Hi Phil,

Of course, you won't have to go to jail. lol. I'll come and visit you 
before and when you go to jail. <grin> lol.

Love and many blessings,

Pat Ferguson

At 08:49 PM 5/3/2010, you 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.