Census Paranoia

[Maurepas]

Bachmann's insane, no news there. She'd be all for internment camps if they were for gays.

^^^this...
On a slightly related point, how does the Census work? Noone has come up to our house, and we dont have a landline phone anymore...

[Intangelon]

Sounds like someone's taken leave of their census...

Two-thirds of a pun: P-U.

[The South Islands]

Its interesting that so many "conservatives" are opposed to this Census, despite it being one of the few things the Constitution explicitly gives the Federal Government a duty to do.

Apparently, you don't win elections for the GOP without sowing paranoia and fear.

Well, they say that this Census will ask more personal questions. And Census data has been misused in the past. However, if one is uncomfortible with questions, then simply don't answer them. There isn't any rational reason to oppose the entire census on those grounds.

[Greater Americania]

Well, she needs to be voted out of office. Damn Republicans.

[Farnhamia]

If she's a House rep, she's up for re-election in 2010. Might be a good time to nominate someone... sane. Or at least saner. Unless batshit insanity is grounds for removal from office.

It's a little-know clause in Article 2 of the COnstitution: "When each of the Several States shall attain a population to be determined by Congress, at least one of the Representatives in the House shall be either eccentric, indolent or batshit insane. Such determination shall be made in part by a tally of the number of times said Representative mentions 'tubes,' 'sodomites,' 'bestiality,' and 'fiscal responsibility.'" *nod*

[JuNii]

Bachmann's insane, no news there. She'd be all for internment camps if they were for gays.

^^^this...
On a slightly related point, how does the Census work? Noone has come up to our house, and we dont have a landline phone anymore...

depends on the State...
for Hawaii...
the forms are mailed to random households. they fill it out and return it.

others have people that go door to door...

dunno if we have those...

[Lunatic Goofballs]

Sounds like someone's taken leave of their census...

Yay!

[Intangelon]

Bachmann's insane, no news there. She'd be all for internment camps if they were for gays.

^^^this...
On a slightly related point, how does the Census work? Noone has come up to our house, and we dont have a landline phone anymore...

I was a US Census Enumerator back in 1990. Great summer job.

I didn't give out the questionnaires -- my job was to find all the living quarters in the district I was assigned and plot them on a map using the previous Census's address list as a base and adding new LQs as I found them. Once the enumeration is done, the questionnaire is sent out. However, that was 20 years ago, and computers/GPS may have updated that process dramatically since then.

I gotta repeat it, though -- GREAT summer job. Driving all over a census district and looking for houses, trailers, hovels, you name it. US Census credential badge and everything, and $8/hour plus mileage (on my own car) for three months back when that wage was excellent for a 19-year-old.

[Farnhamia]

Bachmann's insane, no news there. She'd be all for internment camps if they were for gays.

^^^this...
On a slightly related point, how does the Census work? Noone has come up to our house, and we dont have a landline phone anymore...

depends on the State...
for Hawaii...
the forms are mailed to random households. they fill it out and return it.

others have people that go door to door...

dunno if we have those...

According to the Census Bureau, they're only using short-forms this time, and most of them will be mailed.

[SaintB]

Counting uses Arabic Numerals; AND its a known associate of vampires!

That's all the reason right there.

[Conserative Morality]

Counting uses Arabic Numerals; AND its a known associate of vampires!

That's all the reason right there.

Yeah! Let's go back to Roman Numerals.

[Grays Harbor]

So we get stuck with shitty politicans who get re-elected until the retire or die, simply based on that issue.

It sucks.

sounds kinda like how Teddy Kennedy has managed to stay in office for so long as well, except for him its because of his name.

[Eofaerwic]

So we get stuck with shitty politicans who get re-elected until the retire or die, simply based on that issue.

It sucks.

sounds kinda like how Teddy Kennedy has managed to stay in office for so long as well, except for him its because of his name.

Arguably it's how a significant proportion of politicians from both side of the aisle stay in power.

In the this country it's the use of 'safe seats' - the party assigns a candidate to a constituency and because voting is generally done on party lines in this country (because overall the impact of a particular party controlling the government is far more significant than the identity of your particular MP) some constituencies are 'safe' seats where if you belong to a particular party you are pretty much guaranteed to get (re)elected. Although sometimes you do get a shake up, like the Conservatives got in 97 and I suspect Labour is going to loose a lot of their safe seats to either the Tories or Lib Dems in the next election

[Ifreann]

This is the first census related story I've heard that's more stupid than people putting Jedi down as their religion in an effort to make it a "real" religion.

[Colonic Immigration]

Isn't it mandatory?

[Greed and Death]

Isn't it mandatory?

Mandatory the federal government performs it yes. Not mandatory you cooperate.

[Galloism]

Isn't it mandatory?

Mandatory the federal government performs it yes. Not mandatory you cooperate.

Actually, portions of the Census are mandatory to cooperate with. You can be arrested for refusing to answer the questions.

I don't know the exact punishment, though.

[Greed and Death]

Isn't it mandatory?

Mandatory the federal government performs it yes. Not mandatory you cooperate.

Actually, portions of the Census are mandatory to cooperate with. You can be arrested for refusing to answer the questions.

I don't know the exact punishment, though.

Cooperate is so much more then not refusing to give an answer.
I could give the answer I don't know. which is answering the question but not cooperating and not helping the census.

[Galloism]

Cooperate is so much more then not refusing to give an answer.
I could give the answer I don't know. which is answering the question but not cooperating and not helping the census.

"How many people live here?"

"Dunno."

I don't think they'll believe you.

[Greed and Death]

Cooperate is so much more then not refusing to give an answer.
I could give the answer I don't know. which is answering the question but not cooperating and not helping the census.

"How many people live here?"

"Dunno."

I don't think they'll believe you.

I would say
Mollayo
yongo chogug hada.

Which if they knew Korean would likely make them laugh their asses off.

[West Failure]

More like senseless paranoia.

[Grays Harbor]

This is the first census related story I've heard that's more stupid than people putting Jedi down as their religion in an effort to make it a "real" religion.

you mean "jedi" isn't a real religion?

[Colonic Immigration]

Isn't it mandatory?

Mandatory the federal government performs it yes. Not mandatory you cooperate.

Actually, portions of the Census are mandatory to cooperate with. You can be arrested for refusing to answer the questions.

I don't know the exact punishment, though.

Being slapped with a wet fish?

[Farnhamia]

Mandatory the federal government performs it yes. Not mandatory you cooperate.

Actually, portions of the Census are mandatory to cooperate with. You can be arrested for refusing to answer the questions.

I don't know the exact punishment, though.

Being slapped with a wet fish?

Being made to be a census taker?

[Colonic Immigration]

Actually, portions of the Census are mandatory to cooperate with. You can be arrested for refusing to answer the questions.

I don't know the exact punishment, though.

Being slapped with a wet fish?

Being made to be a census taker?

The punishment is the opposite of the crime? I wonder how that would work for other crimes... you steal something and your punishment is being given 1£100?