Does anyone else have a problem with this or do they just accept it as the Grand Plan and they are innocent as new born babes, nothing at all sinister?
LIFE WITH BIG BROTHER
Census GPS-tagging your home's front door
Coordinates being taken for every residence in nation
Some people think it is, and are upset over an army of some 140,000 workers hired in part with a $700 million taxpayer-funded contract to collect those GPS readings for every front door in the nation.
The data collection, presented as being in preparation for the 2010 Census, is pinpointing with computer accuracy the locations and has raised considerable concern from privacy advocates who have questioned why the information is needed. They also are more than a little worried over what could be done with that information.
Enhancing those concerns is the recent decision in the Obama administration to have White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel in an oversight role over the census, which will control a reapportionment of congressional seats and could be used to solidify to a stranglehold a single political party's control over the nation, its budget, military and future.
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He recalled wondering why, just weeks ago, the Obama administration announced its oversight of the census, "literally taking control of the census away from the Commerce Department."
"The Obamites, thirsty to serve their new messianic figure, have lost enough of their objectivity to be willingly recruited into such an insidious program like gaining these coordinates for the U.S. government. … I ask again, what would be the purpose of shooting the GPS coordinates of American doorways?" he wrote.
The answer he provided was alarming.
"Imagine, if you will, that there are a number of people in a neighborhood that could not find the addresses they are tasked with finding. They are not locals, maybe are unable to read a map, or perhaps do not have the time to pull out a map, and they need to find you with specific GPS coordinates. Their devices would lead them to your front door with these coordinates. Imagine a crisis is afoot, and martial law is put into place. U.S. troops need to round up particular folks," he wrote.
According to the Census Bureau's website, the GPS technology "allows us to reduce the amount of time spent by census workers in locating addresses … Most importantly, by adding a GPS coordinate to each housing unit, the Census Bureau is able to ensure that residents are counted in the right location."
( My comment - And for those that will say that this is for 911 emergency purposes only, are full of it. As far out in the country I live, then turn onto a gravel road for a mile, the Fire and Police Dept, UPS and Fed ex can find us with their Garmins or Tom Toms, just by typing in my long 911 addy, so that excuse is BS. Just another Air Force 1 flyover waste of money. Use the tech that is on the shelf.)
At Canada Free Press, commentator J.B. Williams said, "I can't resist the urge to question the authority and purpose behind such a BIG BROTHER initiative, when the official census itself is not due to be taken until 2010…
"No imagination is required to think up a whole laundry list of evil that could be done with a nationwide GPS grid of coordinate's markers painted on every private home across the country. But I was having trouble thinking up one good reason for it, even one legitimate use that would justify what must be a very expensive undertaking," he said.
"Why does the Obama administration need or want the latitude and longitude coordinates for every home in America? Why the rush to GPS paint every home in the next 90 days? Why must the marker be within 40 feet of every front door? For what possible purpose does the Fed need GPS coordinates for every home, and under what authority do they have the right? Census workers, whom I asked, had the same holy-crap look on their faces that I had by then," he wrote.
Then he cited the cooperative effort that the U.S. Census Bureau has reached with ACORN, the organization of community activists with which Obama worked.
"Obama's interest in an ACORN-controlled 2010 Census, for the purpose of redistricting to the advantage of Democrats before the 2010 mid-term elections, comes as NO shock from a regime known for their heavy handed Rules for Radicals political strategies. But what does this have to do with GPS marking every home in the country?" he questioned.
Online sources noted that Google Maps already probably has listed most homes in the nation.
"What authority does the U.S. Census Bureau have for sending anyone to my front door in April of 2009 to mark it with GPS coordinates? This is unacceptable. The census is not due until 2010, and the usurpation of the census by the White House is unconstitutional. … This citizen will not answer census questions until the year they are due, and demands that my GPS coordinates be removed from all government records."
This doesn't pass my BS test and I know some here who'll just lap it up as A-ok, but when does the over abundance of these type of infringements, begin to cause a flicker of doubt? Or does it ever for the true sociliast and their beloved leader?
Damn, there's that pesky ACORN again. Hmmmm, they always seem to be right in the middle of everything.
CB
Just the crazy uncle in the attic, wondering how many of these types of stories have to surface before the MSM does their job and start investigating, instead of sucking up to the ^%@#(.
Google it, it's out there and it's public record, but they are trying to keep it covert.
Gotta run, gonna take adantage of my 2nd Constituitional amendement while it's still viable and affordable.
And of course with our disposal record, these will be disposed of in a clay lined or impervious lined landfill, so as not to poison out groundwater..... uh huh, we do such a great job at protecting the environment, not to mention these light bulbs tend to increase the occurences of migraines and epiletic seizures. Man you just can't make this incompetency up. At least the lawyers will make money on this.
