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.
In the 1990’s, my employer, the Albemarle Corporation, who
has operations world-wide, encouraged employees to phrase public greetings at
the annual December party, “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas,” so as
to be humanly inclusive. Christian couples greeted each other “Merry
Christmas,” without objections. I thought that was civic leadership and still
do.
The Advocate chooses to publish dissidence or opposition “to
[civic] peace and goodwill.” The writers wish “our readers a merry Christmas,”
whether the readers observe Christmas or not.
A free press may exercise such arrogance as long as their
business plan succeeds. However, the people are evolving toward a culture with
civic morality so that each group’s religious morality may thrive. In a civic
culture, only a responsible press can survive.
The Advocate is passing the opportunity to be a leader in
establishing personal liberty with civic morality; statutory justice instead of
dominant opinion; mutual, comprehensive safety and security rather than special
interests; civic peace, at last.
During 2018, the people will become more and more aware of a
hierarchy of human responsibility ranging from the collective to the
individual: free trade; constraint of dissidents both domestic and foreign;
fidelity in direct human connections whether public or private; and responsible
pursuit of personal freedom. Only the human being has the potential physical and
psychological powers to spend in freedom the personal energy of his or her
lifetime, and therefore the authority to responsibly pursue discovery-of and
acquisition-of personal happiness.
It is not easy, but the rewards seem natural---the
consequence of comprehensive fidelity.
Perhaps in a civic culture the annual expression among
citizens, if not all humans, will be “Goodwill!´(to you) or “Greetings”, during
the month of December or some part of it.
Today’s thought,
G.E. Dean (Luke 2:11-13 CJB)
“This very day, in the town of David, there was born for you
a Deliverer who is the Messiah, the Lord. Here is how you will know: you
will find a baby wrapped in cloth and lying in a feeding trough.” Suddenly,
along with the angel was a vast army from heaven praising God:”
Dean says, “Celebrate Jesus! He is the savior of all who
come to him.”
You can tell if you want to come to him according to your
personal psychology to accept the hate expressed in Luke 14:26---as an
expression of Jesus’ love or on some other basis. I cannot.
It much like the passages that condone slavery. I simply
reject any form of slavery, no matter how interpreters justify it.
The authors of such passages are mistaken, and thus, the
entire body of literature is mistaken. I’m waiting for humankind to discover
the-objective-truth, in other words, actual reality.
Letters
Actual reality vs emotions (Edmonston,
Dec 23) (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters/article_a2e2f16c-e66f-11e7-a9c8-ab0e63bdd067.html)
To Al
Fletch: Your response seems an example
of “social science” reason for existing---fooling the public: in this case, attempts
to benefit from social engineering by the USA to favor the ethanol industry and
consequential special interests such as high compression engines. In other
words the articles you site have statements by vendors and universities using statistical
statements to convince the public, omitting the negative facts. Additionally,
they overlook the comparative costs from potential energy to delivered energy,
wherein ethanol is the loser: That’s why only Brasil and the USA use it.
For example, car
manufacturers do the best they can with bad legislation. “Ethanol contains approx. 34% less energy per
unit volume than gasoline, and therefore in theory, burning pure ethanol in a
vehicle reduces miles per US gallon 34%, given the same fuel
economy, compared to
burning pure gasoline. However, since ethanol has a higher octane rating, the engine can be made more efficient by raising its
compression ratio. Based on EPA tests for all 2006 E85 models, the
average fuel economy for E85 vehicles resulted 25.56% lower than unleaded
gasoline.” See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#Dehydration. Thus, the
economy loss was decreased 25%. The 75% loss is being legislated for what? “Renewables”?
The Oak Ridge
study says, “(note that full useful life emissions have not been
measured) on the FTP, and also within the 4000 mile (6400 km) US06 emissions
limits. Emissions of hydrocarbon-based hazardous air pollutants are higher on
Federal Certification Gasoline while ethanol and aldehyde emissions are higher
on ethanol fuel.” Quite obviously, if you aren’t using gasoline the instantaneous
emissions from gasoline are less, but if you’re consuming more fuel to make up
for the lower energy ethanol, emissions go up. And you have to contend with
ethanol’s affinity for water and the consequential 90-day storage limit.
Who in the
world is using ethanol? “The
world's top ethanol fuel producers in 2011 were the United States with 13.9
billion U.S.
liquid gallons (bg) . . .
and Brazil with 5.6 bg . . . accounting together for 87.1% of world production,”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel_by_country. “The first production car
running entirely on ethanol was the Fiat 147, introduced in 1978 in Brazil by Fiat. Ethanol is commonly made from biomass such as corn or sugarcane,” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel. Obviously, America is influenced
by the corn industry and Brazil is influenced by the sugarcane industry.
“A study by the International
Institute for Sustainable Development found there was no economic or environmental benefits
to ethanol fuels, and the sole motivation for E85 was to subsidize the corn
industry. Total CO2 emissions for the production and use of E85 was higher than
total CO2 emissions for the production and use of gasoline,” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E85.
Rep. Graves has the ability, desire, and performance of acting for the people (except imposing minister’s sermons in town meetings). What is your interest and motivation, Mr. Fletch?
Scorched earth policy (Welch) (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters/article_383d8da6-e67c-11e7-bc35-6fe6860b548a.html)
Ms Welch, you represent the civic
immorality of institutional, scorched earth political favoritism.
The majority of professors in
university non-STEM departments and the Democratic Party are both infamous for
fiscal irresponsibility---threatening humankind’s ability to survive on a 200
hour adult work week. Public health must accommodate humankind’s viability, at
least until robots are available to all citizens.
In my eighth decade, the lives of my
family members, all three, are more precious than my life with Alzheimer’s. I’d
prefer you and Rep. Richmond work for my civil right to the authority to choose
death rather than threats to eliminate my family’s future in the dreadful case
of my Alzheimer’s.
By no means would I want my survival to
compete in the public budget with expenditures for the nation’s children.
To JT McQuitty: I appreciated your reference and read it with usual
enthusiasm.
Thank you for the
Christmas gift, another of your usual great posts. Merry Christmas to you, too.
Propaganda (Olivier) (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters/article_23a7c5a6-e680-11e7-99d4-c3333b4bc258.html)
This letter
comes right after The Advocate’s coverage of Gov. John Bel Edwards’ disastrous distribution
of responsibility for Industrial Tax Exemptions from the state, indiscriminately
to the 64 parishes. My property
tax is 3% of income whereas industries’ is 1% of expenses. (Obviously, I should
move out of Kenilworth.)
The letter
reads like the politburo trying to support the Premier. No facts are shared,
and the website, http://c100la.org/, offers no information.
So much for secretive transparency.
I will maintain my authority to learn as much as I can and
take my responsibility to help establish civic freedom.
So far, the special sessions have only cost me. Beyond a
dedicate gasoline tax increase, there is no way I will vote to pay more taxes.
Also, I am interesting in curtailing if not ending many special-interest
expenditures.
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.
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