Franken May Be the Comedian but the Joke is on Bachmann!

The point I was making is that if even a relatively small number of people from her state do what they think she is telling them to do and refuse to fill out the census it could have a negative effect on her state and on her own job. I agree, we as citizens shouldn't be against each other but Michelle Bachmann is probably the most divisive member of Congress.
Annie

Oh yeah, because Nanci Pelosi isn't divisive at all...

When has Nancy Pelosi called for all her colleagues to be investigated for "anti-American" activities?
Annie

They are nothing but politicians in the end. It doesn't matter who says or does what because in the end all they think about is #1.

I only heard her talk about the census and I wasn't aware there was something separate from the census. I know in previous years there was a short form and a long form that only a small number of people received and I'd assumed it would be similar to that this time.
Annie

They are covered in two seperate sections. One by the Constitution and the other by law but they are sent together..

From the article to which I linked:

"Bachmann has been careful to say that she's willing to tell the census how many people live in her household, the basic information that will determine whether Minnesota keeps a congressional seat. But that's a message that's easily lost in her fear-mongering; Beck didn't help when he pantomimed flushing census documents down the toilet."

The thing is, those who would follow any advice of Bachmann's would possibly also be fans of the likes of Beck which would lead me to believe there MIGHT be some who would actually do what Beck suggested and not fill anything out at all.

Annie

I watch Beck and I've never heard him once call for people to break the law.

Irishidid, I don't watch Beck's show very often but I used the last sentence of the paragraph below as my source:

"Bachmann has been careful to say that she's willing to tell the census how many people live in her household, the basic information that will determine whether Minnesota keeps a congressional seat. But that's a message that's easily lost in her fear-mongering; Beck didn't help when he pantomimed flushing census documents down the toilet."

Annie

That really makes no sense at all. What was the significance of April 1?
Annie

I think it's also required to tell the approximate ages so they know how many school-aged children and how many senior citizens live in a particular area. That would make sense.
Annie

Al Franken may have worked as a comedian for many years but he's a very intelligent person. Michelle Bachmann, on the other hand...I give up!
Annie

This is what someone else wrote about Franken on another web site.

This will improve our country: A Godless, profane idiot whose biggest life accomplishments are being a failed comedy writer and bankrupting the only major liberal radio network in the country with his retarded political dialog.

That pretty much sums it up.

I wouldn't call him a "failed" comedy writer. I enjoyed his book "Rush Limbaugh is a big Fat Idiot". I guess we're all entitled to our own opinions, right?
Annie

I guess we're all entitled to our own opinions, right?

Exactly!

I've never heard of that particular book by Franken. Perhaps I would like it, too.

I might still have that book, piasabird. It was entertaining unless you're a die-hard fan of Limbaugh.
Annie

Hey, I forgot, or actually I thought I had already added - in the immortal words of Sally Field..."You like me, you really, REALLY LIKE me!!"

Annie

Showing a great deal of "class"...lol...here's what Senator Jim Inhofe, R-OK said:

"I'll tell you what a lot of people are thinking, and that is it looks like things are going to be over and we are going to get the clown from Minnesota," he said. "They are not going to get more than 35 votes."

http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2009/07/oklahoma_republ.php

Annie

True, but if they simply toss it or "flush it" as advised by Glen Beck it will hurt her. That's what I'm PRAYING for because that woman is a menace...lol!
Annie

your right that she is a menance. But I would rather her get voted out than the people of her area loose their representation.

The people of her area won't lose representation but they could end up being a part of a different district if the state loses one or more districts which would result in the boundaries being redrawn. That happened in Pa. several years ago when the GOP was in control of Congress and it appeared gerrymandering attempts might have cost my Representative, Paul Kanjorski, his seat depending on how the new districts were drawn. As it turned out, that didn't happen but his district did change a bit. He got some areas he didn't have before and some places that had been in his district were put in another one but it didn't affect my immediate area. Typically the party in power will try to do whatever they can to benefit their majority and take away from the minority.
Annie

a lot of people all over this country are not going to completely fill out the census. Fill it out yes. Just not completely. Some of the information is none of tehir business. Especially with ACORN involved.

I understand what you are saying. I was a census enumerator for the 1990 census and the 2000 census. We never asked anyone a question that would put them in jeaopardy or be embarissing to them. I only had a couple or three who were reluctant to give me the required information.

As a genealogist, I have researched many census records going back to 1830 just to find information about my ancestors. Important information that helped me find my roots, such as names of spouce, children's names and dates when they were born, and where they were born. In the 1880 census you could even find out whether your ancestor was in the military or not. All of this information is very important to a genealogist. As time goes by future genealogist, be it family genealogist or one who is paid to do research for you will appreciate knowing these important facts.

Census information doesn't become public until 72 years after it is taken, the 2000 census won't become public until 2072, so I don't know what some people are worried about? The 1930 census became public in 2002. I believe the 72 year waiting period was chosen because most people will have passed on by then, at least during the time when that time frame was chosen.

In 1942 the 1940 Census was used to identify those American Citizens of Japanese descent and rounded them up to be placed in internment camps.

Will this administration use preventive detention to protect us from our selves?

Where did you get that information Bob, I would like to read more about it?

ACORN's role in the 2010 Census has been greatly exaggerated by Michelle Bachmann and others on the right. Here's a WSJ.com article about it:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124623459227366517.html

Here's an excerpt from the article linked above:

"Acorn, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, signed up in February with the bureau to be a "2010 Census Partner," which includes, among other things, identifying job candidates, encouraging its members to participate in the count and distributing literature explaining the importance of the census."

The article goes on to say:

"Census Bureau officials said Acorn is one of 40,000 participants in its partners program. Other partners include Target Corp., Goodwill Industries and Telemundo, the Spanish-language TV network. The partnerships, Mr. Buckner said, are meant to promote the count and boost the number of responses among traditionally hard-to-count populations. Mr. Buckner said Acorn represents some hard-to-count communities."

Annie

Well, you said, it X, you don't know much about Michelle Bachmann. The truth is SHE doesn't know much about the Constitution or about our nation's history. It would be a whole new discussion to go through even a few of her more recent distortions.

Annie

Did you ever hear of the "Hoot-Smalley Act"?

http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1994774.aspx

Annie

ROFL! oopsies!
ok so she swapped a couple letters. May she isn't nessesarily the brightest bulb in the chandelere, or maybe she just sucks at public speaking, but gievn the shape this country is in, I'll take what ever I can get.

sigh, and I justr noticed my own little gaffe in my last comment.

JUST.....j-u-s-t
double sigh.

That's OK, X, typos don't really count. They BETTER not because I've had some bad ones!
Annie