Re: Congress proposes raiding census records.

2000-10-26 Thread Sampo A Syreeni
On Wed, 25 Oct 2000, jim bell wrote: >Not "mexican-american." The average American's illusion is that when an >illegal alien is found he's immediately kicked across the border. Well, the >first time maybe, but there is now a 2-year sentence for illegal entry for >repeat offenders. What's the h

RE: Congress proposes raiding census records.

2000-10-25 Thread Bill Stewart
At 03:19 PM 10/25/00 -0400, Matt Elliott wrote: >>I am puzzled why anybody would have bothered to answer the remaining >>questions. > >I did the same thing and the census worker came by 4 times trying to get my >wife or I to divulge more information. that's because you failed to say the magic wor

Re: Congress proposes raiding census records.

2000-10-25 Thread Bill Stewart
I'd been planning to take the Fifth and write a rant to go with it explaining why. There were half a dozen things wrong with the forms and associated package purely aside from the questions themselves. But it wasn't a high priority, so I ended up not returning the form. At 09:45 AM 10/25/00 -040

Re: Congress proposes raiding census records.

2000-10-25 Thread jim bell
- Original Message - X-Loop: openpgp.net From: Tim May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > When the Census form eventually arrived I got the short one. I > answered only the question about the number of adults living at the > address. I wrote "Aryan" for my race...I figured if the "favored > minorities

RE: Congress proposes raiding census records.

2000-10-25 Thread Matt Elliott
>I am puzzled why anybody would have bothered to answer the remaining >questions. I did the same thing and the census worker came by 4 times trying to get my wife or I to divulge more information. -- Matt ElliottHigh Performance Data Management Team 217-265-0257

Re: Congress proposes raiding census records.

2000-10-25 Thread Greg Broiles
At 12:38 PM 10/25/00 -0400, David Honig wrote: >Real-To: David Honig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >At 09:45 AM 10/25/00 -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote: > >I didn't answer even that question. I did not return the form. > > > >My result was the same as yours: No visits or inquiries. > > > >That's a shame.

Re: Congress proposes raiding census records.

2000-10-25 Thread Tim May
At 12:38 PM -0400 10/25/00, David Honig wrote: >At 09:45 AM 10/25/00 -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote: >>I didn't answer even that question. I did not return the form. >> >>My result was the same as yours: No visits or inquiries. >> >>That's a shame. If I get fined $100, I can write a column about my

Re: Congress proposes raiding census records.

2000-10-25 Thread David Honig
At 09:45 AM 10/25/00 -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote: >I didn't answer even that question. I did not return the form. > >My result was the same as yours: No visits or inquiries. > >That's a shame. If I get fined $100, I can write a column about my >experience and sell it for much more. > >-Declan

Re: Congress proposes raiding census records.

2000-10-25 Thread Declan McCullagh
I didn't answer even that question. I did not return the form. My result was the same as yours: No visits or inquiries. That's a shame. If I get fined $100, I can write a column about my experience and sell it for much more. -Declan On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 04:08:42AM -0400, Lucky Green wrote

RE: Congress proposes raiding census records.

2000-10-25 Thread Lucky Green
I only answered the first question in the last census: how many people live at that address (or something to that effect). The rest I crossed out with fat black permanent marker. The result: no visits from the census taker. No inquiries from the Census Office. No fine. No repercussions of any kind