Yankee Clipper

Don't know how legit this is, but it is somewhat humorous how the government works and to a large extent this could be true! Like in the 2010 Census...I never answered the 'mailed' postcard to me (which I didn't request, therefore I am not obligated to reply to if it is not sent certified) and then people kept coming to my door of which I didn't answer...finally THEY CALLED ME! WHAT? They knew my name, my address and phone number...what more did they need to know? Think about it. It's all about CONTROL and seeing WHO will comply to the government requests. They are just looking for good little 'sheeple'.
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Subject: Fwd: Passport Application Letter - Hilarious
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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 10:11:29 -0400
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THIS IS PRICELESS: PASSPORT APPLICATION LETTER SENT BACK TO STATE
DEPARTMENT...

Dear Mrs. Ms. Or Sir: I'm in the process of renewing my passport and still
cannot believe this. How is it that Radio Shack has my address and
telephone number and knows that I bought a cable TV from them in 1987 (23
years ago), and yet, the Federal Government is still asking me where I was
born and on what date. For Christ's sake, do you guys do this by hand?
Ever heard of computers?

My birth date you have in my social security file. It's on EVERY income tax
form I've filed for the past 35+ years.

It's on my Medicare health insurance card and my driver's license, it's on
the last eight damned passports I've had, it's on every stupid customs
declaration form I've had to fill out before being allowed off the plane for
the last 30+ years. And it's on all those census forms that we have to do
at e******n times. Would somebody please take note, once and for all, that
my mother's name is Maryanne, my father's name is Robert and I'm reasonably
confident that neither name is likely to change between now and when I die.

Between you and me, I've had enough of this bureaucratic bulls**t! You send
the application to my house, then you ask me for my #*&#%*& address. What
is going on? You must have a gang of bureaucratic Neanderthal morons
working there! Look at my damn picture. Do I look like Bin Laden? And
"No," I don't want to dig up Yasser Arafat, for s**t sakes. I just want to
go and park my ass on a sandy beach. And would someone please tell me, why
would you give a damn whether I plan on visiting a farm in the next 15 days?

If I ever got the urge to do something weird to a chicken or a goat, believe
you me, I'd sure as hell not want to tell anyone!

Well, I have to go now because I have to go to the other end of the city and
get another #*@&#^@*@ copy of my birth certificate, to the tune of $100.
Would it be so difficult to have all the services in the same area so I
could get a new passport the same day? Nooooo, that would require planning
and organization. And it would be too logical for the @&^*^%@% government.
You'd rather have us running all over the place like chickens with our heads
cut off. Then, we have to find some asshole to confirm that it's really me
in the damn picture - you know, the one where we're not allowed to smile.

Hey, you know why we can't smile? We're totally pissed off!

Signed-

An Irate Citizen.

P.S.

Remember what I wrote about getting someone to confirm that the picture is
me? Well, my family has been in the United States of America since 1776. I
have served in the military for something over 35 years and have had
security clearances up the ying yang. However, I have to get someone
important to verify who I am - you know, someone like my doctor....WHO WAS
BORN AND RAISED IN INDIA! And you assholes want to run our health care
system?????

ABBAsFernando Loc: Ohio

Tasine Loc: Southwest US

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Amen and amen!!

AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State

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It is incumbent on me to point out the Census is mandated by the Constitution, Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3. The 14th Amendment (1866) Section 2 provided a modification after the 13th Amendment (1865), banning s***ery, was passed.

Tasine Loc: Southwest US

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You're correct, of course, but is there no way to bring taking the census into modern times, making it less odious, saving lots of money, making it more exact and true?

I honestly believe that if I gave it an hour or so of concentrated thought, I could devise a better way of taking the census. The primary thing I would do is count the birth certificates and the death certificates, and I would count the people who have been added as citizens since the last count and deduct those who have moved out of the country. If all of this is computerized, which is reasonable to expect, the census could be determined within a few minutes.

As to address and phone number and how many live in a house, I find irrelevant to "census" taking. As a matter of fact, I find it intrusive, odious, and totally and completely subjective.

AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State

After receiving a long form Census in 2000, the 2010 was a breeze. The long form was VERY VERY VERY intrusive. We did not fill out some of the questions and a Census taker arrived at our door requesting we sit down and answer the remaining questions. Being a prickly sort of person about personal information, I refused. The response was, "the Census is mandated by the Constitution." Very large mistake on her part. I pulled out my Constitution and asked her to show me where it provided for income level, educational level completion, etc., etc., etc. You are correct if your perception is she left our abode with no additional information. My interpretation, for what it may be worth, is for a simple counting of the number of people residing within the each state. From a historical perspective it was a tool to determine the number of House members for each state. If one stays with that perspective, only individuals who are citizens and eligible to v**e should be counted. It has been so perverted in it's use for determine funding of education, food stamps, etc., etc. that everyone is counted whether citizen or not.

Yankee Clipper

I got the long form also and threw it away. When the came by to force me to fill it out and answer their questions, I told them, three people live at my residence and to get the hell off my property. They said I had to answer their questions, so I took the 5th Amendment as I escorted them to their vehicle and told them to get off my property. I was warned I would be held in some kind of contempt for my actions and they would be back with summons to force me to comply, but they never showed up, so I guess it was all a big bluff.

PS, to NSA, DoJ, FBI, DHS and any other government entity who may be reading this, mind eigin fyrirtæki þitt and of course, Ascendo Tuum!