Things are getting creepier by the hour
August 27th, 2009 - Written by Joey
Our kids are now being used as little foot soldiers for the 2010 Census:
Anyone tempted to ignore the 2010 Census will have a tough time doing it — especially if they have kids in school.
The government has launched Census in Schools, an all-out campaign targeting superintendents, principals, teachers, students and, indirectly, parents, as schools open across the nation this month and next. The message: The Census is coming and here’s why everyone should care.
The goal is to send posters, teaching guides, maps and lesson plans to every school in the nation, Puerto Rico and U.S. island territories to encourage everyone to participate in the national count. The materials will land in more than 118,000 schools and reach 56 million students.
“It’s great to reach the children because children are such strong voices in their homes,” says Renee Jefferson-Copeland, chief of the Census schools program. “In households that are linguistically isolated, they can express the information to their parents.”
They’ve also enlisted Sesame Street to teach our pre-schoolers about the Census:
The Census Bureau is partnering with Sesame Street to extend the 2010 Census message to preschoolers and adult caregivers. Under consideration: Using Sesame Street characters on Census materials and having characters participate in school events and public service announcements.
What happened to the pinball counting song? Grover the waiter? Nope. That’s kids’ stuff. Our children must be fully aware at just how important their indoctrination is to our almighty government’s power. Our little ones don’t have time for such foolishness as watching The Count count things, or figuring out which “one of these things is not like the other”.
Thanks to Michelle Malkin for the tip.
August 27th, 2009 at 9:01 am
Actually this is where the libs fail. My kids are in no way, shape, or form a strong voice in MY home. When they are strong voices they tend to get a lesson on respect, manners, or sent outside to run around the hay field until they calm down.
August 27th, 2009 at 10:12 am
I have a hard time complaining too much about the census. At least that is specifically in the Constitution as a requirement for the federal government to perform.