2009 January 18 « Greymarq’s Antagonym

notion:

notion – a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; “his impression of her was favorable”; “what are your feelings about the crisis?”; “it strengthened my belief in his sincerity”; “I had a feeling that she was lying”

impression, belief, feeling, opinion

idea, thought -

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; “it was not a good idea”; “the thought never entered my mind”

presence -

the impression that something is present; “he felt the presence of an evil force”

effect -

an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived); “he just did it for effect”

first blush -

at the first glimpse or impression; “at first blush the idea possesses considerable intuitive appeal but on closer examination it fails”

hunch, suspicion, intuition -

an impression that something might be the case; “he had a SLIGHT intuition that something had gone wrong”

notion – a general inclusive concept

concept, conception, construct -

an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

mumpsimus -

a traditional notion that is obstinately held although it is unreasonable; “he still holds to the old mumpsimus that a woman’s place is in the kitchen”

notion – an odd or fanciful or capricious idea; “the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories”; “he had a whimsy about flying to the moon”; “whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it”

whimsey, whimsy, whim

idea, thought -

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; “it was not a good idea”; “the thought never entered my mind.

nation: [We ARE/ will be ONE.]

NATIONS=Nations or states are independent bodies politic; societies of men united together for the purpose of promoting their mutual safety and advantage by the joint efforts of their combined strength.

But every combination of men who govern themselves, independently of all others, will not be considered a nation; a body of pirates, for example, who govern themselves, are not a nation. To constitute a nation another ingredient is required. The body thus formed must respect other nations in general, and each of their members in particular. Such a society has her affairs and her interests; she deliberates and takes resolutions in common; thus becoming a moral person who possesses an understanding and will peculiar to herself, and is susceptible of obligations and rights.

It belongs to the government to declare whether they will consider a colony which has thrown off the yoke of the mother country as an independent state; and until the government have decided on the question, courts of justice are bound to consider the ancient state of things as remaining unchanged.

A Premise=

 n : a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a
     conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has
     been injured we can infer that he will not to play" [syn:
          premiss, assumption]
     v 1: set forth beforehand, often as an explanation: "He premised
          these remarks so that his readers might understand..."
     2: furnish with a preface [syn: preface, introduce]
     3: take something as preexisting [syn: premiss

(the)promise=

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence,^[1] promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

a reason for= freedom [In so many words.]

As we begin a new administration of leadership I thought that a small outline of what the NOBLER reasons for our being here, and so many WANTING to be here, could be "rounded up" and placed in front of "the huddled masses" to rethink of why we've found ourselves ACCEPTING what OUR "ELECTED" have "STEERED" us into. (You know it's ALL about their BULL and any MARKET they can SELL the plentiful B(u)y- Products.) The sad fact is that WE have let 'someone else do the jobs that are OURS by RIGHT of DESIGN, ( it's unique to our needs.), and profound OWNERSHIP for us.

I cannot write your unique dissertation of life, but I CAN remind you of WHY you choose what you do.With a few very BASIC (re)building blocks we may be able to reset the ORIGINAL parameters that set this NATION on its intended course. This post is an intensional catalyst for that RE-VIEWING of the "notion".