October 7, 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_55695ae0-9e79-11e7-9c9f-8f938aec90d0.html)

A free and responsible press gives readers a balanced view of issues and lets them decide their preferences. But in the words of President Donald Trump, readers don’t always get what they [need] and have to wade through what the press wants.

The Pareto principle informs humankind (excluding the press?) that “80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.” Thus, in the work to comprehend there are diminishing returns as understanding increases. Europeans and others seem to have a propensity for perfection.

President Trump’s administration is acting in the people’s best interest when they cut budgets aimed at perfection when close enough is what the people need.

Contemplating justification, it seems to me The Advocate is happy to pick the people’s pocket in order to carp at President Trump.

I voted for Trump twice: first for a chance to overcome the GOP swamp and second to stop the liberal-democrat disastrous movement to ruin the American republic. I wrote then that I expected it to take Trump three years to find his way. That was based on Abraham Lincoln’s like time to understand he was at war and war is hell, especially when it’s internal.

A free and responsible press educates the public. I doubt The Advocate is ignorant of the Pareto principle.

To GM King: Hey there, strawman proponent.

The Advocate (and I) addressed models, not hurricanes. Like The Advocate, you seem to seek to ridicule President Trump (and me) rather than communicate.

Today’s thought, G.E. Dean (Matthew 7:1, 11, CJB)

"Don't judge, so that you won't be judged. So if you, even though you are bad, know how to give your children gifts that are good, how much more will your Father in heaven keep giving good things to those who keep asking him!”

Dean says “What a wonderful truth. Pray.”

Matthew and Dean offer mysterious formulas for tolerating bad habits yet expecting favor in response to entreaty. Humility offers defense against Dean’s hubris and personal gullibility. Fidelity to the-objective-truth prevents private judgement, “you are bad.”

  

Letters

NFL racism (Sellen) (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/article_a954aab8-a23b-11e7-b14f-075f28a21add.html)

I guess Sellen was referring to theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/article_a954aab8-a23b-11e7-b14f-075f28a21add.html .

If so, I agree.

Taxes (Bloodworth) (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters/article_035690d2-a9e7-11e7-9743-97d9da62c4be.html)

Bloodworth misses that the 2/3 spending that supports the GDP substantially comes from deficit spending, both federally and locally.

The elite citizens’ plan is to stay above the financial fray by having enough wealth to privately sustain the disaster of expanding debt. Elite regard for America’s children seems barbaric.
 

Thus, what willing people must focus on is shifting financial power from the elites to the middle class. That cannot be accomplished with minimum wage. And the change cannot come from church, government or AMO: It must come from willing people.
 
Some viable options include reducing salaries and perks both national and local politicians vote for themselves; intentions to assure promising futures for the children waiting to be conceived; education systems that coach children in the transition from feral infant to young adult with understanding and intent to live a full life; public promotion of integrity toward the-objective-truth; collaboration for comprehensive safety and security. I write about reform rather than revolution.

The very language I employ is strange to most fellow citizens, but I do not think it would be strange to George Washington, who in 1783 suggested four pillars required for a nation to survive. See loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/amrev/peace/circular.html and imagine most of us accepting Washington’s “your Excellency,” as sovereign citizens.

The NFL out of control (Ellis) (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters/article_4c94aa68-a942-11e7-9d22-eb4f705cc315.html)

  

I agree with Mr. Ellis. Further:

Somebody in the NFL erroneously saw wisdom in subjecting themselves to Alinsky-Marxist organization (AMO). The idea is to excite AMO soldiers to take on a cause. Only AMO benefits, and the goal is conflict for chaos. AMO soldiers are left holding the bag.

Fellow citizens, if a group you associate with smacks of AMO rules and methods, avoid it like the plague.

Contemplate, for example, the statement “Together Baton Rouge is part of the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF), the nation’s oldest and largest broad-based organizing network.” See that statement at togetherbr.org/about. Then read industrialareasfoundation.org/content/history . Then, consider ://newenglishreview.org/.../Saul_Alinsky_and_the_Rise_of.../ . Also, view Alinsky himself on youtube with Buckley for 48 minutes; be sure to catch his justification for violence during the last two minutes.

 

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

  

Time to choose a willing people’s cause (Rich Lowry) (politico.com/magazine/story/2017/09/27/rich-lowry-gop-identity-crisis-215655)

No writer is more disappointing than Lowry.

  

He’s a candidate to champion civic morality or comprehensive safety and security or a willing people according to the preamble to the constitution for the USA. He could instantly be promoting the 2/3 who want integrity rather than unity or party loyalty. It's the willing versus the dissidents to the preamble.

I hope Lowry will discover George Washington's early light. He was a devout man who left religion out of his four pillars for a nation that could survive. He addressed fellow citizens as “your Excellency.”

That was before the 13 free and independent states had negotiated the Treaty of Paris, tried for three years to exist that way, then proposed a nation with governance under the people, only to have the first Congress restore governance under theism.

We the people of 2017 may elect to reform to governance under the people. Abraham Lincoln stated that justice comes from the people rather than God or government.

  

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I appreciate this post. A short survey shows a window into a framework and vocabulary that can help establish civic morality, where "civic" refers to people living each decade of their lives so as to empower each other to responsibly live the full life they personally want rather than the image someone else has for them.

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.