November 25, 2017

Phil Beaver works to establish opinion when the-objective-truth has not been discovered. He seeks to refine his opinion by listening when people share experiences and observations. 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. In other words, a person expresses his “belief,” knowing he or she could be in error. People may collaboratively approach the-objective-truth.
 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 preamble by & for Phil Beaver:  We the willing people 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, beginning on June 21, 1788.

Composing their own paraphrase, citizens may consider the actual preamble and perceive whether they are willing or dissident toward its agreement.   

Our Views (Benjamin Franklin’s plan)

Leave it to The Advocate to promote the past religious morality rather than the potential for civic morality, at last. On my daily blog for November 22, I tentatively called The Advocate’s work “prostitution for Isaacson.” The Advocate seems insistent.

Appreciable as Benjamin Franklin was for some civic collaboration, it’s unfathomable that The Advocate or anyone else would extoll the infamous Parisian womanizer at this historic moment. Perhaps 2017 attention to sexual authenticity is pivotal in seven trillion person-years of human evolution. It seems The Advocate’s conclusion, “pursuit of virtue must always be a work in progress,” plainly will not suffice.

The Advocate could have pointed out that Franklin was concerned about freedom of the press to empower discovery of the-objective-truth rather than to promote a religious or political opinion. See acslaw.org/pdf/Student%20Chapters/Writing%20Competition/Entry%2010.pdf and federalistblog.us/2008/10/freedom_of_speech_and_of_the_press/. The Advocate and all public servants may reform from defense of religion as a vehicle for public justice, place religion in its proper perspective---adult concern for the hereafter, and help promote civic morality.

A Google book-word-usage chart shows “civic morality” appeared in 1820, peaked in 1904, and cycled on a norm starting in 19018. “Social morality” during the same era ended at 7 times the frequency in the year 2000. “Social morality” frequency declined 36% since 1970. “Common morality” is used 3 times more often than “civic morality.”

Civic morality addresses justice in public connections between persons and/or groups. Persons who behave for justice may be described as civic citizens. Social morality addresses conformity to a special-interest group, civilization, statutory law, a chosen organization, association, institutional religion, or affiliation. Social mores change depending on human interests, while civic morality ought to always improve according to discovery of the-objective-truth.

Civic collaboration has not existed, because social morality empowers conflict for dominant opinion. However, it does not follow that civic collaboration, once proposed, cannot happen.

Baton Rouge can assign social morality to its proper place---within associations people choose. The Advocate may promote civic morality. That is, mutual, comprehensive safety and security; civic peace; use of the civic agreement that is stated in the preamble to the constitution for the USA; fidelity to the-objective-truth so as to discover solutions for civic problems; and protection of no-harm religious belief as a private pursuit that does not conflict with either the-objective-truth or civil law. Religious institutions must conform to statutory law.

Baton Rouge may collaborate to lead the nation to civic morality, because the ideas exist here and originated in EBRP library meetings. However, the ideas are not owned. The literature generated by collaboration at library meetings is being read 65% in the USA, Russia 13%, France 6%, Germany 4% and other 12%.

According to physics’ progenies, including biology, only the authentic man can collaborate with an authentic woman---otherwise there’s conflict for egocentric gain. Physics made it so to empower the ovum’s chances to become an authentic human being. People who prostitute human authenticity suffer from their own ambitions. The woman who would attract a man for economic gain risks woe to herself and perhaps to her viable ova. The man who risks a woman’s authenticity may also threaten her viable ova. The industries that promote themselves on male-female attractions create the woe we observe. That includes the press.

A free press feels no need to lessen the misery and loss that obtains from the work of prostituting industries. Wants to sell itself as an uninvolved observer. However, a responsible press promotes discovered civic morality so as to protect children and the adults they become from behavior that is known to beg woe. When woe is invited, it comes without forgiveness. It is invited in infidelity to the-objective-truth.

Beyond The Advocate, other newspapers have the privilege of direct access to EBRP library meeting results---collaboration by more than sixty interested people, with communications world-wide. It is not a government function. It is not a religion. It is not a funded non-profit. It is collaboration by a civic people.

Our Views, Nov 22 (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/our_views/article_0d765ba2-c958-11e7-9d50-070e715d2371.html)

To JT McQuitty: I did not receive notice of your last post and am glad I checked: you touch the heart of the situation.

The information explosion places the adolescent generation in challenge the adult community cannot imagine. Kahlil Gibran touches on the point in “On Children”:  Appreciate children.

Our education system may drastically change from “teaching” to coaching children:  “your life is in your capable hands,” reviewing the current state of knowledge, and coaching them unto human authenticity---with basic understanding and intent to live a full life.

 

(I learned about Einstein's blunder. See google.com/search?q=einstein%27s+cosmological+constant+represents&rlz=1C1CHBD_enUS688US688&oq=Einstein%27s+cos&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0l5.10002j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8.)

Today’s thought, G.E. Dean (Matthew 12:30-32 CJB)

“Those who are not with me are against me, and those who do not gather with me are scattering. Because of this, I tell you that people will be forgiven any sin and blasphemy, but blaspheming the Ruach HaKodesh will not be forgiven. One can say something against the Son of Man and be forgiven; but whoever keeps on speaking against the Ruach HaKodesh will never be forgiven, neither in the ‘olam hazeh nor in the ‘olam haba.”

Dean says “There is not middle ground with Jesus. Where do you stand?”

Dean had to ignore two versus to avoid controversy. Is that blasphemy? I think it is.

Blasphemy begs woe. I cannot understand The Advocate’s participation in Dean’s folly. It’s what the people want? Really? It sells print? Maybe there’s a more profitable way.

    

Letters

Gun safety (Bander) (Nov 25)

Other than excessive gun-permits every two years---maybe five years, I don’t see any conflict with gun owning for self-defense and for hunting in Bander’s proposals. I would be glad to collaborate on Bander’s ideas.

The insufficiency of compromise (Roome)

(Nov 25)

We need 2/3 civic citizens---those who behave and vote for civic morality as offered in the preamble to the constitution for the USA. The-objective-truth rather than government or God draws the people to justice. Political parties vie for dominant opinion, which could not care less for the-objective-truth.

Don’t tread on civic citizens (Morazan)

(Nov 25)

I think Morazan reflects the Louisiana Constitution regarding freedom of expression: “Every person may speak, write, and publish his sentiments on any subject, but is responsible for abuse of that freedom.” la.gov/Documents/Constitution/Article1.htm#§7. Freedom of Expression

A person may yell “fire” and regret it. The NFL is abusing civic citizens who were fans and suffering the consequences.

 

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

  

America first (Donald Lambro) (townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2017/09/22/ignoring-russian-aggression-does-not-put-america-first-n2384867)

Recycling opinion from September 22 seems egregious. See more, below.

Nevertheless, Lambro, like many liberal democrats don’t get it. President Trump looks to Europe to take care of Europe’s problems. In the USA, a civic people like relief from being treated as the pocket book for policing the world.

Same thang in Asia. Let Japan respond to a rocket shot over their island. We the People of the United States are on Japan’s side, but are not responsible for their island.

It’s a fairly easy concept, and a civic person has to wonder about Lambro’s motives. What someone writes does, after all, represent them personally.

  

Block traitors? (Edward Pratt) theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/ed_pratt/article_8e442440-d12c-11e7-8d14-afb34669e75e.html

“[From] George Jean Nathan, an early 20th century drama critic and magazine editor:  ‘Bad officials are the ones elected by citizens who do not vote.’”

Why do writers like Pratt think quoting a bad statement expresses a good idea?

Back in 2000, at LSU, I asked now infamous Donna Brazile, if the DNC was conducting classes to encourage the voter-registrants how to make certain they are voting for personal benefits rather than merely acting as a voting block. You could have heard a pin drop, and I recall Brazile simply said, “No,” then changed the subject.

  

Pratt seems to be living in the past, and The Advocate seems to think it benefits from exposing Pratt’s racism.

Civil-rights and voting rights were long since settled. Unfortunately black power, black liberation embroiled blacks in Alinsky-Marxist organizing (AMO), such as Congressional Black Caucus, OFA and IAF’s Together Baton Rouge. Many blacks think as a block that a black cannot trust a white man.

Block voting produces bad elected officials. A civic people vote for themselves, and they are collaborating for mutual, comprehensive safety and security, otherwise called civic peace.

Whining and pathetic wrting (Georgie Anne Geyer) (uexpress.com/georgie-anne-geyer/2017/10/10/the-trump-within-us)

This liberal-democrat trash is from October 10. What’s going on with The Advocate?

  

Enemy squabbles (David Ignatius) (washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/saudi-arabias-prince-is-doing-damage-control/2017/11/16/e3710ba4-cb14-11e7-8321-481fd63f174d_story.html?utm_term=.cad02bcf9a28)

Happily for a civic people of the United States, President Trump informed the Saudi’s and others that the USA no longer is the policeman of the world. They’ll need to learn to get along on their own or continue to suffer internal misery and loss.

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Physics---that is, mass, energy, and space-time---is an artist. Imagining a sunup photograph with alternative placid water, we appreciate the ripples. We observe the cloud variations. More than ever, we agree that appreciating the art of physics (my friend Dennis, perhaps correctly, says God) is what the photographer artfully observes, captures, and shares. Thank you.

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The human being is potentially so psychologically powerful he or she should be free even though he or she may not articulate that ought. However, he or she is dependent on public collaboration for personal existence. Unfortunately, few people articulate a goal of personal liberty with civic morality, where “civic” refers to human connections with mutual, comprehensive safety and security (civic peace). Some people even think crime pays. Even civic people need an authority that limits personal misery and loss due to un-civic public connections.

A newborn human is feral and must be coached to become civic. The more common verbs are socialized or civilized by education. However, socialization and civilization do not empower personal liberty with civic morality. Education is inferior to information, coaching and opportunity. In other words, constrain dissidents to civic justice so that civic citizens may responsibly pursue private preferences rather than conform to someone’s impositions.

The mature human being needs mutually civic connections rather than imposed authority.

Phil Beaver does not “know” the-indisputable-facts. 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.

November 24, 2017

Phil Beaver works to establish opinion when the-objective-truth has not been discovered. He seeks to refine his opinion by listening when people share experiences and observations. 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. In other words, a person expresses his “belief,” knowing he or she could be in error. People may collaboratively approach the-objective-truth.
 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 preamble by & for Phil Beaver:  We the willing people 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, beginning on June 21, 1788.

Composing their own paraphrase, citizens may consider the actual preamble and perceive whether they are willing or dissident toward its agreement.   

Our Views (Nov 24)

I’m concerned about Gov. Edwards renewing Medicaid contracts as an administrative state and The Advocate laments an 1858 London raw sewage problem. 

There ought to be a law that requires a responsible press in order to qualify as a free press. Let's so amend the First Amendment.

Our Views, Nov 23 (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/our_views/article_f5ae0ffc-caeb-11e7-ab5c-4b4a9ac0e7e3.html)

To JT McQuitty: The state looks at it as human resource: For every $1 the people lose, the state collects $0.22 less bureaucracy and enforcement of laws that gamers break.

 

The Advocate recently compared the gaming $.9 billion revenue with mineral revenue of nearly $0.5 billion. Human misery and pain is counted as a natural resource in these parts.

 

It's difficult to fathom let alone understand thankfulness for such problems.

  

Today’s thought, G.E. Dean (Matthew 19:26-28 CJB)

“Yeshua looked at them and said, “Humanly, this is impossible; but with God everything is possible.” Kefa replied, “Look, we have left everything and followed you. So what will we have?” Yeshua said to them, “Yes. I tell you that in the regenerated world, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones and judge the twelve tribes of Isra’el.”

Dean says “God can do great things because He is the great God of the universe.”

Matthew talked about 12 tribes of Israel. Dean debates the great God, suggesting there are others. Who can abide such lies? Public justice may come from a civic people.

    

Letters

Education for parents (McConduit) (Nov 17)

It is unfathamable to read "as president of . . ." non-profit. Such blatant egocentricity in a state with public education ranked perhaps 1150th in the world---46th in the USA, which is 25th in the world.

 

It occurred to me that part of the problem is a significant portion of the people lobby for African-American history, which in world competition for economic viability is of no interest! None!

 

Let's put aside social morality so as to focus on civic morality---collaboration for civic justice and civic peace. Let’s teach our children that they are persons---each one.

  

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

  

Illinois: still realing from Al Capone (George Will) 

(effinghamdailynews.com/opinion/columns/george-f-will-opinion-column-in-illinois-a-looming-battle/article_0fce52a2-d852-5db1-b1d2-0bdf1c1b3a9a.html)

I appreciate Will’s reform from Trump bashing, even if it is temporary.

As a strong-arm for “government worker’s unions Madigan supports” the Democrat. “Madigan enlisted Barack Obama to campaign against the [lone Democrat who supported the Republican], [the loner] was purged.”

Obama seems linked to Al Capone through Chicago’s Saul Alinsky, at least his son: see newenglishreview.org/DL_Adams/Saul_Alinsky_and_the_Rise_of_Amorality_in_American_Politics/ .

Together Baton Rouge also seems an Alinsky-Marxist organization (AMO): “part of the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF)”; see togetherbr.org/about. 

I recall an old saw:  Hoodlums of a feather flock together.

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libertylawsite.org/2017/11/23/giving-thanks-for-trust-old-and-new/

Professor McGinnis and gabe, Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.

I like trust and think humility is the best protection from personal gullibility.

But I work to deliver fidelity, first for its own sake, and so as to warrant appreciation among fellow citizens for my civic morality. I don't always succeed, but am getting better, because of the very idea that fidelity is what I want to employ to guide my connections.

The intention to fidelity came to me by decades of contemplation of thinkers like George Washington, James Madison,  Abraham Lincoln, Ralph  Waldo Emerson, and Albert Einstein, to cite a few, as well as conversing with contemporaries here and abroad. I have not stopped reading and listening to the people.

There is a hierarchy of fidelity: to the-objective-truth, to self, to immediate family, to extended family and friends, to the people (the nation), to the world, and to the universe, both respectively and collectively.

There may be better times ahead.

  

Phil Beaver does not “know” the-indisputable-facts. 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.

November 23, 2017

Phil Beaver works to establish opinion when the-objective-truth has not been discovered. He seeks to refine his opinion by listening when people share experiences and observations. 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. In other words, a person expresses his “belief,” knowing he or she could be in error. People may collaboratively approach the-objective-truth.
 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 preamble by & for Phil Beaver:  We the willing people 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, beginning on June 21, 1788.

Composing their own paraphrase, citizens may consider the actual preamble and perceive whether they are willing or dissident toward its agreement.   

Our Views (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/our_views/article_5ffbe81e-ca67-11e7-931c-43e818fe3e62.html)

The 2016 caption was, “In year of loss, Thanksgiving means even more throughout Louisiana.” That seems understandable and commendable, but “Give thanks for our problems”?---not so much.

Rather than The Advocate’s support of bickering, the people need leadership for a better future.

After 229 years under the controversial ratification of the preamble to the constitution for the USA, the collective practice under the civic agreement stated therein has not emerged. “We, the people” maybe, but “We the People of the United States [who adopt the agreement stated herein]”---not at all. Especially, the abuse and neglect of posterity---children, grandchildren, and beyond—is fruitlessly lamented daily.

I hope a civic people collaborate so that next Thanksgiving, The Advocate may write gratitude for civic citizens---those who collaborate so as to approach the totality, “We the People of the United States.” The Advocate may choose to help rather than continue to stonewall these ideas: practicing the preamble, the-objective-truth, civic morality, civic peace, personal liberty with civic morality, iterative collaboration, and Personal Independence Day each June 21 to commemorate the 1788 establishment of the USA.

I disagree with The Advocate’s premises. A better future is available not through unity, together, tolerance and bickering but through integrity to civic morality through widespread fidelity to the-objective-truth.

In 1788, the civic citizens, 2/3 of eligible voters in the nine states, specified a republican form of government and good-will collaboration for the goals stated in the preamble. Dissidents, the 1/3 voting “No” were free to oppose the goals, but not free to bicker for democracy, which was and is known to produce either chaos or tyranny. Democracy as sovereignty to vote, Yes, but democracy to impose on other sovereign citizens, No. And collective democracy is more chaotic than a majority.

The people’s---the nation’s---successes are neither responsible nor liable for obesity and sedentary habits. Single-payer nations are discovering this reality of the human condition.

Health-care, health insurance, and government expand on adult appetites.

Illegal immigration threatens freedom and opportunity for We the People of the United States.

The-objective-truth makes itself known, and refuting discovery begs woe. The people may discern integrity depending upon whether or not persons and institutions are willing to collaborate to discover and make use of the-objective-truth.

A civic people authorize a free press. I challenge The Advocate to a more responsible “Our Views” on November 22, 2018.

Our Views, 11/22 (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/our_views/article_0d765ba2-c958-11e7-9d50-070e715d2371.html)

To JT McQuitty: I appreciate your collaboration, in at least three ways: articulating the arts confusion The Advocate expressed, understanding Einstein (I don’t claim to, only try) and challenging standardized testing.

Your Einstein quote points out the essential value of imagination in Einstein’s work. It worked for both his good and his bad. His best, perhaps the 1915 general theory of relativity gained evidentiary support in 2015 with the detection of gravitational waves, here at LIGO: ligo.caltech.edu/news/ligo20160211.

However, when he modelled the universe, his brilliant mathematics informed him that the universe is expanding, rather than static, as he imagined. His hubris respecting assumption in competition with mathematical brilliance influenced him to introduce a fudge factor to force the model into his paradigm: the universe is static. But Edwin Hubble proved that the universe is expanding. The very humble (IMO) Albert Einstein, visited Hubble and thanked him for rescuing Einstein from the blunder.

But more importantly (to my theory) you captured Einstein’s phrase, “absolute knowledge.” Since 2006, I have sought a reliable way to express that the-objective-truth does not yield to human evaluation (that could lead to qualifications like “absolute”). What seems absolute today may be made obsolete by tomorrow’s discovery. Moreover, the-objective-truth does not even respond to opinion; the path of history may be changed by opinion, but the consequence of choice is controlled by the-objective-truth. For example, Bush II erroneously chose to invade Iraq. Again, the CSA erroneously opined that the African slave trade was a defensible institution of God. The phrase I wish to improve, by collaboration with other people, is “the-objective-truth.” The three hyphenated words define the topic: the reality from which everything emerges, including fiction and lies. I do not know the-objective-truth.

A similar statement may be made about knowledge, a human property. Absolute knowledge can apply to any progeny of reality:   discovery, technology, the good, nomenclature, fiction, beliefs, lies, crime, evil, and so on. Thus, we have hygiene knowledge, political knowledge, opinionated knowledge, theological knowledge, global knowledge, universal knowledge, etc. Awareness of everything, untainted by opinion, may be thought of as the-objective-knowledge. The-objective-knowledge is well informed about subjective knowledge. In other words, humankind collaborates to discover the-objective-truth, and awareness of current attainment is the-objective-knowledge.

I do not know the-objective-truth, which can only be discovered. Yet fidelity to the-discovered-objective-truth and the interconnectedness of the discoveries is beneficial for the persons who wish to develop the practice: fidelity. The-objective-knowledge is not so essential, as David Hume (d. 1776) pointed out: for example, it is not necessary to consider Bush II's opinions.

 

The human need to practice fidelity is universal and ought to be the first objective of civic education, where “civic education” refers to adults collaborating with connected children. Development of fine arts is an adult, personal pursuit, but preparing to take charge of basic, personal understanding and intent to live a full life is a coachable civic responsibility to self. Exposure to fine arts (K-12) is complimentary to preparation to take personal charge of the fidelity to the-objective-truth in order to personally satisfy Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.

Children, with the opportunity to live some 80-90 years, enter the leading edge of 6000 years of humankind’s knowledge. Exponentially increasing discovery will determine their future responsibilities. Today’s teachers and civic justice cannot imagine children’s future (Kahlil Gibran, “On Children”). Therefore, the education system that would serve children transfers the basic knowledge, skills for staying at the edge of the-objective-knowledge, the ability to think, motivation to take charge of the personal opportunity for a full life, and the intent to develop fidelity to the-objective-truth.

Development of fine art is an adult practice that, for success on par with Leonardo da Vinci, requires above average awareness of the-objective-truth. Isaacson’s opinion that “true creativity thrives at the intersection between the technology and the arts” seems debatable. Einstein might have done even more if he had relied on his mathematical genius more than his creative paradigm.

Today’s thought, G.E. Dean (Psalms 23:1-3 CJB)

“Adonai is my shepherd; I lack nothing. He has me lie down in grassy pastures, he leads me by quiet water;  he restores my inner person. He guides me in right paths
for the sake of his own name.”

Dean says, “When we have the Lord, we have all that we need.”

    

Both David and Dean negotiate with the Lord. However, Dean takes it a step further, perhaps to assumed possession: “we have.” In humility, a human may wait to be chosen. When I was a boy, as sand lot choices were made, some boys begged to be chosen next. I chose not to plead and often was the only one left, so was not chosen at all. It was OK with me, and I always did my best.

However, my most serious concern is that my wisdom would lead me to choose the Lord while the Lord that otherwise would have chosen me turns to another. I prefer not to risk my wisdom.

Metro Council deadlocked down party lines 

"The five Democrats backed LaMont Cole, while the five Republicans present supported Matt Watson. Cole promised to be 'critical, but fair' of applicants, earning him applause from the Together Baton Rouge crowd."

I wonder how "fair" plays into a procedure under Mayor Broome's guidelines and her platform of church and dialogues on racism.

I'm reminded of John Rawls' vail of ignorance for justice-as-fairness and of 2002 when the YWCA's indoctrinater Maxine Crump tried to impose white privilege and guilt on my psychology. I was the wrong object of subjugation: I saw people as people and still do. I see us divided: a civic people versus dissidents to justice.

Some people are soldiers for Alinsky-Marxist organizations (AMO), such as IAF. See togetherbr.org/about. "Together Baton Rouge is part of the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF), the nation’s oldest and largest broad-based organizing network." 

To BRFMV: Those are creative thoughts, but juries can be rigged.

Maybe restructure the Metro Council like Congress. Have an upper group and a lower group with longer terms for the upper chamber. Let the meetings be together, with separate votes in each group, and collaboration by the two groups before action may be taken.

  Letters

Medicare Advantage “could” (Karl) (Nov 23)

The problem is that next year, the plan could change.

The insufficiency of compromise (John) (Nov 23)  

The pipeline also protects the craw fishermen from the otherwise needed 18-wheeler traffic.

Historic Tax Credit (Berni and Hecht) (Nov 23)  

The opinion as to what is historic plays into this special interest so heavily that it is a burden to the people. Look at the national cost of Mitch Landrieu’s opinion about historic property. Best to end the tax favoritism.

 

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

  

The media polarize the people (Bernard Goldberg) (townhall.com/columnists/bernardgoldberg/2017/11/14/how-cable-news-fuels-polarization-n2408933)

First, note that Goldberg opines that the opinionated Keeyanne Conway's statement about ratings is "an objective truth." Does a double opinion constitute and objective truth? Is there an entity properly regarded as "subjective truth," or is that merely opinion?  Do opinions expressed by writers for the press really matter?

“There is nothing in the U.S. Constitution, of course, protecting the rights of car manufacturers or people who make shoes. But the business of information -- especially political information -- being considerably more important to the wellbeing of the republic, is different than any other business. Or least it's supposed to be.”

There are two wonderful features of this column. First, Goldberg does not use the word “democracy,” and second, he tacitly suggests amendment of the First Amendment so as to require a free and responsible press.

I nominate this column for expressing the most important subtlety in 2017:  The first amendment ought to be revised so as to require a free and responsible press.

  

Cannizzaro’s struggle (James Gill) (Nov. 23)

 The DA seems to jinx himself.

Gill’s words are interesting. Hizzoner is inappropriate for a female mayor. I’m embarrassed to look up cynosure---director or guide. Inured means accustomed to receiving the undesirable. I hope I understand.

  

Against Trump? (Clarence Page) theadvertiser.com/story/opinion/columnists/2017/11/23/if-sen-al-franken-steps-down-he-shouldnt-alone/886192001/

Clinton carried innocence until proven guilty to the absurd, but the press and the Democrats established that some people are so important to some people that morality does not matter. This was so important to me at the time that a former friend gave me the ultimatum that if I could not perceive Clinton’s essential value he did not want to talk to me anymore. I see no reason to oppose a neighbor’s ultimatum.

In Clinton’s case, it seems he asserted that she was having sex with him but he was not having sex with her. Understanding Clinton’s "is" expression, whatever his point may have been, I cannot escape questions like how did Moore women get in situations not to report unwanted intimacy forty years ago?

Even in the court of public opinion, there’s room for doubt. Moore seems sleazy enough to consider “No” vote based on his behavior with the Ten Commandments---clearly not a civic document. However, I’d vote for Moore over David Duke.

 

Leaving California to escape Democrats (Cal Thomas) (http://journalstar.com/opinion/columnists/cal-thomas-high-taxes-breed-moving-experience/article_fe43ea21-f5fa-5945-97ea-2e04fc5158e2.html)

Gasoline at $4/gal. Rated last for business. Earthquakes, floods, forest fires, sanctuary state, social medical coverage, traffic, tech workers bunking up.

The 39.25 million there are moving at a rate of 0.11 million per year or 0.3% per year. Not to worry without term limits.

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I woke up this morning thinking how strange it is that that this country has evolved from freedom of thought, a personal duty, to freedom of religion an institutional imposition. The fact that a person chooses not to alienate himself or herself from whatever may/not control the unfolding of everything isolates that person from most citizens. Yet, he remains of We the People of the United States, those who trust and commit to the preamble and strive to establish civic peace.

I do not feel alone but cannot speak for other people.

Phil Beaver does not “know” the-indisputable-facts. 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.

November 22, 2017

Phil Beaver works to establish opinion when the-objective-truth has not been discovered. He seeks to refine his opinion by listening when people share experiences and observations. 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. In other words, a person expresses his “belief,” knowing he or she could be in error. People may collaboratively approach the-objective-truth.
 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 preamble by & for Phil Beaver:  We the willing people 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, beginning on June 21, 1788.

Composing their own paraphrase, citizens may consider the actual preamble and perceive whether they are willing or dissident toward its agreement.   

Our Views (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/our_views/article_0d765ba2-c958-11e7-9d50-070e715d2371.html)

The Advocate continually---almost continuously--disappoints.

  

This morning, someone baits prostitution for Isaacson, who hardly needs a sales department, then switches to advertising for liberal-democrat teachers and professors in general. I exclude liberal arts teachers in K-12 from my complaint.

  

“. . . schools and universities are cutting liberal arts education at society’s peril. Americans shouldn’t have to decide between technology and the arts.”

Here’s my assessment of most liberal arts professors. They are so disconnected from the-objective-truth they don’t seem to realize how far technology has improved the human condition yet how regressive civic morality has been. STEM professors cannot escape the-objective-truth, because discovering evidence that can be demonstrated by other people is their method of study. However, liberal arts imagines a route to utopia and creates a body of theory and says “Let’s go there.”

How many billions of dollars in US education funding been spent on variations of John Rawls' veil of ignorance? How many ways can free-market enterprise be denigrated by communism, socialism, collectivism, communitarianism and their progenies?

Albert Einstein taught liberal arts. In a 1941 speech, his only example of the-objective-truth’s impact on ethics is: civic citizens don’t lie to each other so they can communicate. Einstein did not create such ideas by taking liberal arts classes. He contemplated, during his later years, the source of human psychology and concluded that it is the same as the source of energy, mass and space-time. Further, in the discovery of ethics, there is no place for human goals, emotions, and beliefs: There’s only discovery.

Liberal arts, especially liberal democracy insists that the-objective-truth responds to human reason, rights, and dignity. Like Einstein, who was indeed a genius, the attempt to construct human theory should happen only after a person has established the basic understanding and intent to live a full life.    

To SandraandMichael Evans: Thank you for happily, I hope, helping me make a point and, additionally, supporting exclusion of K-12 teachers in my complaints against many liberal college professors.

The Advocate lamented "cutting liberal arts education." I wrote my understanding of Einstein's 1941 speech, "Further, in the discovery of ethics, there is no place for human goals, emotions, and beliefs: There’s only discovery."

Some fine arts, like music, employ physics to express imagination. Others spring from intellectual constructs, such as creation of the universe depicted in the Vatican.

Imagination is essential to both fine arts and in discovery of the-objective-truth. Study often begins with imagination that a phenomenon has been observed and advances to acquisition of the evidence to prove what was imagined. However, when the-objective-truth informs the student that imagination focused on a mirage, it must be put on the shelf of fine arts, at least until a discovery justifies return to the pursuit of evidence other students may reproduce.

Atheism, for example, is a fine art---so far there's no evidence for it. Humankind may need to employ senses not yet discovered to take that question off the imaginary shelf labeled, "We don't know."

  

Today’s thought, G.E. Dean (Matthew 17:5 CJB)

“While he was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them; and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my Son, whom I love, with whom I am well pleased. Listen to him!"

Dean says, “We too should take time to hear the Lord Jesus. Take time to read the Gospels.”

I do not condone literature that advocates hate for loved ones in order to adopt ideas, and I don’t accept rationalisms that attempt to convert the choice of “hate” to express concern or other noble motive.

    

Letters

Racism? (Banks) (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters/article_171fd5d6-c98d-11e7-a352-e726637d750c.html)

Does “the rubric . . . ensure every candidate is evaluated based on a single standard,” prevent the application of Mayor Broome’s platform---church and dialogues on racism?

  

Is “confirmation bias” a politically correct rubric for racial bias?

I don’t understand Banks’ purpose.

Preservation opinionated (Wampold)

(theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters/article_073c2e92-ccb4-11e7-8c8e-7390e9ac8563.html)

To Ending Wasteful Spending In Government: These tax credits end up as profits for the business. The people (including tax payers) pay it, and it is better to let the people keep the money they earn.

Democrat talking points (Villarrubia)

(theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters/article_3876714c-ca3f-11e7-a384-abc1a02b6f73.html)

I agree. I especially like Villarrubia’s focus on the people instead of the usual “taxpayers.” Taxation by liberal democrats hurts everyone but the parties the Democratic party favors---mostly the Democrat insiders, like the infamous Clinton Foundation.

  

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

  

A stake in capitalism (Lanny Keller) (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/lanny_keller/article_39ab8b00-cb21-11e7-ae45-9f49a9cabadd.html)

To Andy Ringswald: For a citizen “to use the mayor-president's favorite word, unity,” requires signing on for church and dialogues on racism. I won’t go there, and I oppose the pastor’s coalition and the AMO affiliate, Together Baton Rouge. Who elected AMO to intimidate the Metro-Council?

I advocate public use of the agreement that is stated in the preamble to the constitution for the USA, as stated. However, I advocate “unity” only as integrity in collaboration for civic justice. Church and dialogues on racism have nothing to do with either integrity or civic justice.
  

Baton Rouge needs to stop special-interest payments so as to maintain the infrastructure. Cut back on CATS and COA, for example. Also, don’t even propose property taxes without sales tax supplements so as to share the cost with all citizens.

I will vote “No” on every pure property tax until I perceive there is civic reform in these parts. No more church and dialogues on racism and Together Baton Rouge.

  

The people (GEORGIE ANNE GEYER) weatherforddemocrat.com/opinion/columns/russia-china-are-winners-during-trump-s-asia-trip/article_2d88abdf-bdb8-5d12-ac93-bdd8d5787aef.html

Liberal democrat writers get it but resist President Trump’s commitment to the American people.

Citizens that don’t bone up on the founding ideas for this nation---a people, are not working for themselves in collaboration with President Trump.

A good starting point is General Washington’s uninvited suggestions to fellow citizens. He referred to them as “your Excellency.” Read founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/99-01-02-11404 and perhaps understand why some citizens call Washington the father of the USA.

  

Black stalking horses (Walter Williams) townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2017/11/15/stalking-horses-n2408644

What has the Congressional Black Caucus done for blacks? Williams lists “the grossly rotten education in our big-city schools, mandated minimum wage, 33 black on black murders per police shooting of a black.”

“Political hustlers blame [ignore] the fact that poverty and racism were much greater yesteryear, when there was not nearly the same amount of chaos. Also ignored is the fact that the dangerous living conditions worsened under a black president's administration.”

“[B]lack Americans [may] stop being useful tools for the leftist hate-America agenda. White liberals ought to stop feeling guilty so they can be [appreciative] in their relationships with black Americans.”

Deep into my eighth decade, I never warranted guilt, and I walked out of the sixth and final Maxine Crump 2002 performance as indoctrinator in the YWCA’s dialogues on racism. 

No one can impose guilt I did not earn. 

Phil Beaver does not “know” the-indisputable-facts. 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.

November 21, 2017

Phil Beaver works to establish opinion when the-objective-truth has not been discovered. He seeks to refine his opinion by listening when people share experiences and observations. 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. In other words, a person expresses his “belief,” knowing he or she could be in error. People may collaboratively approach the-objective-truth.
 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 preamble by & for Phil Beaver:  We the willing people 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, beginning on June 21, 1788.

Composing their own paraphrase, citizens may consider the actual preamble and perceive whether they are willing or dissident toward its agreement.   

Our Views (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/our_views/article_b55fcbe4-c8c9-11e7-8ddc-0324d594d049.html)

It amazes me that in this time of epic reckoning---after American social morality was splintered by the 1948 Kinsey report, “Sexual Behavior and the Human Female,” versus H. A. Overstreet’s “The Mature Mind,” 1949 (17 reprints), writers produced this lame editorial. The Advocate drags readers from disillusionment to an unspecified antidote: more mystery.

The Advocate laments “political disenchantment — a theme with heightened currency these days in a deeply divided America," but seems to have “given up on finding any sense of moral order in the world.”

The Advocate could promote ideas expressed daily in this forum. For example, use the civic agreement in the preamble to the constitution for the USA to make better choices: “liberty versus tyranny, [sacrifice versus selfishness], civility versus savagery.” By ignoring this Baton Rouge based idea, The Advocate expresses “guarded detachment.”

The Advocate might realize that freedom of the press is not “really freedom but paralysis.” Only by exemplifying an unquenchable quest to discover the-objective-truth can a responsible press emerge. A business plan can avoid aloofness from civic morality.

The Advocate seems to claim journalism’s only cause is its business---“a condition of civic disengagement.” The press claims aloofness from civic morality; fostering competition for dominant opinion seems more attractive than collaborating for mutually comprehensive safety and security---in other words, civic peace.

Ridicule for a preambling citizen may pop in The Advocate’s mind.

Today’s thought, G.E. Dean (Matthew 18:8 CJB)

“So if your hand or foot becomes a snare for you, cut it off and throw it away! Better that you should be maimed or crippled and obtain eternal life than keep both hands or both feet and be thrown into everlasting fire!”

Dean says, “Hell is a terrible eternal place. Jesus came to save us from Hell. Put your faith in him.”

Accepting Matthew and Dean’s concerns about the afterdeath is a matter of double gullibility. First, they are gullibility to their differing personal wisdoms and second, adopting their concerns requires gullibility to another man’s gullibility. At both levels, relief comes from humility. Humility can further help by inspiring fidelity to the-objective-truth, which can only be discovered.

    

Letters

Guns for hunting and self-defense (Robins-Brown, Nov 17)

(theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters/article_6152a82a-ca57-11e7-b756-376229f84eea.html)

To Todd Lewis: please, if you like, modify this for general publication, but in any case post it at the top of this thread. Everybody should benefit from the seemingly complete legal review.

Also, as you demonstrate, the law changes. To improve the consideration you quote from the Gun Control Act of 1968, "this title is not intended to discourage or eliminate the private ownership or use of firearms by law-abiding citizens for lawful purposes," I would modify "law-abiding citizens" to "civic citizens as defined in the preamble to the constitution for the USA." After that, I'd only need "civic citizens" to emphasize how a sovereign person is defined: by civic morality. Collaborators constantly work for civil morality that conforms to justice. (Civic morality is my continuing work but is not beyond this debate.)

An inciting publication (Bordelon)

(theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters/article_2fb8bf4a-cb22-11e7-aa89-43dcaa9e8bd8.html)

I avoid Pratt’s writing. I want collaboration for mutual, comprehensive safety and security or civic peace, which Pratt rarely touches. My thanks to Bordelon is regretful, because reading Pratt’s hate is as bitter as reading that “Jesus” competes with my family members for my commitment and trust (Luke 14:26).

Bordelon is correct: Quoting Pratt, “I hope [the shooters and] their children have suffered. And for the other deputies who knew who did it and didn’t tell, you are no more than members of a criminal conspiracy, and like the shooters, I hope the devil has chased you and yours.” theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/ed_pratt/article_60302792-c59d-11e7-af23-8f45601eea6a.html

Obviously, The Advocate thinks Pratt’s hate needs their support. Nourishing hate distances a person from himself. I think The Advocate errs, and somebody should be fired.

Ova care (McClain and Williamson)

(theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters/article_e149690c-cbd2-11e7-921a-7f262651b5b4.html)

The government approach is neither reliable nor financially viable. Abuse and neglect of children in this country is out of control, and novel thinking is in order.

I perceive a viable remedy with two approaches. Legislate procreation licensing to lessen the misery and loss that is brought to ova that end up as a life without appreciation. Legislate a child incentives program that empowers each person to take charge of his or her transition from feral infant to young adult with the understanding and intent so as to live a full life. These ideas are presented in my essay, “Child incentives brief,” just now the first URL on Google search.

  

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

  

Lying media (Byron York) (townhall.com/columnists/byronyork/2017/11/16/at-air-force-academy-a-perfect-hoax-for-age-of-trump-n2409384)

Was Jay Silveria grandstanding for the lying media? Was he a victim of Barack Obama’s OFA or some other Alinsky-Marxist organization (AMO)?

I appreciate York’s catalogue of recent hoax’s and wonder how many came from OFA or AMO.

What’s most egregious is Silveria’s low opinion:  If you can’t treat others with dignity and respect, get out!

A person’s behavior should warrant appreciation, and with reliability and accomplishment, respect may come. And dignity is a personal attitude that cannot be damaged by someone else’s erroneous expression. As long as you know your behavior should be appreciated, it matters not if some chooses to ridicule you. However, Silveria, based on poor performance in high responsibility, should be fired.

I get ridicule all the time for encouraging people to consider the civic agreement that is stated in the preamble to the constitution for the USA and for recommending fidelity to the-objective-truth. The ridicule does not bother me, but the preamble’s neglect does.

Other forums 

Atheism seems as arbitrary as theism: the claim that there is no God is an arbitrary response to an arbitrary hypothesis---in other words, a response without the verifiable evidence that there is no God. Humankind may develop new ways of perceiving that will allow the discovery, and in the meantime, it’s more satisfying to claim, “I don’t know if God exists or not.”

If the other party insists, a good response to any point of argument is Hector Presedo’s “Are you certain?” This question works well with both atheists and theists. A civic expression of opposing commitment is, “That’s a leap of faith I cannot take.” For example, if someone says, “I’ll be praying you won’t burn in hell,” it is not civic to tell them where to go or what could happen.

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The human being is potentially so psychologically powerful he or she should be free even though he or she may not articulate that ought. However, he or she is dependent on public collaboration for personal existence. Unfortunately, few people articulate a goal of personal liberty with civic morality, where “civic” refers to human connections with mutual, comprehensive safety and security (civic peace). Some people even think crime pays. Even civic people need an authority that limits personal misery and loss due to un-civic public connections.

A newborn human is feral and must be coached to become civic. The more common verbs are socialized or civilized by education. However, socialization and civilization do not empower personal liberty with civic morality. Education is inferior to information, coaching and opportunity. In other words, constrain dissidents to civic justice so that civic citizens may responsibly pursue private preferences rather than conform to someone’s impositions.

The mature human being needs mutually civic connections rather than imposed authority.

Second post: Thank you for your collaboration for clarification.

Each human being is born dependent and collaborative with his or her caregiver-coaches. Humankind ought to offer each new human the opportunity to develop personal liberty with civic morality, in other words civic justice. To put it another way, each human is faced with two developmental challenges: he or she may, in a lifetime, develop fidelity that approaches perfection, even though humankind's path to fidelity seems regressive.

 
Human societies and civilizations evolved such that they compete for dominant opinion rather than collaborate for a culture of justice. Justice can only be discovered based on the-objective-truth. Wherein humankind has not discovered the-objective-truth, justice follows the theory of the-discovered-objective-truth to determine "Yes" or "No"---or "We don't know," when the theory does not apply. Thus, civic people know not to lie about evidence for evolution, but facing the question, "Did God control evolution?" civic people answer, "We don't know." Being civic does not prevent a person from pursuing hopes for their afterdeath or other hereafter according to their preference.

The people are divided on the culture of justice into civic citizens versus dissidents. Dissidents may be innocent, ignorant, arbitrary, criminal, evil and worse. The civic citizens collaborate to either reform or constrain the dissidents.

Each person has the potential psychological power to collaborate for an overall culture of justice, so that he or she may pursue social morality and civil morality according to personal preference rather than the dictates of the society or civilization.

Civic citizens of the world collaborate for a culture of justice based on the-objective-truth, which can only be discovered, so that each person's private hopes may be enjoyed in peace.

  

Phil Beaver does not “know” the-indisputable-facts. 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.