November 8, 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_90bfc104-c3d3-11e7-bbc5-93cfde59cb7a.html)

In sad times, emotionalism can bemuse the people from reality. Some people think crises should always be used for propaganda.

The Advocate seems civically insensitive, even obdurate in its paragraph, “Christianity recognizes that violence violates the human experience, although it doesn’t define it. That idea resonates in all major religions, and even among many of those who claim no particular faith at all.”

I trust and am committed to the-objective-truth. Does that mean I “claim no particular faith at all”? Maybe in The Advocate’s opinion, but not in my opinion. What it means is that I do not have the gullibility toward my personal wisdom to claim either 1) that I know a god or 2) that my neighbor’s God is not true to him or her. Yet by social morality I must bear the cost of religion wars, both domestic and foreign. I’d like to make one thing clear, non-violence resonates among civic citizens, and history makes it unquestionably clear that religion causes war. Civic citizens collaborate for peaceful justice here, and religions purport to provide peace hereafter (Scalia).

For 228 years, the non-religious yet civic citizens of the USA have helped bear the continuing cost of violence against so-called atheists, violence between Christian factions, violence against factional Jews, violence over Islamic factions, and now random violence. During that time, the 5% voting with 99% factional-Protestant free-citizens, adding 20% black slaves, have emerged as 100% non-criminals able to vote but only 14% traditional, factional-Protestants. The major faction in this country, as measured by religion, is the over 23% non-theists.

Therefore, The Advocate could more accurately write: non-violence resonates “among many . . .  who claim no” religion and in some religions. American theism may consider civic justice after 229 years neglecting the preamble to the constitution for the USA.

American theism proves time and time again that it cannot feel civic citizens' pain.

To GM King: Thanks. I assert that at least 90% of Americans are civic citizens, but they are bemused by religion. The American theists who are among a civic people suffer, too. 

The USA can have an achievable, better future, by most citizens collaborating for justice here while most believers pursue the hereafter according to personal opinion (again, Scalia, a devout man, not that I am not a devout man).

The point of civic morality is, borrowing from John Rosemond, "to do the right thing without needing someone else to join in, or even cheer you on."

Today’s thought, G.E. Dean (Matthew 18:1-3 CJB)

“At that moment the talmidim came to Yeshua and asked, “Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?” He called a child to him, stood him among them, and said, “Yes! I tell you that unless you change and become like little children, you won’t even enter the Kingdom of Heaven!”

Dean says “Humility is important for a person to become a child of God. Have you humbled yourself before the Lord?”

Dean, ignoring Matthew’s message, takes for granted the personal gullibility to ask such a question of other people. I suggest Dean might find relief from his hubris by using humility.

Jesus said, “Before Abraham I am,” which implies that he is eternal. What if Dean, in this post, has questioned Jesus? To me, it seems wise to follow neither Dean nor The Advocates’ use of him.

  

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

knoe.com/content/news/House-intelligence-committee-Dem-says-Russia-is-capable-cyber-adversary-455854653.html by MARY CLARE JALONICK and ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press

A US citizen under oath says he 1) met one Russian and 2) received insights from many in their administration. It reminds me that I met Rev. Jeremiah Wright and am influenced by Nancy Pelosi.

In all honesty, a person named Schiff responds, "Are you being honest in your testimony?" Schiff asked. "Because it doesn't seem possible for both to be true."

The citizen should be able to ask under oath, “Schiff, did you ever consider integrity? What did you miss?”

thestar.com/news/world/2017/11/07/trump-abandons-apocalyptic-threats-in-seoul-calls-for-north-korea-to-make-a-deal.html by Jonathan Lemire and Jill Colvin, Associated Press

After President Trump's straight-forward messages to N. Korea, the rocket shooting stopped. Economic sanctions have increased. Offering to talk is not “showmanship,” and the careless Associated Press and the writers it pays ought to be liable for charges near treason.

  

A civic people of the United States may amend the First Amendment so as to protect a free and responsible press, leaving Congress in a position to create statutory law with which to constrain the irresponsible press.

Letters

Natural abortion (Boudreaux) (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters/article_df4ff818-c3e0-11e7-ba5f-53e3cea7bca1.html)

The people, like Boudreaux, who contend with the woman’s natural role in abortion arbitrarily create psychological violence and physical violence and ought to stop it.

The-objective-truth informs us that physics’ organic-chemistry progeny, biology, corrects physics errors in procreation through natural abortion.

Psychology is also a progeny of physics, and the psychology of procreation is perhaps more important than the biology. The ultimate natural abortion is the woman’s decision to terminate her pregnancy.

Only gullibility about personal wisdom---hubris---would empower a person or a human institution to deny the-objective-truth. I do not know the-objective-truth, but personal humility keeps me from questioning any woman about her personal, private decisions.

  

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

  

BRAC & TBR against the people (Lanny Keller) (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/lanny_keller/article_bb6a1aac-c3d9-11e7-a906-e773154cc660.html)

“. . . in a parish and a state where the tax burden is among the lowest in the nation, progress has to come from local tax increases . . . .”

The nation is overtaxed. If Keller would compare the needed national tax burden with the Louisiana needed tax burden, he would find Louisiana is way over taxed and Baton Rouge is out of control.

When Keller writes about churches and companies teaming up, the victim is the people of Louisiana and the oppressors are churches and government (Chapter XI Machiavellianism). AMO churches are especially egregious.

Churches, Keller, The Advocate, and BRAC team up to foil the people into thinking the taxpayer pays for “ever-rising costs of roads, schools, drainage and the like.” In reality the people pay, in both lost services such as child support and taxes, for the excesses that churches and government demand.

Businesses produce the goods and services that keep the people alive and well. The people control business by always seeking the lowest price. Churches and government ruin the free-market.

Civic citizens may collaborate for an achievable, better future anytime the super-majority decides to establish justice. Justice is for the here and church is for the hereafter (Scalia).

  

Why? (Dan Fagan) theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/article_9cc552ba-c3d4-11e7-8fe9-17fd5e4ec7bc.html

“Once again, Louisiana’s own Donna Brazile finds herself right in the thick of it.”

Fagan disappointed me again. This time, he did not speculate as to how the DNC is using Brazile and her book to set the stage for 2020.

Second, Fagan could have brought into the discussion Candy Crowley’s awful act against American voters in 2012: dailycaller.com/2014/01/27/romney-breaks-silence-on-candy-crowleys-debate-interference/.

Combing Brazile’s free-press act for Clinton with Crowley’s irresponsible-press act for Obama, the conduct of presidential debates by the media should be terminated. Perhaps create an Artificial-Intelligence conducted debate overseen by C-Span.

Also, a civic people need to amend the First Amendment to protect free and responsible expression for both a person and the press. Then Congress can write statutory law that makes it clear as person cannot yell "Fire!" in public and the press cannot lie with immunity.

  

College town (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/business/article_60c610ba-c3fc-11e7-9a25-079b275a85ea.html)

“Coletta cited studies that showed people with less education have a higher income when they are living in a community with people who are better educated. Baton Rouge needs to take advantage of what it has in LSU and Southern University.”

Coletta needs to be specific. From all appearances, LSU and Southern University are unique ivory towers that compete to divide a civic people. With comparative college-town data rather than social-science-fabricated-evidence, Coletta might find that Baton Rouge civic justice is lessened by its particular social justice.

Also, some contributions to this forum by college faculty seem to deride persons more than collaborate for an achievable, better future.

To Patrick McCarron:

Consider the consequences of a levy system that did not maintain 7,000 years of alluvial depositing in the Mississippi delta region. Thousands of square miles have been lost to the gulf in just 100 years.

 

Judicial injustice (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/legislature/article_fbec1a88-c3ea-11e7-b632-1f38873509cf.html)

“Judge Donald Johnson in June 2016 found the resolution “null and void.” He said the employees could seek fees, costs and expenses.”

Johnson’s behavior reminds me of a jury on which I served. The plaintiff was in the wrong and the jury so decided, even though one jury-member kept saying, “Just give him the money.”

With the judicial burdens we suffer, it’s no wonder Louisiana can’t pay its bills.

  

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.