November 6, 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.   

  

Today’s thought, G.E. Dean (Proverbs 4:23-25 CJB)

“Above everything else, guard your heart; for it is the source of life’s consequences. Keep crooked speech out of your mouth, banish deceit from your lips. Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze on what lies in front of you.”

Dean says “Guard your heart and your mouth. You will be glad you did.”

Solomon shared his best wisdom. But the heart can deceive the person who wears it. A simpler idea: behave so as to warrant appreciation.

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

mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article182528881.html by Tony Pugh and TNS

I adamantly oppose Pugh's writing---it's political slant. I have my birth certificate and other information. I present my driver’s license each time I vote. 

I want city, state and nation to guarantee that my vote competes only with other citizens's votes. I do not think that is possible without 1) certification of citizenship and 2) ID, such as driver's license, at the time each vote is cast.

  

Letters

Confused economist (Hebert) (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters/article_022796be-c014-11e7-890a-9783183de469.html)

Like so many personal pundits, Hebert does not cite President Trump’s inaugural speech, which perhaps erroneously referenced the subject of the preamble, the people.

I count nine times Trump spoke “people.” Especially doubtable is: “January 20th 2017, will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again.” This hope requires action by a civic people.

Before, I had related Trump’s slogan, “Make American Great Again,” to global re-building after WWII.

After January 20^th, I wrote to Trump to suggest the slogan, “Make America Great.” Establish the preamble to the constitution for the USA as the agreement on which civic citizens collaborate and thereby distinguish themselves from dissidents to justice.

After witnessing him acting to restore American theism, I stopped writing to him, thinking he may experience the woe that public mysticism begs. Spiritualism is a private practice for mature adults, who understand the here and now in competition with the perhaps hereafter (borrowing from the devout Justice Antonin Scalia). I hope to resume writing to the President Trump.

Meanwhile, Hebert might consider in his metaphors that we are both the passengers in the bus and the players in the play. Past generations (about twelve) have left to us the opportunity to make this country great. To be the civic people in each of our states---the citizens who collaborate to establish a culture based on the goals stated in the preamble to the constitution for the USA.

Public property (LaGrange)

(theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters/article_77fc3bf8-c017-11e7-891a-23df7a932bc5.html)

I read the earlier post by the owners and was tentatively influenced.

Maybe this letter gets to the crux of the dispute: “The owners initially agreed to sell the property for $14 million, but backed out of the deal.”

Maybe they anticipate a better offer---say from an industrial group.

At what point does an offer become a deal: When the sales contract is signed and notarized and money transfers?

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

    

Errant media writers (Walter Williams) http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/williams110117.php3

Williams kindly recalls personal gullibility to media wisdom that liberal democrats expressed before the election: youtube.com/watch?v=1SbJhfxOXiw&feature=em-subs_digest-vrecs AND tinyurl.com/ycj838aj.

And he kindly recalls GOP hubris: youtube.com/watch?v=c-IA-CkLFVs.

“Some colleges responded to Trump's victory by having cry-ins and primal screams . . . provided their students with therapy dogs, coloring books, Play-Doh and videos of playful kittens and puppies . . . encouraged or allowed faculty to cancel or postpone exams because of the election results.”

On the first anniversary of Trump's election, many media writers still have not accepted that 84% of US counties preferred Trump to Clinton. Counties add up to electoral votes. Liberal-democrat media writers do not accept American republicanism and the rule of statutory law. They want the chaos of democracy.

 

Habitual neglect (Jeff Sadow) theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/jeff_sadow/article_e5c0776e-c006-11e7-bba0-d303368a563c.html

To JT McQuitty "probably inimical to society."

The-objective-truth informs us that society is harmful to personal fidelity. That's especially so when society thinks crime pays. Consider all the hedge-fund managers who've been sentenced to jail time.

And just look at what American theism---letting God or government assure integrity---has done to many Americans! Devout Justice Antonin Scalia said, civic "responsibility is the here, not the hereafter."

Only willing persons can offer mutual justice. The preamble offers the civic agreement.

 

Edwards’ folly (Melinda Deslatte) theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/article_9198d5b6-c0ae-11e7-ba90-471879cdf7ca.html

Edwards and Landry have “bickered over . . . LGBT-rights protections and the constitutional authority of their offices.”

Deslatte seems to think opinion is more important than the-objective-truth, which I favor even though I do not know it. It seems every person has the right, if not the ability, to make some choices, and a civic people hope for the best. However, no one is required to protect a person’s bad choices.

I think Landry favors the-objective-truth, while Edwards has not considered it. Also, I get the drift that Deslatte thinks press writers can influence Edwards.

 

2017 nominee (Michael Gerson) washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-can-america-overcome-its-egotism/2017/11/02/1d9ed372-bff0-11e7-97d9-bdab5a0ab381_story.html?utm_term=.42189d5c0a18

On the lookout for a journalist who reports humankind’s progress, I nominate Gerson’s column as media-writer’s most self-contradictory message of 2017.

First, there’s the contradiction: morality and religion. It’s OK to assert that it’s not a contradiction, but a journalist would know to justify his or her opinion. The ancient claim that the Sun is a god required the speaker’s gullibility to personal wisdom rather than humility. A modern definition (Merriam-Webster) addresses the problem: the belief that direct knowledge of God, spiritual truth, or ultimate reality can be attained through subjective experience (such as intuition or insight). The reader may be surprised: The definition is for the word “mysticism”. 

It reminds me of the mysticism in the statement, “French Sociologist Émile Durkheim observed that religion was the root of science” anti-naturals.org/theory/religion.html. The unsuspecting reader might take either “observed” or “was” for granted, but just one “social science” course alerts the student to the art of generating “evidence” to support a policy. That is, given a target policy, design questions, select interviewees, categorize the results, and apply statistics that support the policy. Phenomena are the root of both religion (speculation) and science (discovery), despite what Durkheim "observed." Gerson could have started with his evidence that religion is not mysticism.

Second, Gerson quotes FDR, who, planning for war, equated defense of property with defense of beliefs. Gerson could quote Antonin Scalia: “responsibility [for civic justice] is the here, not the hereafter.”

Show me the “beliefs that challenge our natural egotism and cause us to respect the rights and dignity of others.” Is it in American theism? Is it in God bless America? Does Obergefell v. Hodges, 2015, appreciate the rights and dignity of an ovum? A conception? A newborn baby?

And how is “urge of love” either more powerful or more appropriate than humility in inspiring us to be human and to work and perhaps warrant appreciation?

Gerson’s faith-democracy premise is a falsehood: “What voices and institutions are proclaiming and defending the ‘tenets of faith and humanity’ that make democracy both pleasant and possible?”

Humankind is on an ineluctable march toward fidelity to the-objective-truth most of which is undiscovered and some is understood. It’s a matter of discovery, trust, commitment, and results rather than faith or belief.

“Love one another or die”? I think we need to collaborate for comprehensive peace.

I like John Rosemond’s conclusion today: “do the right thing without needing someone else to join in, or even cheer you on.” arcamax.com/homeandleisure/parents/johnrosemond/s-2009450

 

A deeper abyss (Dana Milbank) bangordailynews.com/2017/11/02/opinion/contributors/democrats-are-setting-themselves-up-to-lose/

How could Milbank overlook Donna Brizile’s wild card behavior? 

I think liberal-democrats long since threw “once-treasured principles – press ethics, free speech, freedom from illegal surveillance – overboard.” See rollingstone.com/politics/news/taibbi-why-donna-brazile-book-on-hillary-clinton-primary-matters-w511099. Milbank writes for the overboard.

Matt Taibbi: “The point of the Brazile story isn't that the people who "rigged" the primary were afraid of losing an election. It's that they weren't afraid of betraying democratic principles, probably because they didn't believe in them anymore.”

Barack Obama taught the DNC Alinsky-Marxist organization (AMO) and now runs OFA.

  

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.