EYE ON THE DOLLAR BILL - THE OVERTON WINDOW

In 1782, Charles Thomson, a Founding Father was chosen by Continental Congress to come up with the final design for the Great Seal of the United States. On June 20, 1782, Congress approved Thomson's design for both sides of the Great Seal whose official description for the reverse side specifies:

ANNUIT COEPTIS

Origin and Meaning of the Motto Above the Eye

"A Pyramid unfinished. In the Zenith an Eye in a triangle surrounded with a glory proper. Over the Eye these words 'Annuit Cœptis'. The Eye over it & the motto Annuit Coeptis allude to the many signal interpositions of providence in favour of the American cause." The "all-seeing eye of God" is looking favorably over America.

NORVUS ORDO SECLORUM

Origin and Meaning of the Date & Motto Beneath the American Pyramid

"On the base of the pyramid the numerical letters MDCCLXXVI & underneath the following motto. 'novus ordo seclorum'. The date underneath is that of the Declaration of Independence , 1776, and the words under it signify "the beginning of the new American Æra", which commences from that date." Novus ordo seclorum does not mean "new world order".

THE EYE

The Meaning of the Eye Above the American Pyramid

Those actual facts really ruin any really mysterious conspiracy theory about the ominous threatening EYE to foreshadowing evil or tragic developments on the one dollar bill.

THE REAL EYE - BIG BROTHER

The Meaning of the Big Brother - The Overton Window

It is more important that we keep an eye on the all-seeing eye of Big Brother. It is real. Obama has created, passed and signed into law some of the most sweeping reforms legislation in our nation's history. It has not only redistributed our wealth through taxation, but it has usurped our individual rights as citizens, subordinated our lives under punishing Federal laws and redefined our religious and morale values.

This completely degenerative decay has taken place right under our watchful eyes because we did not keep our eyes on the ball. It is Transformative Learning through our public schools, colleges and mass media. Transformative Learning is a term used in educational theory to describe a process which leads the learner to re-evaluate past beliefs and experience which had previously been understood within assumptions derived from others. (Simply put, what you learned in the past from parents, friends and others is to be questioned and disregarded for Progressive Liberal ideas.)

Progressives like Obama know an important part of Transformative Learning is for individuals to change their frames of reference by critically reflecting on their assumptions and beliefs and consciously making and implementing plans that bring about new ways of defining their worlds. This process is fundamentally rational and analytical, it is utilizing The Overton Window. See the CakeLog Blog on The Overton Window - July 9, 2010.