Getting My Mind Right - Part II

In my previous assignment I began the work of realigning my world view.  That lesson made apparent that I am out of step with the media and our society in general.  Today’s lesson continues that realignment focusing on my thinking about our governmental institutions. 

On the Role of Government

	What I thought it was…	What it really is…
The US Constitution:	Our guiding framework defining liberty, limiting government.	An impediment to progress.
The Congress:	The seat of representative government ruled by democratic process.	A secretive, front-group dedicated to socialist ideology.
The Senate:	The world’s greatest deliberative body.	A body of self-directed rulers- for-life.
The Supreme Court:	The arbiter between our laws and the courts, to assure their alignment with the Constitution.	Where laws are made.
The Presidency:	Popularly elected head of the Executive Branch, head of state and commander-in-chief.	Revisionist historian tasked with deconstructing our role as leader of the free world.
The States:	The several political entities empowered by and for the benefit of their respective constituents, invested with all rights of its people, except for those delineated powers given to the federal government.	The local organs of government responsible to fund and implement federal mandates.

This is harder than I thought it would be.  I didn't realize I was this confused.  I can see I have a lot of work to do.  I'm glad I'm getting a jump on it.

Getting My Mind Right

I am an American.  I love liberty.  I believe in God, my Creator.  I believe in self-responsibility and the work ethic.

Therefore according to academia, the media, the EU and the UN: 

I am ignorant, myopic, largely responsible for the injustices in the world today, naive, intolerant, and just plain wrong.

And so, I am attempting to improve myself through a home-study course, Mao called it re-education, beginning with the premise: everything I know is wrong.

Lesson One.

On wars and rumors of wars -

Terrorism   :   Man-caused disaster
Iraqi Terrorist   :   Insurgent
Weapons of mass destruction   :   There aren't any
Jihad    :    efforts by former victims of western imperialism at self-determination
US Military    :    Occupation Forces
Iran's nuclear weapons program   :    Renewable energy
Israeli sovereignty   :    Zionism
US Diplomacy in the Third World  :   Empire building
Communism in the Third World    :    Humanitarian efforts
The Third World    :    Countries who have their minds right   
Fascist    :    OK when used in the context of Nazi Germany or the Republican Party


And, oh yes, we have always been at war with Oceania.


How am I doing?