In the U.S., the authority for peace rests with the good People (1776 Declaration)

Phil Beaver seeks to collaborate on the-objective-truth, which can only be discovered. 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.
 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 June 21, 1788 preamble:  We the civic citizens 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. Composing their own paraphrase, citizens may consider the actual preamble and perceive whether they are willing or dissident toward its principles.   

Today’s thought, G.E. Dean (Matthew 24:14 CJB)

“And this Good News about the Kingdom will be announced throughout the whole world as a witness to all the Goyim. It is then that the end will come.”

Dean says, “The time is near. Jesus is coming back. Are you ready?”

Yes.

    

Letters

Civic immorality (Cantin, Dec 17) (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters/article_5e0f01cc-db91-11e7-a15e-0b4f17134da6.html)

This letter and comments plus developments (including, so far, in my own home) motivated me just now to think “only America offers potential greatness” (as I want to think).

  

The human divide over skin color is universal, but there is potential to establish skin-justice because of the American republic, or the rule of statutory law. The skin-sharks may utilize the preamble and the-objective-truth that each citizen is also a person.

  

A review of sports incidents at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_violent_spectator_incidents_in_sports hints that Americans seem passionate about baseball, where player vs spectator interplay is common.

I recall attending one NFL game, a Saints game, and I was impressed that interplay by fans is part of the culture. Fans love being fans. The communications seem mostly amusement, but some is bitterly competitive and some borders on hate. It is common for players to communicate with fans, a shared activity. I observe communications on TV. Expressions by players to fans is not unexpected, and as in all expressions, the speaker takes responsibility for the consequences.

  

Beyond the voluntary sport association of professional players, organizations, officials, TV and fans, there is an involuntary association as citizens---an involuntary association caused by the fact that lives of the citizens are being lived here and now. The citizens are divided by civicality vs dissidence, collaboration vs conflict, dominance vs justice, and satisfaction vs unrest. “Civic” refers to collaboration with fellow-citizens to discover and effect statutory justice. For example, civic citizens do not lie. At any point in time, the citizenry may be divided by thirds as activists, pacifists, and opponents.

So far, the authority of the people is government imposed military power and police power. The authority the people submit to in the USA is a clergy-politician-partnership; let’s call it American theism, a Chapter XI Machiavellianism.

In this country, colonial, English Chapter XI Machiavellianism was disestablished by the draft constitution for the USA. It was ratified by nine states, establishing the USA on June 21, 1788. However, the first Congress, with ten states in the USA, established factional-Protestant legislative authority by hiring congressional chaplains in April-May, 1789. Congress established American theism, which has prevailed these 228 years, about 7 months after the USA was established without theism. Congress ratified the Bill of Rights 42 months after the religiously neutral constitution was ratified by the nine states. America’s opportunity for greatness is offered in one sentence, the preamble to the constitution for the USA. It seems we have reached the nadir of American Chapter XI Machiavellianism and the ascent to civic morality is underway. The transition from 2017 to 2018 is a time to celebrate!

I encourage the NFL players who unite to kneel in objection to the USA: Read the preamble; break it down to your version of “Because I want the civic culture with the provisions stated herein, I authorize and collaborate for statutory justice according to this constitution for the USA.” Thereby, join a civic people and begin a journey of encouraging, by example, dissidents to join in private liberty with civic morality. Help establish that in the USA, the authority for peace rests with the civic people rather than with government or personal Gods.

What’s happening in my family of four is that interest in the NFL has lessened to reading about the unrest. The biggest leader of the fans is MWW. Suddenly, I cannot rekindle interest in the various teams she once followed. She’s changed her interests.

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

  

Human fidelity (Carolyn Hax) (seattlepi.com/lifestyle/advice/article/Carolyn-Hax-When-deciding-whether-to-contact-12410707.php)

It’s amazing that such blindness exists among female advisors in the emerging age of bravery regarding sexual abuse.

An authentic woman knows that she is generating about thirteen viable ova per year during her fertile years. She keeps her physical and psychological person tuned to her obligations to any child she may generate---healthy mind, body, and relationships with men. It is unlikely that a man who is not committed to her and her ova would expose her progeny to a life without a father who intended to appreciate his offspring.

An authentic man is aware of these human needs and behaves accordingly.

A woman has learned that she was conceived by a mother and father who were either unware of or negligent about human fidelity and fidelity to actual-reality. She is obligated to humankind to inform her mom and dad of her full awareness. A lot of people will need to deal with her message, but it must be delivered for their sakes and for any children that might emerge from their relationships.

It is amazing that in this day of confrontation regarding sex abuse an “advisor” does not know enough to give good advice. I do not claim to know the-objective-truth, but would like to discuss these ideas with Hax and other “experts”. I think harm is being done.

  

Serveillance (Dan Fagan, Dec 9) theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/article_90536a14-db74-11e7-880c-7bc94202e557.html

To Lindsey Parrish:

I appreciate the tip, will google study, and tell you what I think.

However, I am attentive to Barack Obama and his ambition to overthrow the American republic using collective, liberal democracy.

The story goes like this. Convince minorities that they are victims of Americanism on whatever basis appeals to the particular minority---skin color, preference, gender, religion, etc. Recruit them to disturb civic justice by indirect means, such as blocking roads and other passage. Influence them to collect their sentiments. For example, black groups join with LGBTQ groups. Thereby, gain the majority vote. This is my naive understanding of Alinsky-Marxist organizing (AMO) or Obama's own OFA, with headquarters in Chicago and W.DC. Local affiliates are Together Baton Rouge (IAF) and perhaps Together Louisiana.

Christian dominance in the USA has happily declined. Whereas in 1790 99% of citizens were factional-Protestants and 5% could vote, today some 14% are 1790s factional-Christian and 100% of non-criminals may vote. More critical and unhappily is the fact that young people don't really understand the American republic (see last paragraph). Some presidents don't understand.

For example, Bush II said the 21st century was the century of democracy. I suppose he meant voting. However, there is no doubt that majority rule is among the worst forms of government that exists. It is not labelled "mob rule" without cause.

In Federalist 10, James Madison worried about collectivist democracy. Saul Alinsky gave Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton the formula for creating collective democracy to overthrow the American republic. However, AMO’s product is chaos. See newenglishreview.org/DL_Adams/Saul_Alinsky_and_the_Rise_of_Amorality_in_American_Politics/. In 2016, Americans, awakened to five decades of AMO progress, saw opportunity to end it and said, "It stops here and now."

It is not obvious, but, I think, President Donald Trump is aware of everything I wrote but without my naiveté. For example, I think as soon as the Congressional Black Caucus wakes up to the actual-reality that statutory justice is the responsibility of every citizen rather than government or God, the caucus will collaborate for civic justice then begin to enjoy Trump's honest integrity.

I’ll be back about modern American communism as you kindly requested.

  

The Church (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/courts/article_36b30190-844e-11e7-8deb-13a7db139041.html)

I appreciate this report and past reporting by The Advocate on Together Baton Rouge AMO/IAF negotiations with Gov. Edwards, including the recent triumphal meeting at University Baptist Church. theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/legislature/article_d264ceb2-c589-11e7-a114-d3a982d8faff.html. I attended a meeting at Mt. Zion First Baptist Church months ago and saw and heard the Catholic vs Protestant fellowship-bantering between Edwards and Cage. I request the Louisiana Legislature to interject themselves into this destructive conversation.

“East Baton Rouge Parish Councilman Matt Watson: ‘The fact that we're competing with every other surrounding parish here does put us in a situation where we have to be a little more generous.’"

“Greg Bowser, president of the Louisiana Chemical Association, is also not a fan of the changes, which he said will stifle industrial growth in Louisiana. ‘It's made it more complicated to get a contract. There's no certainty anymore.’"

“’Well, frankly, that's the point’, said Together Louisiana leader Broderick Bagert.”

Nothing surpasses honest bantering to uncover the civic immorality of an AMO negotiation. If the Legislature doesn’t both intervene and establish integrity, the people of Louisiana will suffer.

Amend the First Amendment (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_775c62ae-e4e8-11e7-8203-4fed8b9ee37a.html)

This is a wonderful event which could effect essential reform for statutory justice.

In this land, indigenous habitation for millennia was, beginning in the 15th century, arbitrarily displaced by European property-ownership “law” under the Christian doctrine of “discovery”.

On September 17, 1787, twelve of thirteen free and independent states proposed to disestablish English Chapter XI Machiavellianism using the draft constitution for the USA. On June 21, 1788, nine states ratified the constitution, establishing the USA. However, the first USA Congress, with ten states, established national factional-Protestant legislative authority by hiring congressional chaplains in April-May, 1789. Congress reestablished divine authority, but as American theism. It has prevailed these 228 years, after only 7 prior months of the USA without legislative theism. Congress ratified the Bill of Rights 42 months after the religiously neutral constitution was ratified by the nine states. In its First Amendment, the then 14 states codified institutional theism and Chapter XI Machiavellianism rather than the human responsibility to think.

America’s opportunity for greatness is offered in one sentence, the preamble to the constitution for the USA. It claims that justice as freedom is human responsibility and therefore the duty of every citizen rather than government or religion. It seems we have reached the nadir of American Chapter XI Machiavellianism and the ascent to civic morality is possible if not underway.

Perhaps this courageous lawsuit will rise to the United States Supreme Court and overturn the infamous Greece vs Galloway (2014), which tacitly if not literally says to the people, “Government prayer is for legislators and administrators and is therefore none of a citizen’s business. The niggling citizen can leave the room or simply remain quiet.” What outrage!

The essential reform is amendment of the First Amendment so as to assert each citizen’s duty to think rather than defend institutional theism. Perhaps somehow, the USA will reform to statutory justice at last.

Meanwhile, every citizen may consider an idea and make a choice: Only one species, the human being, has the psychological and physical power to accept the responsibility for freedom. It is up to each person in every age to either accept this human responsibility or deny it.

This is not everyday thinking. It dates from reading Rose Wilder Lane's book, "The Discovery of Freedom," 1943.

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Comment on Phil Beaver's answer to How can I teach my toddler gender equality this early?

Fara Manuel

Thank you Fara, for the opportunity to clarify.

First, I wrote “the-objective-truth” to invite you, the reader, not to separate the three words. By writing “objective truth,” you write of a different subject, and that act allowed you to relate it to “responsibility.”

The-objective-truth exists and humans can only discover it. Once discovered, the human being is obliged to conform to it. For example, jumping off a high cliff almost always causes death die to the force of gravity, so humans observe gravity (that’s physics). Similarly, lying may be discovered, and ruin the liar's reliability in communication, so civic citizens do not lie (that’s psychology).

Evolution informs us that every species either adapts to its changing environment or perishes. However one species, the human species, has the physical and psychological power to change his environment.

The species we know as human—-the group that is able to develop language and grammar—-has developed cultures that foster war. The individual persons are acclimated to an authority that has the power to wage war.

But individuals who publicly connect to trade do so in mutual satisfaction. A person wants a product or service and he or she shops around for a vendor and negotiates a mutually satisfactory price. The product or service is delivered in good quality, the payment is made, and both parties are happy. Or there is a mistake and it is reported and satisfactorily resolved. In another example, concert attendees queue to present their tickets without dispute. In other words, it is well known that individuals can live in civic peace.

The human individual has the power to establish mutual freedom, and therefore he or she has the responsibility to so behave. If not, he or she is a dissident to civic justice.

With a majority of individuals collaborating for civic justice, a civic culture may emerge. The civic culture would include many arbitrary associations, such as religions, fine arts, vocations, avocations, sports, etc., all collaborating in responsibility for freedom in the presence of dissidence.

The-objective-truth is the standard against which dissidence is observed: jumping off a cliff invites death and lying invites exclusion from civic collaboration.

These ideas come from my experiences and observations after seventy-four years’ determination to discover—-by living, reading, writing, and communicating—-why, in such as wonderful world with so many wonderful individuals, there is so much misery and loss.

At this time, I think the answer is: During the past 6000 years, cultures evolved that influence individuals to seek an authority rather than to personally take the responsibility to establish freedom. Freedom requires justice; that is, fidelity to the-objective-truth rather than opinion.

No two ova are equal. Fertilization of the two ova could produce two persons, who also would not be equal. Further, each person may either produce ova or spermatozoon. Each person is unique. To speculate that they are equal requires precise explanation of the basis. The only basis that makes sense to me is that they have equal opportunity to develop fidelity to the-objective-truth.

I may modify this post and am happy to receive comments or questions.

Phil Beaver does not “know” the-indisputable-facts, or actual-reality. 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.