Michelle Malkin » Meet Obama’s newest Census collectors: Your kids!

Meet Obama’s newest Census collectors: Your kids!

By Michelle Malkin • August 27, 2009 12:39 AM

If Team Obama could send their ACORN foot soldiers into taxpayer-funded schools to collect Census data, they would.

Instead, they’re turning your own children into proxy Census collectors. Specifically targeted: Bilingual children whom the government is relying on to reach non-English-speaking parents. (See my April 3, 2009 column: Obama Census – No Illegal Alien Left Behind.)

The White House is also joining with Sesame Street to help preschoolers evangelize about the Census to their parents.

Via USA Today:

Anyone tempted to ignore the 2010 Census will have a tough time doing it — especially if they have kids in school.

The government has launched Census in Schools, an all-out campaign targeting superintendents, principals, teachers, students and, indirectly, parents, as schools open across the nation this month and next. The message: The Census is coming and here’s why everyone should care.

The goal is to send posters, teaching guides, maps and lesson plans to every school in the nation, Puerto Rico and U.S. island territories to encourage everyone to participate in the national count. The materials will land in more than 118,000 schools and reach 56 million students.

“It’s great to reach the children because children are such strong voices in their homes,” says Renee Jefferson-Copeland, chief of the Census schools program. “In households that are linguistically isolated, they can express the information to their parents.”

…Between January and March, the Census Bureau will help plan a week of Census education in schools. During Census Week, teachers will devote 15 minutes every day for five days to the topic by discussing such things as civic participation, confidentiality or geography.

ABC stands for Activate Barack’s Cadre!

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And in related schoolkid exploitation news:

The United Nations is recommending that children as young as five receive mandatory sexual education that would teach even pre-kindergarteners about masturbation and topics like gender violence.

The U.N.’s Economic, Social and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) released a 98-page report in June offering a universal lesson plan for kids ranging in age from 5-18, an
“informed approach to effective sex, relationships” and HIV education that they say is essential for “all young people.”

The U.N. insists the program is “age appropriate,” but critics say it’s exposing kids to sex far too early, and offers up abstract ideas — like “transphobia” — they might not even understand.

“At that age they should be learning about … the proper name of certain parts of their bodies,” said Michelle Turner, president of Citizens for a Responsible Curriculum, “certainly not about masturbation.”

Turner was disturbed by UNESCO’s plans to explain to children as young as nine about the safety of legal abortions, and to advocate and “promote the right to and access to safe abortion” for everyone over the age of 15.

“This is absurd,” she told FOXNews.com.

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#202

On August 27th, 2009 at 3:40 pm, Jet Jaguar said:

emjem24 and rightwingmom,
I’m reposting my response to lgm on another thread because:

I think it’s relevant.
I posted it pretty late and probably not many if any saw it.
I worked pretty hard on it.

On August 27th, 2009 at 10:22 am, Jet Jaguar said:

On August 27th, 2009 at 1:36 am, lgm said:

In other words, it’s not a democracy if your candidate doesn’t win. You’re so sure you’re right that the only way people could disagree with you is that they are stupid or corrupt.

…what emjem24 said. The only thing I would add is that we live in a republic – not a democracy. That means that we are governed by laws and not by polls. Both of the entrenched political parties (the only ones whose candidates have a real chance of winning, barring exceptions) do not concern themselves with the law. They wouldn’t be able to get away with it if the electorate was properly informed and educated. You mentioned the “stupid and corrupt”, but you left out the largest group, by far: the uneducated, uninformed, well-intentioned, misguided citizen. The Federal government has systematically stripped the citizen from this knowledge. How? The public education system. lgm, government is like fire. It naturally seeks to grow beyond bounds. Fire in the fireplace and on the stove is a useful tool; So is government in its rightful use …but left unchecked and unattended, government, like fire, will expand to consume everything. The citizenry must keep vigil on the government to make sure it doesn’t get out of control. The people running the government have a natural bias, if not an active agenda, to remove these checks preventing it from expanding. One of the best ways to do this, they’ve found, is to erode the public’s knowledge of the origins of this nation: why it was created, what abuses occurred that led to its founding, why the Constitution was worded so carefully and succinctly, the intent of the Founders (the Federalist Papers), why we fought a war over this against the world’s super power and how we won, the biographies of the Founders and other principal players, etc… I don’t know about you, but my public school experience didn’t include much of this at all. I grew up hearing about FDR’s New Deal and all of the “alphabet-soup” agencies that he created. They taught us about Johnson’s “Great Society” and “War on Poverty”. The curriculum was a steady diet of the ebb and flow of the struggle of the Republicans versus the Democrats. It was a “floating standard” rather than a “fixed anchor” that misdirected our minds away from the transcendent principles by which this nation was founded. As a people, we’ve lost our way. We don’t know if a bill, law, tax, candidate, etc. is good, bad, or in-between. We don’t have a measuring stick or scales to decide; Actually, we do have these tools, we’ve just not been taught about them. Here’s an example of this: You’ve probably heard about the so-called art Piss Christ. Most people were upset by this, and especially since it was funded by the National Endowment for the Arts (i.e. the taxpayers). I remember the debate. Everyone was talking about how the NEA should or shouldn’t fund this art. No one ever stopped to ask the question: Should the Federal government be funding art, AT ALL?? Nowhere in the Constitution does it authorize this function. Is it a good thing to do – for the taxpayer to fund art? Maybe – maybe not, but that’s what the amendment process is for. We should permit no behavior by the Federal government that is not explicitly authorized by the Constitution. We should measure the Federals’ actions by whether it is legal, not by if it makes us feel good. Once we opened the door to allow Uncle Sam to help someone by unconstitutional means, it set the precedent allowing him to do bad or sneaky things. Thomas Jefferson said, “In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.”

So I don’t believe that most people are corrupt or stupid who disagree with me. I’ve made a lot of mistakes (many embarrassing) as I’m sure you have. I don’t have all knowledge and wisdom. I do have faith in what the Founders set out to do. This gives me a fixed point of reference by which to make judgments of what goes on in our government. Believers in the two party system have no such point of reference. Each side feels secure if their party is currently in power. Never mind what the parties are doing, just that they’re calling the shots. Each side takes credit for “good” things that happen while blaming the other for the “bad”. It’s like we’re fighting for control of a boat that’s about to go over a waterfall. The answer is not getting control of the helm. The answer is getting to solid ground.
#203

On August 27th, 2009 at 3:44 pm, emjem24 said:

Rightwingmom:

I forgot about the Free and Reduced Lunch. Ughhh. Anything to bring in the bucks.

I remember the official Attendance Day every year where I had to take down an official head count to maximize as much federal funding as possible. Education has become such a farce these days. This is why I’m not sure I’ll ever teach again.

Love my subject. Loved my kids. Hated the governmental interference and bureaucratic BS that got in the way. I guess I’m not a good government tool after all.

I’ll just satisfy myself with being a military spouse and letting the military and federal government muck up my life instead. Oh, well.
#204

On August 27th, 2009 at 3:51 pm, happyscrapper said:

Look, I think that at best this has the appearance of looking shady.

Even the “appearance of looking shady” gives one extra pause and concern considering all the other things this administration is doing. Even a lib like you, Chap, can admit there are bad dudes advising the POTUS. Unless, of course, you think admitted communists are just fine for this country.
#205

On August 27th, 2009 at 3:54 pm, happyscrapper said:

On August 27th, 2009 at 3:40 pm, Jet Jaguar said:

Well said, Jet!
#206

On August 27th, 2009 at 3:56 pm, happyscrapper said:

On August 27th, 2009 at 3:44 pm, emjem24 said:
Rightwingmom:

I forgot about the Free and Reduced Lunch. Ughhh. Anything to bring in the bucks.

I’m going to admit something here. My eldest daughter is going through a divorce right now and just lost her job. Quite a traumatic time. She has a five-year old son who will be starting full-day school in a couple weeks. She totally qualifies for free breakfast and lunch. She is using it. I see nothing wrong with using a legitimate government program when you are truly in need.
#207

On August 27th, 2009 at 3:57 pm, Jet Jaguar said:

On August 27th, 2009 at 3:54 pm, happyscrapper said:

On August 27th, 2009 at 3:40 pm, Jet Jaguar said:

Well said, Jet!

Thanks, hap!
#208

On August 27th, 2009 at 4:07 pm, chapoutier said:

I can’t believe no one is going to call me out on this comment:

How can liberals like chapoutier support the census, as currently administered, while at the same time droning on and on about some supposed right to privacy inherent (but unwritten) in the Constitution to justify murdering babies?

And FWIW, I can’t reconcile it. Not yet, anyway.
#209

On August 27th, 2009 at 4:39 pm, rambler said:

happyscrapper said: I never had a census taker come to my door.

I always had the census mailed and never had anyone come to my door until I got the ACS, which used to be the census longform. There were too many complaints about the questions on the longform during the 2000 census that it was feared that people wouldn’t fill out the forms for any future census. When a form is not returned, a census worker has to visit every residence to confirm that it still exists. Possiblely the GPS tagging has changed that. After being harassed for 90 days by the census clowns for the ACS, I have little use for them. I don’t care that this year the census is only the short form. Beyond enumeration, the CB will get no other answers even if I get more census workers on my front stoop.
#210

On August 27th, 2009 at 4:42 pm, emjem24 said:

happyscrapper:

I’m going to admit something here. My eldest daughter is going through a divorce right now and just lost her job. Quite a traumatic time. She has a five-year old son who will be starting full-day school in a couple weeks. She totally qualifies for free breakfast and lunch. She is using it. I see nothing wrong with using a legitimate government program when you are truly in need.

I understand that, happy, and have no problem with it, unless it’s being misused. That’s when my hackles are raised. And I’ve seen it misused. Just like other programs. Just so that public schools can bring in more bucks.

Good luck to your daughter. This program was devised for this very reason.
#211

On August 27th, 2009 at 4:47 pm, happyscrapper said:

On August 27th, 2009 at 4:39 pm, rambler said: I don’t care that this year the census is only the short form.

I don’t believe it is.
#212

On August 27th, 2009 at 4:49 pm, happyscrapper said:

Good luck to your daughter. This program was devised for this very reason

Thank you. And you can be sure, she will start paying as soon as she possibly can. We would help out, except we are retired, on a fixed income, and our portfolio is shrinking, as you can imagine!!
#213

On August 27th, 2009 at 5:11 pm, FilmLadd said:

On August 27th, 2009 at 11:46 am, chapoutier said:

I mean you people REALLY can’t think of ANY non-political reason why more specific demographic information might, just might be useful to policymakers?

Policymakers? In what country are those elected?
#214

On August 27th, 2009 at 5:18 pm, rambler said:

Don’t believe it’s the short form for the 2010? According to the CB site and sites of organizations which support it, the 2010 census is just the short form, but that doesn’t apply to the ACS, which will continue to be mailed separately to about 250,000 residences per month. So, some will get both the census and the survey during 2010. Another group of lucky people have already gotten a test 2010 census because their area was a chosen test site. The intrusion keeps getting better and better.
#215

On August 27th, 2009 at 5:36 pm, tiredofit08 said:

another great MM segment on Beck as we speak!!!way to go Michelle…keep the light on the pond scum….
#216

On August 27th, 2009 at 5:59 pm, NDgal said:

We truly live in a sick world. Gird your loins as ole Joe would say.
#217

On August 27th, 2009 at 6:00 pm, rightwingmom said:

Happy ~ Praying for your daughter and granddaughter!!!

Free & Reduced has it place and serves a purpose. My experience was the abuse of the system to maintain / increase Fed. & State $. I was under a liberal principal who was more than happy to lie to get what she wanted. Her students were “entitled” to the funds, one way or another.

emjem24 ~ Keep up the good fight. I resigned 11 years ago, when I gave birth to my first son. I’m home schooling now. LOVE IT!
#218

On August 27th, 2009 at 6:35 pm, Little Ma said:

The census will count illegal aliens. The count will be used to gerrymander districts to the benefit of the Dim party. I plan to add four nonexistent adults as residents of my house. They want to count heads, I’ll give them heads to count.

As for stealing the minds of our children: A few years ago, my grandson’s fifth grade teacher was lecturing the children on the evils of smoking. She told them it was their duty to tell their parents and grandparents to stop smoking. My grandson said, “I’m just a kid. I can’t tell grownups what to do!” Dear Teacher insisted it was for their own good, but she failed to convince Will. He thought the very idea was hilarious.
#219

On August 27th, 2009 at 7:50 pm, cheapseat said:

all i can say is i trust 8th graders to be honest and careful in this count. i’ve never heard of 12 year olds who lied about not doing assigned work, nor have i ever heard of them not doing that work. especially in the ghetto.
#220

On August 27th, 2009 at 8:00 pm, CO2 Producer said:

Little Johnny comes home from school one day. He skips to the kitchen, where his mother is cooking dinner.

“Hi, Mommy,” says Johnny.

“Hello, Johnny.” Mother responds, ruffling her son’s hair playfully. “So what did you learn in school today?”

Johnny smiles, patting his hair back down. “Teacher taught me about the census,” Johnny replies.

“Oh? The census?”

“Yeah, Mommy. You know you’re supposed to fill in all the blanks on the census form, right?”

“Of course, Johnny.”

“And that when somebody from the census knocks on your door, you’re supposed to answer all their questions, right?”

“Er, I guess so.”

“Because if you don’t, families who’re linguini-isticly isolmated won’t get the food and health care an’ stuff they need.”

“You mean linguistically isolated?”

“Yeah. That means poor people.”

“Oh.”

Johnny gets an anxious look on his face. “And did you know that you gotta do it, Mom? Big Bird says you gotta answer all the census people’s questions, Mom.”

“Big Bird, huh?”

“Yeah. You gotta, or else we won’t be counted. You don’t wanna not be counted, do ya, Mommy?”

“No, of course not, Johnny.”

Little Johnny looks relieved.

“Man, so this is what they’re doing with our tax dollars.”

“Whuzzat, mommy?”

“Oh, nothing, dear.” Mother decides to change the subject. “So what else did you learn today, Johnny?”

“Oh, we learned that abortions are good for you.”

“What?!”

“Yeah, abortions are healthy. You should have an abortion, Mommy. They’re really safe now. Not like the old days when they used to do it in back alleys with coat hangers n’ stuff.”

Mother pulls her son towards her. “Johnny, this is important now. What else did your teacher teach you today?”

“Oh, she taught me lots,” Johnny says. “I didn’t quite get all of what she was sayin’, but I got the idea that babies kinda suck. They’ll eat all our food and breathe all our air when they grow up. An’ I bet they really hurt when they come out of your vagi—”

“Honey! We’ve got a really big problem here!”

“Hey, Daddy! Can you show me how to put on a condominium?”

[What you have just read was a scenario that will never, ever occur. And if it does, parents should take no issue with being lectured by the others through their children. Nor should they take issue with their children being taught about the birds and the bees by people who can do the job better and in a more timely manner than parents can.]
#222

On August 27th, 2009 at 9:50 pm, Marie said:

I just watched Disney’s “Pinocchio”.
Moral of the story…. follow a liar and turn into a donkey….. We have a lot of donkeys now….acorn, union slugs…
#225

On August 27th, 2009 at 11:31 pm, Vntnrse said:

I also wanted to say, Incredible job on Beck today, Michelle! Keep shining the light of truth on the corruptocrat cockroaches!!!
#227

On August 28th, 2009 at 1:45 am, love2rumba said:

They will get a number from me. And that is all. That’s the only CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENT THEY ARE ENTITLED TO.

Exactly Atheling.

I do find it disturbing that they are trying to use school-age children whom the democrat-run teacher unions have (for quite a few hours a day) have such control and influence over. It also has been noted that over the years the questions that have been asked have become more and more intimate aprt from the information mandated by the US Constitution-I still remember the Clinton Administration attempt to collect info with adults-using the census- on who has guns and who does not, for example, keeping in mind the Clinton Administration was extremely hostile to Gun Rights as a rule, so that the idea idea of intimate information collected from people by the US gov’t being used agisnt people of a certain political stripe is not far-fetched.

The obama Administration has already been caught using email lists that they acquired illegally to use to influence support for his Obamacare, and then use our tax money to lobby for something he wants. They cannot be trusted.

Think: How would the left feel if members of anti-abortion groups were specifically targeted to become enumerators, and the gov’t wanted to know about the sexual habits of the inhabitants to prevent aids, abortion, etc.? I’m certain they would go ape-sh%t to have a million Randall Terrys knocking on liberal doors.

What I see here is a two step process by the Obamanuts: 1. Lower the requirements of who can be an enumerator to allow people who can be influencd and controlled by the left, and /or have vested interest in left-wing causes (school children, ACORN, etc.) to do the task of enumeration.

and, 2. Asking questions that are extra-constitutional, and which have nothing to do with determining how many people reside in a geographic region who are legally citizens to determine representation, and then mandating your cooperation at the threat of gov’t punishment, like in 2000 over guns.
#228

On August 28th, 2009 at 4:10 am, love2rumba said:

CO2 Producer said:

That is so da#n funny! LMAO!
#229

On August 28th, 2009 at 8:18 am, CO2 Producer said:

Thanks, l2r. Pardon the typos—I counted at least three.
#231

On August 28th, 2009 at 12:30 pm, chotii said:

It bothered me a lot when a “census worker” came around my street, standing on every front porch and noting the exact GPS location of each house on a special GPS computer.

It makes me want to hook my house to a big truck and drag it somewhere. *Gah*

I’m sure there will be “consequences” for people who refuse to fill out all the information being asked in this census, even if it’s unconstitutional and frankly an invasion of privacy (or is this a case of, if the *Government* wants to know, there’s no such thing as privacy?)

I’m nearly at the point of withdrawing to blissful ignorance. Knowing all this stuff, and being helpless to do anything about it, is torment.