Concerned w/ 2010 Census & have question

[mcurrier]

A young lady came by here a couple of week's ago. All they are doing is verifying address's for the form's to be sent out next year.

Most houses have the address on the front side. Or the mailbox or curb.

[XclntONE]

my thoughts exactly. the street sign 100 feet from my driveway says the street name clear as day and i have numbers on my mailbox and front porch.

[Steelharp]

Several friends and I all went and took (and passed) the test to work for the Census. Not one of us was ever called back. We are all Republicans. Coincidence?

Yes. I'm a Republican, and I got called. I couldn't do it because I was out of town during the time frame they needed. Loosen the foil, pal.

Some houses are in different sectors, and if the house next to you isn't in the designated area for the worker, they'll pass it by.

[mcurrier]

Loosen the foil, pal..

Will get right on that!

Here's something a friend just emailed me -

Obama and ACORN GPS Marking EVERY Front Door in America?

or

Surprise! Census Comes Early, With A GPS To Map Your FRONT DOOR | Right Soup

Draw your own conclusions.

[oldogy]

I came home today around 11:00 hours and found a truck backing out of my driveway. A government identification sticker was clearly displayed on the windshield. The driver, had found my gate locked, could not see the house way back in the woods so he was leaving. As I pulled up I quickly went from CC to open carry and asked if I could help him. He displayed his credentials and asked if he could get the coordinates at my front door. I opened the driveway gate and he followed me the 1/4 mile to the house, got out of his truck and seeing that I was open carrying asked if it was alright to get the coordinates. After doing so he made a quick glance at my other buildings, a detached two car garage and a pole barn, guess he was looking for additional living quarters but said nothing. After this he handed me a privacy form, thanked me and said good day.
I don't really like the idea of the government poking around on my property but I guess he was only doing what he was getting paid to do.
oldogy

[TGO David]

Will get right on that!

Here's something a friend just emailed me -

Obama and ACORN GPS Marking EVERY Front Door in America?

or

Surprise! Census Comes Early, With A GPS To Map Your FRONT DOOR | Right Soup

Draw your own conclusions.

Yeah... that's pretty ****ing out there. Seriously. The Census Bureau was putting together the equipment and logistics for the 2010 Census long before Obama assumed power.

[Mark@Sea]

Census worker came by while I was out. Told Sue she had to fill out a form, Sue said she'd rather not until I got home. C.W. got snippy, told Sue she had to fill it out.

That didn't work out well.

AFAIK, CW filled out an 'incident report', noting Sue was 'uncooperative'.

Can someone tell me, without discussing tinfoil, how a lat and long (gps coords) corresponds at all to a mailing address?

[Fallguy]

Can someone tell me, without discussing tinfoil, how a lat and long (gps coords) corresponds at all to a mailing address?

Every person that is supposed to be counted may not be living at a place that has a mailing address.

If household doesn't respond to the packet, they will be visited by a CW for an interview to answer the questions....I would guess the GPS location would help the worker get to the correct location.

[TGO David]

FWIW... uncooperative people can/may receive visits from Census workers accompanied by LEO depending on the severity of the lack of cooperation and any hostilities shown toward them.

Just keep that in mind, people.

[macville]

FWIW... uncooperative people can/may receive visits from Census workers accompanied by LEO depending on the severity of the lack of cooperation and any hostilities shown toward them.

While that may be true, somehow I doubt that they are going to bother with an LEO since the worst thing they can do is fine you $100. The Constitution says that the feds can do a census every 10 years. I'm sorry, but it's not 2010 and therefore they don't have the right to come on to my property yet. They can also confirm my address by looking at the mailbox at the start of my driveway. All you need to answer is how many people live at the address. If you look up the word definition of "census" (census - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary ) you'll find all it is a count. The other questions, I believe, are unconstitutional, and I will refuse to answer them (I think I saw a number tonight that only 68% of the people in the US actually responds--so that means they ain't going to bother with a $100 fine because it would cost more to collect that from 128 million people than the fine!)

The GPS thing is also very annoying. I really don't see how that data can be used for anything good.