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. . . The election of the semi-black Barack Obama as president of the United States should have signalled an end to racial politics and racism but, instead, it has exacerbated the racial divide. Obama greatly widened that divide by indicating on the 2010 census form that he was totally African-American without a trace of caucasian blood even though he is half white.
Whites should now say we were dissed, using the African-American jargon. By ignoring his white roots, Obama has served to marginalize the vast majority of Americans, treating his white half as if it didn’t exist. That is an insult to his mother, to his maternal grandparents who largely reared him, and to the 74% of Americans who are caucasians.
Consider the repercussions had Obama checked the box next to “White” instead of “Black, African Am, or Negro.” Such a self-designation would have been met with demonstrations and protests by the black community righteously demanding he at least explain his choice of words. . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1625)
Showing posts with label census. Show all posts
Showing posts with label census. Show all posts
Monday, April 12, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
The Census Consensus
The Census Consensus
The consensus on the census is that it’s getting all screwed up.
You had to know something would go awry when the White House wanted the decennial head count to be headquartered in the executive mansion where Rahm Emanuel would have his sticky fingers all over the results.
Now, with months to go before it’s completed, reports are flowing in about how botched up the process is and how it’s become a phony boondoggle for many involved in tallying the number–and race–of people residing in our massive nation.
Reflecting how desperate the honchos at the Census Bureau are, George W. Bush’s “architect,” Karl Rove has been hired to do television spots urging Americans, and non-Americans, to cooperate and fill out the census form.
Our Constitution mandates it be done every ten years so there’s no debating the issue. What can be debated is how the enumeration is conducted, how fair the count is, and, especially, how accurate it is.
However, some people just don’t like filling out forms, even forms with 10 simple questions. Others forget to do it despite the billion dollar advertising effort to remind them of their consititutional duty. Still others are afraid to complete the form, principally those who shouldn’t be here in the first place and are afraid agents of the INS and ICE will break down their doors right after the census taker leaves.
No such luck.
With hundreds of billions of dollars in federal largesse at stake, not to mention the number of congressional districts a state is awarded, as Joe Biden would say, the census is a big f*****g deal but a deal already rife with corruption and evidence of mismanagement and mis-counting. . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1617)
The consensus on the census is that it’s getting all screwed up.
You had to know something would go awry when the White House wanted the decennial head count to be headquartered in the executive mansion where Rahm Emanuel would have his sticky fingers all over the results.
Now, with months to go before it’s completed, reports are flowing in about how botched up the process is and how it’s become a phony boondoggle for many involved in tallying the number–and race–of people residing in our massive nation.
Reflecting how desperate the honchos at the Census Bureau are, George W. Bush’s “architect,” Karl Rove has been hired to do television spots urging Americans, and non-Americans, to cooperate and fill out the census form.
Our Constitution mandates it be done every ten years so there’s no debating the issue. What can be debated is how the enumeration is conducted, how fair the count is, and, especially, how accurate it is.
However, some people just don’t like filling out forms, even forms with 10 simple questions. Others forget to do it despite the billion dollar advertising effort to remind them of their consititutional duty. Still others are afraid to complete the form, principally those who shouldn’t be here in the first place and are afraid agents of the INS and ICE will break down their doors right after the census taker leaves.
No such luck.
With hundreds of billions of dollars in federal largesse at stake, not to mention the number of congressional districts a state is awarded, as Joe Biden would say, the census is a big f*****g deal but a deal already rife with corruption and evidence of mismanagement and mis-counting. . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1617)
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Updates: Census, Queers, France, Polanski, Whoopie
Updates: Census, Queers, France, Polanski, Whoopie
The times they are a-changing. It doesn’t seem as if they’re changing for the better:
The 2010 Census: Now that ACORN has been busted and all its selfless volunteers are out in the census-cold, how is the Census Bureau ever going to conduct its constitutionally-mandated decennial head-tally?
Why, hire other criminals, of course!
If Obama gets his way and the White House ends up headquarters for census operations, the final numbers won’t mean a damn thing anyway but, still, do we really want door-to-door canvassing conducted by thieves and God-knows-what-other characters with criminal records?
The GAO says it’s very possible since “tens of thousands of workers were improperly fingerprinted by bureau employees. . . [and that] It is possible that more than 200 people with unclassifiable prints had disqualifying criminal records but still worked and had contact with the public.”
The bureau is hot on the case however and assures that it “will refine instruction manuals and provide remediation training on proper procedures” to prevent the problem from recurring: http://bit.ly/1DIhue.
We’re from the government and we’re here to count. Mind if we look around and see what valuables you own?
French Queers on the Prowl: France wrote the books on both normal and aberrational sexual practices but now a government official is being pressured to resign for lusting after young boys.
Frédéric Mitterand, nephew of the former French President President François Mitterand, minister of, what else, French Culture, defender of the perversities of child sodomist/rapist Roman Polanski, is a confessed pedophile.
It’s not new news since he admitted his sick lust four years ago in his autobiography, La Mauvaise Vie, (The Bad Life) when he owned up to paying “young boys” for sex while vacationing in Thailand.
That feature of his resume’ obviously had no impact on his appointment as culture minister although it has now raised some interest after someone read his autobiography following his defense of Polanski.
He freely, and refreshingly for a homosexual, conceded, “We could say that such a spectacle is abominable from a moral point of view, but it pleased me beyond reason. The profusion of attractive young boys who are immediately available puts me in a state of desire and I do not need to restrain or hide myself.”
Nevertheless, he he was “flabbergasted” at the contretemps, declaring, “If the National Front [France’s equivalent of American conservatives] drags me through the mud then it is an honour for me:” http://bit.ly/3akhr
Sorry, Freddie, you made the mud. Just lay in it and revel in being dragged through it and maybe you can find some “attractive young boys” somewhere in Gay Paree?
Uncle Francois and his wife and mistress would be very proud of you.
Besides, your government is making it easier for you now to save some euros and flight time to Thailand by “selling Paris as a leading destination for gay travelers:” http://bit.ly/IGfLy.
Whoopie Weighs in on Rape:
(Read the rest at http://genelalor.com)
The times they are a-changing. It doesn’t seem as if they’re changing for the better:
The 2010 Census: Now that ACORN has been busted and all its selfless volunteers are out in the census-cold, how is the Census Bureau ever going to conduct its constitutionally-mandated decennial head-tally?
Why, hire other criminals, of course!
If Obama gets his way and the White House ends up headquarters for census operations, the final numbers won’t mean a damn thing anyway but, still, do we really want door-to-door canvassing conducted by thieves and God-knows-what-other characters with criminal records?
The GAO says it’s very possible since “tens of thousands of workers were improperly fingerprinted by bureau employees. . . [and that] It is possible that more than 200 people with unclassifiable prints had disqualifying criminal records but still worked and had contact with the public.”
The bureau is hot on the case however and assures that it “will refine instruction manuals and provide remediation training on proper procedures” to prevent the problem from recurring: http://bit.ly/1DIhue.
We’re from the government and we’re here to count. Mind if we look around and see what valuables you own?
French Queers on the Prowl: France wrote the books on both normal and aberrational sexual practices but now a government official is being pressured to resign for lusting after young boys.
Frédéric Mitterand, nephew of the former French President President François Mitterand, minister of, what else, French Culture, defender of the perversities of child sodomist/rapist Roman Polanski, is a confessed pedophile.
It’s not new news since he admitted his sick lust four years ago in his autobiography, La Mauvaise Vie, (The Bad Life) when he owned up to paying “young boys” for sex while vacationing in Thailand.
That feature of his resume’ obviously had no impact on his appointment as culture minister although it has now raised some interest after someone read his autobiography following his defense of Polanski.
He freely, and refreshingly for a homosexual, conceded, “We could say that such a spectacle is abominable from a moral point of view, but it pleased me beyond reason. The profusion of attractive young boys who are immediately available puts me in a state of desire and I do not need to restrain or hide myself.”
Nevertheless, he he was “flabbergasted” at the contretemps, declaring, “If the National Front [France’s equivalent of American conservatives] drags me through the mud then it is an honour for me:” http://bit.ly/3akhr
Sorry, Freddie, you made the mud. Just lay in it and revel in being dragged through it and maybe you can find some “attractive young boys” somewhere in Gay Paree?
Uncle Francois and his wife and mistress would be very proud of you.
Besides, your government is making it easier for you now to save some euros and flight time to Thailand by “selling Paris as a leading destination for gay travelers:” http://bit.ly/IGfLy.
Whoopie Weighs in on Rape:
(Read the rest at http://genelalor.com)
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