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.