Latest RW/Freeper lunacy: Don't answer census questions, they're "unconstitutional".

[arbusto_baboso]

Yup, this is the latest idiotic RW meme flying around e-mail. I found out, courtesy of my idiotic BIL. <SIGH> Being that stupid should be painful.:banghead:

[spanone]

1. what is it about bil's ??? i've got one who believes every word he hears on faux nooze

[KansDem]

11. Me, too!

About ten years ago I was talking to my BIL and out of the blue he said, "Do you listen to Rush Limbaugh? Good stuff!," so I laughed in response thinking he was kidding or being sarcastic...

...he wasn't.

[CTyankee]

14. Got one of them bil's. Luckily he's in Wisconsin and I'm in CT.

He lives in liberal Madison and I know that annoys him. If I get him on the phone I like to say "how is it out there in the People's Republic of Madison?" Just to get on his nerves...

[mikelgb]

2. We should encourage them. We could get entire states with no reps

For what purpose does the Senator from Idaho-Utah-Wyoming rise?

[arbusto_baboso]

3. That does have a certain appeal....

However, my innate progressive fairness prohibits me from letting someone screw themselves if I can help it.

[47of74]

7. Actually according to the Constitution they'd have an at-large Rep then

One Rep for the whole state. Depending on how the state is that could squeeze out the crazy.

[HopeHoops]

4. The fact that the census is REQUIRED by the Constitution wouldn't be a factor here.

They can't be bothered with facts.

[zbdent]

9. facts have a liberal bias ...

that's why they don't recognize them ...

[Exultant Democracy]

5. How do the type when they can't read. They wouldn't know the constitution if they burned one.

[KingFlorez]

6. They are just going to cheat themselves out of seats

When reapportionment comes around, the skewed numbers will cause less Republican seats.

[Deep13]

8. I would like to encourage that view among RWers.

I won't mind the blue states having a few more districts.

[Renew Deal]

10. I encourage them to not submit the census.

:evilgrin:

[secondwind]

12. I hope they refuse to fill out forms IN DROVES! They'll get no services, no representation, ZERO.

It's mind-boggling to see how stupid these people are!

I was told by a wingnut 2 days ago that she was tired of hearing about the cancer patients who are not covered ...she told me "why should your change my healthcare because "someone" has cancer and cannot pay for it? Send them to me, I'll have my church pay the premiums"....they simplify things just like a small child would. Hello, lady!!!!

Oh, and the "fix economy quick scheme" thought up by some nutjob on the right. Give each of the 40 million people currently unemployed or struggling $1 million dollars, conditioned on their buying an American car (that should fix the car industry).....buy a home (that should help the economy), etc. They fail to recognize that they are talking about a 40 TRILLION IDEA!

asshats, all of them.

[Puzzler]

13. Would these guys still be against the census if McCain had won ...

... in 2008?

Or let's go a step further: what if McCain had won, died in office a few months later and Palin (god forbid) was now president? There would still be a census, and I'm sure that the Freepers, Bachmann and the rest of their ilk, wouldn't even be concerned about it.

This anti-census BS is such an obvious fraud. Where were all of these guys during the previous censuses?

[Arkana]

17. No.

But you see, now that that awful Negro man won the Presidency, it must be because of a secret Afro-Communist/Fascist plot to take over the gummint.

E: Do I need the sarcasm tag? Do I REALLY?!

[AlinPA]

15. This was started by Bachman (R-MN) months ago when she said she wasn't going to answer census

questions. With the teabaggers being active now, there could be a lot of "red: districts without federal funds and maybe even some redistricting so that R's lose some seats.

[Arkana]

16. That's funny--they weren't "unconstitutional" in the 2000 census.

Hmmm.

Can't IMAGINE why they're raising a stink now. Nope.

[Contrary1]

18. I can see why the Freeps wouldn't want do it...

Took me all of three minutes to fill it out. They can't concentrate that long.

[arbusto_baboso]

19. And judging from their website, literacy is always an issue for them.

[uppityperson]

20. Isn't there a long form of census, asking more questions?

That is the one I've heard complaints of.

[Dappleganger]

21. This came up the last two census events.

[Bold Lib]

22. Article 1 Section II

Article 1 Section II

The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct.




I would say they have a point that any questions regarding gender, nationality, income, and so forth is not in the Constitution. The Constitution says "Enumeration" and that is all. So the question becomes: Do any other questions of a personal nature violate a person's established right to privacy?