It says expedited delivery-dated information-tracking number*****. If anyone has received one, please let me know.

Member who does not post much but no stranger to KT.

Maybe then put a note on the door saying you responded online and they'll go away.

I get the USDA Farm census every other year, and I filled mine out online. Some time in March or so, they'll call and ask if I've filled and sent it in, they seem to hire special people who don't know how to check this by themselves.

I certainly do not answer my door. If anyone wants to talk to me, they would have to call and make an appointment.

Here is a link to a page that says you can answer these questions online.

If you feel intimidated, please lodge a complaint. An "over-enthusiastic" employee does them no good.

And get an outdoor light by your door so you can see who is out there.

Advice from an older woman named Kate

Place a sign on the door stating :
"Deaf occupant, cannot hear door knocking. Go away!"

Yell thru the door "I'm not deaf, I hear you knocking but you can't come in."

It's that simple, really. We are trying to reassure you that the government is NOT out to get you, no matter what that obnoxious jerk says. He gets paid for every filled out form he obtains, so he was trying to pressure you into filling out the form. Call the Census Bureau and complain loudly about the obnoxious jerk of an employee. He does NOT represent the government. He's just hustling for an extra buck.

Kate

2% of the population (living in cities with a pop. over 20,000) get these. If you got one recently, you won't get another for 5 years - maybe never again if you're lucky.

To avoid all this, simply fill it out - leaving blank anything you feel is too invasive, and mail it back. Then no one will be pounding on your door or making phone calls. It's a survey, not a terroristic threat.

I live alone and never answer my door if I'm not expecting someone either.

I am sorry you were frightened, and I would definitely lodge a LOUD complaint with whoever is responsible for this nitwit pounding on doors at night.

TIME TO ACT INSTEAD OF REACT... OBAMA HIT MEN ARE GOING ACROSS THE COUNTRY... BE CAREFUL... BE AWARE
Obama Death Squads Kill Top Gun Activists As New Massacre Fears

A new report updating their 4 January "urgent action" memorandum to President Putin circulating in the Kremlin, today, states that the "death squads" unleashed upon America by President Obama have claimed their first two victims and warns that "another massacre" in the United States is "much nearer than first believed."
As we had previously detailed in our 5 January report "Obama Death Squads Fan Out Across America As Rebellion Looms" Obama, emboldened by recent US Federal Court rulings giving him absolute authority to kill anyone he chooses in secret, and for whatever reason he deems necessary, dispatched at least 800 VIPER Teams (Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response Teams) throughout America in a bid to assassinate and neutralize any and all opposition to his planned seizure of his citizens guns.
According to this chilling FSB report, the first two Obama "death squad" victims indentified by Russian intelligence sources were gun rights activists John Noveske [first photo right] and Keith Ratliff [2nd photo right], both of whom were hailed as supporters of the US Constitutions Second Amendment which grants Americans the right to bear arms.
Western news sources confirming these assassinations report that Noveske was killed after a mysterious single car accident and that Ratliff was killed by a mysterious single gunshot to his head.
Noveske, this report continues, was the owner of Noveske Rifleworks, one the premier makers of what are called assault-style weapons and equipment in the US and which have been specifically targeted by the Obama regime for confiscation.
Ratliff, this report says, was a business partner at FPSRussia (FPS-First Person Shooter), YouTube�s ninth most popular channel with more than three million active subscribers and a combined half billion views, and sole owner of FPS Industries, which works in customized weaponry and world leader in military technology.
The Obama regimes reason(s) for assassinating two such high profile weapons manufacturers and gun rights activists, this report notes, is based upon the United States successful reign of terror against top scientists, which between the dates of 2004-2012 have seen 119 of some of the worlds leading researchers mysteriously murdered over US government fears of their reporting the truths of what they�ve discovered.
By assassinating Noveske and Ratliff, FSB intelligence analysts in this report say, the Obama regime is sending a "chilling message" to all who oppose their plan to totally disarm the American people that they "will stop at nothing" to see their master plan implemented.
Even worse, this report warns, is "new evidence" coming from the United States that the Obama regime is planning another "mass carnage" type event to occur within the next few weeks to bolster their spurious claim that Americans need to be disarmed.
Following in the wake of the 14 December 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School Massacre, top FSB intelligence social psychologists state in this report, the Obama regime will undoubtedly be able to achieve a critical mass of public opinion advocating for new draconian gun laws that will, in essence, make criminals out of millions of otherwise law abiding American citizens.
Unfortunately for the Obama regime, this report says, and the reason for another "tragic event" needing to happen, is that the "official story" about the Sandy Hook Massacre, like nearly all such events before it, is beginning to break down in the light of critical scrutiny and analysis.
One such analysis that has spread widely among American dissident factions was done by Florida Atlantic University professor James Tracy, who in two reports, The Sandy Hook Massacre: Unanswered Questions and Missing Information and Sandy Hook School Massacre Part II: Continued Ambiguity and Augmented Realities clearly shows this tragic event more resembling an intelligence agency/military psychological operation than a lone gunman massacre it is be purported to be.
To the American people being allowed to know the truth of these events it appears unlikely as the Obama regime has secured for itself the lapdog services of the powerful American mainstream propaganda media establishment which, to date, continues to spread its venomous lies to an unsuspecting public not really knowing, or even caring, about the abyss they are being led to.
One such example of this was last month when the CIA-backed social media site FACEBOOK suspended an account because they dared to post a quote by the father of Indian independence Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) that said: "Among the many misdeeds of British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest."

What we need are Govt. "Hug Squads" to ward off the VIPER teams hiding in trees - that's pretty much all there is around location #6. Maybe they'll go around knocking on doors of fishing shacks on 9000 or so of our 10,000 lakes.

A grim Federal Security Forces (FSB) "urgent action" memorandum prepared for President Putin is warning that United States President Barack Obama has ordered at least 800 highly trained "death squad" units to disperse throughout his country in preparation for what Russian intelligence analysts are predicting to be a series of high-profile killings of dissident Americans set to begin as soon as February 22nd. Jeez, not much time.

How can anyone believe such bushwa??

You must have missed the latest "paranoia gun thread" bout' Obama coming to get their guns.

HG probably a couple of posters right here at HT nodding their heads and "spreading the word" :)

Checks theonion.com

Finds this:

Do you guys understand how batsh** crazy this sounds? It's not normal!

How can this be a serious political discussion? I'm just not getting this. It's surreal.

There is a ,sick need for all this, it's based on outrage and hate and fear. IMO

So Russian spies beat Fox newz to this earth shattering story? Sounds like Sarah Palin is still hot under the collar about her movie's high praise, for revenge she's just re-inventing her "death panels" fantasyland.

The Onion is going to have to try harder; no one would believe that Michelle Obama would allow that sofa in her home.

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I agree.

It's more likely to wind up as a skirt with a tiny cardigan!

The first thing someone should get in their sights is that sofa - could be a bullet proof weave though... like the early polyester pantsuits which were resistant to all manner of biological damage such as mold and mildew, but not the common SNAG.

Welcome to Hot Topics, where there is no commandment that "Thou shalt only discuss the OP" and most threads evolve as time passes.

You said in a couple different posts above that the envelope turned out to be an advertisement and "Sorry to bother ya'll" and "Never mind". So, in spite of what you said, you wanted us to continue talking about your nervousness?

I'm just not sure I understand why you're upset that the conversation had been hi-jacked if you already told us it was a false alarm, nevermind, sorry to bother you.

Read what she said, it is very clear. And she has the right to say it and for me and anyone else to ignore and or go to "150" arguing back and forth.

Enough

What I want to know is... where did the ability to think rationally and clearly with common sense go? How does anyone take what's written on the internet at face value?

Surreal doesn't begin to cover it.

Jodi, the problem with the " fire" thing is that anyone on the opposing side of a hot political subject would think that rule could apply. Though these irrational, fearful and angry people exist and do have the right to say what they are, I don't see where what they are saying will so rouse the general public as to cause the possibility of public panic. Everyone isn't that stupid. Not most, not even a lot when you consider the population of this country.

If anyone would have fallen into that category it would be that nutty " religious" family who gathers at funerals to spew God based hate. And society found a way to deal with them effectively, too, as far as I can see. Beat them at their own game.

Agree/disagree?
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Why take advantage of the public's ignorance and throw even a small percentage into a panic of illogical proportion?

I don't see this sort of thing as two ends of a political discussion. I see it as truth versus complete and utter lies.