December 23, 2017

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.   

Our Views (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/our_views/article_161720a0-e502-11e7-ad20-0b69477294a5.html)

The Advocate may not be aware of the constitution for the State of Louisiana---how it operates to assure a republic even though statewide elections are won by popular vote.

 The republic is often credited with having rid America of monarchy, but Federalist 10 outlines protection against the worst form of government---democracy---wherein a mob can decide for mass suicide. Many people erroneously think “democracy” means “the right to vote.” However, voting is necessarily licensed. In America, “democracy” would be majority rule rather than the rule of statutory law. Liberal democracy is conflict for chaos, and collective liberal democracy means lawlessness.

In Louisiana, the governor is elected by popular vote. However, to limit his powers, a few legally independent officials are also elected by the people. A responsible press would be aware of and collaborate for this and other republican provisions against democracy in Louisiana.

Most egregiously, The Advocate does not seem aware of the Louisiana protection of expression. Unlike the simple “free” statement in the federal provision, Louisiana adds that the proponent may express anything desired but may be held responsible for any consequences.

  

Today, The Advocate attempts to censor the Louisiana Treasurer, a duly-elected representative of the people. Schroder just began his work. Comparing him to Kennedy is unnecessary, wrongful, and the work of an idle imagination. It is difficult to think of a more egregious act than the irresponsible press trying to censor an elected official based on the imaginings in The Advocate’s mind.

The Advocate can begin its arduous reform toward appreciation of the people of Louisiana and their constitution any time The Advocate personnel perceives the need. It should be clear by now that civic readers do not want liberal-democracy in Louisiana and in the USA. The American republic will rise to its intended greatness, and the people of Louisiana may lead whether The Advocate follows or not.

  

Today’s thought, G.E. Dean (Psalms 30:4-6 CJB)

“Sing praise to Adonai, you faithful of his; and give thanks on recalling his holiness. For his anger is momentary, but his favor lasts a lifetime. Tears may linger for the night, but with dawn come cries of joy. Once I was prosperous and used to say, that nothing could ever shake me —”

Dean says, “Hang on. God is still in control. You can depend on him.”

David reflects on personal experience and perhaps erroneously tries to impose character, like anger, on God. In other words, for all I know, God really is an angry being. Dean says whatever he wants to regarding what David wrote.

    

Letters

Tax and spend governor (Pitre) (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters/article_4e8313f6-e66d-11e7-b90a-6329b6f8460e.html)

I like Pitre’s presence even though some of his hopes are repressed by law.

Also, I hope he will focus on the actual reality that the inhabitants are divided: civic people who collaborate for mutual, comprehensive safety and security or statutory justice versus dissidents to justice. The American dream is for the civic people to, by example, motivate the dissidents to reform.

A human person has the physical and psychological power to develop personal authority to exercise the responsibility for mutual freedom. The governor and the Alinsky-Marxist organizers (AMO) he caters to are among the loudest dissidents against justice. Today, The Advocate reinforces Edwards’ tactic of denying children in order to satisfy adult appetites, informing us that educators are preparing for another year without increase in aid to education.

  

In the past, increases were 2.75%/year, which would mean about $100 million this year. I recall in his first foray into forcing his tax and spend agenda Edwards scared the people with "maybe even no more LSU football"!

The legislature should rescind the governor's order and focus on the Industrial Tax Exemption Program until it is in control.

Gov. John Bel Edwards orders to distribute the responsibility to sixty-four parishes is egregious. With Edwards’ folly, EBRP, with control of exemptions will have pressure to grant Exxon some $40 million, even though children’s education statewide is suffering $100 million shortage. Edwards seems perverse.

Advantages that attract industries to the state should be managed by the state, for example, access to the Mississippi River or the Gulf of Mexico. Industries that are dedicated to a parish service should be managed by the parish.

To Matthew White:

Thanks for the interesting, seemingly reliable article (yet, see the point about Alinsky’s voice and image on violence, below).

My phrase, Alinsky-Marxist organizer (AMO) came from a wonderful LSU dialogue in my past. The other party wanted to convince me, I suppose because I am an advocate for private liberty with civic morality. He was a self-proclaimed Alinsky organizer---a contributor to brorganizing.com/. Perhaps it dissolved after February 22, 2015 (last post), but I doubt it. He also was a self-proclaimed Marxist. At one point I speculated that he was trained by an Alinsky workshop or weekend conference. He is a very smart person, who avoided lies by stonewalling, not admitting that stonewalling a civic citizen is a form of lying. I also asked him what a Marxist is, and he never answered.

As you may know, one form of Marxism is to appeal to the collective victims of accused elites and persuade them to overthrow the elites. Violence is justified. The article you kindly shared includes a 15 minute version of Alinsky with Buckley. In the 48 minute version at youtube.com/watch?v=OsfxnaFaHWI the viewer may hear Alinsky advocate violence, right at the end of the video. 

Also, my views are somewhat influenced by newenglishreview.org/DL_Adams/Saul_Alinsky_and_the_Rise_of_Amorality_in_American_Politics/ and meeting Jeremiah Wright, Jr. in 2015.

Another major point: there are many AMO movements that employ Alinsky organization for Marxist reasons, according to the organization’s definition of Marxism. I hope these actual realities help you understand the origins of “AMO”.

I certainly do not write to cause you harm or to harm anyone. I write for civic peace.

To Edward Livingston:

I wrote, "Advantages that attract industries to the state should be managed by the state, for example, access to the Mississippi River or the Gulf of Mexico. Industries that are dedicated to a parish service should be managed by the parish."

My real focus today has been wrapping gifts and buying seafood for a gumbo. Sorry if I slighted you. But I certainly would not object to you accusing me of hypocrisy: I think I am humble toward the-objective-truth.

Actual reality vs emotions (Edmonston) (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters/article_a2e2f16c-e66f-11e7-a9c8-ab0e63bdd067.html)

Rep. Graves has a penchant to discover, press and collaborate for legislation based on actual reality rather than coercion or force by which to impose arrogant opinion.

However, by taking personal authority regarding civic physics but neglecting authority for civic psychology, he is missing one freedom: the freedom to have a personal religion without attempting to impose it on the public. The confidence that you will never be asked to defend your personal God or none for civic collaboration. Many other human beings have the physical and psychological power to collaborate for civic morality without compromising their private pursuits. They take personal, civic authority whether religion is involved in their privacy or not. As long as Graves does not recognize this human reality, Graves lessens his own ability to help establish civic morality.

Civic citizens knew long before the year 2009 that it takes 1.7 btu of energy to get 1 btu of ethanol energy; see organicconsumers.org/scientific/70-percent-more-energy-required-make-ethanol-actually-ethanol-cornell#close. In other words, use of ethanol as fuel requires 70% energy sacrifice. Sacrifice is not in the public’s interest, and national sacrifice has persist to benefit the ethanol industry only; special interest.

Gasoline offers 114,000 BTU/gal whereas ethanol offers 76,100 BTU/gal, or 50% as more energy per gallon. Therefore, use more gasoline and avoid ethanol as fuel. That’s the only way to maintain economic feasibility.

For decades, a civic people have scratched their heads at the USA’s regression to legislation on emotionalism rather than actual reality. I am at a loss to explain how ethanol as fuel has been forced on the USA, and cannot relate it to Christianity. But there may be a connection to American theism. American scholars have known since 1513 about Chapter XI Machiavellianism yet the USA continues to tolerate the USA’s failure to separate church and state.

Assigning the Church in its place of privacy, Graves may accept existing personal authority to take responsibility for the freedom that could lead to civic morality in the USA, at last. In other words, by abdicating to the Church, Graves rejects his human authority.

He has the opportunity to reform his town meetings so that they would be inviting to someone who exercises the human physical and psychological power. Someone who rejects force and coercion that favors a religion or someone’s personal God. The Supreme Court folly of Greece v Galloway (2014) label’s my authority as “niggling” but that is no excuse for a civic legislator. I choose not to expose myself to the folly of ministers in public meetings, and therefore try to communicate with Graves through public venues rather than priest-politician-partnerships at his town meetings.

The unique power to reject someone else’s coercion to impose private, heartfelt concerns is universal, yet offered more plainly in America than in other places. Many individuals develop and exercise that authority.

Some people communicate with Graves however they can, without attending meetings wherein the Christian gestapo is in charge. (“Gestapo” with the lower case “g” is like “abuse”: the definition is in the psychology of the abused, and the message should be appreciated and acted on rather than stonewalled.) Members of the Graves-gestapo are people, too, and they have the same authority---to take personal responsibility to establish freedom. It’s an opportunity few take because it has not heretofore been articulated, and cultures have evolved so as to influence individuals to abdicate to government or a personal God; force or coercion; civic morality or religious morality.

I hope the power of Chapter XI Machiavellianism is spent and priest-politician-partnerships are on their way out, at least in the USA.

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Against the faith? (Kathryn Jean Lopez) (uexpress.com/kathryn-jean-lopez/2017/12/15/the-reason-for-the-season)

The emperor Constantine Christianized pagan Rome hoping to control the people for Rome’s benefit. He ordered the Church to canonize a Bible.

Rome fell, but Christianity in factional forms survived, flourished, and further divided.

America began as a factional-Protestant, free population with animosity toward both the Church of England and Catholicism. Only 5% of citizens could vote. Today, 14% are in 1789 or American traditional factional-Protestantisms and 100% of all non-criminal citizens can vote.

With Catholics a 21%, the religious majority in America is non-churched, at 24%. The next largest group is factional Baptists at 9%. America is moving toward a civic culture rather than a secular society. The promise is stated in the still-standing 1787 preamble to the constitution for the USA.

It is a civic agreement that offers every American the proposition:  You have the physical and psychological power and the authority to develop personal, human responsibility for freedom. This articulation may not have been recorded before, because cultures evolved to convince people to abdicate their human authority to collaborate for freedom unto one of government, a personal God, or other force or coercion.

I think many Christians already separate their hopes for afterdeath from their duty to collaborate for civic morality. One of them could write Ms. Lopez a letter about collaborating for mutual, comprehensive safety and security, in other words, private liberty with civic morality.

  

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.