Great news: ACORN helping hire workers for U.S. Census
posted at 6:39 pm on March 17, 2009 by Allahpundit
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Not a huge deal, I think, given the sheer numbers we’re talking about — the Census Bureau has 250 organizational partners soliciting one million applicants for 140,000 jobs — but combine this with The One’s tentative efforts to assume greater control of the census and we’re looking at hours and hours of rich bloggy goodness next year when the inevitable stories about lost forms and miscounts start to appear.
“It’s a concern, especially when you look at all the different charges of voter fraud. And it’s not just the lawmakers’ concern. It should be the concern of every citizen in the country,” Rep. Lynn A. Westmoreland, R-Ga., vice ranking member of the subcommittee for the U.S. Census, told FOXNews.com. “We want an enumeration. We don’t want to have any false numbers.”…
“The Census (Bureau) is a nonpartisan, non-political agency and we’re very dedicated to an accurate account,” bureau spokesman Stephen Buckner told FOXNews.com. “We have a lot of quality controls in place to keep any kind of systemic error or fraudulent behavior to affect the counts.”
Buckner said the bureau received an overwhelming number of qualified applicants — more than 1 million — for the 140,000 census taker jobs filled to complete the first phase of the effort. Each applicant, he said, must take a basic skills exam, which includes reading a map and entering data into a handheld computer. Applicants are also subject to an FBI background check, he said.
But Buckner acknowledged that it is difficult to track an applicant’s political background.
“I have no way of tracking any of that information,” he said. “If somebody comes in to a position with a political agenda and their work exhibits that, there are rules against that,” he said.
Good thing ACORN doesn’t have a political agenda. Exit question: Given how many other partners it has, why would the Bureau invite the appearance of impropriety by hooking up with a group as tainted as this? Their latest, greatest hit, you’ll recall, was breaking into foreclosed homes to reinstate the former owners, a practice they admit constitutes trespassing. Does Buckner want to spend the next year being asked about stuff like that?
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I don’t think Buckner cares.
upinak on March 17, 2009 at 6:41 PM
Get ready for as many DooDad Pros, Mick E Mouse, and Rubber D Ucks with as many park bench addys as it takes….
the blue will gain.
sven10077 on March 17, 2009 at 6:41 PM
Our questions didn’t matter before the election and now, having won, they are emboldened. They care very little. There IS no accountability or shame in Washington.
Mommypundit on March 17, 2009 at 6:42 PM
if states start telling the feds FO he may….
sven10077 on March 17, 2009 at 6:42 PM
Game over – head for the hills
Laura in Maryland on March 17, 2009 at 6:43 PM
Corruption at the HIGHEST level.
Guardian on March 17, 2009 at 6:43 PM
What ever happened to the days when companies that have been repeatedly indicted and convicted of multiple felony counts in multiple states were shut down and it’s executives went to prison?
Oh, I guess that only applies to for-profit companies. If it’s a non-profit, we reward this behavior by giving them billions in taxpayer dollars and awarding them government contracts.
My mistake.
Damiano on March 17, 2009 at 6:43 PM
It is so easy to so conspiratorial maliciousness in the actions of this administration. I wonder how often it is really there.
kc8ukw on March 17, 2009 at 6:44 PM
Wow….
Not only is the Fox guarding the Hen house… we’re paying for it…
Romeo13 on March 17, 2009 at 6:44 PM
What a great opportunity to create imaginary citizens who can then register as imaginary voters!
Bruno Strozek on March 17, 2009 at 6:44 PM
an easy one to make….
RICO probably never figured the corrupt organization would have the PotUS seal of approval…
sven10077 on March 17, 2009 at 6:45 PM
There is no reason on Earth why ACORN is still allowed to survive as an entity. It should have been shut down with a huge RICO case, putting all of its officers in jail for decades, many of its lower low-lifes in there along with them, and the organization dissolved.
As long as ACORN is allowed to exist this cr#p will continue. People need to go to jail. Period.
progressoverpeace on March 17, 2009 at 6:45 PM
Really, who is going to ask him? The media?
myrenovations on March 17, 2009 at 6:45 PM
Since when have the rules mattered for THE ONE.
nolapol on March 17, 2009 at 6:46 PM
What could go wrong?
All dead people will continue to have the right to vote for the democrats.
Brat4life on March 17, 2009 at 6:46 PM
Depends on the State.
upinak on March 17, 2009 at 6:46 PM
ACORN: So you want to work for the Census Bureau?
Applicant: Yes ma’am, or sir, as the case may be.
ACORN: Did you vote last year?
Applicant: Yes.
ACORN: For whom?
Applicant: Obama.
ACORN: How many times?
Applicant: Seventy.
ACORN: Congratulations! When can you start?
whitetop on March 17, 2009 at 6:46 PM
When I see The Heritage Foundation taking census in L.A. and Chicago, then I’ll be convinced that Hussein wants an honest count of legal citizens here in America.
madmonkphotog on March 17, 2009 at 6:46 PM
I suppose the squatters are “under-counted” in the census, so ACORN needs to infiltrate and corrupt that process the same way they have done to elections.
forest on March 17, 2009 at 6:47 PM
It’s not just the potential for ACORN to screw with the numbers.
ACORN empoys bad people. During the last census, I got the full questionaire, which is invasive.
I do not want to spend that much time with an ACORN person, nor do I want to tell someone from ACORN how many people live in my house and how much money I make.
myrenovations on March 17, 2009 at 6:48 PM
Public executions for corruption could solve so many problems in this country.
a capella on March 17, 2009 at 6:49 PM
I’m thinking Texas….
how’re you anyhow?
*wink*
sven10077 on March 17, 2009 at 6:49 PM
Good point. Quite frankly I don’t want the government to know all that either.
nolapol on March 17, 2009 at 6:49 PM
It seems appropriate that the “Brown Shirts” should conduct the census for this liberal fascist state. God help us . . . the poor sick Republic is crumbling under its own weight.
rplat on March 17, 2009 at 6:50 PM
Lie….
sven10077 on March 17, 2009 at 6:52 PM
Buckner is an idiot for even being ASSOCIATED with ACORN.
GarandFan on March 17, 2009 at 6:52 PM
“Go to these addresses found here (map skills), then add “3″ to the “2″ registered Dem voters (data entry).
I suggest a higher bar; like maybe the alphabet and addition… but thats just me.
Odie1941 on March 17, 2009 at 6:52 PM
Is this legal? I mean, really…
ladyingray on March 17, 2009 at 6:53 PM
ACORN: So you want to work for the Census Bureau?
Applicant: Yes ma’am, or sir, as the case may be.
ACORN: Did you vote last year?
Applicant: Yes.
ACORN: For whom?
Applicant: Obama.
ACORN: How many times?
Applicant: Just the once.
ACORN: ooooo. Sorry. We can’t use you. No creative tactics to further an agenda. tsk tsk
Guardian on March 17, 2009 at 6:54 PM
Ahh Texas won’t pull that crap.
sven I am good.. long weekend and wore myself out. You?
upinak on March 17, 2009 at 6:54 PM
Actually there is a reason. The DOJ is politicized as well. That’s why Sandy Burglar walks free today. People WOULD go to jail if it wasn’t.
Patrick S on March 17, 2009 at 6:55 PM
The only thing that Acorn should be hired for is to pick up trash along the highway.
Probably have lots of practice, courtesy of a court order.
HornetSting on March 17, 2009 at 6:55 PM
Then don’t. Refuse to speak to them. You are not required to participate in the census.
Guardian on March 17, 2009 at 6:56 PM
well the season is winding down so I plan to exercise more, and get ready for the wife’s PCS…keep warm and keep away from the skeeters…
sven10077 on March 17, 2009 at 6:56 PM
Thereby accelerating the fraud…
it is a catch 22…
sven10077 on March 17, 2009 at 6:57 PM
Really…
canditaylor68 on March 17, 2009 at 6:57 PM
And now let’s make fun of Glenn Beck’s paranoia some more.
Jim Treacher on March 17, 2009 at 6:58 PM
+1 as are the different Intell and LE offices…
it is gonna take the American people hitting the reset button if the fraud goes too far.
sven10077 on March 17, 2009 at 6:58 PM
I thought there was a legal penalty for refusing to participate?
myrenovations on March 17, 2009 at 6:58 PM
even paranoids tell the right time twice a day…
sven10077 on March 17, 2009 at 6:58 PM
Obama will go down as the most corrupt politician that has ever been elected president. He has ben chosen for his charisma and the fact he takes instruction with total disregard for the truth. If we can survive his incompetence, then we may still have a country that resembles the way of life guaranteed by the Constitution.
volsense on March 17, 2009 at 6:59 PM
At least I am not crying during my paranoid fit.
myrenovations on March 17, 2009 at 6:59 PM
ahhh the dreaded PCS. Take care and keep in touch.
I am outta here.
upinak on March 17, 2009 at 6:59 PM
omeone is very likely to notice if you do not fill out and return your form. After April 1 in a census year, all of the responses received by the U.S. Census Bureau will be compared to major lists of U.S. residences. If your response has not been received — or if you didn’t complete all the questions on your form — someone from the census will contact you for that information. The census is a $6.5 billion dollar project. They can afford to be thorough!
If you refuse to give out the information or you deliberately give inaccurate information, you can be in legal trouble. According to United States Code, Title 13 (Census), Chapter 7 (Offenses and Penalties), SubChapter II, if you’re over 18 and refuse to answer all or part of the Census, you can be fined up to $100. If you give false answers, you’re subject to a fine of up to $500. If you offer suggestions or information with the “intent to cause inaccurate enumeration of population,” you are subject to a fine of up to $1,000, up to a year in prison, or both. Here’s the official verbiage:
221. Refusal or neglect to answer questions; false answers
* (a) Whoever, being over eighteen years of age, refuses or willfully neglects, when requested by the Secretary, or by any other authorized officer or employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau or agency thereof acting under the instructions of the Secretary or authorized officer, to answer, to the best of his knowledge, any of the questions on any schedule submitted to him in connection with any census or survey provided for by subchapters I, II, IV, and V of chapter 5 of this title, applying to himself or to the family to which he belongs or is related, or to the farm or farms of which he or his family is the occupant, shall be fined not more than $100.
* (b) Whoever, when answering questions described in subsection (a) of this section, and under the conditions or circumstances described in such subsection, willfully gives any answer that is false, shall be fined not more than $500.
* (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, no person shall be compelled to disclose information relative to his religious beliefs or to membership in a religious body.
Sec. 222. Giving suggestions or information with intent to cause inaccurate enumeration of population
Whoever, either directly or indirectly, offers or renders to any officer or employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau or agency thereof engaged in making an enumeration of population under subchapter II, IV, or V of chapter 5 of this title, any suggestion, advice, information or assistance of any kind, with the intent or purpose of causing an inaccurate enumeration of population to be made, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
sven10077 on March 17, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Take care, and be safe.
sven10077 on March 17, 2009 at 7:01 PM
Anybody who thinks Obama is stupid should take a look at how he is amassing power from the bottom up: the census will determine congressional seats and allotments from his taxpayer-funded stimulus slush fund. A majority of voters will soon be fully on the dole one way or the other and will not give a damn about anything except “where’s my free government cheese.”
The other 48% will be on the outside, in every way.
PattyJ on March 17, 2009 at 7:01 PM
OMG. Why couldn’t people bring themselves to see what a ruthless radical Obama is? Now these imbeciles who voted for him have put us in such a dangerous position all-around.
marklmail on March 17, 2009 at 7:01 PM
sven10077 on March 17, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Yeah, that’s what the census lady told me last time. Scared me enough to go through the process which took about 30 minutes.
myrenovations on March 17, 2009 at 7:03 PM
At least this explains why no one has gotten their free, Hopenchange-brand, gubmint-issued unicorn yet.
Obama’s waiting for ACORN to get an accurate count. Good thing they got all that stimulus cash.
Damiano on March 17, 2009 at 7:04 PM
nah take heart…this is the stuff civil wars are made of….
sven10077 on March 17, 2009 at 7:04 PM
Just make sure they have good livers, or they’ll ruin the fava beans and Chianti.
AubieJon on March 17, 2009 at 7:04 PM
Buckner let this one go through his legs.
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on March 17, 2009 at 7:04 PM
Dude that sucks. Still, I’d just as soon pay the hundred dollar fine and not be interrogated by Obama’s gestapo.
Guardian on March 17, 2009 at 7:06 PM
It’s time for the non-Marxist states to exercise their sovereignty rights and refuse to participate in Obama’s radical schemes and Marxist endeavors.
rplat on March 17, 2009 at 7:07 PM
Well, this just made my day…….NOT!
I was an FOS (Field Operating Supervisor) for the Census back in 2000 and just got the call 2 weeks ago that I’m hired again (it’s a great way to make some extra cash). Among my various duties was to teach the 5 day class to prepare the enumerators (door knockers) on how to fill in the Census form and then fill in the appropriate info into “binders”, along with adding/subtracting homes on the maps which were included in the binders.
This system is so antiquated, and overly complicated even some of the smartest people I know had a hard time getting the procedures done correctly. Teaching this stuff to morons is not for the faint of heart.
An FOS oversee’s crew leaders who have to “double check” and reverify about a third of what the enumerators turn in. I can only hope that those of us “higer ups” will be able to nail these idiots if they pull this crap.
But then again, I may get fired if they find out I didn’t vote for the Boy King.
Knucklehead on March 17, 2009 at 7:07 PM
Indeed.
Crania Hellbent on March 17, 2009 at 7:11 PM
So for the low, low fine of $100 I can tell some ACORNoid to go **** him/her/itself, eh? Time to start setting aside some of my allowance.
Patrick S on March 17, 2009 at 7:11 PM
The tree doesn’t fall far from the ACORN.
Why don’t conservatives apply for the jobs?
bloggless on March 17, 2009 at 7:11 PM
I always wanted to be a black lesbian.
NoDonkey on March 17, 2009 at 7:15 PM
Too manly, huh?
Jim Treacher on March 17, 2009 at 7:15 PM
Correction – 10 black lesbians.
NoDonkey on March 17, 2009 at 7:15 PM
Probably because conservatives don’t want to knock on a door, announce that they are there for the government and then ask questions that really should not be the business of the government.
myrenovations on March 17, 2009 at 7:16 PM
On the census website the only reason listed for getting a personal visit is failure to mail in the form twice and after they try to contact you via phone.
Oldnuke on March 17, 2009 at 7:19 PM
That’s true, most conservatives would not like to yell “stick ‘em up” and “hand over your wallet, MF’er.”
Unlike ACORN members and Congressmen. They’re totally down with it.
NoDonkey on March 17, 2009 at 7:20 PM
Heh, the problem is that George Soros will pay the 1000 buck fine the acorns will get for “going nuts” with a smile…
sven10077 on March 17, 2009 at 7:20 PM
If ACORN is tapped to count the Census and the outcome is what we’re all thinking…
I SWEAR I will go John Galt. Not a penny of my taxes will he get. Not one! Nada.
TN Mom on March 17, 2009 at 7:21 PM
Thereby making it easier for Doodad Pro and Mickey to “do the right thing”….
the census was once simply a headcount…
sven10077 on March 17, 2009 at 7:21 PM
Which is exactly what it should be.
Oldnuke on March 17, 2009 at 7:24 PM
Perfect.
WisCon on March 17, 2009 at 7:27 PM
every program, and every dime the Federales give you accomplish some things….
1) diminishes the freedom we enjoy
2) gives them a stick for the carrot they gave you and frankly they like to use the stick
3) is codified theft….
I agree…turn back the clock…if the donks don’t want the Feds in Barney Frank’s bedroom I’d like them to stay out of my greeting room uninvited.
sven10077 on March 17, 2009 at 7:27 PM
President Obama is this nation’s worst nightmare come true.
Forget Bill Clinton, I think I might actually welcome Carter back if we could get rid of President Neophyte.
SimplyKimberly on March 17, 2009 at 7:35 PM
Yep, backed up by the threat of violence and enforced by people carrying guns.
Oldnuke on March 17, 2009 at 7:35 PM
It also applies to baseball players who use performance enhancers…
…b/c pro athletes cheating is somehow more important than a socialist cult cooking the books via the census (or an election)
Sorry…my inner conspiracy theorist comes out when I drink too much on St. Patty’s day
bluelightbrigade on March 17, 2009 at 7:36 PM
So can I write F*** ACORN! on the margin of my census form without getting fined?
aikidoka on March 17, 2009 at 7:42 PM
Criminals, the whole lot of them.
Hog Wild on March 17, 2009 at 7:49 PM
Nope. Just insensitive.
myrenovations on March 17, 2009 at 7:53 PM
Don’t forget………
………. ACORN, while performing the Census, will be providing Democrat Party Voter Registration Forms.
Especially…………. for Illegal Aliens.
Seven Percent Solution on March 17, 2009 at 7:54 PM
The ‘Bama is just fulfilling his campaign promise to bring a con-census to Washington.
Nemo Dat on March 17, 2009 at 7:55 PM
So I get to defend myself and lay out some punk, and Soros has to pay for it? Better still!
Patrick S on March 17, 2009 at 7:55 PM
Lovely. I am wondering if ACORN is behind some of these AIG mobs as well. What else do they have to do with their time.
JellyToast on March 17, 2009 at 8:02 PM
Moe: Hello, Chef, I’m the census taker.
Curley (disguised as Chef): Well, you caught me at a busy time!
Moe: Where were you born?
Curley: Lake Winnipesaukee!
Moe: Lake Winnipe-how do you spell that?
Curley: W-O-WOOF. Better make it Lake Erie, I had an uncle there!
Del Dolemonte on March 17, 2009 at 8:11 PM
There is absolutely no reason for this except bogus numbers out of areas that will not return the forms. Detroit comes to mind.
The poulation of that city has dropped significantly. With ACORN involved I’ll bet there is no drop. Any takers?
ORconservative on March 17, 2009 at 8:21 PM
ACORN people…. go to hell and fast.
MNDavenotPC on March 17, 2009 at 8:29 PM
Well hell, looks like we do have *cough*qualified*cough* candidates for those 17 unfilled Treasury positions!
Maquis on March 17, 2009 at 8:35 PM
When is this kind of sh*t gonna stop?
Many folks are beyond having enough of it.
johnnyU on March 17, 2009 at 8:44 PM
Why stop there, Obama’s teleprompter should hire the communist worker’s party to help out also.
Kjeil on March 17, 2009 at 8:48 PM
I have now heard it all. To think that our hard-earned tax dollars are going to an organization as corrupt as ACORN and that ACORN will have something to do with the census. Where can I get my NOBAMA sticker?? At this point, I don’t care if my car gets vandalized.
Callie C. on March 17, 2009 at 8:49 PM
ACORN voter fraud is all part of the Cloward-Piven strategy:
America better wake up … The usurper and his Mini-me emmanuel are on the move every…single…minute.
Federal troops headed down to the Mexi border…you can bet this is a cover move for something else.
Let’s roll baby.
ex-Democrat on March 17, 2009 at 9:10 PM
NOBAMA
ex-Democrat on March 17, 2009 at 9:42 PM
This country is now officially a nightmare. There is no way taking this into the whitehouse is without dark evil motives. We have sunk into totalitarianism. How could we do this in so short a time. Please please we need to get these horrible control freaks back into their dark shadowy caves where they can plot but not really effect us. Freedom is dead.
petunia on March 17, 2009 at 10:00 PM
I have been hired by the Census Bureau and start training on april 6th. I had to take a test wich consisted of map reading (sorta) and basic math but their was no backround check, that I know of, by the FBI and I did not enter anything into a hand held computer.
By the way, now that I’m in, what are my orders?
Vince on March 17, 2009 at 10:35 PM
And as you can see, I can’t spell.
Vince on March 17, 2009 at 10:36 PM
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