Comments on: Political world reacts to news Lou Dobbs may run for President

By: paulie

paulie — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:19:12 +0000

Brandy and Mik,

Thanks!

Happy to be of help and glad to see other people agree

By: Mik Robertson

Mik Robertson — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:18:15 +0000

@123 Excellent answer! I must remember that.

By: Brandy Baker

Brandy Baker — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:21:00 +0000

PS The first picture: that’s exactly how I feel about Dobbs.

By: Brandy Baker

Brandy Baker — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:18:28 +0000

Paulie,

I absolutely love your pictures, especially the first one posted on here.

By: paulie

paulie — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:33:54 +0000

Hmmm. good questions. The whole racial things is rather arbitrary…that’s why my race is “human” on government forms

By: Mik Robertson

Mik Robertson — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:27:58 +0000

So is someone from Portugal Hispanic? What about someone from Andorra? It would seem that if you are from Haiti at the very least you should qualify as Hispaniolic. Perhaps that could be a special immigration category.

By: paulie

paulie — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:57:20 +0000

Santo Domingo is the capital of the Dominican Republic. The people there are “Hispanic” (that is, primarily Spanish speaking), and have a range of skin hues.

Haiti was a French colony, and most people there speak a variant of French. The vast majority are of predominantly African descent.

By: Mik Robertson

Mik Robertson — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:56:07 +0000

@116 “So if one is from the eastern part of Hispaniola (Santo Domingo), they are hispanic, and if the are from the western part of the island (Haiti), they are black??”

No, I think either could be of any race, and they also may or may not be Hispanic regardless of race. I’m not sure how that works. I think descendants of Island natives may be American Indian, but that is also unclear.

I thought the eastern part of Hispaniola was the Dominican Republic, but I may be wrong.

By: paulie

paulie — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:19:09 +0000

FWIW, I have NEVER taken part in the US Census, other than to do what is legally required. I merely give my name and the number of people in my home, NOTHING MORE.

Better yet, give them nothing at all.

By: Robert Capozzi

Robert Capozzi — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:32:56 +0000

tb, not to leave you hanging, but I’ve not found the interview YET. I distinctly recall discussing it with a Ron Paul staffer and Susan Hogarth, but Internet searches have too much to sort through. Hopefully the staffer will recall which pub the interview was with, and I’ll share it back to you.

By: Mik Robertson

Mik Robertson — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:24:04 +0000

They don’t do the long form for the decennial census anymore. Too many people complained. They take care of that with other surveys.

I find it odd that an Alaska native has to maintain community or tribal ties while a Hawaiian native does not. I don’t understand the concept of race.

By: Steven R Linnabary

Steven R Linnabary — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:37:48 +0000

So if one is from the eastern part of Hispaniola (Santo Domingo), they are hispanic, and if the are from the western part of the island (Haiti), they are black??

Sounds like some convoluted government way to divide the people.

FWIW, I have NEVER taken part in the US Census, other than to do what is legally required. I merely give my name and the number of people in my home, NOTHING MORE.

I may do a YouTube of the proper way to fill out a Census form. Have to wait and see if I get the long form….again.

PEACE

By: Mik Robertson

Mik Robertson — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:24:16 +0000

Actually, it seems the Hispanic classification is separate from race altogether, according to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management Guide to Personnel Data Standards. On Standard Form 181 revised August 2005 (NSN 7540-01-099-3446) the following five races are identified with the associated guidelines: American Indian or Alaska Native; A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment. Asian; A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam. Black or African American; A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. White; A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. Hispanic is; A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race. It doesn't say what happens if there is any mixing. I guess it goes to show how much I don't know.

By: Mik Robertson

Mik Robertson — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:50:40 +0000

@112 I think much of the racial information obtained by the census bureau is what people self-identify as. I don’t know that there are standards for identifying race anywhere.

By: Tom Blanton

Tom Blanton — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:43:37 +0000

Capozzi claims:

“I distinctly recall the MSM asking Ron Paul about private nukes during the primaries last year.”

Source please.

I’ve only heard two people talk about private nukes in recent years and both of them were you, Capozzi. This issue comes up about as often as the unlicensed time travel agents issue.