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Phil, good job and good stand.

earlier, Phil Scovell, wrote:
>May 3, 2010
>
>Will you come to visit me in jail?
>
>By Phil Scovell
>
>
>I did not fill out the census which came in the 
>mail.  Frankly, I put it off a little too long and just forgot about it.
>Fortunately, although this makes no difference 
>to me personally, the one I received was the short version and not the
>ungodly lengthy census that takes an hour to 
>complete.  So, on this date, a man, quite nice and polite by the way,
>came to my door at about 6:30 P.M.  He explained 
>who he was and what he was doing and even affably stated his
>first and last name clearly.  He then explained 
>that he had a list of question, to which he would now refer, in order to
>fill out the U.S. census for me.  I kept to 
>myself that I had already read through the census and was aware of all of
>the personal questions they attempt to ask a 
>private, free, U.S. American born, citizen.  Once he finished briefly
>explaining what he was going to do for me, I 
>spoke up and said the following.  "Sir, I will save you the time and
>answer one, and only one, question on your 
>census form according to the law of the U.S. Constitution.  My answer
>is, there are four people living in this house; 
>three are adults and one is a teenager.  Otherwise, for all other questions
>on your census form, you may write (Article 1, 
>Section 2), because that is where it says in the U.S. Constitution that
>I only have to answer that one question."  He 
>repeated what I said, and obviously wrote it down, because, since he
>apparently has never bothered reading the U.S. 
>Constitution, he asked me to repeat what I would have written down
>for all other questions.  I repeated, "Article 
>1, Section 2."  He repeated it and I said, "Correct."  He thanked me for
>my time and he said he fully understood and we said our goodbyes.
>
>Only one man has ever been find for not filling 
>out the census form since the practice began but if I have to
>go to jail for believing in what the U.S. 
>Constitution says, I hope all of you will come and visit me.
>
>Phil.

John
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