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Obama and ACORN GPS Marking EVERY Front Door in America?

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Why does the Obama administration need or want the latitude and longitude coordinates for every home in America? Why the rush to GPS paint every home in the next 90 days? Why must the marker be within 40 ft of every front door? For what possible purpose does the Fed need GPS coordinates for every home, and under what authority do they have the right? Census workers, whom I asked, had the same holy-crap look on their faces that I had by then…

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{"commentId":6879722,"authorDomain":"kai"}

If this doesn't concern some people, something is very wrong with this country.

WHY do they need to do this?

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  • 7 votes
Reply#1 - Mon May 4, 2009 4:59 PM EDT
{"commentId":6880477,"authorDomain":"Arpege31"}
How much is a GPS grid of every American household worth to the enemies of America, both foreign and domestic? I’d estimate, PRICELESS!

It's a sad day in this country when we are questioning whether or not our government will protect us no matter political party we may be affiliated with. If we didn't vote for Obama...are we considered the enemy?

There is a foul odor resonating from the current regime in Washington DC and most Americans can smell it. Can most Americans gather the strength to do something about it?

I hope so....but I'm having my doubts.

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  • 6 votes
#1.1 - Mon May 4, 2009 5:37 PM EDT
{"commentId":6880510,"authorDomain":"tappymcwidestance"}
If this doesn't concern some people, something is very wrong with this country.

I agree 100% I am very concerned that people believe any conspiracy theory just because they don't like the results of a fair election. That is a sure sign of things that are wrong with this country.

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  • 9 votes
#1.2 - Mon May 4, 2009 5:39 PM EDT
{"commentId":6880513,"authorDomain":"bengrimm"}

Because this is a huge part of what the Census department needs to do to get accurate counts of people. It has absolutely nothing to do with Obama or ACORN. I'm assuming you've never heard of TIGER before. Most commercial mapping datasets are derived from TIGER data. They've been refining this process for decades and have had the GPS coordinates of your home (if it is old enough) for a very long time.

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  • 8 votes
#1.3 - Mon May 4, 2009 5:40 PM EDT
{"commentId":6881931,"authorDomain":"eric24"}

Interesting.... and I didn't know about TIGER either. I understand census is important.. and maybe even the address of your house, but.. isn't GPS coordinates down to the doorstep a little going overboard? Interesting to know nonetheless....

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  • 5 votes
#1.4 - Mon May 4, 2009 7:07 PM EDT
{"commentId":6883729,"authorDomain":"sonnetizer"}

Strap on the tinfoil hats and turn up the microwave. This qualifies as bat-@!$%# crazy. These so-called ":Christians" gonna have some 'splainin' to do when they meet the big guy.

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  • 1 vote
#1.5 - Mon May 4, 2009 9:22 PM EDT
{"commentId":6886378,"authorDomain":"bengrimm"}

The door step level coordinates help planners determine how many census takers an area will need. They know how fast an average person walks, how long it takes to record a census survey, how many people will be home (on average) at certain times of the day, etc... using all of that information they can plan the most effective routes for their limited number of census takers. After the first canvas is complete, they'll also know all of the homes that they didn't get (and the distances between them) and can determine the number of people and the optimal route to finish it off.

It's all about executing a task that's required by the Constitution with the least amount of taxpayer money.

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  • 3 votes
#1.6 - Tue May 5, 2009 1:01 AM EDT
{"commentId":6888324,"authorDomain":"unicorn-lady1"}

Yeah, right, you keep believing that Ben. Amazing stuff there.

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  • 5 votes
#1.7 - Tue May 5, 2009 8:16 AM EDT
{"commentId":6927462,"authorDomain":"Mariyam"}

I've done work for a company that maintains data on practically everyone in the U.S. This company was able to locate for me current addresses for defendants I needed to have served when others (like private investigators) couldn't. This was back at the beginning of the decade and they had fields for longitude & latitude in their databases so I don't think compiling GPS data is anything new.

I'd be much more concerned about companies like ChoicePoint and others that provide "consumer reports" based on what your neighbors have to say, whether they actually know anything about you or not. They buy & sell our information without us ever having had in say so in the matter.

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  • 3 votes
#1.8 - Thu May 7, 2009 3:44 AM EDT
{"commentId":6928360,"authorDomain":"bengrimm"}
Yeah, right, you keep believing that Ben. Amazing stuff there.

I'm not saying you shouldn't be afraid of the government. But is there any doubt as to whether this article would exist if McCain had won last fall? The census preparation would be taking place in the same manner since all of the planning took place while Bush was still in charge. If anyone actually cared enough to write it, the title certainly wouldn't have been "McCain and [some organization that the writer hates for no reason] GPS Marking ..."

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  • 3 votes
#1.9 - Thu May 7, 2009 7:54 AM EDT
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{"commentId":6880030,"authorDomain":"juno"}

Oh, please tell me this isn't true.

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  • 4 votes
Reply#2 - Mon May 4, 2009 5:15 PM EDT
{"commentId":6880400,"authorDomain":"kai"}
Oh, please tell me this isn't true.

From everything I've gathered so far, its not looking good. I'm still worried and confused WHY they would need to do this, all within 90 days, a full year before the supposed Census even takes place.

Martial law, aerial surveillance (or worse), gun confiscations, etc all come to mind.



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  • 7 votes
#2.1 - Mon May 4, 2009 5:33 PM EDT
{"commentId":6880687,"authorDomain":"brianford"}

Please share everything you've gathered so far. Please start with sites that might mean something more than an anonymous source from "crossaction news". Hell, I'll accept Fox.

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  • 5 votes
#2.2 - Mon May 4, 2009 5:49 PM EDT
{"commentId":6881613,"authorDomain":"brianford"}

Giving that this information is allegedly already gathered, I'm surprised to see that you weren't quick to provide evidence of your conspiracy...

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  • 2 votes
#2.3 - Mon May 4, 2009 6:49 PM EDT
{"commentId":6883372,"authorDomain":"kai"}

Don't be so quick to throw down the gauntlet, Brian. I was referring more to my opinion and thoughts on the matter that i've gathered thus far after reading around the net about this.

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  • 3 votes
#2.4 - Mon May 4, 2009 8:55 PM EDT
{"commentId":6893150,"authorDomain":"katrixx"}
Martial law, aerial surveillance (or worse), gun confiscations, etc all come to mind.

I have news for you. I can already see your house on Google Earth. I suppose that is an Obama conspiracy too?

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  • 2 votes
#2.5 - Tue May 5, 2009 12:37 PM EDT
{"commentId":6897797,"authorDomain":"kai"}
I have news for you. I can already see your house on Google Earth. I suppose that is an Obama conspiracy too?

Then you see my point. The data already exists.. why the need to spend millions in taxpayer dollars to redo something that's already sufficient?

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  • 4 votes
#2.6 - Tue May 5, 2009 4:03 PM EDT
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{"commentId":6880325,"authorDomain":"Griff69"}

There is a foul odor resonating from the current regime in Washington DC and most Americans can smell it. Can most Americans gather the strength to do something about it?

Current, my ass... That odor has been emanating from DC for well over a century, and the self-evident answer is "No."

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  • 4 votes
Reply#3 - Mon May 4, 2009 5:30 PM EDT
{"commentId":6880436,"authorDomain":"kai"}
Current, my ass... That odor has been emanating from DC for well over a century, and the self-evident answer is "No."

Exactly. These slimeballs in Washington (and beyond) have had two generations worth of time to lull the American people into a sense of fat, brainwashed hypnosis. They're more worried about Dancing With The Stars than the entire destruction of our country and freedoms.

Fools.

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  • 6 votes
#3.1 - Mon May 4, 2009 5:35 PM EDT
{"commentId":6950103,"authorDomain":"anonymousjones"}
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{"commentId":6880482,"authorDomain":"tappymcwidestance"}

Carefully remove the tinfoil from your heads. The government ALREADY knows where your house is located. If you call 911, you do realize that your phone number automatically calls up your information including your address and a map of where you live. How do you think the map knows where to put your address? From your latitude and longitude. When you build a house, the government sends inspectors to make sure codes are being followed? I guess they know where your house is located. Do you get a real estate tax bill? There's another government agency to already knows where you live.

Of course you can also use Google Earth to get the same information about your house. I guess they are in on it too. My neighbors were even outside when the Google photo car went by so they are in the picture of their house.

Finally if you have not given up on the conspiracy yet, do you really think Obama could mobilize an undertaking like this just 100 days into his tenure as President? Really? With the speed government moves at you think he can secretly get millions of people to visit EVERY HOME IN AMERICA by the end of July. If you do, I feel sorry for you.

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  • 12 votes
Reply#4 - Mon May 4, 2009 5:38 PM EDT
{"commentId":6880549,"authorDomain":"forager"}

No kidding the weirdness of anti-obama citizens is growing by the week. my guess is most of them are closet racists.

What really funny is the last administration did more to trash the Constitution then any we've every had in power. But yet these no minds are busy watching Glenn Beck and listen to Rush Limbaugh expel gas.

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  • 8 votes
#4.1 - Mon May 4, 2009 5:41 PM EDT
{"commentId":6880782,"authorDomain":"dboddie"}

I really don't understand why people are so upset about the government having GPS coordinates of your house. If the government were coming to get your guns, there's this, like, really cool thing they call a "mailing address" that tells the government where you live. And that's been around for, like, 200 years...

And I'm sure Osama bin Laden is looking for the GPS coordinates for YOUR HOUSE so he can drop a nuke right on it... *sheesh*

Dipwads...

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  • 4 votes
#4.2 - Mon May 4, 2009 5:54 PM EDT
{"commentId":6880798,"authorDomain":"kai"}
The government ALREADY knows where your house is located.

Exactly. So why the need to paint them on the ground with GPS? Unless they are being targeted for something, the current dataset is more than sufficient. If the thugs crawling around my neighborhood selling magazine subscriptions can find me, I have no concerns that the government would have trouble doing the same. Why the GPS? Why the need for a 40-foot resolution?

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  • 5 votes
#4.3 - Mon May 4, 2009 5:55 PM EDT
{"commentId":6880839,"authorDomain":"kai"}
my guess is most of them are closet racists.

My guess is you're ignorant.

What really funny is the last administration did more to trash the Constitution then any we've every had in power. But yet these no minds are busy watching Glenn Beck and listen to Rush Limbaugh expel gas.

Have you ever actually listened to Beck? Those of us that are against these current policies were also against the Bush policies when he trashed the Constitution too.

Stop buying into the liberal hype about those eeevil conservatives that may have differing opinions. If you used your brain you may just realize that we think alike on many issues.

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  • 5 votes
#4.4 - Mon May 4, 2009 5:58 PM EDT
{"commentId":6881762,"authorDomain":"douglasq"}
Have you ever actually listened to Beck?

I'm starting to think that those in the far right camp didn't take the results of this election very well. They are showing signs of shock (and perhaps PTSD) and are prone to hallucination and random outburst. Despite this, some have been able to maintain their jobs in media.

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  • 3 votes
#4.5 - Mon May 4, 2009 6:57 PM EDT
{"commentId":6883527,"authorDomain":"kai"}
I'm starting to think that those in the far right camp didn't take the results of this election very well.

... you mean half the country?

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  • 4 votes
#4.6 - Mon May 4, 2009 9:07 PM EDT
{"commentId":6886971,"authorDomain":"fadeplayer"}
So why the need to paint them on the ground with GPS? Unless they are being targeted for something

You are thinking with a one track mind. GPS can also be used for . . . everything else it it used for aside from GPS guided missiles. Accurate maps, scheduling, and route planning could be a good start.

Anyways, you could always put you hat over the transmitter and block the signal. Then "they" would have to break out a phonebook or google. You might get an extra 2 minutes to escape.

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  • 2 votes
#4.7 - Tue May 5, 2009 2:42 AM EDT
{"commentId":6892375,"authorDomain":"douglasq"}
... you mean half the country?

Umm, I don't see HALF the country spouting ridiculous conspiracy theories.

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  • 1 vote
#4.8 - Tue May 5, 2009 12:01 PM EDT
{"commentId":6892831,"authorDomain":"kai"}
Umm, I don't see HALF the country spouting ridiculous conspiracy theories.

You were referring to those unhappy with the election results.

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  • 2 votes
#4.9 - Tue May 5, 2009 12:24 PM EDT
{"commentId":6893828,"authorDomain":"douglasq"}

No, I was referring to those who will spout any kind of nonsense about what's gonna happen to their guns, their property, internment camps, black helicopters and what not just because their guy didn't win.

Some even go as far as to reveal their racist sides in the guise of protest.

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  • 1 vote
#4.10 - Tue May 5, 2009 1:08 PM EDT
{"commentId":6900865,"authorDomain":"thelopes"}
You are thinking with a one track mind. GPS can also be used for . . . everything else it it used for aside from GPS guided missiles. Accurate maps, scheduling, and route planning could be a good start.

I always wondered if/when the U.S. Postal Service might go with GPS of the mailboxes. FedEx/UPS could probably use them nicely as well.

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    #4.11 - Tue May 5, 2009 6:45 PM EDT
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    {"commentId":6881017,"authorDomain":"bengrimm"}
    So why the need to paint them on the ground with GPS

    Because the census department lives and breaths minutia -- they're statisticians. I like conspiracy theories too, but this is just silly.

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    • 4 votes
    Reply#5 - Mon May 4, 2009 6:10 PM EDT
    {"commentId":6881110,"authorDomain":"fullershaven"}

    More good news from the BO regime.

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    • 6 votes
    Reply#6 - Mon May 4, 2009 6:15 PM EDT
    {"commentId":6881604,"authorDomain":"tappymcwidestance"}

    Oh no!!! The plans to use GPS with the census were made in 2006 during the Bush Administration. Could it be this isn't a President Obama conspiracy? It's shocking how 10 seconds and Google can find the truth.

    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5590541

    All Things Considered, July 31, 2006 · Two-and-a-half years from now, in early 2009, the Census Bureau plans to send an army of 100,000 temporary workers down every street and dusty, dirt road in America. They will be armed with handheld GPS devices.

    Robert LaMacchia, head of the Census Bureau's geography division, says they'll capture the latitude and longitude of the front door of every house, apartment and improvised shelter they find.

    "We will actually knock on doors and look for hidden housing units," he says. "We will find converted garages; from the outside, it may not look like anybody lives there."

    But census workers will add each dwelling, legal or not, to the Census Bureau's Master Address File.

    Recent proposed budget cuts have put part of this plan in jeopardy. But if Congress restores the money, the census will end up with the geographic coordinates — accurate to within 10 feet — for about 110 million residences.

    But the Census Bureau can't, by law, share that list with anyone, even local governments. LaMacchia says the information has to be treated as confidential. Otherwise, people might lie, and the census wouldn't be accurate.

    "People would not tell us about hidden housing units," LaMacchia says. "People would not respond to the questionnaire if they believed that that information would be turned over to law enforcement or code enforcement and become public information."

    Mapping Might Save Lives

    Shoreh Elhami, director of Geographic Information Systems in Delaware County, Ohio, says this sort of information can save lives.

    "Having a geographic dataset that is accurate, comprehensive and current is priceless," Elhami says.

    Her passion and devotion have made Delaware County, a fast-growing area just north of Columbus, one of the most meticulously mapped areas of the country.

    At her computer, with a few clicks of the mouse, Elhami can pull up a complex, multi-layered picture of Delaware County. Standard commercial software lets her highlight sewer lines, flood plains or real estate tracts. She can pick any address and retrieve pictures of that building from overhead and from the street, along with information about its owner.

    The map can answer questions you never expected to ask, she says. Last year, a big storm came through. A reservoir on the Olentangy River, just upstream from the town, was in danger of overflowing, and authorities thought they might have to release water through the dam.

    Nobody knew how many people in the town of Delaware might be flooded out of their homes. Elhami rushed to her electronic map. She added a new layer to the picture — an image she'd received from the Army Corps of Engineers showing low-lying areas that would end up under water.

    The image showed the outline of the "inundation zone," and within it, lines and clusters of little red dots. Each of those dots was a house that lay within the potential flood zone.

    "The software allows you to do a count of every one of those residences and produce a file of those addresses," she says.

    Elhami delivered that file to emergency managers, and they quickly called the people at each address. Fortunately, the storms subsided, and no flood came.

    Every address in the county is in a database, complete with geographic coordinates so it will show up accurately on a map.

    Assembling that data is a time-consuming effort. On one recent summer morning, Caleb Gutshall and Sheri Feasel trudged down North Winter Street, in Delaware, checking each address on this commercial strip and making sure that the county's list of occupants was accurate. They also take pictures of any new buildings. One door was unnumbered and locked. Gutshall peered in the window, but learned nothing. "It doesn't look like anybody's in there," he said.

    Now the Census Bureau is planning to undertake much the same kind of effort, on a massive scale, covering the entire country. Elhami says that the Master Address File could be a priceless resource for many counties that don't have the resources to collect that information on their own.

    Private Companies Push for Data

    Pressure is growing to change the law and make this information available. Demand for geographic data is booming.

    Private companies would love to get their hands on the Census Bureau's data. Web sites like Mapquest.com or maps.google.com, usually show addresses within the correct city block, but they will point to the correct house less than half the time.

    Don Cooke, an executive from the mapping company TeleAtlas, says the Census Bureau's database would immediately solve that problem, and he'd like to use it.

    "The laws basically say the intellectual property that's generated by the government belongs to us citizens, so I'd like to get it," he says. "Because I don't want to spend the money to go out and compile it!"

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    • 7 votes
    Reply#7 - Mon May 4, 2009 6:48 PM EDT
    {"commentId":6883447,"authorDomain":"geejay"}

    aaaahhh facts! Stop that!

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    • 2 votes
    #7.1 - Mon May 4, 2009 9:01 PM EDT
    {"commentId":6888860,"authorDomain":"Griff69"}

    So, I have to ask... Does this mean that everyone who's posted above now has to change their views to the opposite side?

    People, stupid doesn't take sides. Stupid is stupid, regardless of which "team" is doing it; and both have given us PLENTY of examples.

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    • 1 vote
    #7.2 - Tue May 5, 2009 9:03 AM EDT
    {"commentId":6888970,"authorDomain":"unicorn-lady1"}

    Does it matter who started it? I do not like it - I do not like the Patriot Act, but it is still there. Do you want your house on gps associate with your name and all of your personal data? Historically, the Census has always been a sensitive issue, Americans have never "liked" it, felt it intrusive. Now not only do they want your data, but they want it mapable. I guess, I feel, people aren't thinking these things through to possible abuses. When it comes to government, there is always abuse.

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    • 5 votes
    #7.3 - Tue May 5, 2009 9:10 AM EDT
    {"commentId":6890928,"authorDomain":"tappymcwidestance"}

    If you want to make an argument against having a census or whether the census needs to reference your address against a GPS location that is fine. But to claim this is some vast left wing conspiracy that President Obama somehow put into motion in 2006 when he was a junior Senator who nobody thought would be elected President in 2008 is ludicrous. The right wingnuts are spouting all over the web about how Obama is going to use this data to take away their guns too. It really quite funny. If you Google this story you get right wing blog after blog all citing the same lying source about this.

    Personally I'm not too worried about the government having the GPS location of my house. Garmin and other navagation companies already have this data and it really hasn't hurt my life. The IRS has my address. The government can already find me.

    Personally I hope this drives right wingers to actively avoid the census. Since Congressional representation is based on the census, the more red states reduce their population by tin foil hatting themselves out of Congress the better.

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    • 3 votes
    #7.4 - Tue May 5, 2009 10:53 AM EDT
    {"commentId":6949734,"authorDomain":"john-hale"}

    "But to claim this is some vast left wing conspiracy that President Obama somehow put into motion in 2006 when he was a junior Senator who nobody thought would be elected President in 2008 is ludicrous."

    Your thinking is ludicrous, The Liberals have been working on this for years, Obama is just the current puppet in the White House.

    Try not to be condescending and act like people that are Right wing, (and can think for themselves) are not looking beyond "today" or this presidency, (like the LEFT, (that continues to follow Daily Headlines, with all due diligence)) The Left does not look at the past, they look at the headlines and ask themselves, "How do I [feel] about this?" Look at the laws that are put in place by liberals (Government Based), and the Conservatives (Peoples Rights and Country Based)... Liberalism is a mental illness, Liberals do the same old boring thing and expect the results to change. This is the definition of Mental Illness.

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    • 4 votes
    #7.5 - Thu May 7, 2009 11:22 PM EDT
    {"commentId":6950151,"authorDomain":"anonymousjones"}
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    {"commentId":7066621,"authorDomain":"john-hale"}

    Amen!

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    • 1 vote
    #7.7 - Thu May 14, 2009 12:32 AM EDT
    {"commentId":7072594,"authorDomain":"fadeplayer"}

    Republican and anonymous,

    I am perplexed. Why are the two of you so scared about this? Doesn't the government already know where your house is? I fail to see why this poses a threat.

    Please explain what a location marker (address) has to do with a "storm brewing."

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    • 1 vote
    #7.8 - Thu May 14, 2009 10:48 AM EDT
    {"commentId":7077987,"authorDomain":"anonymousjones"}
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    {"commentId":7078771,"authorDomain":"fadeplayer"}

    Wow, I can see that we live in completely different worlds. I'm going to enjoy the sun and hit the golf course; I'll leave you to tidying up the Y2K bunker.

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      #7.10 - Thu May 14, 2009 2:31 PM EDT
      {"commentId":7079328,"authorDomain":"anonymousjones"}
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      {"commentId":7079871,"authorDomain":"fadeplayer"}

      I appreciate your answer, and I sincerely hope (and expect) that you are wrong. I'm familiar with Harold Koh and I don't think that he's the best choice for the State Department; however, I think it is a really, really big stretch to somehow link world Sharia law with a more efficient census system.

      I guess we'll see, but I'm not going to lose any sleep anytime soon.

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        #7.12 - Thu May 14, 2009 3:09 PM EDT
        {"commentId":7081949,"authorDomain":"anonymousjones"}
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        {"commentId":6882402,"authorDomain":"quispisyummy"}

        Wait a minute ------- back it on up here. I never heard of any of this.....I mean yes I knew that for years obviously the government knew where homes were because of building permits etc. etc. etc. But I never heard of being able to locate a private home by GPS coordinates being recorded now. So....if they already KNOW where the homes are - why spend money and time redoing this with GPS coordinates and why is there a statement saying it has to be within 40 feet of the front door.

        I mean .....does this mean when I purchase my land which is going to be over 20 acres of horse property and I finally decide where I am going to build the main house - they are going to legally be able to come onto my property within 40 feet of my door and map the coordinates? I am not liking that one bit...

        What ever happened to freedom and privacy?

        {"commentId":6882402,"threadId":"570320","contentId":"2774836","authorDomain":"quispisyummy"}
        • 4 votes
        Reply#8 - Mon May 4, 2009 7:35 PM EDT
        {"commentId":6893250,"authorDomain":"katrixx"}

        They can legally come up to your front door if you don't return your census form. Get over it. I personally find census takers less intrusive than those Jehovah's Witnesses.

        {"commentId":6893250,"threadId":"570320","contentId":"2774836","authorDomain":"katrixx"}
        • 2 votes
        #8.1 - Tue May 5, 2009 12:41 PM EDT
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        {"commentId":6882528,"authorDomain":"SirThinkswaytomuch"}
        According to one of the Census workers, who spoke with me on condition of anonymity, they must GPS mark the coordinates “within 40 ft of every front door” in America and they are supposed to complete that mission nation wide, within 90 days, by the end of July 2009.

        Actually, on the contrary. According to a census worker who spoke to me on condition of anonymity, they must log the number "mailboxes per square mile" in America and they are supposed to complete that mission nation wide, within half an hour, by the end of today.

        See, look how easy it is to make up testimonials. Anyone can do it!

        This is a piece of sensationalist garbage which caters only to those who can't handle the fact that they lost the election. You may not like it, but he is your president, fair and square (something one could not have said following 2000).

        {"commentId":6882528,"threadId":"570320","contentId":"2774836","authorDomain":"SirThinkswaytomuch"}
        • 3 votes
        Reply#9 - Mon May 4, 2009 7:43 PM EDT
        {"commentId":6950171,"authorDomain":"anonymousjones"}
        anonymous jonesDeleted
        {"commentId":6956988,"authorDomain":"SirThinkswaytomuch"}
        Until he proves he's a U.S. citizen, he's not a U.S. president. Period. Vote or no vote.

        Yes, because he clearly was born in a secret al Qaeda baby factory in Afghanistan. Then, they trained him as a political ninja. Finally, they built him a submarine made out of gold, that runs on aborted fetuses, and brought him to Hawaii.

        Do you honestly think that a man could become president of the United States, with all the scrutiny that he recieves, if he wasn't a citizen? I think you give him more credit for being clever than he deserves.

        {"commentId":6956988,"threadId":"570320","contentId":"2774836","authorDomain":"SirThinkswaytomuch"}
        • 5 votes
        #9.2 - Fri May 8, 2009 12:57 PM EDT
        {"commentId":6957246,"authorDomain":"bengrimm"}
        Until he proves he's a U.S. citizen

        You mean like when he filed the paperwork to demonstrate that he was constitutionally eligible to run? Or are you calling into question the legitimacy the government of the state of Hawaii which has stated (more than once) that the duplicates of his birth certificate that have been released to the public are accurate.

        You birthers crack me up.

        {"commentId":6957246,"threadId":"570320","contentId":"2774836","authorDomain":"bengrimm"}
        • 4 votes
        #9.3 - Fri May 8, 2009 1:10 PM EDT
        {"commentId":6959150,"authorDomain":"anonymousjones"}
        anonymous jonesDeleted
        {"commentId":6959517,"authorDomain":"SirThinkswaytomuch"}

        Thats interesting. A blog I've never heard of, in a country halfway around the world. Which links to another blog.

        By the way, it may be shocking, he has a right to his privacy. He was elected, and is an American citizen under all official scrutiny. To be honest, I think that I trust Congress more than some right wing blogger I've never heard of.

        Trust me, I'll be the first one to be skeptical of governmental claims, but this is ridiculous. He's your president, fair and square. If you want to criticize him for something, criticize him for his unwillingness to close Gitmo, or his unwillingness to support gay rights.

        {"commentId":6959517,"threadId":"570320","contentId":"2774836","authorDomain":"SirThinkswaytomuch"}
        • 2 votes
        #9.5 - Fri May 8, 2009 3:01 PM EDT
        {"commentId":6961953,"authorDomain":"anonymousjones"}
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        {"commentId":6962417,"authorDomain":"thelopes"}
        You both should also have a look at this.

        I've heard the claims about the jpgs on the net enough times, but I always find the Indonesian school thing even more interesting.

        It is always brought up in birth certificate conversations. I've always enjoyed how people point at it for some kind of name issue, or evidence of citizenship in Indonesia... but the whole 'Born in Honolulu" part of it is glossed over. So the name registration is of the utmost importance, and what it says of citizenship, but that it corroborates birth in the U.S. (which automatically grants natural born citizenship that cannot be rejected by a minor unless actively shown to a U.S. diplomat) is treated as though it doesn't exist.

        Yes. Yes I do. He's STILL never release the "real" birth certificate. The one "in the public" as Ben Grimm likes to suggest, is a fake.

        It doesn't matter that the Hawaiian Department of Health has, since June 2008, verified that they have his documentation on file as per all rules and procedures?

        That if the document presented was a fake, they would have every reason in the world to point out a fraudulent presentation of their own documents and system?

        {"commentId":6962417,"threadId":"570320","contentId":"2774836","authorDomain":"thelopes"}
        • 1 vote
        #9.7 - Fri May 8, 2009 5:17 PM EDT
        {"commentId":6963112,"authorDomain":"kai"}
        Do you honestly think that a man could become president of the United States, with all the scrutiny that he recieves, if he wasn't a citizen?

        Sadly, if there is enough money and power behind him, yes... yes I do. There was no scrutiny, in fact they shut down and silenced any and all attempts to get the documentation into the public light.

        If there is an ill motive behind something, following the "rules" don't apply. Means to an end.

        {"commentId":6963112,"threadId":"570320","contentId":"2774836","authorDomain":"kai"}
        • 3 votes
        #9.8 - Fri May 8, 2009 5:52 PM EDT
        {"commentId":6966260,"authorDomain":"katrixx"}

        McCain was born in Panama and isn't a citizen either, according to some. So neither major party had a valid candidate. Or maybe they both did, Obama won, and it's time to drop this whole stupid conspiracy theory.

        {"commentId":6966260,"threadId":"570320","contentId":"2774836","authorDomain":"katrixx"}
          #9.9 - Fri May 8, 2009 9:58 PM EDT
          {"commentId":6969720,"authorDomain":"fullershaven"}
          McCain was born in Panama

          To an American Service member stationed there. Not even close to the same situation.

          {"commentId":6969720,"threadId":"570320","contentId":"2774836","authorDomain":"fullershaven"}
          • 5 votes
          #9.10 - Sat May 9, 2009 8:32 AM EDT
          {"commentId":6969721,"authorDomain":"anonymousjones"}
          anonymous jonesDeleted
          {"commentId":6970635,"authorDomain":"SirThinkswaytomuch"}
          To an American Service member stationed there. Not even close to the same situation.

          Correct. Because Obama was born to an American citizen living in America.

          If our governement won't support our Constitution, I don't support them. It is my belief that our government is at war with the American people, and unfortuantely, many like you don't see it. Well, maybe you will when they begin their oppression. It's coming, mark my words, it's coming.

          You're perfectly within your rights to sit there and be a sore loser. To be honest, I think the last 8 years were terrible for the American people, with the patriot act, two wars, a terrorist strike. If you want to hate on Obama, atleast do it for a real reason, and not these annoying little technicalities you come up with.

          We get it that you hate Obama. But please, hate him for the right reasons, like his unwillingness to support gay rights, or his unwillingness to close gitmo immediately.

          {"commentId":6970635,"threadId":"570320","contentId":"2774836","authorDomain":"SirThinkswaytomuch"}
          • 1 vote
          #9.12 - Sat May 9, 2009 10:20 AM EDT
          {"commentId":6970896,"authorDomain":"bengrimm"}

          anonymous -- birth certificates are public records. Go to Hawaii and see it for yourself.

          {"commentId":6970896,"threadId":"570320","contentId":"2774836","authorDomain":"bengrimm"}
          • 1 vote
          #9.13 - Sat May 9, 2009 10:43 AM EDT
          {"commentId":6971828,"authorDomain":"juno"}

          The birth cert is a nowhere issue in debate, imo, because the president is spending tons of money to block the release of any document that would show his country of origin, and too few care to settle the issue. Which, by doing so begs the question, WHY?

          McCain's country of origin was questioned, it was researched and deliberated over, and he was found to be eligible to serve as POTUS, if it came to that. The same has not been done re BO.

          On privacy: In order to enroll children into school a valid birth cert has to be provided.

          On public records: BO's has been "vaulted." No access.

          {"commentId":6971828,"threadId":"570320","contentId":"2774836","authorDomain":"juno"}
          • 5 votes
          #9.14 - Sat May 9, 2009 11:57 AM EDT
          {"commentId":6997590,"authorDomain":"anonymousjones"}
          anonymous jonesDeleted
          {"commentId":7045277,"authorDomain":"bengrimm"}
          As Juno Hera has pointed out above - you can't see it due to the lockdown. And with that, you just made my case.

          Fair enough, and probably for good reason. But by the same token, I doubt we could have gone to Illinois during Reagan's first term to see his original birth certificate.

          But there are newspapers with the public record of his birth at a hospital in Honolulu. Yet people won't accept it, as if someone were trying to lay the groundwork for a grand conspiracy way back then. His dad was not a US citizen, but his mom was. Many of his (distant) ancestors played important roles in making this country what it has become. So get over it already.

          {"commentId":7045277,"threadId":"570320","contentId":"2774836","authorDomain":"bengrimm"}
          • 1 vote
          #9.16 - Wed May 13, 2009 12:31 AM EDT
          {"commentId":7065680,"authorDomain":"anonymousjones"}
          anonymous jonesDeleted
          {"commentId":7067196,"authorDomain":"bengrimm"}
          I see. So you accept fake documents apparently.

          No. It's really quite simple. Obama has a US passport. He had one issued when he was a toddler and left the country with his mother. He likely had one or two more issued prior to his 16th birthday. And then after he turned 16 and wanted to get his next passport he would have had to physically present a certified copy of his birth certificate for inspection by a real live person working for the State Department. All of this would be in his State Department file.

          Remember "passport-gate" during the election? All of those contractors and employees that were reprimanded for snooping into the files of Clinton, Obama and McCain? Many people have seen Obama's entire State Department file -- human nature being what it is, I'm certain that at least one of them would have wanted to expose him a fraud if he indeed were.

          The State Department knows more about Obama than you do. Accept it. Move on.

          {"commentId":7067196,"threadId":"570320","contentId":"2774836","authorDomain":"bengrimm"}
          • 1 vote
          #9.18 - Thu May 14, 2009 1:34 AM EDT
          {"commentId":7070855,"authorDomain":"anonymousjones"}
          anonymous jonesDeleted
          {"commentId":7075371,"authorDomain":"bengrimm"}
          I do accept that they no more about him than I do, but that doesn't make me feel any more confident about it all.

          But the conspiracy reaches a point of being preposterous. If he wasn't born here, then they would have had to bring him in and sneak past immigration, then fake his birth certificate and get it on file with the State of Hawaii. And all for what? Why is that easier for his mother than just filing some paperwork to get him naturalized? There's just no incentive to game the system when there are only two jobs (pres and veep) that you can't have in this country if you're a naturalized citizen... otherwise immigrants are completely equal to natural born.

          {"commentId":7075371,"threadId":"570320","contentId":"2774836","authorDomain":"bengrimm"}
          • 2 votes
          #9.20 - Thu May 14, 2009 12:37 PM EDT
          {"commentId":7078357,"authorDomain":"anonymousjones"}
          anonymous jonesDeleted
          {"commentId":7080300,"authorDomain":"bengrimm"}

          You say that as if any of the last dozen Presidents were not exactly the same (with the probable exceptions of Ford and Carter).

          They're all power hungry bastards who think they're smarter than the rest of the world. And I'm assuming that racism plays no role when I say that the only reason you don't like Obama is because he doesn't subscribe to your ideology. You buy into this nonsense because it makes you feel like you don't need to be part of the loyal opposition.

          {"commentId":7080300,"threadId":"570320","contentId":"2774836","authorDomain":"bengrimm"}
          • 1 vote
          #9.22 - Thu May 14, 2009 3:25 PM EDT
          {"commentId":7082226,"authorDomain":"anonymousjones"}
          anonymous jonesDeleted
          {"commentId":7083631,"authorDomain":"bengrimm"}
          Though I do believe that is what got him in office.

          Sorry, no, anyone with a (D) next to their name would have won time time around. As far as him getting the nomination, if you believe the Pumas, he did it by stealing the caucus states -- most importantly Iowa -- there's also talk that if Edwards weren't in the running Hillary would be President today. But it's hard to revisit the past and play out scenarios.

          {"commentId":7083631,"threadId":"570320","contentId":"2774836","authorDomain":"bengrimm"}
          • 1 vote
          #9.24 - Thu May 14, 2009 5:37 PM EDT
          {"commentId":7083960,"authorDomain":"anonymousjones"}
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          {"commentId":7084129,"authorDomain":"SirThinkswaytomuch"}

          I think that he won by a combination of that little (D) next to his name, and the fact that people genuinly like him. Same as Bush, people like the guy. He's a wildly popular president, especially among key minority voting blocks.

          He knew what people wanted to hear, and how they wanted to be governed and acted accordingly. In that regard, he ran an extremely intelligent campaign.

          {"commentId":7084129,"threadId":"570320","contentId":"2774836","authorDomain":"SirThinkswaytomuch"}
            #9.26 - Thu May 14, 2009 5:59 PM EDT
            {"commentId":7084164,"authorDomain":"anonymousjones"}
            anonymous jonesDeleted
            {"commentId":7084252,"authorDomain":"anonymousjones"}
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            {"commentId":7084632,"authorDomain":"SirThinkswaytomuch"}
            Well, in any case, it's bad news for us all in my opinion. It simply amazes me how people still like him after all the hell he's creating for us all.

            I disagree as far as the hell goes. I think that he should be doing more. We need a nationalized healthcare system now, we immediate closure of Gitmo, we need a rethinking of the graduated income tax, and we need prosecution of the guilty.

            I think that we're still in hell, but Obama isn't the one who put us there, he's making steps to getting us out - far too small steps in my opinion.

            {"commentId":7084632,"threadId":"570320","contentId":"2774836","authorDomain":"SirThinkswaytomuch"}
              #9.29 - Thu May 14, 2009 6:24 PM EDT
              {"commentId":7087637,"authorDomain":"anonymousjones"}
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              {"commentId":7087826,"authorDomain":"SirThinkswaytomuch"}
              I hold you and your kind personally responsible for the death of our Free Republic. I swear to God, some (many) Americans are just plain dumbasses. Yes, I said it. "close" or "delete" this post if you want. I don't give a @!$%#, but I do care about what you @!$%#s are doing to my country and my freedom.

              Freedoms are irrelevant in this situation. I believe in expanded civil rights for everyone somethine BO won't committ to, he won't support gay rights.

              You misunderstand where I fall. I'm extremely left, yet with a touch of libertarian. I think that the government needs to spend responsibly to fulfill it's duty to Americans. John Locke wrote that it is not only the duty, but the obligation of government to protect the natural rights of it's citizens - life, liberty, and property. If that means the the government has to spend more, than so be it.

              I support responsible spending, and responsible policies which are good for the country. In my opinion, an effective healthcare system is necessary to help to bring us out of this downturn, and to bring us up to par with Western Europe.

              Where is it you people who support this administrations plans have proof their ideas actually work?

              Who says that I support what he wants to do? I supported D. Kucinich in the primaries, I looked at BO as the lesser of two evils in the general election. You mistake my support for a general ideal for what Barak Obama has done - which isn't much.

              Where is it you people who support this administrations plans have proof their ideas actually work?

              I think that the Patriot Act did more to erode our freedoms and liberties than anything Obama has said or done to this point.

              {"commentId":7087826,"threadId":"570320","contentId":"2774836","authorDomain":"SirThinkswaytomuch"}
                #9.31 - Thu May 14, 2009 9:58 PM EDT
                {"commentId":7087843,"authorDomain":"anonymousjones"}
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                {"commentId":7087985,"authorDomain":"anonymousjones"}
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                {"commentId":6884238,"authorDomain":"kai"}
                This is a piece of sensationalist garbage which caters only to those who can't handle the fact that they lost the election.

                No, its about big government intruding into our lives and privacy. Were you up in arms when Bush ripped up the constitution with the Patriot Act? So were we. This is the same type of deal. This doesn't have to be a partisan issue like you're making it out to be.

                You may not like it, but he is your president, fair and square

                No, we don't like the dangerous policies and actions on his part. This isn't about bitterness, as you dismissively suggest.

                {"commentId":6884238,"threadId":"570320","contentId":"2774836","authorDomain":"kai"}
                • 6 votes
                Reply#10 - Mon May 4, 2009 10:00 PM EDT
                {"commentId":6886466,"authorDomain":"bengrimm"}
                No, its about big government intruding into our lives and privacy.

                No, it's about the the Constitution. The decenial census is required by the document that defines our nation. The Department of the Census does these things to be more efficient. The more accurate this data is, the less money they'll spend performing the census -- there is no simpler way to put it. You want smaller government, you should be praising their efforts.

                {"commentId":6886466,"threadId":"570320","contentId":"2774836","authorDomain":"bengrimm"}
                • 4 votes
                #10.1 - Tue May 5, 2009 1:12 AM EDT
                {"commentId":6888920,"authorDomain":"Griff69"}

                No, it's about the the Constitution. The decenial census is required by the document that defines our nation.

                Excellent! While you're in there, Ben, can you take a peek and see what exactly is required for the census? We'll wait...

                ...

                No? OK, I will. It requires a count. That's it. One number. Nothing else. No religion, no political affiliation, no GPS coordinates, nada. IF we were actually worried about what's Constitutional, the census would proceed like this:
                "How many people live here?"
                "Four"
                "Thanks. Bye"

                {"commentId":6888920,"threadId":"570320","contentId":"2774836","authorDomain":"Griff69"}
                • 4 votes
                #10.2 - Tue May 5, 2009 9:07 AM EDT
                {"commentId":6890021,"authorDomain":"lkelnhofer"}

                since every U.S. citizen is suppose to have a SSN you would think that would be a great way of identifing numbers for elected seats in government.....cences would be great to get some idea of a general figure of illegals in country.

                {"commentId":6890021,"threadId":"570320","contentId":"2774836","authorDomain":"lkelnhofer"}
                • 1 vote
                #10.3 - Tue May 5, 2009 10:09 AM EDT
                {"commentId":6890738,"authorDomain":"unicorn-lady1"}

                How so Leo, when this administration considers no one illegal?

                {"commentId":6890738,"threadId":"570320","contentId":"2774836","authorDomain":"unicorn-lady1"}
                • 4 votes
                #10.4 - Tue May 5, 2009 10:44 AM EDT
                {"commentId":6890837,"authorDomain":"lkelnhofer"}

                they would have a better idea of how many new voters they could have / get by giving them amisty....Of course they still leave the back door free from gps ;)

                {"commentId":6890837,"threadId":"570320","contentId":"2774836","authorDomain":"lkelnhofer"}
                • 2 votes
                #10.5 - Tue May 5, 2009 10:48 AM EDT
                {"commentId":6891387,"authorDomain":"unicorn-lady1"}

                It is interesting to think that somehow the information has gotten around to reassure illegals that it is alright to answer the census, and it is no problem that this will now have them locatable by gps. Amazing world.

                {"commentId":6891387,"threadId":"570320","contentId":"2774836","authorDomain":"unicorn-lady1"}
                • 5 votes
                #10.6 - Tue May 5, 2009 11:14 AM EDT
                {"commentId":6893657,"authorDomain":"bengrimm"}
                It requires a count. That's it. One number. Nothing else. No religion, no political affiliation, no GPS coordinates, nada.

                That's correct -- but it's done in a manner prescribed by law. Even the first census collected more than a simple count. Then they started requesting numbers within different age ranges. The fifth census collected address for the first time. The seventh census was the first to attempt to count every single person. Whether by GPS or by physical property description, the census has collected the address of every person for 180 years. It ain't nothin new.

                when this administration considers no one illegal?

                Irrelevant. The census has always been a count of the actual number of people residing in the country without regard to citizenship.

                {"commentId":6893657,"threadId":"570320","contentId":"2774836","authorDomain":"bengrimm"}
                • 2 votes
                #10.7 - Tue May 5, 2009 12:59 PM EDT
                {"commentId":6897845,"authorDomain":"kai"}
                Irrelevant. The census has always been a count of the actual number of people residing in the country without regard to citizenship.

                It should be VERY relevant. Maybe that's why he personally wants to oversee it, to ensure that the illegals are counted thus tilting the congressional representation in their favor. Poof! More democratic voters.

                {"commentId":6897845,"threadId":"570320","contentId":"2774836","authorDomain":"kai"}
                • 1 vote
                #10.8 - Tue May 5, 2009 4:05 PM EDT
                {"commentId":6949808,"authorDomain":"john-hale"}

                Do we really need a LAW to tell people how to count? This is again a Democrat Liberal Law that is so over reaching, What does this have to do with the Federal Government managing Interstate and International business.... Not State Business...

                Socialist behaviors that are identifying the size of the Prison camps needed when exhaling Co2 is a criminal offense that is being over taxed.

                {"commentId":6949808,"threadId":"570320","contentId":"2774836","authorDomain":"john-hale"}
                • 3 votes
                #10.9 - Thu May 7, 2009 11:30 PM EDT
                {"commentId":6957168,"authorDomain":"SirThinkswaytomuch"}
                Do we really need a LAW to tell people how to count? This is again a Democrat Liberal Law that is so over reaching, What does this have to do with the Federal Government managing Interstate and International business.... Not State Business...

                It's called a census. And it's in the constitution. It's not a law, it's a fundamental basis of our country. Even a strict constructionist would argue that it has to be done, it's a power regulated to the Federal Government. That's the bottom line.

                And, it has everything to do with the Federal Government. How else are they going to make sure that infrastructure is sufficient? How can you effectively govern a country when you have no clue how many people there are? The Census determines all sorts of statistics that the government uses to govern effectively.

                {"commentId":6957168,"threadId":"570320","contentId":"2774836","authorDomain":"SirThinkswaytomuch"}
                  #10.10 - Fri May 8, 2009 1:06 PM EDT
                  {"commentId":6968465,"authorDomain":"john-hale"}

                  OK, So the word LAW is defined as: "any written or positive rule or collection of rules prescribed under the authority of the state or nation, as by the people in its constitution."

                  Furthermore, "The U.S. Constitution mandates a headcount of everyone residing in the United States. The population totals determine each state’s Congressional representation. The numbers also affect funding in your community and help inform decision makers about how your community is changing."

                  How does this mean, in any form, that the government needs GPS coordinates to the front door of any home? Are you saying that this is not going beyond what the US Constitution mandates, and it is not in some strange way, a method of planning for control, or a violation of rights? Has it been published WHY this is necessary, or desired? They have my address, why do they need more?

                  {"commentId":6968465,"threadId":"570320","contentId":"2774836","authorDomain":"john-hale"}
                  • 2 votes
                  #10.11 - Sat May 9, 2009 2:10 AM EDT
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                  {"commentId":6893418,"authorDomain":"katrixx"}

                  Do any of you who are so concerned about this have a cell phone? If so, the government can get a pretty good idea of your general location right now. Isn't that scary too? That darned Obama.

                  {"commentId":6893418,"threadId":"570320","contentId":"2774836","authorDomain":"katrixx"}
                  • 1 vote
                  Reply#11 - Tue May 5, 2009 12:49 PM EDT
                  {"commentId":6904970,"authorDomain":"unicorn-lady1"}

                  Oh you think I am worried about the Government! No - I don't want those Nutz having my information - the acorns.

                  {"commentId":6904970,"threadId":"570320","contentId":"2774836","authorDomain":"unicorn-lady1"}
                  • 4 votes
                  #11.1 - Wed May 6, 2009 12:10 AM EDT
                  {"commentId":6978126,"authorDomain":"john-hale"}

                  ACORN is the nation’s largest grassroots community organization of low- and moderate-income people with over 400,000 member families organized into more than 1,200 neighborhood chapters in 110 cities across the country. ()

                  So Does low and moderate income mean "Welfare"? I think it does, This is an organization that Obama stands behind, "Take from the Wealthy and give to the Lazy unemployed on welfare people. I work hard for my money and I expect others to do the same. Not sit at home on welfare. If you want to support welfare people, allow them to move into your house, and eat your food, and use your water and electricity. Allow illegal aliens to move in with you as well, make them your dependents, not mine.

                  {"commentId":6978126,"threadId":"570320","contentId":"2774836","authorDomain":"john-hale"}
                  • 2 votes
                  #11.2 - Sat May 9, 2009 8:21 PM EDT
                  {"commentId":6978475,"authorDomain":"SirThinkswaytomuch"}
                  So Does low and moderate income mean "Welfare"? I think it does,

                  No, it doesn't. These people aren't lazy, and you know it. Or maybe you don't, in which case I think that you should head down to inner-city Detroit. Talk to those men and women.

                  Take from the Wealthy and give to the Lazy unemployed on welfare people.

                  In other words, take from white people and give to black people on welfare.

                  We still have de facto racism in our country. I don't know if you've ever met anyone from an extremely poor area like Detroit - a place forsaken by the rest of the country. Society makes it extremely hard to rise up out of those circumstances. It can happen, yes, but it ends up being more about luck than about determination.

                  Meet the people you condemn. Then you won't be so quick to judge.

                  {"commentId":6978475,"threadId":"570320","contentId":"2774836","authorDomain":"SirThinkswaytomuch"}
                    #11.3 - Sat May 9, 2009 8:59 PM EDT
                    {"commentId":7066587,"authorDomain":"john-hale"}

                    Lets just keep in mind here, you are the one bringing race into the conversation, not I. I never said Black or White, I know that there are all races on welfare, and I am not blaming them for being there, as I see it, the government has enabled and kept them in the situation that they find themselves, I see it as the government is their worst enemy, enabling them to have a reason not to be more productive. Killing the American spirit through welfare should be a crime.

                    Education is power, not just the learning but the contacts you can make in school, as we all know, most jobs we ever get are based on a contact, friend, classmate, or previous co-worker. So the education system is not all about learning, it is about networking as well.

                    {"commentId":7066587,"threadId":"570320","contentId":"2774836","authorDomain":"john-hale"}
                      #11.4 - Thu May 14, 2009 12:28 AM EDT
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                      {"commentId":6911188,"authorDomain":"forager"}

                      I just don't recall so much kooky-ness in past decades. where has this come from ?drinking the GOP kool aid is what suspect.

                      the GOP has used fear as their main recruitment technique since turd-blossom Rove came on the scene.

                      it worked the first time but this time its working against them and building a party of nut jobbers.

                      while I'm ranting another funny thing is the tax revolt baggers. turns out most of them will see a tax break they never saw from BushCo but yet they are out there yapping in the streets. delusional comes to mind.

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                      Reply#12 - Wed May 6, 2009 12:09 PM EDT
                      {"commentId":6950312,"authorDomain":"lkelnhofer"}

                      When you take the time to look ahead, spending money ya dont have, borrowing from countries who never have show good intentions to the U.S. , printing money that deflates the value of the U.S. currency, expand government jobs while the gdp shrinks (btw this will put a greater strain on those who pay taxes), passing a stimulis bill as well as bankroll companies (AIG 2 name one) which end up bailing out the world economy, and an administration which promises more of the same for years to come will create a heavy tax burden on our children and future generations. I understand if your of the me me me generation why you could careless but those who protested do care about their childrens and their childrens future.

                      We can look even now at Welfare, Social Security, Medicare, Medicade and other service programs passed by congress and how often they are said to be underfunded due to expansion of them or what not....adding more social programs when the economy is on the ropes makes no sence to me or others. The response was not we are trying to understand your conserns...lets talk about this and find some common ground......no instead they are slandered and treated with hatred.

                      We have two basic groups in this time of insanadity those who wish to give everyone a free lunch and those others who demand everyone make sacerfices for the common good....everyone except our Federal Government need to tighten their belts in these hard times.....our Federal Government is spend spend spend. The bill will come due people. Are we still at war or not? he actions of reducing our military as well as its R&D to maintain superiorty doesnt seem all that wise to me. The troubles on our southern borders only brings token consideration by this Administration, the inability of the FDA to maintin any safty or secure food or medicines in this country....we have problems already on the table without adding new programs for the most part lack inclusion for all U.S. citizens. We are in trouble and I do not see this Administration addressing them in anyway different then the Bush adminstration other then aiding the democratic buddy buddies.

                      Let me be clear I find both Republican and the Democrate parties lacking in honesty or integerty to the U.S. people.

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                      #12.1 - Fri May 8, 2009 12:28 AM EDT
                      {"commentId":6950355,"authorDomain":"lkelnhofer"}

                      oops its everyone is expected to tighten their belts but our Federal Goverment has refused to do likewise.

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                      #12.2 - Fri May 8, 2009 12:33 AM EDT
                      {"commentId":6950519,"authorDomain":"thelopes"}
                      oops its everyone is expected to tighten their belts but our Federal Goverment has refused to do likewise.

                      It is a bit ironic that you post this today...

                      http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30609363/

                      "Obama wants to cut $17 billion from budget"

                      Obama said that Americans are tightening their belts in these difficult times and want to know if Washington "is prepared to act with the same sense of responsibility."

                      ...

                      White House budget director Peter Orszag said the president's plan for program cuts is just a start and that a lot more needs to be done to dig the government out of its fiscal hole, especially curbing the growth of the Medicare and Medicaid health care programs for the elderly and the poor.

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                        #12.3 - Fri May 8, 2009 12:50 AM EDT
                        {"commentId":6950652,"authorDomain":"lkelnhofer"}

                        that is why i posted it....in his campain he indicated that McCain's simular reduction was basicly laughable. I agree for the budget 17 mil is laughable and not really tighting anything...just more pomp and show.

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                        #12.4 - Fri May 8, 2009 1:07 AM EDT
                        {"commentId":6950698,"authorDomain":"thelopes"}

                        When was this?

                        I mean, in the first debate:

                        http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/26/debate.mississippi.transcript/

                        OBAMA: But let's go back to the original point. John, nobody is denying that $18 billion is important. And, absolutely, we need earmark reform. And when I'm president, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely.

                        But the fact is that eliminating earmarks alone is not a recipe for how we're going to get the middle class back on track.

                        Seems like this is eliminating programs that 'spent money unwisely.'

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                          #12.5 - Fri May 8, 2009 1:14 AM EDT
                          {"commentId":6950759,"authorDomain":"lkelnhofer"}

                          yes that is the one, your hoping the eliminated programs are unnessary like some of the earmaked stimulas money.....pork gas...come on that should of never been added...making that line by line bs (imho).

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                          #12.6 - Fri May 8, 2009 1:22 AM EDT
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                          {"commentId":6949866,"authorDomain":"john-hale"}

                          The past decades did not have the (Al Gore) invented internet where we can all talk about issues that are important. It was all hidden by Left wing owned Media outlets.

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                          Reply#13 - Thu May 7, 2009 11:34 PM EDT
                          {"commentId":6991113,"authorDomain":"RightofthePeople"}

                          Well...maybe it's the recovery program. With the Feds hiring all these folks they gotta do something. Seems like an awful waste though when you can get those coordinates off Google Earth. Hey that's it maybe they're verifying the accuracy of Google Earth!

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                          Reply#14 - Sun May 10, 2009 10:43 PM EDT
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