The Census Bureau spends a great deal of its energy and resources with silly little gimmicks like an unclear Super Bowl Ad, large 13-wheelers with digital signs on their sides, and now we learn that they are spending money on fortune cookies to encourage participation in the census. While all this is going on, they simply stomp on labor laws that require the paying of overtime to employees all over the country. I do see that the enumerator jobs at the bottom do not need any overtime. These are part-time jobs and should not have overtime. However, the ask Crew Leaders and many others to work many extra hours by requiring them to fit all the work into 8 hour days. If Walmart did what the Census Bureau does to its employees, there would be law suits and fines and back pay. I have been working for them for about a week this time and have not submitted at least 10 hours of time. Does the government have to play for the rules they dictate to all others? Guess not.
Archive for February, 2010
Census Fortune Cookies
Posted by madjillmom on February 25, 2010
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Working for the Census
Posted by madjillmom on February 22, 2010
I am back working for the Census for the next month or so. Training starts tomorrow and I seem to be in charge. I hope things go well. I truly do not want to waste one government nickle. Already, I have worked more hours than I can claim. As a temporary government worker, I wish to apologize for everything done on behalf of the Census.
Remember, the Census is at least a part of the Constitutional, If you want to save taxpayer money, fill out and send in the questionnaire. Pretty please.
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First Lady’s Initiative and Health Care Reform Link
Posted by madjillmom on February 20, 2010
While it certainly is fine for the First Lady Obama to champion exercise and fight obesity in children, there is increasing linking with the Dems version of health care reform. Mrs. Obama has already linked obesity to a national security concern with a claim that the service turns down many applicants due to obesity. This morning, I heard a Dem apparatchik basically claim that if we would pass one of the Dem’s bloated and expensive health care reform bills, obesity would not be a problem. In other words, we will all be skinny when we have government health care.
Kudos to Mrs. Obama for at least appearing on Huckabee on Fox. The topic was softball, but at least she had the guts to do it. However, the suggestion that Huckabee appear with her shirtless the next time is a little unsettling.
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Disliking Oprah – Guru Position Available
Posted by madjillmom on February 9, 2010
Oprah recently scolded Jay Leno for a joke about Letterman. She did not scold herself for promoting a sweat lodge spiritualist recently indicted for the sweat lodge deaths last year. I went on her website to see what she is promoting. Quick run through find a yoga activist who recalls how she was ministered to in a gay sex club in an old church by a man with AIDS who showed her God or the soul. Maybe this yoga activist woman who hangs with shamans will take the place of the Sweat Lodge Spiritualist Guru. This preachy woman falls for anything. I believe that one can find God in anyplace. Evidently Oprah was running a contest to find out who found God in the most bizarre place. Instant Guru. Climb on the bandwagon. Sign the publishing contract. Here we go again.
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Undie Bomber Now Talking
Posted by madjillmom on February 2, 2010
In response to a plea deal, the Undie Bomber is talking as of last Thursday. I wonder if anyone is there to listen to him. After all, just about 10 days ago, the Obama administration told us they had gotten all they needed from him in the initial interrogation prior to Mirandizing him.
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