2010 Census - You are American. Period.

[K.Ingraham]

Fully one-quarter of the space on this year's form is taken up with questions of race and ethnicity, which are clearly illegitimate and none of the government's business (despite the New York Times' assurances to the contrary on today's (3.8.10) editorial page). So until we succeed in building the needed wall of separation between race and state, I have a proposal. Question 9 on the census form asks "What is Person 1's race?" (and so on, for other members of the household). One's initial impulse might be to misidentify one's race so as to throw a monkey wrench into the statistics; but lying in this constitutionally mandated process is wrong. Don't do it.
Instead, we should answer Question 9 by checking the last option — "Some other race" — and writing in "American." It's a truthful answer but at the same time is a way for ordinary citizens to express their rejection of unconstitutional racial classification schemes. In fact, "American" was the plurality ancestry selection for respondents to the 2000 census in four states and several hundred counties.
So remember: Question 9 — "Some other race" — "American". Pass it on.

(Edited from today's email. I am not the author, but it looks like a plan to me.)

[Flesh Thorn]

How much did it cost to send everyone a letter telling them the Census would be mailed to them in the near future ? What a waste of money and resources!

[Jim]

I'm concerned about:
1. Who is asking these questions?
2. Why?
3. Why do they feel they have to send me a note to tell me the survey will arrive next week?
Great idea, Kevin.

[Boudicca]

How much did it cost to send everyone a letter telling them the Census would be mailed to them in the near future ? What a waste of money and resources!

You asked the same exact question I asked yesterday when I received my letter telling me I should expect a census in the near future!!!! What kind of Mickey Mouse bullshit is that???

[BonesC75RVN]

Whenever I have to fill any forms out today that ask for race, I just put American. The Gov. proved they cannot put 2+2 together with all the info they have on us, when they let the underwear bomber slide through. So, now they ask questions on "official" forms that ask you to put all the info they can use against you on one form where they can easlily find it. Ha! Fat chance.

[RangerX]

I wonder if Jedi is an option?

Or even Ranger?

[Rock Island Ranger]

This census shit is interesting. Got one here and at the farm. Im trying to figure out who I am gunna be and what color.

[RangerX]

This census shit is interesting. Got one here and at the farm. Im trying to figure out who I am gunna be and what color.

By Chicago standards, that means you get to vote twice.

Maybe could be a pregnant illegal with Parkinsons.

[Caruthers]

I'v been using N. American for years..............."North American"; they might think its Native American.....like the fire dept did. And if they bitch.........Texan. smatn,ratn,fratn.....do gooders

[Flesh Thorn]

Appalachian Hillbilly of European Decent here......

[Rangerguru]

I wonder if Jedi is an option?

Or even Ranger?

When I went to the Atlanta VA hospital to get put into the system, the woman at the desk asked me my race, I guess because it's not obvious being that I'm almost clear. So, I told her Viking. She asked what that was, so I told her it was people from Scandinavia, so she checked the other box and wrote it in after I told her how to spell it.

[RANGER513]

Fully one-quarter of the space on this year's form is taken up with questions of race and ethnicity, which are clearly illegitimate and none of the government's business (despite the New York Times' assurances to the contrary on today's (3.8.10) editorial page). So until we succeed in building the needed wall of separation between race and state, I have a proposal. Question 9 on the census form asks "What is Person 1's race?" (and so on, for other members of the household). One's initial impulse might be to misidentify one's race so as to throw a monkey wrench into the statistics; but lying in this constitutionally mandated process is wrong. Don't do it.
Instead, we should answer Question 9 by checking the last option — "Some other race" — and writing in "American." It's a truthful answer but at the same time is a way for ordinary citizens to express their rejection of unconstitutional racial classification schemes. In fact, "American" was the plurality ancestry selection for respondents to the 2000 census in four states and several hundred counties.
So remember: Question 9 — "Some other race" — "American". Pass it on.

(Edited from today's email. I am not the author, but it looks like a plan to me.)

Hmmmm, are you including all the Russian sex-slave girls residing at your residence on the census ?????

[Ranger175csar]

I Like it, and normally do just that... will pass it on and see how it catches on. Be nice to send a clear message to the dipshits reading it.