2010 Census

inmytreeinmytree Posts: 4,741
edited April 2010 in A Moving Train
I received mine and sent it out...it wasn't too hard...

it seems that those teabaggers are f-n themselves by listening to M. Bachmann ...

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2010/ ... seats.html

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  • blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    Everyone get the same questions? All mine were like names, ages, race of the people who lived there.

    I got the chain e-mails beforehand fear mongering about all sorts of big government crap that was supposed to be on there. Like most fear-based lunatic ramblings, reality is quite benign compared the conspiracy.
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  • __ Posts: 6,651
    Why on earth would anyone be opposed to the census?? :?
  • inmytreeinmytree Posts: 4,741
    Everyone get the same questions? All mine were like names, ages, race of the people who lived there.

    I got the chain e-mails beforehand fear mongering about all sorts of big government crap that was supposed to be on there. Like most fear-based lunatic ramblings, reality is quite benign compared the conspiracy.

    Mine form had the same basic info as yours....

    I really don't understand the issue folks have with the Census...
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    mine was the same way...took less than five minutes to fill out, and i didn't even have to put a $.42 stamp on it...
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • Pepe SilviaPepe Silvia Posts: 3,758
    what were people freaking out about? i hadn't received any chain emails about it or maybe i have, i generally ignore things that say FWD
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  • inmytreeinmytree Posts: 4,741
    what were people freaking out about? i hadn't received any chain emails about it or maybe i have, i generally ignore things that say FWD

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/0 ... 24175.html

    Crazy M. Bachmann is fanning the flames...much like moths, the teabaggers moved toward the fire light...
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    inmytree wrote:
    what were people freaking out about? i hadn't received any chain emails about it or maybe i have, i generally ignore things that say FWD

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/0 ... 24175.html

    Crazy M. Bachmann is fanning the flames...much like moths, the teabaggers moved toward the fire light...
    when is she up for re-election?...i can't wait to donate some cash and get her the fuck out of office....
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    it was easy.
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  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
    inmytree wrote:
    Crazy M. Bachmann is fanning the flames...much like moths, the teabaggers moved toward the fire light...
    ...
    It is possible the Rep. Bachman may have her Congressional District Lines re-drawn as the result of the census showing lower than actual numbers from her district.
    Irony? Or Poetic Justice?
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  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    I didn't get any emails, but I don't like our government promoting racism by asking questions about race so I didn't answer those. Plus, there are no definitions of race that are objective, so I really can't answer anyway.

    I wasn't real fond of the questions about the mortgage on the home, but I did answer that one.
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    know1 wrote:
    I didn't get any emails, but I don't like our government promoting racism by asking questions about race so I didn't answer those. Plus, there are no definitions of race that are objective, so I really can't answer anyway.

    I wasn't real fond of the questions about the mortgage on the home, but I did answer that one.
    it is just general demographic information for god's sakes...
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • StarfallStarfall Posts: 548
    Hey if those teabaggers don't wanna fill out the census, I won't stop them. Means the rest of us get more stuff like funding for schools and infrastructure... .and gawsh maybe even reverse decades of gerrymandering by Republicans.
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  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
    know1 wrote:
    I didn't get any emails, but I don't like our government promoting racism by asking questions about race so I didn't answer those. Plus, there are no definitions of race that are objective, so I really can't answer anyway.

    I wasn't real fond of the questions about the mortgage on the home, but I did answer that one.
    ...
    Mine had nothing about mortgage... just Name, Age, Gender, Phone Number, Race (Martian), How many in the house, Any others in the house, Are you sure no one else in the house... nothing about financials.
    ...
    Here it is:
    http://2010.census.gov/2010census/how/i ... e-form.php
    Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
    Hail, Hail!!!
  • scb wrote:
    Why on earth would anyone be opposed to the census??

    Racial/ethnic information that people volunteered about themselves on census forms was used to help the government round up Japanese Americans and put them in concentration camps.
    "May you live in interesting times."
  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
    scb wrote:
    Why on earth would anyone be opposed to the census??

    Racial/ethnic information that people volunteered about themselves on census forms was used to help the government round up Japanese Americans and put them in concentration camps.
    ...
    Just don't check the box marked 'Japanese'.
    Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
    Hail, Hail!!!
  • unsungunsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    I filled mine out with all spanish sounding names and stated everyone was here illegally. Soon after that I was deluged with offers of welfare, financial aid, and numerous Democrats courting me for my future vote.
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    unsung wrote:
    I filled mine out with all spanish sounding names and stated everyone was here illegally. Soon after that I was deluged with offers of welfare, financial aid, and numerous Democrats courting me for my future vote.
    when did you fill yours out? i received mine 10 days ago and mailed it a week ago...amazing how fast the entitlement programs work :roll:
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • unsungunsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    They want the vote. :lol::lol:

    Actually I'm more than likely not going to return mine or I am going to leave many places blank.
  • the fascination some Americans have with cutting off their noses to spite their faces, never ceases to amaze me.

    don't fill out the census forms if that's how you feel. and please don't complain when not as much funding is directed your way for hospitals/schools/emergency services etc, to name a few. you won't be requiring them because according to the census results, that's a few less numbers that need to be taken into consideration.

    unbelievable. these forms are designed to try and help you.
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    its going to be really funny to me when they redraw congressional districts after the census and some of these heavy GOP states had many people not complete the census forms and these states end up losing a district or two and the corresponding representatives...for example, if texas loses three districts, there are three less texas republicans in the house...just something for you people to think about when you choose to falsify census data or "forget" to fill it out and submit it....
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • __ Posts: 6,651
    the fascination some Americans have with cutting off their noses to spite their faces, never ceases to amaze me.

    don't fill out the census forms if that's how you feel. and please don't complain when not as much funding is directed your way for hospitals/schools/emergency services etc, to name a few. you won't be requiring them because according to the census results, that's a few less numbers that need to be taken into consideration.

    unbelievable. these forms are designed to try and help you.

    Maybe if they don't stand up to be counted they shouldn't be able to use the hospitals/schools/emergency services.
  • Growing Number Of Americans Distrust Census

    Despite the fact that the 2010 Census form is the shortest in recent history, some anti-government activists are refusing to answer any question besides the number of people in their household.

    What information are they trying to keep private?

    Anything that evokes a little bit of mystery, and rekindles that old spark between us and the Census Bureau How often on-again, off-again boyfriend was shacking up
    That they can't remember new offspring's name
    How many times they ordered some Time-Life item off television only to claim it never arrived, demand a new set, and then return that one for a full refund
    That they are Osama bin Laden
    That they prefer to sleep in a Vaseline-lined thermal pouch
    Whether they rent or own their heavily armed secessionist compound
    Their DNA sequence, which, according to multiple credible websites, the Census collects from saliva on the return-envelope adhesive and then adds to a secret government database .
  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    Cosmo wrote:
    know1 wrote:
    I didn't get any emails, but I don't like our government promoting racism by asking questions about race so I didn't answer those. Plus, there are no definitions of race that are objective, so I really can't answer anyway.

    I wasn't real fond of the questions about the mortgage on the home, but I did answer that one.
    ...
    Mine had nothing about mortgage... just Name, Age, Gender, Phone Number, Race (Martian), How many in the house, Any others in the house, Are you sure no one else in the house... nothing about financials.
    ...
    Here it is:
    http://2010.census.gov/2010census/how/i ... e-form.php

    Read question #3 again a little more closely.
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    know1 wrote:
    I didn't get any emails, but I don't like our government promoting racism by asking questions about race so I didn't answer those. Plus, there are no definitions of race that are objective, so I really can't answer anyway.

    I wasn't real fond of the questions about the mortgage on the home, but I did answer that one.
    it is just general demographic information for god's sakes...

    I'm not opposed to the Census or distrust that they'll do anything with the info.

    I'm just against promoting racism and that's what the government is doing by asking to classify people by race.

    And I've said this before, but there are no objective definitions of race so the government can't even define what white or black are. If they don't define them, how can they ask a person to classify themselves?
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • __ Posts: 6,651
    know1 wrote:
    I'm just against promoting racism and that's what the government is doing by asking to classify people by race.

    How on earth does acknowledging the existence & importance of race promote racism? Many people use this info to identify/combat racism.
    And I've said this before, but there are no objective definitions of race so the government can't even define what white or black are. If they don't define them, how can they ask a person to classify themselves?

    People identify themselves as certain races & they want to know how you identify yourself. They don't need to impose their definitions on other people in order for people to know their own race.
  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    scb wrote:
    know1 wrote:
    I'm just against promoting racism and that's what the government is doing by asking to classify people by race.

    How on earth does acknowledging the existence & importance of race promote racism? Many people use this info to identify/combat racism.
    And I've said this before, but there are no objective definitions of race so the government can't even define what white or black are. If they don't define them, how can they ask a person to classify themselves?

    People identify themselves as certain races & they want to know how you identify yourself. They don't need to impose their definitions on other people in order for people to know their own race.

    People are people. Classifying them as anything else promotes racism. That is my belief.

    I also believe that we're all of mixed race at this point anyway.
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
    know1 wrote:
    Read question #3 again a little more closely.
    ...
    All it asks is whether you own or rent the house you are currently living in. Nothing about mortgage specifics.
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    Hail, Hail!!!
  • inmytreeinmytree Posts: 4,741
    know1 wrote:

    People are people. Classifying them as anything else promotes racism. That is my belief.

    really...how so...?
  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    inmytree wrote:
    know1 wrote:

    People are people. Classifying them as anything else promotes racism. That is my belief.

    really...how so...?

    It shouldn't be too difficult to see. If I ask you to define yourself as one of a handful of pre-selected races, then I'm propagating racism. I'm not saying racism would go away completely if we weren't forced to pick a color by our government, but it sure doesn't help that we do.

    And what's the purpose, really? When you really think about it, what purpose does it serve to classify Johnny as white, Jimmy as black and Joe as hispanic? It doesn't serve any good purpose and it's just plain stupid.
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    Cosmo wrote:
    know1 wrote:
    Read question #3 again a little more closely.
    ...
    All it asks is whether you own or rent the house you are currently living in. Nothing about mortgage specifics.

    Well it does ask whether you own with a mortgage or without. That's what I was referring to when I said the question about mortgage.
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
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