Here Comes The 2010 Census
It seems the feds are required to get into high gear preparing for the census at least two years before they send out the snoops, and they've got their questions prepared. No intrusive long forms this time like they gave to 1 in 6 households in 2000, just intrusive short forms.
"Already, the federal and state governments are preparing for this invasion of our privacy. The complicit mainstream media has been hired by government to announce and solicit compliance with this survey. Even my local radio station and newspaper are running ads for census taker positions daily. Testing centers have been opened and applicants are being interviewed. High wages are being offered to anyone willing to strong-arm the local populace. If this is going on here in my small community, it must be going on in every community. Just what is the cost of such a venture and how many new government agents will be hired to take on this task of counting heads?
The main problem, of course, is that over the years the U.S. census has taken on a new, lengthy and very intrusive nature."
As far as I can gather the only question a citizen has to answer is about the number of people living at your dwelling. Now I know the political mess whenever a census comes around, with charges of under and over counting and gerrymandering, and this one is doubly sensitive because it's the first one taken during a dem administration in 30 years.
They claim the data is all about community benefits and federal needs, but they always say that crap to justify their behavior. I don't see the need for anyone to know about relationships or my telephone number or if I have difficulty bathing for shit's sake. It's a far cry from the constitutionally required head count every ten years.
Now, you'll be told that all your information is protected by law and any unauthorized disclosure is a punishable offense. What they aren't going to tell you is the number of authorized disclosures to corporate partners and other government agencies like Lockhead Martin, the defense department and homeland security. Apparently the census bureau is a front to get information these other entities aren't able to get on their own.
Not only are the census snoops data mining the population at large, they even consider the whole process a social experiment to find out the amount of compliance to intrusive questioning, a sort of test to know the level of sheep-attitude:
"It turns out the most personal question the U.S. Census Bureau asked this year might not be the number of toilets in your home. It might have been your Social Security number.
About 21,000 American households received a census form asking respondents for that all-important nine-digit number, in addition to the typical inquiries on race, gender and age. It was a little-noticed experiment conducted by the Census Bureau to see how Americans would respond to being asked for the figure, a study aimed at determining whether Social Security numbers may be used in the next census to help count heads."
Aside from that there's the census bureau's biggest historical black mark, one fact that was dragged out of the government the last time around that should give everyone pause about this exercise in interrogation. The U.S. Census Bureau Gave Up Names of Japanese-Americans in WW II:
"Despite decades of denials, government records confirm that the U.S. Census Bureau provided the U.S. Secret Service with names and addresses of Japanese-Americans during World War II. The Census Bureau surveys the population every decade with detailed questionnaires but is barred by law from revealing data that could be linked to specific individuals. The Second War Powers Act of 1942 temporarily repealed that protection to assist in the roundup of Japanese-Americans for imprisonment in internment camps in California and six other states during the war."
In case no one noticed, after 9/11 the federal government has done a lot of things it previously couldn't have done, all justified in the WOT scam. It's not inconceivable that history might repeat itself, and answering all those prying questions might only give them what they need to do it again.
"Already, the federal and state governments are preparing for this invasion of our privacy. The complicit mainstream media has been hired by government to announce and solicit compliance with this survey. Even my local radio station and newspaper are running ads for census taker positions daily. Testing centers have been opened and applicants are being interviewed. High wages are being offered to anyone willing to strong-arm the local populace. If this is going on here in my small community, it must be going on in every community. Just what is the cost of such a venture and how many new government agents will be hired to take on this task of counting heads?
The main problem, of course, is that over the years the U.S. census has taken on a new, lengthy and very intrusive nature."
As far as I can gather the only question a citizen has to answer is about the number of people living at your dwelling. Now I know the political mess whenever a census comes around, with charges of under and over counting and gerrymandering, and this one is doubly sensitive because it's the first one taken during a dem administration in 30 years.
They claim the data is all about community benefits and federal needs, but they always say that crap to justify their behavior. I don't see the need for anyone to know about relationships or my telephone number or if I have difficulty bathing for shit's sake. It's a far cry from the constitutionally required head count every ten years.
Now, you'll be told that all your information is protected by law and any unauthorized disclosure is a punishable offense. What they aren't going to tell you is the number of authorized disclosures to corporate partners and other government agencies like Lockhead Martin, the defense department and homeland security. Apparently the census bureau is a front to get information these other entities aren't able to get on their own.
Not only are the census snoops data mining the population at large, they even consider the whole process a social experiment to find out the amount of compliance to intrusive questioning, a sort of test to know the level of sheep-attitude:
"It turns out the most personal question the U.S. Census Bureau asked this year might not be the number of toilets in your home. It might have been your Social Security number.
About 21,000 American households received a census form asking respondents for that all-important nine-digit number, in addition to the typical inquiries on race, gender and age. It was a little-noticed experiment conducted by the Census Bureau to see how Americans would respond to being asked for the figure, a study aimed at determining whether Social Security numbers may be used in the next census to help count heads."
Aside from that there's the census bureau's biggest historical black mark, one fact that was dragged out of the government the last time around that should give everyone pause about this exercise in interrogation. The U.S. Census Bureau Gave Up Names of Japanese-Americans in WW II:
"Despite decades of denials, government records confirm that the U.S. Census Bureau provided the U.S. Secret Service with names and addresses of Japanese-Americans during World War II. The Census Bureau surveys the population every decade with detailed questionnaires but is barred by law from revealing data that could be linked to specific individuals. The Second War Powers Act of 1942 temporarily repealed that protection to assist in the roundup of Japanese-Americans for imprisonment in internment camps in California and six other states during the war."
In case no one noticed, after 9/11 the federal government has done a lot of things it previously couldn't have done, all justified in the WOT scam. It's not inconceivable that history might repeat itself, and answering all those prying questions might only give them what they need to do it again.
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