An Ol' Broad's Ramblings
Parental Instructions
If your young’un comes home from school, instructing YOU what to do….whack his backside, pack his/her bags, and tell him to get a job!
Homework: Get Your Parents To Fill out the Census
The U.S. Census Bureau has launched an aggressive campaign to get school children to influence their parents to participate in the 2010 Census. This is part of a $13 billion national public information effort, and will reach about 56 million students in 118,000 schools. The plan is to disseminate posters, maps, teaching guides and lesson plans to every school in the nation. Schools will have a Census Week shortly before the Census questionnaires are delivered to residential addresses this month. During Census Week, teachers will spend 15 minutes each day talking about civic participation. Extensive lesson plans for grades K-12 are designed to integrate census-related information into subjects such as history and math. The aim is to persuade children to persuade their families to be sure and fill out the census information. Teachers will emphasize the benefits of Census participation. Census population counts will determine how many Members of Congress each state will have in Congress and how much federal money each congressional District will get.
Article 1, Sec.2: (in part)
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.
For the ill informed, enumeration: to ascertain the number of. You know….count. Like, “Hey…how many people live in your house?” THIRTEEN BILLION OF OUR TAX DOLLARS! Oh yeah…makes LOADS of sense, doesn’t it!
First off, considering the excessive spending of this administration, and it’s minions in Congress, is this such a wise use of OUR money? What am I saying? NOTHING the federal government does when it comes to spending is “wise”.
Second, contrary to what the liberals in education would like to believe, and are doing their best to accomplish, they are NOT our children’s parents!
The 2010 Census appears to have only 10 questions. In reality, it only needs ONE: How many people live in your home? Maybe ages should be included, but I don’t think that’s necessary either. So, if there are supposedly only 10 questions, what the heck is this? Whole lot of questions about race, don’t ya think? (Uh…what happened to the ‘post-racial’? Yeah, that’s what I thought.)
Housing? Income? What does all this have to do with how many people live in this country? Oh, wait a minute! There should be one specific question, right at the beginning of this so called census: Are you a legal resident of the United States of America? If yes, please continue. In English. If answer is no, get your ass back to where you came from! Do not pass go, do not collect $200!
