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Dems Begin Redistricting Battle In Stimulus Plan
Commonwealth Conservative ^ | 1/17/2009 | C. E. van Avery

Posted on 01/18/2009 7:12:26 PM PST by SolitarySaint

The Dems are firing the first salvo in the next redistricting cycle in, of all places, the stimulus plan. Check out this line item from the House Appropriations Committee summary:

Periodic Census and Programs, Communications: $1 billion for work necessary to ensure a successful 2010 census, including $150 million for expanded communications and outreach programs to minimize undercounting of minority groups.
"[P]rograms to minimize undercounting of minority groups"? Sounds to me like the Democrats are starting their play to manipulate the post-census redistricting.


TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: 111th; bhostimulus; census; congress; democrats; politics

1 posted on 01/18/2009 7:12:26 PM PST by SolitarySaint
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To: SolitarySaint

My blood pressure is going to be astronomical before Tuesday, how the heck am I going to survive four years of this crap?


2 posted on 01/18/2009 7:14:33 PM PST by madison10
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To: madison10

I feel your pain. My head will explode very soon. Bad news coming not by the day anymore, but by the hour.


3 posted on 01/18/2009 7:19:04 PM PST by AirForceMom (Locked and loaded.)
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To: SolitarySaint; madison10

That bill is unconstitutional. The Constitution doesn’t say that the federal government may give money to the state or local governments.


4 posted on 01/18/2009 7:27:22 PM PST by PhilCollins
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To: SolitarySaint
Today after coming home from church I was talking to my wife about just how utterly shameless Obama is about burning through OUR money for his gala inauguration.

I explained to her how the democrats was howling at Bush for his (mere) $40 million inauguration parties.

Meanwhile Obama needs $200 Million for parties, and so much so that as one of his last acts as President he had to declare a State of Emergency so as to release Federal Funds in order for Obama to has his merry parties.

Meanwhile this nary gets a rebuke from the Democrats and hardly a mention from the MSM and its such a flagrant waste of our tax dollars in the midst of an economic crisis!!

My wife calmly said "honey, I know you really dont like nobama but its not worth it to bust a vein over him!!"

5 posted on 01/18/2009 7:29:11 PM PST by prophetic (The "Obama Stimulus Plan" is a massive orgy of earmarks spending)
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To: madison10
$1 billion for work necessary to ensure a successful 2010 census,...

Ah, c'mon! It's only a measly $1 billion, what harm could they do with that? And I'm sure their intentions are pure, they just want to "out-reach" to those poor, under-served minorities.....which means they will be paying ACORN and La Raza to assist in filling out and collecting census forms.

6 posted on 01/18/2009 7:31:34 PM PST by SC Swamp Fox (Aim small, miss small.)
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To: SolitarySaint

At least four seats in California are due to the count of illegal aliens.

There are other seats that are due to illegals being counted. The Republicans won’t even put up a fight.


7 posted on 01/18/2009 7:39:40 PM PST by oldbill
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To: madison10

Me too. I really have to move away, because this is crap. The liberals will love to see a conservative leave, but I create jobs, and produce American products, so they can just KMA.


8 posted on 01/18/2009 7:42:30 PM PST by ritewingwarrior (Just say No to socialism.)
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To: PhilCollins
That bill is unconstitutional.

Yeah, as is 90% of the crap they do, what do you propose we do about it? McCain, Graham, Snowe, Collins, Specter...they won't do anything about it. We could sue in Federal Court, but the judge will determine that we don't have standing and throw it out.

I live in the reddest of the red states and we couldn't even unseat that twerp Graham.

9 posted on 01/18/2009 7:44:03 PM PST by SC Swamp Fox (Aim small, miss small.)
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To: SC Swamp Fox

Did Lindsey come out of the closet yet? Maybe he will be front and center when O makes his big military announcement soon.


10 posted on 01/18/2009 7:54:25 PM PST by Comparative Advantage
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To: SolitarySaint
... outreach programs to minimize undercounting of minority groups."

But it OK to undercount or simply not count White Americans.
Yeah, I understand now.

11 posted on 01/18/2009 9:12:34 PM PST by StormEye
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To: SC Swamp Fox
programs to minimize undercounting of minority groups

agreed. the implication is racist, and the implication opens the door for LaRaza and Acorn to receive their looked-forward-to piece of our pie.

12 posted on 01/18/2009 10:16:59 PM PST by blueplum
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To: SolitarySaint

It’s a lot harder to count the rich, who live in gated communities and doorman buildings and don’t waste their time opening what looks like junk mail.


13 posted on 01/18/2009 11:17:17 PM PST by ccmay (Too much Law; not enough Order.)
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To: SC Swamp Fox

I propose that all conservatives write to many congressmen, including their U.S. senators, representatives, and members of the budget committees, to ask them to eliminate unconstitutional spending, including all spending that violates the 10th Amendment. I wrote to about 15 congressmen, about this subject, but I didn’t receive a response. If more conservatives wrote to congressmen, about this subject, some of them would respond.


14 posted on 01/19/2009 6:35:53 AM PST by PhilCollins
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To: SolitarySaint

People need to open their eyes and realize that America has had it’s last free election. The battle is over, and the looting and pillaging has begun.

The marxists now in control will NEVER relinquish control. ACORN is under investigation in 10 states for vote fraud and the house and senate just gave them 8 billion dollars.

Next they’ll take our guns and free speech, because that is all we have left.

“If you know your enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the outcome of 1,000 battles.” - Sun Tzu

Wake up, and KNOW YOUR ENEMY.


15 posted on 02/08/2009 8:11:52 AM PST by SENTINEL (SGT USMC GWI)
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