Census 2000 questions?

Race: "European-American" (I want my hyphen too! ;)

John, maybe you could knock off early, and we could go to the range. (I have an outdorr range less than 1 mile from my door!! Skeet, trap, archery, rifle (50, 100, 200 yds), and pistol. Not to mention a very nice two story clubhouse.
 
This will be my 5th census. Always filled out the names of residents and that's all. Got the long form about 20 years ago and filled out the same info. Got a couple of phone calls and a couple of bureaucrats calling at the door to try to get me to fill it out. Politely refused. Never heard from them again.

One interesting thing. Last time I was feeling a little ornrey and was bored at work and called the 800 # given on the form and asked the lady who answered "Ma'am, I'm a little unsure about how to fill out this question about my race. My mother was half black and half asian and my father was half white and half Indian. What do I put down for my race?" There was a long silence and then she said "Sir, if you will hold I will ask my supervisor". I held and in about 3-4 minutes she comes back and says "Put down whatever you consider yourself to be". As usual I left that question blank but I bet I gave her something to talk about when she got home that night. Correct answer as far as I'm concerned - You are what you say you are and who's to say you're not.

RKBA!
 
Pardon my ignorance, but I have never gone through this process either. People actually show up at your door? Do they mail forms to you? What is the actual process involved?
 
You will get the short form in the mail, most of us will get the short form. It is only if they don't get an answer that someone will be knocking on your door.

Just wait for the cities to start their big push to get everybody living there to answer the questions. The more people living there, the more FedGov (our) money they will get. Or they will, as in the case of Detroit, lose taxing ability if the population falls below 1,000,000. The Demo's want the Census to be done by SWAG not counting so they can give whatever numbers they want.

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"If there be treachery, let there be jehad!"
 
cenus, i can hear, see, taste, feel, and smell. :D they should know that. What if you dont receive one in the mail, like the mail person took it??? Are they fined???
 
I've never heard of anyone actually being fined, or persecuted for not answering some of the questions. They KNOW that it's a violation of your Constitutional Rights of privacy. The commercials here are saying that "nobody gets- cut off of Welfare/Social Security/deported/or have warrants served due to their answers on the survey", and that the information is not released, blah blah. You can bet yer butt that info on firearms possession would find it's way into another file somewhere. There aint nothin private or secure.

Human race....hmmm, hafta write that one in :)

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The Bible is my lawbook. I turn the other cheek when applicable, and spend the rest of my days resisting evil at every front, until I have breathed my last breath.
 
Ive not received mine, but would it be a safe assumption to make that they can tie this into you income tax records?...fubsy.
 
Longshot, ditto on the Native American ads. They bother me. The promo is to ensure "programs" are fully funded well into the future. I thought the goal of assistance was to establish independence. The ads seem to emphasise it should go on in perpetuity.

Funny thing about PC racial terminology is that we aren't INDIANS because we do not come from India. We may even not be the natives on this continent. We certainly aren't simply "americans" because that implies an Italian descent (Mr. Vespucci).

Oh well, I will put down US CITIZEN AND PATRIOT. The rest is just fodder for politicians and tyrants.
 
Dennis,

I'd love to, but I think the drive from Az to Wi, would be a bit much!

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"The middle of the road between the extremes of good and evil, is evil. When freedom is at stake, your silence is not golden, it's yellow..." RKBA!
 
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