Phil Beaver seeks to collaborate on the-objective-truth,
which can only be discovered. The comment box below invites readers to write.
"Civic"
refers to citizens who collaborate for responsible freedom 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 to us by the USA. I am willing
to collaborate with other citizens on this paraphrase, yet may settle on and
would always preserve the original text.
Here’s McQuitty’s
confirmation of the story: forbes.com/sites/paulfletcher/2017/12/29/tariff-decision-on-canadian-newsprint-could-have-severe-impact-on-newspaper-industry/#5d39e3226a1f
.
I did not find
an article on newsprint percentage of the cost of operation. The Advocate could
have told us for their case. However, 20% of 20% would be a 4% increase, or
$11/year for my subscription. No reason to panic. However, I don’t like the
attitude.
The Advocate
diminishes its argument with erroneous bias against the people who are tired of
unfair trade agreements and lying media: “But with an anti-trade and anti-media
administration in Washington . . .”
It’s almost
like The Advocate writers have no ability to imagine how their bias impacts
people who are interested in actual reality.
It seems time
to adopt other ways to get local news, not due to cost but due to bias.
Today’s thought, G.E.
Dean (Psalms 33:13 CJB), The Advocate, January 2, 2018, page 5B.
“ADONAI looks out from heaven; he sees
every human being”
Dean says, “We can’t hide from God.
He made us and knows us. Is He happy with what He sees?”
Yes: Humankind recognizes that the authority for
civic morality rests with the human individual in each of his or her daily
contacts---public and private; direct and indirect. Christianity which holds
that the authority for peace is beyond the individual is on the run. The number
of Christians who embrace private authority for civic morality is increasing,
and in time, the Church will reform. I can’t judge Dean, but would not follow
his thinking.
Letters
EBRP tax bill has
no integrity (Berry)
(theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters/article_1108648c-f0f3-11e7-9e7e-9b2a9f9dfe76.html)
Thank
you, John, for writing on behalf of the people. Your awareness addresses my
blindness, and I will do better.
Liberal-democracy
vs rule of statutory law (Arcement,
Dec 3) (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters/article_f395db5a-efe9-11e7-971a-5739228c7a9c.html)
To Philip Frady: I wrote:
“Individuals may accept the authority for civic behavior instead of pretending the authority is not theirs.”
“Individuals may accept the authority for civic behavior instead of pretending the authority is not theirs.”
An illustration might help.
A neighbor and I often walk,
talk, and watch the ducks at Perkins Park then over to Pennington. One day, a
couple approached going the other direction. I recognized them as neighbors,
too. Our three families collaborate in our Neighborhood Watch group. As they
approached, everyone said Hello, and the man said to my friend, “Jack, I'm surprised at the company you keep.”
I frowned as Jack responded, “I’m
where I want to be.”
As they passed on by, I
turned to Jack and said, “I can’t imagine what motivated Harry to make such an
arrogant statement and especially with Jill present. I thought we were
neighbors.” I was not aware of Harry’s religion.
Jack is a strong Christian, but
not one to easily dust people (Matthew 10:14). He and I often exchange thoughts
about Christianity and/or religious impositions on the public.
Recently, Harry moved, and I
remarked to Jack that the buyer got a house in very good repair. Jack said, “Yes, and explained: Harry’s church was a big part
of his life. He shared wealth by hiring church members to maintain his house.”
Perhaps Harry assigns to Jesus
his personal authority to collaborate for responsible freedom. In other words,
judging me a non-Christian, Harry erroneously attacked “in the name of Jesus”
when he could have behaved with good will or public morality. In fact, Harry owns but shuns that civic duty, assigning the
authority to his Jesus. It’s an egocentric Jesus I would neither
follow nor adopt.
Similarly, democrats attack
civic persons “in the name of human rights” according to liberal egocentricity.
To
GM King
Do you wonder
why you tried to hide the conclusion, "Similarly, democrats attack civic
persons “in the name of human rights” according to liberal egocentricity"?
I don't wonder:
It's neither my authority nor my call.
Columns. (The
fiction/non-fiction comments gallery for readers)
Nursing home audit (Hugh Eley)
(theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/article_2f0cc894-e6c4-11e7-8c00-f3b59697f5fd.html)
Thank you, Mr. Eley.
What is the annual revenue for the industry, and how much do
they spend lobbying legislators and contributing to election funds and PACS?
What is “pass through”?
I appreciate the information: “Louisiana
Department of Health sorts the costs reported by nursing homes into five
groups: direct care (e.g., salaries of nurses, nurse aides, etc.), care-related
(e.g., supplies, food, etc.), administrative, capital and pass through. For
direct care, care-related and administrative costs, officials next determine
the median cost in each group. So half the homes have higher costs and half
have lower costs.
They then multiply each group by a factor written into law.
These range from 107.5 percent for administrative to 112.4 percent for direct
care and care-related. Here’s how the “low” rate is misleading. Direct care and
care-related are the largest costs, and of that 112.4 percent multiplier built
into the rate, facilities only have to spend 94 percent. That leaves a
potential profit of 18.4 percent.”
From the article, theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/legislature/article_8d46410e-cd85-11e7-a44a-8ff7afe8fb0a.html
, the state could save $80 million/year. Medicaid payments were over $1
billion. No better care but 54% increase in cost over a decade while medical care
costs reduced. Some past legislators are in the business.
Injustice discovered (George Will)
washingtonpost.com/opinions/academic-freedom-goes-on-trial/2017/12/29/81cb9268-ebf6-11e7-9f92-10a2203f6c8d_story.html?utm_term=.bb44d9eb5d30
I appreciate Will’s attention to
this nasty case and wish McAdams every success.
Phil Beaver does not “know” the
actual-reality. He
trusts and is committed to the-objective-truth which can only be discovered.
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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