I got an Ask America Survey in the mail from Hastert.

[Ilsa]

Asked for money. Loaded questions. Should I burn it or send fill it out and return it? It had 58 questions.

[dflprincess]

1. I assume it came with a postage paid envelope

so fill it out and return it.

[Inland]

13. But is it part of the "franking privilege"?

MC get to send mail to constituents with free postage.

[saltpoint]

2. Maybe send him back a blank form but enclose a 3x5 with DU's URL.

Throw in other sites, too if you want:

The Nation
The Village Voice
Mother Jones

etc.

Give Denny something to do in his spare time.

[TheFarseer]

3. let's have a sample of the questions

I never get sent stuff like that

[Ilsa]

7. Here you go...

1. Do you support President Bush in his efforts to wipe out terrorism wordwide even if this war goes on for many years?
Yes No No Opinion

2. Do you think American troops should pursue terrorists and their leaders even if it means going into countries where we are not invited?

5. Some critics say that in tracking downpotential foreign terrorists, the FBI and other investigative agencies are infringing on individuals COnstitutional rights. Do you think this is reasonable if it leads to exposing more terrorists in our country?

14. Do you support eliminating the Death Tax?

28. Do you back President Bush's efforts to build a "missile defense shield" to protect America from nuclear attack from rogue states such as Norht Korea and Iran?

43. In recent years, has the federal govt grown more or less intrusive in your personal and business affairs?

51. DO you believe all abortions should be banned?

52. Do you think there should be a Constitutional Amendment banning gay marriage?

[NuttyFluffers]

11. damn, that's almost criminally loaded questions.

the statistician/question writer should have one of his or her gonads removed and switched with the opposite sex. because we all know that in a population of people, testicles = pop. and ovaries = pop. add together, pop + pop = 2pop. so we can divide by two and distribute evenly! so therefore all people have 1 testicle and 1 ovary! yay, statistics!

some people shouldn't be allowed near scientific tools.

[Ilsa]

4. Should I write obscenities on it? I don't want to get investigated.

It is postage paid envelope BTW.

[LeftyMom]

5. Stuff that reply envelope

with gravel, washers, whatever you've got handy that's heavy.

[KaliTracy]

6. if you do decide to fill it or answer differently, make sure there is not

a code number anywhere... that's how they know whether or not you responded and send you another one later.

[Ilsa]

8. There are codes all over it...

the survey, the envelope, etc.

I filled it out for stress relief. I even wrote something about "Jesus wouldn't approve of the way this President and Congress treats the poor and sick." I tried to sound like an unhappy Rethuglican. They covered the economy, SS, Medicare, Immigration, SCOTUS, Education, national defense, terrorism.

[KaliTracy]

9. sounds like a good tactic. hope you were able to relieve some stress! n/t

[EC]

10. To weigh down the envelope and still appear

legit, answer each question separately on a loose sheet of paper, but only one answer per sheet. They are so used to their constituency being somewhat simpleminded, they'll think it's legit...

[NuttyFluffers]

12. or you could just add 2 lbs. of confetti.

then someone can clean it up after. consider it "spreading the gift of surprise and love."

[unhappycamper]

14. I use prepaid envelopes for trash removal.

I cut up old magazines, LL Bean catalogs & the like to fill the envelopes as full as possible. (I fit a whole J Marco mail order catalog in an credit card offer the other day.) I prefer catalogs or magazines over other types of paper because the paper is more dense.

I'd recommend against sand or metal washers. The last thing you need to do is break a USPS sorting machine.

I do not deface any of the bar codes or secret numbers. I want these guys to know who the reply is from.