Bush announces new Dept of Ontological Security

Washington, by special correspondent.

The Bush Administration announced this morning at the Sunday services of Alexandria's Re-Born and Forever (Coke-head No-more) Cathedral that the new Dept of Ontological Security would be headed by Tony Blair. Blair has recently retired as British Prime Minister and, according to UK tabloids, is converting to Roman Catholocism. This took him out of the running for Special Ambassador to the Mid-East for the Coalition of the Insane, but Condo Rice insisted that a spot be made for him. "This is the man who got down on his knees with the President!" said the Rice-person. "Ontology has got to be taken care of by such an ass-kissing piece of friendship!"



Ontological security also involves having a positive view of self, the world and the future.Ontological security is a stable mental state derived from a sense of continuity in regard to the events in one's life. Giddens (1991) refers to ontological security as a sense of order and continuity in regard to an individual’s experiences. He argues that this is reliant on people’s ability to give meaning to their lives. Meaning is found in experiencing positive and stable emotions, and by avoiding chaos and anxiety (ibid; Elias, 1985). If an event occurs that is not consistent with the meaning of an individual's life, this will threaten that individual's ontological security. from Wikipedia