[blindlaw] The Census does not track the blind

[T. Joseph Carter]

Yeah, but unless all of the data measures a thing, none of it does.  
That's how statistics work.  Community Organizers are hard at work 
here in Oregon and at least the three major cities in Oregon (plus my 
little town) have been canvased.

Right-leaning boards and blogs have been abuzz for months with 
bellyaching about important-acting people with badges and everything 
trying to count every single politically advantageous person to the 
left a year early and not taking "Come back in 2010" for an answer.

Left-leaning boards and blogs have had little complaint.  Of course, 
this is one of those metrics upon which I imagine the politically 
polarized are equal opportunity whiners.  The roles would be reversed 
if Sen. McCain had won.

Joseph


On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 11:06:40PM -0700, ckrugman at sbcglobal.net wrote:
> They haven't started here yet. They just finished their hiring and 
> training within the last month or so.
> Chuck
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "T. Joseph Carter" 
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>> Chuck,
>>
>> Census enumerators have already been canvasing neighborhoods for the 
>> 2010 census.  Hence the reason why I say that it is essentially 
>> impossible to round up every single person who has already provided 
>> information and find out if any of them are blind.
>>
>> It's like dropping a few bags of confetti from a balloon and then 
>> deciding half an hour later to go and pick up every little piece of 
>> confetti.  You won't get it all.  The thing is, we're talking 
>> statistics here: If you don't get it all, it doesn't count.
>>
>> If we wanted this for 2010, we needed to have gotten to work on it a 
>> year ago.  We didn't, so we'll have to wait for 2020.
>>
>> Joseph
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 05:07:39PM -0700, ckrugman at sbcglobal.net wrote:
>>> In 2010 you will receive a census form in the mail or else there will 
>>> be PSA's telling you to call a number if you need help filling out 
>>> the form. In some cases census enumerators will canvas your 
>>> neighborhood and come to your home. At least this is how it was done 
>>> in 2000.
>>> Chuck
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark BurningHawk"  
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>>>
>>>> Am I supposed to fill out a form or something?  I haven't noticed one.
>>>>
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