensive fidelity. That’s fidelity, both respectively and comprehensively, to the-objective-truth, to self, to immediate family, to extended family and friends, to the people (the nation), and beyond. Comprehensive fidelity empowers personal liberty and thereby national freedom. America is great if most inhabitants are great.

A promoted opinion is that gambling is fun, but experience, observations, and the-objective-truth instruct us that the person who gambles picks his own pocket. Unfortunately, the idea is not unlike the shared needle threatening life: moderate gambling invites woe. Taking the parlor poker game with a 2-bit limit to the gambling institution, with fidelity at stake may turn ruinous.

The Advocate walked around “the elephant in the room.” “. . . gambling is abused . . . bankruptcy and embezzlement.” “We recognize its costs.” However, there’s no heart in The Advocate leaving out the child abuse, broken families, and job costs---the human misery and loss. Also, the mass shooter in Las Vegas was a gambler, and I wonder if unimaginable desperation led to his acts of terror.

I don’t know how The Advocate learned $906 million revenues for 2016. However, I oppose either The Advocate or Louisiana comparing misbegotten income with mineral revenue of $581 million. I estimate the $906 million involved $4,050 million in payments to the casinos, video operators and race tracks. Of that figure, I estimate $2,340 million was profits to the owners. Louisiana empowers residents to spend on average $100/visit so the state can get $20. That’s mining personal loss, not minerals. 

For July 1, 2015-June 30, 216, I got $708 million income to estimate 2016 gambling cost. See lgcb.dps.louisiana.gov/revenue_reports.html.

Louisiana encourages its people to pick their own pockets. The Advocate obfuscates an erroneous, ruinous public policy. I hope the Legislature will actually consider the human cost of its gambling sponsorship.
 

(Comprehensive fidelity is a personal practice that may prevent tobacco use, hazing, public drunkenness, unwanted intimacy, and other disappointments.)

Today’s thought, G.E. Dean (Matthew 15:1-8 CJB)

“For God said, `Honor your father and mother,' and `Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.' But you say, `If anyone says to his father or mother, "I have promised to give to God what I might have used to help you," then he is rid of his duty to honor his father or mother.' Thus by your tradition you make null and void the word of God! You hypocrites! Yesha`yahu was right when he prophesied about you, These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far away from me. Their worship of me is useless, because they teach man-made rules as if they were doctrines.”

Dean says “Don’t just go through the motions. Be real. Love the Lord from the heart.”

Matthew and Dean advocate Jesus competing with a person’s fidelity to family. I think Matthew erred to so represent Jesus and Dean errs as well. I reject what the Bible says about Jesus competing with family fidelity. If I err about the Bible, then I reject Jesus. I do not choose to follow an entity that competes with family fidelity.

  

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

  

Democratic party’s hypocrisy (Jeff Sadow) theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters/article_585b47b4-b9c6-11e7-acfb-03303525fc95.html

To Matthew White: I appreciate the feedback and herein revise my statement to "I'm hoping the Trump-Pence administration will prompt most Americans to collaborate as at least a 2/3 supermajority . . ."

That would include you, provided you want something like I want: mutual, comprehensive safety and security so that I can responsibly pursue my personal preferences, especially my view of happiness, instead of constantly being annoyed, coerced, forced, threatened or otherwise imposed on by dissidents to civic morality.

 

I think most people want something close to a civic culture, as I describe it, but the 2/3 or more are divided by hope that someone else's idea will come true. One person, a small business owner named Don, said he thinks Americans are divided by thirds respecting collaboration for civic morality: Active, passive, and dissident. He and I seem on the same track.

  

Consider the couple decades surrounding the establishment of the USA. British colonists had been writing about their enslavement by England as agents in charge of England’s colony with African slaves to supplement labor. They met to create the Continental Congress in 1774 and in 1775 declared the 13 colonies were independent states. Some of them wrote about liberating the African slaves, too. Losing the war, they reached out to France, who was in their second 100 years war with England. France (30,000 military) and the States (11,000 army) defeated England at Yorktown in September, 1781. The King of England signed the 1783 Treaty of Paris, and the thirteen free and independent states ratified it (and their status) on June 14, 1784.

On June 8, 1783, General George Washington wrote a letter of farewell to the Continental Army. He added a message to fellow-citizens with four political pillars he deemed necessary for a nation to survive in the world:

1.    An indissoluble Union of the States under one federal head.

2.    Commitment to public justice.

3.    The empowerment of peace.

4.    Prevalent goodwill, among the people of the United States, so as to overlook local prejudices and policies, to make mutual concessions for general prosperity, and to sacrifice individual advantages in order to establish a culture of integrity.

He finished his farewell with and expression of hope to his personal God, which may have been Deist, probably not factional Christian, and may have been an appeal to the-objective-truth.

Four years later, on September 17, 1787, 2/3 of delegates to the constitutional convention signed the preamble and the articles that follow. On June 21, 1788, 2/3 of delegates to 2/3 of the state constitutional conventions established the USA with the commitment that the Frist Congress would amend the articles to include a bill or rights. Then, 99% of free colonists were factional Protestant and 5% of them could vote (20% of inhabitants were slaves.)

The USA began operations on March 4, 1789 with ten states, three states remaining free and independent. Within two months, the First Congress re-established American factional Protestantism by hiring congressional ministers to help Congressmen establish the appearance of divinity the English were accustomed to. Institutional religion’s grip on American civic morality has diverged since then:  only 14% of inhabitants are traditional factional Protestants, and 100% of non-felon adults may vote.

Civic morality comes from willing people. To establish a civic culture, the historical ratio of 2/3 of citizens may decide they want mutual comprehensive safety and security so that each citizens has the personal opportunity to responsibly pursue private happiness rather than conform or subjugate to someone else’s idea for them. Among civic citizens, religious morality is a private pursuit.

Please let me know why, if you would choose to be a dissident to civic morality as described above:  I write to learn.

  

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.

October 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:  We the willing people of nine of the thirteen United States commit to and trust in the purpose and goals stated herein --- integrity, justice, collaboration, defense, prosperity, liberty, and perpetuity --- and to cultivate limited services by the USA, beginning on June 21, 1788.

Composing their own paraphrase, citizens may consider the actual preamble and perceive whether they are willing or dissident toward its agreement.   

Our Views (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/our_views/article_5bc2a550-b8f4-11e7-be02-b3a0993ea184.html)

The Advocate seems to be responding to popular conflict for dominant opinion---tax so as to spend---rather than responsibly pursuing civic justice. Only a willing, civic people can deliver justice.

Some readers, un-civically, some violently, oppose my preambling (a neologism by ryben1, which I, perhaps mistakenly, speculate to be past reference by this forum’s Ryan Benoit). However, civic citizens will recognize that each “concerned citizens” and “voters” and “taxpayers” may oppose or be passive toward justice. Justice requires action. And "civic citizens" is a common phrase, with 11,400 hits in 0.68 seconds on Google search.

Some people object to my historical, 1787, basis for asserting that 2/3 of inhabitants are civic citizens, guessing that it’s more like 9/10. Anyone can point to presidential elections with the winner obtaining 46% of the total vote and say that is far from 67%. However, the winner had majority votes in 84% of US counties and thereby won 57% of the Electoral College. This close to 2/3 expression by the people is unbelievable to the now “resistance.”

Elites at LSU last Thursday informed listeners that the sharp political division in the electorate exists only among the elites. Inhabitants are predominantly moderates, with well-designed political poll-indication that conservatives outnumber leftists (a term I elect after a representative asserted they do not like being called liberals or progressives). One panelist indicated that the report is evidence of personal, psychological maturing with chronological development.

The panelists expressed that much of their time is spent judging the audience and shaping their message to 1) retain loyalists, 2) attract moderates, and 3) ignore biased opposition. In Q&A, I suggested that they are allowing the audience to determine their message and thereby keeping the people bemused and divided---struggling in babel.

However, the babel is only effective among the elites. The inhabitants, always on the march toward civic justice, have been empowered by a person, President Donald Trump, who singly among all Americans, saw the wisdom of offering to serve the people with his life, fortune, and future, yet remain a sovereign citizen. He saw the opportunity to ignore the elites by speaking to the people directly. He does not confine his expressions to twitter, but often turns to the camera and addresses the people in plain English rather than elite code.

The-objective-truth is bringing three major issues to a civic people’s attention:  1) as long as the party elites operate to establish dominant opinion rather than to collaborate with civic citizens for justice, the two-party political system is doomed; the people are two psychologically powerful to tolerate lies, and 2) the media may, for its own survival, lead revision of the First Amendment so as to protect a free and responsible press as well as free and responsible speech.

History shows that the people persevere in their pursuit of comprehensive safety and security. We work to help establish the civic contract that is stated in the preamble to the constitution for the USA as the means of achieving public integrity---using the-objective-truth rather than conflicting for dominant opinion.

  

Disclaimers respecting “news” articles---apologies in the absence of a responsible press

arcamax.com/politics/politicalnews/s-2012209 by Cathleen Decker

The fact that a media mouth recycles an old the White House press-room question is not news.

nytimes.com/aponline/2017/10/27/us/ap-us-conservative-website-dossier.html by Steve Peoples and Zeke Miller

During the GOP campaign, major candidates bought information that might help them defeat candidate Trump. Citing those facts and using the word “dossier” is a media attempt to bemuse readers in the emerging evidence that the DNC and Hillary Clinton colluded with the Russians.

cnbc.com/2017/10/27/trump-responds-to-california-billionaire-urging-impeachment.html by AP

What a billionaire thinks and does is not news. I am interested, however, in Trump’s reaction, as I need some defense language. I see “wacky & totally unhinged,” “fighting me from the beginning,” “never wins elections.”

The AP repetition, “shut down news organizations” reminds me of my bid to amend the First Amendment to protect a free and responsible press.

theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_a53f1048-bb4b-11e7-b937-bf8c4aa5e419.html

I trust neither Mayor Broome, with her dialogues on racism and church platform, nor Chris Tyson with his exclusive version of Baton Rouge history. Is there no Metro-Council oversight on the arbitrary agency combination and appointment of Tyson? Is this really an existing administrative position?

 

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

  

Tax rambling (Cal Thomas) (baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-op-1028-cal-thomas-20171025-story.html)

The Baltimore Sun’s version of this has a photo with a summary statement, “Congressional Republicans are quietly scaling back key provisions of the tax plan President Trump promised as the largest tax cut in U.S. history.”

  

Nanny city (Russel Honore’) theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/article_525f9b72-ba74-11e7-b70c-17accb475183.html

Honore’ supports expansion of government by the adult nanny state, a plan destined for collapse.

Children need a procreation license that expresses that children waiting to be born need 1) a mother whose body has completed construction of the wisdom parts of her brain, which occurs at age 23, 2) a mother who has bonded with a man (body completes brain at 25) who has demonstrated fidelity to the-objective-truth and his immediate family including grandchildren (for life), 3) the spouses have the knowledge of parenting that assures any ova she is carrying not to suffer a life of neglect or abuse, and 4) the financial means to care for any children she and her spouse conceive.

Neither God nor government conceives and rears the children waiting to be conceived. The nanny state is on a path to implode with extreme misery and loss.

  

DNC collusion with Russia (Byron York) washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-after-trump-dossier-revelation-fbi-is-next/article/2638540

Now that DNC collusion with Russia is on the table, maybe media interviews with Obama administration officials carping on the Trump administration will lessen. The people just can’t trust the lying media.

  

Duty to self to know your voting preference (Edward Pratt) theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters/article_38ef9f2a-ba92-11e7-9dcd-5351eab860f0.html

Following friendly advice, I should assume that The Advocate does not recognize Ed Pratt has not discovered a way to encourage blacks to vote their personal preferences, without regard for skin color. His back-door reasoning, 8.5% of blacks voting in an election with 14% turnout and every issue counts even if there is not a black candidate, is too subtle.

My message is:  When it comes to civic votes, unity is insufficient: The citizen needs integrity to his or her preferences. In other words, the citizen must do the work to comprehend the options, understand consequences for his or her life, and understand his or her personal preference.

For example, if an agency has a record of taking expensive trips, and they are asking for money to care for people, my perception of justice says that agency does not deserve my support. I will vote not to increase funds, because I want justice.

Borrowing from Pratt, I’m talking about acting with “basic human decency.” It’s amazing that Pratt prefers “African-American” and “Negro” to “citizen” and “human being”. Why does The Advocate support regression from civic goodwill and more regression from the march to justice I’m accustomed to in Baton Rouge?

  

Opiods crisis was known four years ago (Dan Fagan) theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/article_d5e045a2-ba95-11e7-9ad6-9b3bd474ad57.html

I appreciate Dan Fagan's candid writing about Obamacare’s wrong things to do and The Advocate for publishing Fagan's views.

 

Maybe Fagan recalls because he reads a newspaper about Baton Rouge public events instead of syndicated pseudo news coming from AP, TNS, NYT, WSJ, and others.

 

Writers who support local first responders were, at least four years ago, calling attention to opioid-related deaths. See, for example, nola.com/crime/baton-rouge/index.ssf/2013/10/heroin_deaths_in_east_baton_ro.html, reporting about Coroner Beau Clark, DA Hillar Moore and Judge Mike Erwin awareness.

 

What was Gov. John Bel Edwards reading four years ago? I speculate that Edwards fully expected Hillary Clinton to win and then expected his resistance toward a civic people to eventually win out.

The Advocate could reform by publishing a list of URLs to syndicated pseudo news, so that their budget can be dedicated to local, public integrity. First responders like the police, Clark, Erwin, and Moore would appreciate the support.

  

Democratic party’s hypocrisy (Jeff Sadow) theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters/article_585b47b4-b9c6-11e7-acfb-03303525fc95.html

I don’t know what Sadow expects from the political elites. Elites seem to think they can do whatever they want and the people will not react. The GOP is arrogant as well.

I’m hoping the Trump-Pence team will lead most Americans to a 2/3 supermajority of people who collaborate to establish the civic agreement that is stated in the preamble to the constitution for the USA and to pursue civic morality using the-objective-truth rather than lie to impose dominant opinion.

Civic citizens differ from concerned citizens by collaborating for civic justice rather than passively wishing or praying for public morality.

  

Gov. John Bel Edwards’ right thing to do (Dan Fagan) theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters/article_38ef9f2a-ba92-11e7-9dcd-5351eab860f0.html

Attending a fundraiser to make my contribution to Mr. Edwards’ campaign after the GOP defeated my candidate, Jay Dardenne, I whispered in his ear, “Please work with Senator Cassidy on Medicaid.” He responded, “I can’t do that: Cassidy supports Vitter.” I wished I could retrieve my check from the box, because I want elected officials to collaborate for civic justice. I came to wince each time I heard, “It’s the right thing to do.”

A friend consoled my wound and thoughts to sometimes not vote, saying, “A civic citizen may always vote for the candidate he or she deems worthy, even if he or she is wrong.”

I recall our DA Hillar Moore, III reported the epidemic years ago. See nola.com/crime/baton-rouge/index.ssf/2013/10/heroin_deaths_in_east_baton_ro.html .

  

Trump won’t commit to the GOP (George Will) sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2017/10/26/george-f-will-virginia-governors-race-shows-the-treacherous-terrain-of-trumpian-gop-politics/

It seems to me by now Will would give up on trying to predict President Trump and constrain him to the GOP. The GOP does its thing, and Trump keeps on working for the people.

  

Reviewing a seven year-old message (Robert Samuelson) washingtonpost.com/opinions/confused-about-the-budget-heres-a-quick-rundown/2017/10/22/97eaef4e-b5b4-11e7-be94-fabb0f1e9ffb_story.html?utm_term=.29ce9e169923

The national debt in 2010 was $13 trillion compared to $20.4 trillion just now.

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.

October 28, 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:  We the willing people of nine of the thirteen United States commit to and trust in the purpose and goals stated herein --- integrity, justice, collaboration, defense, prosperity, liberty, and perpetuity --- and to cultivate limited services by the USA, beginning on June 21, 1788.

Composing their own paraphrase, citizens may consider the actual preamble and perceive whether they are willing or dissident toward its agreement.   

Our Views (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/our_views/article_229dac4e-a791-11e7-986f-934700887a51.html?mode=comments)

The Advocate has no shame.

The opioids epidemic has developed during two decades:  painphysicianjournal.com/current/pdf?article=MTcwNA==&journal=68 .

It seems my vote for GOP contender Donald Trump was critical to this nation and its opportunity to benefit from President Donald Trump rather than add to losses under Hillary Clinton: esquire.com/news-politics/a12775932/sackler-family-oxycontin.

And some studies showed that media focus on race hid the damage being done to white patience of crooked doctors: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27272904.

And the fact that 4/5ths of victims were white was known in 2015:  kff.org/other/state-indicator/opioid-overdose-deaths-by-raceethnicity/?currentTimeframe=0&sortModel=%7B"colId":"Location","sort":"asc"%7D.

The Advocate holds the Obama administration’s DEA a victim of Congress, President Obama innocent based on executive ignorance, and Gov. John Bel Edwards a hero, I guess, based solely on The Advocate’s audacity.

I’m not buying The Advocate’s freedom of the press. Not for in a minute. It’s past time for a responsible press in Baton Rouge.

Today’s thought, G.E. Dean (Matthew 14:29-30 CJB)

“Come,” he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”

Dean says “God can do great things. If we will just but keep our eyes on Him. He will even help us when we fall short.”

I think Matthew plagiarized an image written by Plato respecting Agathon’s description of Eros, a Greek mythological God. 

Indeed, Merriam-Webster online defines “the belief that direct knowledge of God, spiritual truth, or ultimate reality can be attained through subjective experience (such as intuition or insight) as “mysticism.” I think Dean dabbles in blasphemy about mysticism.

  

Letters

Authenticity (Frey and Seligman) (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters/article_591a683a-ba7d-11e7-ab87-4371ba89e33c.html)

I doubt “our community could forge a new commitment to advance long-term substantive changes to improve the lives of women and children and make our community a better place for everyone.” A civic people may establish a better future, but it must include men.

Other forums 

libertylawsite.org/2017/10/27/valuing-life/I do not address entities I do not value, such as society

As a Co-operative Engineering Scholarship student, I had the privilege of working for DuPont Nylon Research in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Employees carried USPUSC cards and were reminded to not unsafe practices and unsafe conditions. The policy instilled a culture of safety.

When I applied for permanent employment, my job-placement expedience yield job offers. I chose Ethyl Corporation, Baton Rouge, LA, because the management was spawned from DuPont and Standard Oil and had the safety and other employee attitudes, and I would be among 600 engineers instead of tens of thousands.

In my 35 year career there, safety first was a guiding principle that determined not whether or not a task would be done or a product would be made, but how events would unfold.

As an example, we discovered that a 3 decades-old operation acquired through acquisition could literally blow up. We did the research to prove the potential for disaster, designed a new reactor system that could not blow up, and installed it. Supply of an important product continued without safety threat.

In another case, an entire production line was shut down by an event. Production was curtailed for the months required to change the chemical route to the product. The market—humankind—needs that product for practical reasons.

In another case, our company declined to research a precursor to a binary war compound. Perhaps that case illustrates morality first derived from safety first.

This is just one of many stories that led to an essay, “Integrity, Not Just Honesty, Is What Teams Need,” The Albemarle Globe, June 1998, published by the Albemarle Corporation.

Safety First represents a guiding principle for process more than product. Safety First may keep economic expediency from inviting woe. The principle seem applicable to human life as well as to corporations: Maintain life using a safe process.

quora.com/Do-you-seek-equality-is-there-equality-in-this-world-why

The question of human equality perhaps begins before the 8 to 20 week-old female fetus’s gonad. If the fetus is healthy, some 400,000 primary ova may be typical or equal. If the fetus is gestated, delivered, and typically nourished, a typical adolescent girl may be the consequence.

If the girl is coached into female authenticity, she will have collaborative association with her viable ova—-some 400–450 ova during her fertile years, perhaps from age 10 to age 45. Despite fidelity to her person’s body and mind, I doubt each viable ova is equal.

On of the female’s obligations in her fidelity to her viable ova is to not let the ova be threatened by a man who demands sexual intimacy with not intent to care for the female-ova association—-a man who is willing to conceive and at best walk away without abusing the female.

So far, this world has not take responsibility to constrain the abuse of viable ova.

I write daily to encourage most people to collaborate for civic justice rather than compete for dominant opinion. The question of human equality begins long before the female fetus in its 8th week of viability.

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.

October 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:  We the willing people of nine of the thirteen United States commit to and trust in the purpose and goals stated herein --- integrity, justice, collaboration, defense, prosperity, liberty, and perpetuity --- and to cultivate limited services by the USA, beginning on June 21, 1788.

Composing their own paraphrase, citizens may consider the actual preamble and perceive whether they are willing or dissident toward its agreement.   

Our Views (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/our_views/article_c9e04b6a-b82b-11e7-9790-afd0439d43c7.html) 

 I appreciate The Advocate’s views. Their support for Louisiana students may be applied to raise the TOPS GPA standard to 3.0, as recommended by Rep. Franklin Foil in 2016. I commend both the legislature to take that action at its earliest convenience and Gov. John Bel Edwards to sign the act.

“What are the reasons [administration opinion did] not prevail? A commitment to quality education. [The] root of the matter is not [administration] politics, but the quality of the education that schools provide.”

“[Performance reports are] not for the benefit of officials, but to provide an insight for parents and [civic citizens] into the quality of education.” Note: “civic citizen” differs from “taxpayer” and “concerned citizen,” both of which may be politically passive, by always taking action for civic justice (Aristotle, modified).

“Louisiana must be competitive. To promote [Louisiana] ‘grade inflation’ . . . as the plans from Edwards and the others did, does not serve today's students.”

  

Today’s thought, G.E. Dean (Psalms 18:30 CJB)

“As for God, his way is perfect, the word of ADONAI has been tested by fire; he shields all who take refuge in him.”

Dean says “We can depend on God and His Word.”

It seems evident that God’s word is mysterious by human perception. Maybe Dean’s ideas apply in a world beyond the Earth or on Earth by perceptional powers only Dean has.

  

Letters

Nanny state for crime (Olivier) (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters/article_2c30a484-b9c3-11e7-8e48-23aff13b1c43.html)

 Political pollsters opine that you can tell what TV a person is watching by asking his or her opinions. The pollsters hire social scientists to design the questions used to pigeon-hole the person.

If someone questioned Olivier to help create his list, it must have been a social scientist hired by the crime-pays crowd. See npr.org/2013/02/01/169732840/when-crime-pays-prison-can-teach-some-to-be-better-criminals and telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/10119005/Crime-pays-and-its-fun-say-crooks.html.

Do most civic citizens believe there are some citizens who think crime pays? If not, why not?

  

Contradiction (Barkerding)

(theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters/article_767909ba-b9bd-11e7-9067-432b058e54c5.html)

I nominate Barkerding’s letter as self-contradiction example of 2017, so far.

One thing I grant him though: He clearly expressed favor for Clinton vs Trump. A true liberal-democrat might have been too confused to choose after Bernie exited. Did Barkerding vote for Clinton?

  

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

  

Subjugation of men (Cal Thomas) (foxnews.com/opinion/2017/10/24/cal-thomas-metoo-my-daughter-and-granddaughter-too.html)

“Perhaps the best way to address this is to put more women in charge — the right kind of women.”

With thinkers like Thomas, the eternal battle for subjugation is destined to continue. How does a civic culture predict a girl will make “the right kind” of woman?

One clue may be the question, perhaps at about age eleven:  What distinguishes a woman from a man? If she answers, a woman knows that during her fertile years she may deliver 400 viable ova.

If she intends conception, she takes care of her body and mind so as to care for her ova. That includes developing friendships with authentic men, perhaps leading to bonding in intimacy with a committed, capable man. Thus, her viable ova are not exposed to the ruin of life without parental love.

If she does not intend conception, “right kind” of woman may take other directions.

  

The-objective-truth (Michael Gerson) stltoday.com/opinion/columnists/national/michael-gerson-conservatives-disappointing-defense-of-our-post-truth-president/article_c04f82a3-871e-57f1-b013-263320ca0200.html

I must come back to this column, because it opens many vital issues.

First, writers err to evaluate “truth” without using an expression like the-objective-truth, the one I use. It exists and humankind works to discover it. Intellectual constructs to avoid it, like reason, faith, imagination, etc. beg woe. The second noble work is to comprehend, understand, and make best use of the-objective-truth.

Quoting Gerson, “When there is no objective source of truth — no commonly agreed upon set of facts and rules of argument — political persuasion becomes impossible.”

So, the political rule is: iteratively collaborate to discover and utilize the-objective-truth. When the-objective-truth has not been discovered, the possible responses to an idea are: yes, no, and we don’t know. If a consideration is critical, for example, N. Korea actually intends a nuclear strike, options are carefully specified for examination relative to the-discovered-objective-truth rather than by dominant opinion.

 

Attempt at influence by innuendo (Stephanie Grace) (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/stephanie_grace/article_eb863fe8-ba6c-11e7-9f05-7b08530e5639.html)

Lately, it seems BRAF has discovered the brick wall of dialogues on racism and church, perhaps Together Baton Rouge and Mayor Broome combined. I'd like to see an achievable, better culture.

We have worked for five years in EBRP library meetings and elsewhere to propose a better culture. We learn from good dialogue and bad. The constant un-civic carping in this forum by GM King, Gary King, LSU (youtube.com/watch?v=iMUePlSNXEY), is a bad exprience that deserves acknowledgement: it recently helped us to the statement, "In civic justice, the-objective-truth invites a human being to not publicly favor a doubtable opinion yet humbly pursue personal interests, hopes, and happiness." (That Phil Beaver is an idiot is doubtable, and the personal hope seems un-civic.)

Using that principle and more ideas we work with daily, a civic people (who we think includes at least 2/3 of Baton Rouge residents) may establish in Baton Rouge an achievable, better way of living.

 

Baton Rouge privations (Lanny Keller) (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/lanny_keller/article_85939b04-b9bd-11e7-9947-e7aff51df7f2.html)

We recently visited downtown-night and felt it had declined in the past couple years. Mr. K seems realistic in stating “Baton Rouge is a long way from urban paradise.”

However, a visit to N. Blvd at Third Street at noon followed by a stroll to the river is exhilarating. I think comprehensive safety and security is critical.

Yesterday, I had an epiphany: The Advocate, with a single owner, seems rare in a nation with media conglomerates, some foreign owned. Mr. K reminded me he’s been working 40 years to provide responsible news. The conversation helped me understand why my person innately continues as full subscriber after 50 years: Independence in this competitive culture is hard to maintain.

We perceive achievable ways to improve the culture and will take all the help we can get.

Louisiana Constitution (Arif Panju and Anya Bidwell) (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/article_2e8b3fac-b8f9-11e7-a519-87cf3b5a4fd3.html)

The Louisiana Constitution is better than the laws of the USA respecting protection of personal property. Hopefully, the La Supreme Court will keep it that way and publicize citizens’ rights.

The La constitution is also superior respecting freedom of responsible expression. For example, if someone who yells “Fire!” in a crowded place may be held liable for consequential injuries.

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.