| First, the good news: in a smack-down to the Bush administration, married gay couples will be counted as "married" in the 2010 census. It's also a baby-smack to DOMA, which deserves a bigger smack, but it's better than nothing. Second, the bad news: Robert Groves is still on hold to head the Census Bureau. Bad, bad, bad. Finally, the inane: Michele Bachmann, US Congressperson and goo-humor-source is refusing to fill out her census form. She seems to be unaware of the Constitutional requirement to do so. Her reasoning? She doesn't trust how the data will be used and she's afraid ACORN will somehow be involved. Since it's federal law, I'm hoping they arrest her for non-compliance. But mostly, I'm hoping that she can convince enough of her neighbors to not fill out their forms so that she gets redistricted out of existence. Just kidding, I don't want anyone to convince others to break the law, but there would be some poetic justice in that... |
