Critcal Thinking vs. Thinking Critical

Which method do you use while expressing your point of view or is it YOUR point of view?

Critical Thinking - the mental process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating information to reach an answer or conclusion.

Thinking - thought; judgment, reflection

Critical -
1. inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
2. occupied with or skilled in criticism.
3. involving skillful judgment as to truth, merit, etc.; judicial: a critical analysis.
4. of or pertaining to critics or criticism

Let's test it. While we have the dictionary out let us take a look at the most popular word used during these two campaigns: CHANGE.

Change - to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone.

Stay the course now, almost done: Democrats become the majority in Congress during the last election via a platform of change (e.g. get out of Iraq, etc). Hmmm... No change so far, and these are the folks charged, legally with the power to DEFUND the war - remember the constitution grants the power of the purse/cash to congress, right. Hmmm.

So to clear up the vocabulary problem our astute, fearless and snake charmer like candidates have caused during this election cycle I offer a correction: what they really mean to say is "Expand".

Expand - to increase in extent, size, volume, scope, etc.

It is okay to say EXPAND, because expansion of the Federal Government is clearly the plan of both sides. It is NEVER okay to lie. You may not use the word "CHANGE" to illustrate the difference between things that are exactly the same: EXPANSION.

--Heard of sheep?