steveh_131
Grandmaster
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Judas was just doing his job too. Only he was smart enough to demand gold for his government service rather than Imperial credits.
Actually it was silver. Also this is ridiculous.
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Judas was just doing his job too. Only he was smart enough to demand gold for his government service rather than Imperial credits.
I don't remember as many commercials, radio spots, mailings, etc. in 2000. Maybe I simply wasn't paying as much attention back then. I do think its funny that they don't even hide the fact that its all about money now. The radio spots are sickening...participate or your community will be punished by not receiving money for roads and schools!
I too received my reminder letter that the real form will be coming soon. Even my wife, who is much less cynical than I, got a laugh out of the "pre-census" letter.
Joe Williams,
Will you be armed during your census tour? Or do they take away that right for $15/hr?
If you come to my door, you'd better be ready to talk about guns with me.
I really don't know if we are allowed to be armed or not. They never addressed the issue while covering the rules and safety issues during training.
I am, of course, always up for gun talk
That's ridiculous, why would a census worker need to shoot a dog,...oh wait...I'm guessing that if it comes up, they'll say you can't, so definitely don't bring it up. I certainly wouldn't do that job without being armed. You never know when you'll need to shoot a dog in self-defense.
In 2000 the Clinton Administration conducted the census by "statistical sampling." IOW, they would do things like count the number of houses in a small area, make an estimate of how many people lived in them, and use that guess to make another guess at how many people lived in a larger area. They did not conduct an actual headcount.
All the people complaining now about the Census conducting a really for real headcount, which is what the Constitution actually requires? You guessed it, they were up in arms then saying the Administration was playing games with the Census. Just ain't no pleasin' some folks!
So why isn't there just 1 question on the form? How many adults live here? That seems like all you need for an enumeration to set districts. Other than the spending and the GPS, I think that is the major complaint most people have.
Why are you asking me? That's utterly pointless. The Constitution doesn't give "Joe Williams" the authority to determine how to conduct the Census. Call your Congresscritter. They are who sets those rules, and they work for you.
Why are you asking me? That's utterly pointless. The Constitution doesn't give "Joe Williams" the authority to determine how to conduct the Census. Call your Congresscritter. They are who sets those rules, and they work for you.
Becuase sadly to "common US Citizen Joe/Jane" YOU (as a temp federal employee) are the ONLY interaction that they have with our federal government. Chances are good that they don't get any emails from their rep/congressman since they probably are not on the mailing list, how often is there rep on the news, how often does their rep come to town, hold any type of meetings, etc...
Most people now-a-days are just real busy. Thus when YOU come a knocking you are going to hear (99%) of the time all the bad things they feel the feds are doing. It's not right but that is the way life is. Just like how any sitting president is always blamed for everything in the nation when in fact it's congress that passes laws, spends $$$, etc... Yet the "face of the nation" is one person. It's just human nature to focus on a single item.
As you pointed out I'm a "temp federal employee," as low on the totem pole as they go!
Fully one-quarter of the space on this year’s form is taken up with questions of race and ethnicity, which are clearly illegitimate and none of the government’s business (despite the New York Times’ assurances to the contrary on today’s editorial page). So until we succeed in building the needed wall of separation between race and state, I have a proposal.
Question 9 on the census form asks “What is Person 1’s race?” (and so on, for other members of the household). My initial impulse was simply to misidentify my race so as to throw a monkey wrench into the statistics; I had fun doing this on the personal-information form my college required every semester, where I was a Puerto Rican Muslim one semester, and a Samoan Buddhist the next. But lying in this constitutionally mandated process is wrong. Really — don’t do it.
Instead, we should answer Question 9 by checking the last option — “Some other race” — and writing in “American.” It’s a truthful answer but at the same time is a way for ordinary citizens to express their rejection of unconstitutional racial classification schemes. In fact, “American” was the plurality ancestry selection for respondents to the 2000 census in four states and several hundred counties.
So remember: Question 9 — “Some other race” — “American”. Pass it on.
Joe, when I check the box, do I fill it in completely, or can I just put an x there in the box?
Do I use #2 pencil or pen?