I got one, filled it out and checked the "other" box for my donation, $5,000. But darn it, I forgot to enclose the check before I mailed it off.

i love how they break out the network news sources:

(1) NBC/CBS/ABC
(2) CNN/MSNBC
(6) Fox News

If this is illegal, when are they going to investigate this from the DOJ?

Just a little note to anyone trolling from Redstate & Freeperland:

If you fill out this year's Republican census, you don't have to fill out the Democratic one that Obama and the Census Bureau send out next year!

There are laws against mimicking official government mailings. Perhaps their lawyers have been clever enough to keep them from crossing the line, but it would certainly be worth raising the question.

You got to admit...if you compare Michael Steele, Michelle Bachman or Sarah Palin (GOP "tokens") to say, Senators Inhofe, McConnell, Shelby, Hatch, Grassley, Cantor, Gov. Jindal..etc., the "White Males" of the GOP, DO seem more intellectually superior, even more reasonable (an optical delusion, for sure!)

I reived the Census from Michael Steele despite my blog being titled Still Liberal at 82. My response was...

Dear Republican Chairman Michael Steele…

I am in receipt of your letter of October 12, 2009 and hasten to reply.

You write: “Dear Warren, Because of your high level of political involvement and steadfast commitment to the Republican Party, your personal input on the questions presented in your Census Document is critical to your Party’s Future.”

I knew the Republican Party was at a crossroad in their political life but I had no idea it had come to this.

I am, as you undoubtedly know, no slouch when it comes to Hearts and Solitaire. My computer keys have moaned, no less groaned, when I aim for the Games menu on my Acer laptop. They know what lies ahead; Defeat for them, Victory for me.

I also know how to turn on a new Kenmore Dishwasher, Polaroid TV and Kindle eReader. And yes, I did write Polaroid TV.

We at the Langer household are a centimeter backward when it comes to the technology that has recently advanced our civilization so mightily.

Still we have not – yet – become the newest acolytes of the Republican mantra.

The title of my blog (I double checked) remains, “Still Liberal at 82”.

I am growing older (by the second) and a shift in my normally taciturn political mood could change within minutes but this is frankly a stretch.

Still you represent the party of Big Business and if a substantial sum is involved I could quite easily turn my proverbially political cheek.

I’m not even talking $150 million.

$87.25 and a promise to forget the Late Return Book Episode of 1963 would do nicely.

But let’s discuss specifics.

Your first 2009 Congressional District Census question asks if I am a Conservative Republican, Moderate Republican, Liberal Republican, Independent Voter who leans Republican or Other.

I would, of course, indicate my Conservative Republican credentials. (Please make the check out to Cash.)

Your 6th question asks what media source do I regularly receive for political news.

Your suggested responses are NBC/CBS/ABC, CNN/MSNBC, News Websites, Local Newspaper, Friends, Fox News, Internet Blogs, Radio, Twitter, Facebook/MySpace, Candidate Websites, National Magazines or Other.

I would mark Fox News emphatically!

In the area of Domestic Issues you wonder which party has the solutions to solve our current economic crisis. Your choices are Republican, Democratic, Combination of Both or No Opinion.

Obviously I would check off Republican as the Party Most Likely to Succeed.

However I must humbly note that you refer to the Democrat Party as the Democratic Party. Please do not do this again or I will have to raise my price to well over $125.00. There is just so much I can tolerate for The Cause.

As to Should Republicans do whatever is necessary to keep Democrats in Congress from enacting government-run health care my vote will be for guns, machetes and aged tomatoes.

I quite naturally (Question 17-Domestic Issues) support School Prayer, Faith Based Initiatives and the banning of all abortions, human cloning and homosexual marriage. I also support the banning of flag burning.

Section V of the Census Certification and Reply suggests a donation to the RNC would be appropriate. The choices are $500, $250, $100, $50, $25 or Other.

Frankly I can’t see my way clear to providing any of these selections on the basis of my receipt of $87.25. My Long Division results are often subject to Verification but I am truly excellent when it comes to Subtraction.

Whoops I spoke hastily. You also suggest that $15 would cover the cost of Processing my Census Document.

Well OK to That.

And finally you note in a PS. “Warren to win in 2010, the Republican Party must be better organized than the Democrats every step of the way. Today, I am counting on your help to ensure we meet that goal. Please don’t let us down.”

Sincerely,

Michael Steele
Chairman, Republican National Party

As a responsible citizen of our great country I do wish to offer one small piece of advice in addition to my carefully selected Positions for your Census. Somebody in your office should avoid the Grapes of Wrath.
http://warrenlanger/wordpress.com

OK, here's a new pic from the man:

http://crooksandliars.com/files/uploads/2009/10/michael_steele1_905f1.jpg

Actually, it bothers me (see question #7) that despite a big majority in Congress plus the Presidency, the Democratic party is way too far from being in total control of the federal government.
But seriously, this thing is clearly meant to deceive. It's asking sham questions that they have no reason to be interested in knowing the answers to, and could get them in better ways if they actually did. And even referring to it as a "Census"???!!! There is only one "Census." Calling the Justice Department....this must be illegal. It is obviously only meant to fool people into actually reading it, and has the clear potential, if not the strong likelyhood, of deceiving and victimizing those, like some elderly people, with mental limitations. I'm thinking it had to be Steele's idea.