I'm starting to get reminders about doing my civic duty to complete the upcoming 2010 US Census. I'll do my part by completing the short 10 question form. But if I'm given the long form 28 page "The American Community Survey" I will refuse to complete it other than telling the US Census the number of people at my house. In my opinion, the questions in the long form are overly intrusive and non of the government's business. I also think the questions are unconstitutional.
How did the simple US Constitution Article I Section 2 of the US Constitution which requires a head count of all persons in the USA every 10 years for congressional apportionment end up so convoluted into a massive anti privacy data collection program? The US Constitution does not mention the collection of private data other than a head count. Tell me which part of the constitution gives the government the authority to find out how many bathrooms I have, or how many miles I drive to work every day, how many days I was sick last year, how much my mortgage or rental is, how many TVs and telephones I have, my marital status, heritage, age, sexual preference, political beliefs, fertility of women at my house and take GPS coordinates of my house, etc? Many of the questions are so intrusive that if an employer were to ask these questions, they would be fined. Why is the government able to get away with these questions that they say are illegal for employers to ask?
The US Census has even threatened people with fines of $100 for each unanswered questions up to a maximum of $5,000 fine for failure to complete the US Census forms. Lower courts have affirmed the Census requirements but the courts are silent on the constitutionality of the US Census questions. It has also been reported that the US Census will not fine or drag people through the courts for failure to cooperate. Perhaps they know or fear that their big brother scheme will be undressed by the courts if someone actually challenge them on constitutional grounds.
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A Chinese Wedding Somewhere in China
Here's how to have a wedding in style...
A young bride and groom and
8 Lamborghini
4 Ferrari
4 Rolls Royce
6 Bentley
6 Mercedes Benz
20 Audi A8
5 Hummers
6 Jeeps for photographers and videographers
And
A GIANT money tree
A young bride and groom and
8 Lamborghini
4 Ferrari
4 Rolls Royce
6 Bentley
6 Mercedes Benz
20 Audi A8
5 Hummers
6 Jeeps for photographers and videographers
And
A GIANT money tree
Photo credit: Autoclub.mop.com
IRS visits Sacramento carwash chasing after $0.04
It was every businessperson's nightmare.
Arriving at Harv's Metro Car Wash in midtown Wednesday afternoon were two dark-suited IRS agents demanding payment of delinquent taxes. "They were deadly serious, very aggressive, very condescending," says Harv's owner, Aaron Zeff.
The really odd part of this: The letter that was hand-delivered to Zeff's on-site manager showed the amount of money owed to the feds was ... 4 cents.
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Arriving at Harv's Metro Car Wash in midtown Wednesday afternoon were two dark-suited IRS agents demanding payment of delinquent taxes. "They were deadly serious, very aggressive, very condescending," says Harv's owner, Aaron Zeff.
The really odd part of this: The letter that was hand-delivered to Zeff's on-site manager showed the amount of money owed to the feds was ... 4 cents.
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Sarah Palin
Have you attended a party or gathering where a mere mentioning of Sarah Palin's name draws black clouds, lightning strikes and tornadoes out of the clear blue sky? This is how crazy it gets when even highly educated adults mock her with one-liner zings...
-She's a joke!
-She's dumb!
-She's an idiot!
-Palin has no experience
-She can see Russia from her house
-She's a liar
-She doesn’t even know what newspapers she reads
-Fill in the blank with your own zing.....
It's even more absurd on TV. The so-called unbiased journalists and hollywood types are besides themselves and enjoy talking down Sarah Palin.
It's OK if people perceive her to be as dumb as a door knob. They are entitled to their opinons. But what comes out of their mouths in the next breath is what amazes me. It's a WTF moment when people start touting how much better Obama is. If Palin is an idiot the same logic should apply to Obama. Obama is an idiot too. Here's why?
-Have you heard Obama speak without a teleprompter?
-He believes there are 58 states in the USA!
-He's a liar
-He has less real work experience than Palin
-A fruit doesn't fall far from the tree (google his background and past associations)
Oh ya? How do you explain he's the POTUS? Great question! I'm still scratching my head. Maybe people who bought the "Rolls Royce" but forgot to inspect the rot underneath the car. Lately, I've also noticed a marked decreased in people praising or avoiding the Obama topic at social gatherings. Could it be people are embarrassed with buyers' remorse and now waking up and finding out that the "car" they bought is a scam and not what was advertised?
For the record, I left the 2008 POTUS election ballot blank because I didn't think the three 2008 presidential candidates were good for America.
Zogby Poll
512 Obama Voters 11/13/08-11/15/08 MOE +/- 4.4 points
97.1% High School Graduate or higher, 55% College Graduates
Results to 12 simple Multiple Choice Questions
57.4% could NOT correctly say which party controls congress (50/50 shot just by guessing)
71.8% could NOT correctly say Joe Biden quit a previous campaign because of plagiarism (25% chance by guessing)
82.6% could NOT correctly say that Barack Obama won his first election by getting opponents kicked off the ballot (25% chance by guessing)
88.4% could NOT correctly say that Obama said his policies would likely bankrupt the coal industry and make energy rates skyrocket (25% chance by guessing)
56.1% could NOT correctly say Obama started his political career at the home of two former members of the Weather Underground (25% chance by guessing).
And yet.....
Only 13.7% failed to identify Sarah Palin as the person on which their party spent $150,000 in clothes
Only 6.2% failed to identify Palin as the one with a pregnant teenage daughter
And 86.9 % thought that Palin said that she could see Russia from her "house," even though that was Tina Fey who said that!!
Only 2.4% got at least 11 correct.
Only .5% got all of them correct. (And we "gave" one answer that was technically not Palin, but actually Tina Fey)
Read about the video controversy.
-She's a joke!
-She's dumb!
-She's an idiot!
-Palin has no experience
-She can see Russia from her house
-She's a liar
-She doesn’t even know what newspapers she reads
-Fill in the blank with your own zing.....
It's even more absurd on TV. The so-called unbiased journalists and hollywood types are besides themselves and enjoy talking down Sarah Palin.
It's OK if people perceive her to be as dumb as a door knob. They are entitled to their opinons. But what comes out of their mouths in the next breath is what amazes me. It's a WTF moment when people start touting how much better Obama is. If Palin is an idiot the same logic should apply to Obama. Obama is an idiot too. Here's why?
-Have you heard Obama speak without a teleprompter?
-He believes there are 58 states in the USA!
-He's a liar
-He has less real work experience than Palin
-A fruit doesn't fall far from the tree (google his background and past associations)
Oh ya? How do you explain he's the POTUS? Great question! I'm still scratching my head. Maybe people who bought the "Rolls Royce" but forgot to inspect the rot underneath the car. Lately, I've also noticed a marked decreased in people praising or avoiding the Obama topic at social gatherings. Could it be people are embarrassed with buyers' remorse and now waking up and finding out that the "car" they bought is a scam and not what was advertised?
For the record, I left the 2008 POTUS election ballot blank because I didn't think the three 2008 presidential candidates were good for America.
Zogby Poll
512 Obama Voters 11/13/08-11/15/08 MOE +/- 4.4 points
97.1% High School Graduate or higher, 55% College Graduates
Results to 12 simple Multiple Choice Questions
57.4% could NOT correctly say which party controls congress (50/50 shot just by guessing)
71.8% could NOT correctly say Joe Biden quit a previous campaign because of plagiarism (25% chance by guessing)
82.6% could NOT correctly say that Barack Obama won his first election by getting opponents kicked off the ballot (25% chance by guessing)
88.4% could NOT correctly say that Obama said his policies would likely bankrupt the coal industry and make energy rates skyrocket (25% chance by guessing)
56.1% could NOT correctly say Obama started his political career at the home of two former members of the Weather Underground (25% chance by guessing).
And yet.....
Only 13.7% failed to identify Sarah Palin as the person on which their party spent $150,000 in clothes
Only 6.2% failed to identify Palin as the one with a pregnant teenage daughter
And 86.9 % thought that Palin said that she could see Russia from her "house," even though that was Tina Fey who said that!!
Only 2.4% got at least 11 correct.
Only .5% got all of them correct. (And we "gave" one answer that was technically not Palin, but actually Tina Fey)
Read about the video controversy.
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