Obamanating the US Census

Well like all dictators, Hugo Chavez this weekend wants to change the rules and let him stay in power for as long as he keeps winning elections after a turbulent decade ruling the OPEC nation.

Chavez is not the only President that would love to alter the rules President Obama would like to end the Census Bureau's traditional autonomy and and have it report to the White House rather than Commerce Secretary.

According to Title 13 of the U.S. Code, the Bureau is to be administered 'within, and under the jurisdiction of, the Department of Commerce.' According to U.S. Code, the Executive Branch is limited to providing support for the Bureau in the form of information and resources."


One report has Cheif of Staff Rahm Emmauel as the point man for this switch and reports Washington Post’s Mary Ann Akers a Republican aide telling her that Emanuel has no business overseeing the Census that will shape the future of U.S. elections.

"With all of its political implications," the aide reportedly said, "hijacking the census from the Commerce Department and letting it be run out of Rahm's office is like putting PETA in charge of issuing hunting permits."

Congressional Quarterly reports that Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., the top Republican on the House Government Reform Committee, said the proposed move may even be in violation of federal law.
"Any attempt by the Obama administration to circumvent the census process for their political benefit will be met with fierce opposition," said Issa. "This ill-conceived proposal undermines a constitutionally obligated process that speaks to the very heart of our democracy."

Counting the Nations Population has always been a difficult process and the political maneuvering has some in Washington these days scartchign their heads. Buit the census is not just facts and figures it is a process not only to count for representation, but is also a documentation device for future generations to learn from. It documents our existence on this planet that some would simply wash away with either politicizing it or switch to a even worst system like statistical sampling..

The Constitutional-mandated Decennial Census needs to be fair, accurate and trusted.  What we will see is some pencil pusher guessing how many people live in a certain area. The Hard facts of who lives in our country could be lost/ ITs seems the democrats want to change the system far more than simply counting each person. They want to know averse effect the out come, but to change history to lean in its favor. ie the Democrat party.

It is of course not good enought to just win a election, But like Hugo Chavez to alter the world around it!