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Phil Beaver
seeks to collaborate on theineluctabletruth, which can only be discovered. Ineluctable
means: Not to be assailed, avoided, changed,
escaped, mystified, neglected, obfuscated, rationalized, or resisted. Some
people erroneously imagine limiting theineluctabletruth, for example, trying to
change it.
"Civic"
refers to citizens who collaborate for individual
happiness with civic integrity more than for the city, state, nation, or
society. Civic citizens neither initiate nor accommodate harm to or from
anyone. Civic citizens are reliably responsible in connections and
transactions.
Consider
writing a personal paraphrase of the preamble, which offers fellow citizens
mutual appreciation: For discussion, I convert the preamble’s predicate phrases to nouns and
paraphrase it for my interpretation of its proposal as follows: The civic faction, We the People of
the United States, proffer & practice 6 public pursuits —- integrity,
justice, safety, strength, prosperity, and responsibility, “in order to” pursue
happiness “to ourselves and our Posterity”. I
want to improve my interpretation by listening-to and considering other
citizens and their interpretations yet would preserve the original, 1787 text,
unless it is amended by the civic-people.
It seems the
Supreme Court occasionally refers to it, and no one with status has challenged
whether or not the preamble is a legal statement. The fact that it changed this
independent country from a confederation of states to a union of states
deliberately managed by appreciative fellow citizens convinces me the preamble
is legal. Equity in opportunity and outcome is shared by the faction who
collaborate for statutory justice, We the People of the United States.
Every citizen
has equal opportunity to either trust-in and collaborate-on the goals stated in
the preamble or be dissident to the agreement. I think 2/3 of citizens try
somewhat to use the preamble but many do not articulate commitment to the
goals. However, it seems less than 2/3 understand that “posterity” implies
grandchildren to both born Americans and legal immigrants. Congressional
freedom of religion, which fellow citizens have no means to constrain,
oppresses freedom to develop integrity. This can be remedied by changing the
First Amendment from “prohibiting” to “promoting”.
Selected theme from this month
Current U.S. lessons on free speech recall Louisiana’s excellence. Its Declaration of Rights includes “Section 7. No law shall curtail or restrain the freedom of speech or of the press. Every person may speak, write, and publish his sentiments on any subject, but is responsible for abuse of that freedom.” The U.S. Amendment I should do so well.
Louisiana subtly turns freedom, traditional political-fantasy, into responsibility: the impossible into the possible. Some lawyers and judges, for example Donald Trump false-accusers, are experiencing Louisiana wisdom as I write.
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Columns and Opinion
https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/understanding-the-constitution-how-states-may-respond-to-illegal-immigration-part-iii-5561877
, Rob Natelson. My
comments refer to part-ii-5560833.
Lawyers and
judges seem fixated on copyright and attribution. It shields them from
responsibility for influences they impose on the public. In this case, illegals
at the U.S. Southern border, there’s no excuse for quoting, “exterminated
wherever they are seized.”
I don’t want Natelson censored for this
offense against the civic faction of We the People of the United States. (“Civic”
means reliable responsibility to the good in human connections and
transactions.) I think Natelson means well yet in human being (verb) cannot
perform to the good without considering fellow citizens.
I appreciate Natelson’s open scholarship
and it’s favor to me.
I suspected Emer de Vattel’s
harshness and wondered if it was christian. Believers don’t realize it, but the
church, by extolling the Christ, suppresses Jesus’ civic influence, which can
be found in public dialogues reported in the Holy Bible. For example, Jesus
told Pilate that rather than to be king,
he came to witness to the truth (John
18:37).
Thanks to Natelson, I located Vattel’s The
Law of Nations and found another quote: “. . . all nations have a right
to enter into a league against such a people, to repress them, and to treat
them as the common enemies of the human race. The christian nations would be no
less justifiable in forming a confederacy against the states of Barbary . . .”
With that, I searched for parallel thought in the Bible and found 1 Thessalonians 2:14-17, Complete Jewish Bible, “. . . you suffered the same things from your countrymen as they did from the Judeans who both killed the Lord Yeshua and the prophets, and chased us out too. They are displeasing God and opposing all mankind . . .”. I see Paul as the founder of anti-Semitism and question “Complete Jewish Bible” when it could be “Compete Hebrew Bible”, in order to lessen anti-Semitism.
In my eighth decade, I appreciate chemical engineering for imposing on me the edict: Make certain equipment you specify cannot blow up. Law schools may and can teach: make certain nothing you express misleads the republic.
Quora
quora.com/How-can-one-justify-their-actions-if-they-go-against-societal-norms-and-are-solely-based-on-personal-preference-How-would-this-behavior-be-explained, Anon
The civic faction of We the People of the United States
accepts six goals (“Civic” means reliably responsible to the good in human
connections and transactions). I convert the goals, stated in predicate phrases
in the intentions sentence of the
preamble, into nouns, as follows: integrity, justice, safety, strength,
prosperity, and responsibility.
Note that
religion -- imagination of mystery then development of dogma about it, is not
included in the U.S. intentions. Freedom of religion is erroneously claimed by
Congress in the First Amendment.
The U.S.
constitution improves on political philosophy developed by successive,
polytheistic Sumerian kings 5500 years ago. Its essence is stated in Hebrew
vernacular (competitive monotheism) in Genesis 1:26-28, New International
Version, in my paraphrase: Let us create
male and female humans in our image so they may rule to the good on earth.
Dissidents and rebels choose the bad, which the civic faction may and should
constrain.
The civic citizen
neither initiates nor accommodates harm to or from anyone, including self.
Imposing religious dogma is harmful, because mystery detracts from the pursuit
of truth. Civic citizens my choose to privately develop hope and comfort
through religious beliefs but can neither impose the beliefs on others nor
yield to mystery as surrogate for civic integrity. Humankind is not intended
for division on mystery. The U.S. Constitution may be restored to compatibility
with Genesis 1:26-28 by amending the First Amendment to “promoting” instead of
“preventing”.
With that
background, I feel positioned to respond to the question.
First, humankind
is not a fixed entity but is comprised of “ourselves and our Posterity” in
passing generations. As discovery unfolds, the extant society may and can
devise statutory justice for their time. Some laws from the passing generation
are unjust, so they must be amended. The civic citizen aids the process and
dissidents or rebels resist. Hopefully, needs for amendment decline as time
marches on, and humankind may begin to observe standards.
The civic citizen
is guided by civic principles and converses with appreciation that fellow
citizens will, in self-interest, aid collaborative pursuit of the good. When a
fellow citizen chooses the bad, the civic citizen supports enforcement of
statutory justice.
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quora.com/What-is-completely-unacceptable-in-your-opinion/, James Hackett
It is egregious that nations do not teach their youth to
choose to develop human being (verb).
Polytheistic
Sumer civilization, 5500 years ago, suggested that female and male humankind is
responsible to rule to the good on earth. The Babylonians conquered Sumer and
advanced their statutory law as The Code of Hammurabi.
But 4000 years ago, competitive
monotheism dominated the quest for spiritualism. Under polytheism, unknowns
lessen as humankind discovers reality. For example, humankind discovered that
the sun is a natural nuclear reactor rather than a god. However, monotheism can
always modify its doctrine, in order to preserve the church. Today, most people
think their god rules and many believe their government must partner with their
church. Consequently, few citizens are humble to theGod – whatever constrains
the consequences of personal choice and action. And many persons choose the bad
rather than the good.
Later, practical
legislators recognized that Hammurabi’s eye-for-eye-like punishments disabled
the offender, burdening civic citizens. (“Civic” means reliable responsibility
to the good in human connections and transactions, including self.) Legislators
improved the law to fines, incarceration, and death to convicted
habitual-enemies-of-humankind. Some legislators introduced rehabilitation so as
to return willing offenders to society and to pursue unique personal happiness
like all civic citizens do. History suggests gradual improvement of the law, in
order to develop statutory justice.
Each newborn deserves
education during their first quarter century that exemplifies, advocates,
facilitates, and encourages acquisition of the comprehension and intention to
pursue human being (verb) and choose the good. That it requires a quarter
century is a reflection of the power of the aware human-being. It takes 3 to 4
decades for an intentional human-being to mature unto wisdom, whether to the
good or to the bad.
The fact that no
nation teaches such principles to their youth, adolescents, and adults is an
egregious tragedy.
The religion-free 1787 U.S.
Constitution accommodates development of a civic culture. However, the First
Congress, empowered by some states, who in their ratification conventions
required re-institution of Anglo-American tradition, legislated freedom of
religion to Congress at the expense of the people. This tyranny can be remedied
by amending the First Amendment’s religion clauses to “promoted” instead of
“prohibited”.
More importantly, the civic faction,
We the People of the United States, may and can require every Education
Department to reform, in order to influence the youth to choose to pursue human
being (verb). The transformation of the U.S. to its 1787 intentions can happen
in three generations if not one.
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Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/luc.vanmuylem.7,
Feb 3, 2024
Consider lawyer Rob Natelson's opinion about states' rights
to defend their citizens -- even make military strikes across their foreign
border. I prefer the ineluctable truth to "Tradition and Truth" and
find news and opinion I want to read at The Epoch Times. Natelson is authoring
a Constitutional series there on "How States May Respond to Illegal Immigration".
https://www.facebook.com/corteeny, Feb 3,
2024
Jesus’ process for maintaining the good and constraining the bad
among fellow human beings is in Matthew 18:15-17, which I paraphrase, as
follows.
If a fellow citizen intends or acts bad, tell them, just between the two of
you. If they listen to you, you have won them over. Listen for evidence that you are mistaken, even that you are the
faulty party. But if they will not listen, convince one or two others to evaluate
your concern and agree to ask the accused for a meeting. 17 If they still refuse to listen, tell it to
the society; and if they refuse
to listen even to the society, treat them as you would a stranger.
Everyone knows how difficult it is to learn and practice Jesus’
civic influence. Many churches don’t even teach Jesus, preferring Christ.
However, a few people in every generation adopt the self-interest
of pursuing the good rather than the bad in every choice. Jesus’ influence to
the good dispersed during 1900 years, and now many people image Jesus even
though they never heard his message: if you intend to, your person can perfect
your pursuit of the good and constraint of the bad.
htttps://www.facebook.com/phil.beaver.52/,
Feb 3, 2024
Today, into the year 2024, U.S. lessons on free speech
recall Louisiana’s excellence. Its Declaration of Rights includes “Section 7. No law shall curtail or restrain the
freedom of speech or of the press. Every person may speak, write, and publish
his sentiments on any subject, but is responsible for abuse of that freedom.” The U.S. Amendment I should do so well.
Louisiana subtly turns freedom,
traditional political-fantasy, into responsibility: the impossible into the
possible. Some lawyers and judges, for example Donald Trump accusers, are
experiencing Louisiana wisdom as I write.
In actual reality, freedom is
impossible, because the laws of physics control the consequences of human
choice. The person who chooses not to earn their bread eats whatever the public
offers. Law that does not pursue statutory justice invites ruin. The person who
claims to be theGod better not get cut and bleed. Congress claims its freedom
of religion with no humility to theGod.
U.S. responsible independence rests with
the civic faction, We the People of the United States. But not every citizen is
civic. By “civic” I mean reliably responsible to the good rather than the bad
in human connections and transactions. The U.S. constitutional republic is
losing to democracy, because many citizens fancy freedom rather than
independence. Tradition imposes freedom’s chimera each Independence Day: our
God and our government will take care of you.
In my ninth decade, I appreciate chemical engineering
education for imposing on me the edict: Make certain equipment you specify
cannot blow up or threaten the public. Law schools may and can teach a similar
thought: make certain nothing you express misleads the republic.
Success is impossible without the intention to take
responsibility to the good rather than the bad in every choice. Freedom is no
substitute for independence.
https://www.facebook.com/mick.kassem, Feb 2, 2024
Back when Bush II said, I recall, This is the decade of
democracy, I cringed and spoke to my family, "Oh no! He doesn't realize
the U.S. is a constitutional republic under the rule of statutory justice
rather than public opinion."
This might have been the speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDOxeXmZYFM.
https://www.facebook.com/iamnumerouno,
February 2, 2024
If I promote Jesus' civic influence at my church, I get tolerance -- smiley,
elite pride that someday I will have an epiphany. Then, I happily change the
topic to the weather or LSU sports or "Did you travel last week?"
However, I later resume the work to lessen the impact
of Christ, an unjust, Gentile competition with the Hebrew right to hope for a
future leader, they call "Messiah", who they hope will unite their
traditionally divided tribes.
I hope Jesus' political philosophy, expressed between
citizens who choose the good rather than the bad, will soon unite the civic
faction of We the People of the United States. "Civic" refers to
reliable responsibility to the good in pursuing statutory justice on earth
(Genesis 1:26-28, NIV and CJB, both of which feature "may rule").
Political philosopher Jesus said: Be perfect in the image
described in Genesis 1:26-28. For all I know, Jesus is the author of Genesis 1.
Churches wrote competitively beginning in Genesis 2:4 and
throughout the rest of the Bible. I fear churches, doctrine, and Gods and
neither fear Jesus nor theGod, whatever it may be.
Total strangers who consider civic conversation say they're
going to investigate Jesus' civic influence. I doubt they'll find aid on the
Internet. It's in the faces of civic citizens.
https://www.facebook.com/larry.nalls,
February 1, 2024
Before adolescence, I understood from my community that if I knew Bible interpretation well my
life would go well. Then I read Revelations 22:18-19 and thought, "TheGod
I would follow is not so weak as to perceive the need to threaten me."
Chemical engineering was so threatening I dropped my violin lessons. Five years
into my career I thought, "Holy smoke! I'm no longer a student. Ethyl
expects me to practice chemical engineering.
Gifted with Holly, I thought "Wow! I'm no longer just a son: I'm a father.
And this Protestant boy fell in love with this serenely-confident Louisiana
French-Catholic woman! She's my diamond and I must accommodate her hopes and
comforts. What am I to do?"
Given the chance to vote for Donald Trump, I thought, "At last someone
wants to responsibly establish U.S. independence like George Washington
described rather than freedom and liberty the 1789 French extolled", and
now wait to vote for him 2 more times.
Now, I'm 80 and want to share with anyone to consider Genesis 1:26-28, either
New International Version or Complete Jewish Bible: A
person who pursues human being (verb) gradually approaches their image of
Jesus' civic influence to perfectly rule to the good on earth (Matthew 5:48,
with reference to Genesis 1:26-28).
Low as I may be, I think I was created to pursue a unique, perfect image of
Jesus, the political philosopher. I don’t think it’s necessary to be informed
of Jesus’ civic influence for a human-being to have the intention to always
choose the good. The considerate person perceives the good in self-interest.
It's alright with me if someone wants Christ to save their soul in their
after-death, yet I encourage and would facilitate them to image Jesus or better
during their life. (This debate initiated at a meeting with deceased-Jesus’
brother James' conclusion, reported in Acts 15:19-20. Unfortunately, 1900 years
later James’ idea is expressed as antinomianism: exemption from the law rather
than from the Torah.)
Thank you, Larry, for your short, profound thought.
facebook.com/librarians.co,
January 23, 2024
Yesterday, during my walk with vigor (to improve my chances
of no more heart attacks) I passed a second time a man going in opposite
direction. He was taller than me, not overweight and walking like perhaps
trying to avoid chest pain.
A couple years ago, I was in lesser condition, and one day I thought,
"I'll walk fast enough to invoke slight chest pain and see how it turns
out." Two years later, I'm walking twice as fast with joy -- no pain. And
I get back home sooner.
I wanted to consider sharing my experience with this tall stranger. He
responded to my greeting, "Do you need something?" I said, "I
want to share a thought, if I may." He said, "No, thank you." I
said, "You are welcome" and happily resumed my walk.
When I got to the fitness stations, I was glad to be near the end of my day. A
dog walker whom I had passed on the path stopped and smilingly said, "I
see you made it" -- just making small talk. I felt I had pleased two
strangers.
The world seems like a park. There's joy everywhere.
https://www.facebook.com/douglas.moreman,
January 30, 2024
Immersed in exploring American universities' "free
speech to our campus" obsession with protecting the civic faction, We the
People of the United States, from enlightenment, I am grateful for epiphany
regarding national and western insanity. Thank you.
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https://www.facebook.com/douglas.moreman,
January 29, 2024
Genesis 1:26-28, New International Version, plainly says
male and female human being is in charge of ruling to the good on earth. The
rest of the Bible explains the chaos that ensues when men and women do not
constrain chaos in their ways of living.
Church people do all they can to dissuade fellow citizens from accepting that
they may and can rule personal ways of living. Government takes advantage of
Church influence to create and expand government people power.
The civic faction of We the People of the United States was able to ignore
Genesis 1:26-28 and the Bible's woe until rebels recognized that the rule of
law works in a representative republic only when enough voters perceive
self-interest in statutory justice.
The rebels identify themselves by promoting democracy and social democracy,
because they have no regard for the U.S. constitutional republic.
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https://www.facebook.com/mick.kassem, Jan 29, 2024
All seriousness aside, it is important to note that the
teacher laughed out loud, thanked the parents for informing her, apologized to
the student for perceiving bad expression and trusting the student to respond
to the teacher's concern by talking to the student before contacting the
parents.
Further, the teacher cited the incident without naming the participants to
encourage fellow teachers to always appreciate their student by accepting their
personal authority and integrity -- even if the outcome will be discovery of
the bad.
A most important practice in human being (verb) is to talk, mutually seeking
forgiveness to the offending party. Once the offense and offender are
clarified, the door to happiness has been opened, and a path to mutual
happiness may and can be found.
Phil
Beaver does not “know.” He trusts in and is committed to theineluctabletruth, which
can only be discovered. Conventional wisdom has truth founded on reason, but it
obviously does not work.
Phil is agent
for A Civic People of the United States, a Louisiana, education non-profit
corporation. See online at promotethepreamble.blogspot.com, and consider essays
from the latest and going back as far as you like. He uses the hashtag
#USpreambler.
