I Am On the Bandwagon

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OK, my gentle snowflakes, CENSUS time.

If you have not filled out and mailed back your 2010 Census form, do it NOW!

I know, I know, you have been bombarded by letters and postcards and follow-up postcards. But this is a really important thing.

How many representatives your state has in the US Congress is at stake. Just how big--geographically--do you want your personal Congress Critter to have to cover?

And how about your state representative and senator? How many square miles will your state congress person have to cover to see his/her constituents? Will she/he know just how bad your roads are if he/she never has to drive over them? How will the pleas for better roads get made with no knowledge of the problem?

This all is affected by the count made during the census.

And then there is the invaluable information that will be left to your descendants.

As an old genealogist, I can tell you the census records are the best! As a genealogist, I wish there were more detailed questions on the forms. Through the census records, I learned that a great-great-grandfather of an ex-husband was a cooper in Ohio on the Great Lakes. That means, he was a ship worker--not a barrel cooper. The family never knew this about this man.

So, get those forms in the mail. Fill them out as completely as possible. Your great-great-grandchildren will thank you.
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A Not So Bold Idea

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A great idea from Norman Goldman (fronted on his radio show): Go to the post office, buy post-paid postcards, write a personal message in your own handwriting about whatever federal legislation you're interested in, and fire it off to Congress.

You can find addresses on searchgov.com.

Use whatever label maker you have on your computer--whether in a word processor, or a data base, or a dedicated label system--to print out a bunch or a page of pre-addressed labels with the names and addresses of your Representative and both your Senators. Keep them on hand. Use them on the post-paid postcards. Now, the process has become practically painless.

Keep the message short and simple. To Bart Stupak: "Shut the f**k-up, Stupid." (Sorry, but the man is a C-Street stooge.)

And, a bonus, the handwritten part is said to draw the attention of inside-the-Beltway Keystone Cops much better than an email. You know who I mean, those who can't decide if they represent us, their states or the country, and don't do any of the above well.

As an additional benefit, the purchase of post-paid postcards and the mailing thereof will help the failing, flagging, falling US Postal Service.

Get to it people!

I didn't vote for hope and change to run out of hope because I've seen no change.
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