How can we prepare for the ACORN arrival for the census in april 2010

[Charles H Mousseau Jr]

How can we prepare for the ACORN arrival for the census in april 2010 because i know in texas if someone comes on your property and they dont belong there you have a right to shoot at the wether it's day or night and i am just brain stroming and planning for the long road ahead now so if we combine our efforts we can over come this 750K crew marching and going door to door. Best of luck with everyone and i hope we will all succeed its only 750K of them vs 100million gun owners that will not want them on our property.

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Ted Nugent

All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near. Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him.
- Sun Tzu, the Art of War

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- Sun Tzu, the Art of War

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I'll just shut the door in their face.

[Charles H Mousseau Jr]

We have to do better than that we are dealing with 750K+ members and it might be 5 or 10 at one house so we have to work together

[Susanna]

Originally Posted by Charles H Mousseau Jr

We have to do better than that we are dealing with 750K+ members and it might be 5 or 10 at one house so we have to work together

Can ACORN summon up that many people? Usually the census people don't know what they are doing. They usually have canned answers to questions as "why do you need such & such information?"

[Charles H Mousseau Jr]

There are 28 all personal questions and here they are

Marital Status, Fertility, Grandparents as Caregivers, Ancestry, Place of Birth, Language Spoken at Home, Educational Enrollment, Level of Education completed, where did you live last year? Disability, Income, Food Stamps, Place of Work (Employment), How do you get to work (car, van, bus, train, taxi, walk, work at home), how many people ride with you, what time do you leave for work and how long did it take you to get there, how many vehicles does the household have, year house was built, how many rooms in house, how many are bedrooms, kitchen and facilities (running water, toilet, bathtub/shower, sink, stove, range, fridge, telephone), heating the house (gas/electric), value of house, cost of rent/mortgage, bills, Health Insurance coverage…etc.

Last Name, First Name, Sex, Age, DOB, Names of EVERY person in the house and DOBs. How each person is related to the above, Race. Does each person sometimes live or stay somewhere else? Is your residence a mobile home apartment or home? Do you own it, have a loan mortgage on it? What’s your telephone number?

and they also want to know if you also have guns and other weapons in the house

[Susanna]

Theoretically, you only need to give them the number of persons in the house. That's all I ever do - well, maybe sex, and whether child or adult. But they really don't need to know even that. The census is supposed to be only a count.

[Blackwell]

I have a "No Soliciting" sign by my front door. Think I'll add ACORN to it.

[Charles H Mousseau Jr]

We might have to get more agressive than that

[Blackwell]

Originally Posted by Charles H Mousseau Jr

We might have to get more agressive than that

Not really.

Doorbell rings. I answer the door:

Me: "Yes"?

ACORN: " Hi, we are with the United States Cen..." door slams in their face

End of story.

[Charles H Mousseau Jr]

Nice going you might need a shotgun if they proceed any further