Feb 9, 2009 - Politics    No Comments

Power Grab

The White House has taken control of the US Census from the Commerce Dept. and has handed it over to Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel. This should raise more than eyebrows, folks. This should cause an uprising of epic proportions. Why?

The U.S. census — a counting of the U.S. population — is conducted every 10 years by the Commerce Department. Its results determine the decennial redrawing of congressional districtsAs a matter of impact, the census has tremendous political significance. Political parties are always eager to have a hand in redrawing districts so that they can maximize their own party’s clout while minimizing the opposition, often through gerrymandering.The census also determines the composition of the Electoral College, which chooses the president. If one party were to control the census, it could arguably try to perpetuate its hold on political power.The results of the census are also enormously important in another way — the allocation of federal funds. Theoretically, a political party could disproportionately steer federal funding to areas dominated by its own members through a skewing of census numbers. 

I don’t care what political party you belong to. You just don’t do this. Why stop with the census? This guy is going to take over things and remove things and do whatever he can to empower himself and his minions and weaken the american people. Lest we forget, folks, the government is WE THE PEOPLE. We have every right to defend ourselves. Well, at least until he takes that right away too…That day is coming…

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