You probably missed this exchange between Rep. Michele Bachmann and Glenn Beck.
BECK: You've taken some hard shots for your stand on the Census, some of them from your House colleagues... Rep. McHenry... Westmoreland... Have you changed your stand on not completing the ...
BACHMANN: Not at all, Glenn, not at all.
BECK: They wrote: “The unfortunate irony is that Ms. Bachmann’s boycott only increases the likelihood that ACORN-recruited census takers will be dispatched to her constituents’ homes." You might say they have a point.
BACHMANN: I'm not asking my constituents not to complete that intrusive form, Glenn. I'm telling them my reasons, my principles for my family, and if ACORN — a national partner of the U.S. Government — comes to my home, they won't find me, because I'll be here in Congress working to defeat their funding. This is about taxpayer dollars going to those who play fast and loose with the law.
And you know, this is a Constitutional issue, and it goes back even further. Do you remember why Mary and Joseph were traveling to Bethlehem? Mary was with child, and Bethlehem was 70 miles from Nazareth! But they were being forced to go there to be counted in the Census. They didn't want Caesar or King Herod's men knocking on their door, so they had to pack up and go.
Maybe we should be grateful the government doesn't make us all travel to Washington, DC, to be counted. Instead, they ask our phone number and how many bathrooms in our home. Even the Roman Empire didn't ask the Jews those questions!
BACHMANN: Not at all, Glenn, not at all.
BECK: They wrote: “The unfortunate irony is that Ms. Bachmann’s boycott only increases the likelihood that ACORN-recruited census takers will be dispatched to her constituents’ homes." You might say they have a point.
BACHMANN: I'm not asking my constituents not to complete that intrusive form, Glenn. I'm telling them my reasons, my principles for my family, and if ACORN — a national partner of the U.S. Government — comes to my home, they won't find me, because I'll be here in Congress working to defeat their funding. This is about taxpayer dollars going to those who play fast and loose with the law.
And you know, this is a Constitutional issue, and it goes back even further. Do you remember why Mary and Joseph were traveling to Bethlehem? Mary was with child, and Bethlehem was 70 miles from Nazareth! But they were being forced to go there to be counted in the Census. They didn't want Caesar or King Herod's men knocking on their door, so they had to pack up and go.
Maybe we should be grateful the government doesn't make us all travel to Washington, DC, to be counted. Instead, they ask our phone number and how many bathrooms in our home. Even the Roman Empire didn't ask the Jews those questions!
You probably missed it, because I dreamed it last night.
