Posts Tagged “2010 Census”

This cartoon was produced in 1948. It’s worth spending 10 minutes to watch it.

This is a first for the census. In line with a U.N. document [link - PDF file] entitled “Integration of GPS, Digital Imagery and GIS with Census Mapping”, Obama’s New ACORN/Census Bureau will now be recording the GPS coordinates of your front door, not from the street.

The constitution requires a census every 10 years to count the population in order to draw congressional district boundaries. This is a sampling of some of the questions [PDF link] they ask.

What is your telephone number?
Are the Grandparents Caregivers?
What is this person’s marital status?
Has this person given birth to any children in the past 12 months?
What is this person’s ancestry or ethnic origin?
Where did this person live 1 year ago? (And they want the address).
Has this person ever served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces, military Reserves, or National Guard?

Of course they ask the last one. They need to know where potential right-wing terrorist live and with GPS it’s even easier.

Because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition, does this person have difficulty doing errands alone such as visiting a doctor’s office or shopping?

Does this person have difficulty dressing or bathing?

Huh?

It seems some census workers are hypersensitive about having their pictures taken..