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Florida Spends $45K on ‘Incredibly Offensive and Invasive’ Survey of Women’s Sex Lives

Nov. 25, 2012 6:10pm Erica Ritz

Florida Spends $45,000 on Study of Womens Sex Lives, Offers CVS Gift Cards to Participants

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The state of Florida has spent roughly $45,000 on a study of the sex lives of its residents, offering the participants $10 CVS gift cards in return for their answers.

The South Florida Sun Sentinel reported Sunday that the Department of Health sent surveys to 4,100 women between the target ages of 18 and 24, which officials say will help them understand women’s need for family-planning services.

The 12-page questionnaire, sent out in September and October, reportedly had 46 questions. They included, according to the Sun Sentinel:

• How did you feel emotionally when you had unprotected sex — were you trying to get pregnant, were you in the “heat of the moment and just went with the flow,” or did you find the man attractive and “thought it would be nice to have a baby with him?” Did you feel “powerless”? Or was it that you “felt emotionally connected with your partner during sex”?

• How old were you when you first had sex? Last time you had sex with a man, did you do anything to keep from getting pregnant? If not, why not?

• Has a sexual partner ever “told you he would have a baby with someone else if you didn’t get pregnant?” “Physically forced you to have sex?” “Hurt you physically because you did not agree to get pregnant?”

• Are you depressed? Have you ever been physically abused? What’s your religion? Do you smoke? How much do you weigh?

Acting Director Betsy Wood of the state Division of Community Health Promotion apparently added her own message, reassuring: “Taking part is up to you. You can refuse to take part. You can join now and quit later. Either way, it won’t affect how we treat you.”

The state recently chose to halt the program, after a minor received the letter and raised awareness.

“We obviously offered an apology sent back in writing,” state Surgeon General Dr. John Armstrong said, “and will work to ensure that moving forward, this never happens again.” His communications director added that the survey was written by Armstrong’s predecessor, and they are “glad to hear the department has stopped using it.”

Florida resident David Brown said one of the women who received the letters showed it to him, and he thought it was “incredibly offensive and invasive.”

“She thought that it was an unconscionable invasion of her privacy,” Brown explained. “There wasn’t enough information to tell her who really did this and where the budget was for it, whether the information was going to be kept private, and really…how does this information in any way help?”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

(H/T: Drudge Report)

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Comments (178)

The-Monk
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:43pm
WOW… 95 comments and still on page 1…..

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:52pm
  Hi MONK, just got back. This one might be 103, and yeah, we’re still on page one.
  
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csbaby
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:31pm
I thought everyone on the left wanted the government to stay out of their bedrooms. Now they have a questionnaire and BONUS – a $10 gift card for being stupid enough to complete it and send it in to the government.

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- Keatonc333
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:43pm
  Left? last i heard florida has a republican Governor..
  
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Keatonc333
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:14pm
HAHA Florida is such a joke.

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- R0g4tum_2012
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:19pm
  How is the state of Florida rendered a “joke” for conducting such a study?
  
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- DEFCON4
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:25pm
  Go ahead, keaton. Answer your “new favorite poster’s” question….
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:27pm
  You stepped in it now Nancy…. LOL
  
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- johnrowlinson.blogspot.com
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:31pm
  R0g4tum_2012 questioning every person’s stance does not move a debate forward. You probably think you’re being constructive but you’re not. If you disagree then reply with a counter argument. Your empty posts are annoying and unproductive.
  
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- Keatonc333
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:41pm
  spending 45K to send out fliers? how is that not a joke?
  
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- Keatonc333
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:42pm
  The Monk…. i see you didn’t forget the nancy thing
  
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- R0g4tum_2012
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:49pm
  John,
  
  Kind of ironic, huh?
  
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- R0g4tum_2012
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:04pm
  John,
  
  You keep mentioning the word debate. Are you posting on the same website as I am? What debate are you referring to? These individuals have no desire to debate. They want to talk in circles and bounce regurgitated information off one another (seems to be all that this website is good for). You seem to take no issue with the majority of the drivel on this website. The majority of my posts either pose questions or correct individuals on the survey process.
  
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- Locked
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 7:11am
  How do you think scientific surveys are done, Keaton? Offering gift cards as compensation is pretty standard practice. Doing an online poll would be unscientific and would likely only hit a select portion of the targeted demographic. Calling on home phones would also likely miss the target demographic (do most 19-24 year olds even live at home or have a landline?).
  
  I personally don’t want any of my tax money going to this kind of thing, but realistically 45k is a drop in the bucket. The tone of the article itself (especially the title) is ridiculous. Only story should have been about why a minor received a survey.
  
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LOTO
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:10pm
I guess a $10 gift card would be cheaper than drinks.

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- R0g4tum_2012
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:25pm
  It is called an incentive. This is regular practice of survey research.
  
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- LOTO
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:18pm
  Incentive. Seems like there is incentive behind drinks too.
  
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Dagnabbit5
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:53pm
It probably wasn’t even read all the way through. Someone just read the rough out line of the project and signed off on it without knowing what was in it. Good enough for congress, good enough for Florida.

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- Live2BeFree
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 7:20am
  First off I totally disagree with spending 45k of tax payer dollars for this nonsense. Rog4Tum, are you really this ignorant or do you just work for the Obama administration? You are laughable and are completely wrong in every debate you to take to make yourself look smart. Not to mention, to contradict yourself in your own statements. Like this, …..”There are countless surveys of this nature. It has NOTHING to do with socialism. This survey, and others of its kind, add to an already existing scientific database of human sexual habits (a database that is incredibly useful within the scientific community).” you say its needed but you say already there are countless studies so apparently its NOT needed and IS a waste of money. Next thing to discredit you about is SCIENTIFIC studies should not be done with taxpayer money…if scientists want this study done..THEY PAY FOR IT. Not the taxpayers. Next thing..a lot of you are yapping about…I dont see anywhere this came from Tallahassee..it was done in SOUTH Florida not Tallahassee. It could have been in this departments budget as something else, like ALL politicians are good at doing. Either way…its not up to taxpayers to fund scientific research.
  
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- R0g4tum_2012
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 10:26am
  Live,
  
  You could not be any more wrong (hopefully). First, just because there is existing research on a topic does not mean that any further research is rendered unnecessary (incredibly dense statement on your part). There is no such thing as too much data. Second, scientists receive research grants and hardly, if ever, pay out of pocket for their research (not even sure where/how you came up with this idea). Now that we have decided that I have not contradicted myself, in the slightest, and that you are just speaking random nonsense, we can press on.
  
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- rosegrower
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 3:49pm
  ROG4TUM
  You obviously didn’t read the article thoroughly. It states that the research was not done for “scientific purposes,” but “…Department of Health sent surveys to 4,100 women between the target ages of 18 and 24, which officials say will help them understand women’s need for family-planning services.” In other words, the Florida DOH wants to know what its market is – and why there are so many bimbos who get knocked up and end up on the government dole. This may be a proactive and preventive thing for them to address, but for the price paid and the tenor of the questions asked (I wonder how many women chose not to answer who may be frequent fliers to the welfare department or the abortion clinics) it was a ham-handed way to find out pretty personal information.
  
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freedomisasfreedomdoes
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:53pm
There are some bullies commenting on this topic.

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MONICNE
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:35pm
I would just assume that Australian operatives would have filled out all the forms by now!

Please remember 11 – 11 – 12 for all today’s Veterans. God bless.

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- The-Monk
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:36pm
  Sup SleezyHippo???
  
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- MONICNE
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:54pm
  Hey Monk, do you swear that you are an American Citizen?
  
  Vets deserve our best thanks and support!
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:58pm
  What you talk’n bout SleezyHippo?
  
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environmentalandawake
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:35pm
This article is fairly innoculous; however, there is a simple solution to this problem…..”The Government Should NOT be in the business of Supporting People’s Recreations. Sex is a WANT not a NEED! It is but another example of the Progressives buying the vote with giveaway programs. Truth is, if someone can’t pay for contraception, then why the H#$% are they taking a chance of signing on for 18 years. This is precisely why there are so many fatherless/motherless families. @Rogaine4_2012, we encourage you to post your brain dead filth. That way we have someone to point our fingers at and say, “There goes the bad Guy!”

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- R0g4tum_2012
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:46pm
  Which comment was “brain dead?” Present evidence for your claims please. How is this survey another example of the government providing “gifts?” You obviously have a very limited understanding of the consequences of such a survey (this information will be used for further research over a long period of time and may provide critical information that will aid in the progression of sexual science). Keep making random blanket statements with dire consequences, seems to be banal on this website.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:01pm
  ENVIRONMENTALANDAWAKE, If you answer SCROTUM4_2012, keep it really, really simple. He is about as sharp as a bowling ball.
  
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- johnrowlinson.blogspot.com
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:26pm
  R0g4tum_2012, I’ve given up speaking about politics since the election, mostly because people like you fail to have empathy for what the other side is feeling. You seem to think this survey is ok while conservatives feel it is an intrusion and a waste of their tax dollars. You keep challenging people’s comments but fail to provide anything to move the debate forward. My opinion, if anybody cares, is that we shouldn’t be paying people 10.00 a pop for ANY questionaire! The invasiveness of the survey is obvious but if the women of Florida feel like sharing their very personal lives with the State, why should I care? I’ll just shake my head and move on.
  
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- corbecket
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:39pm
  @environ
  
  I’m not even sure what you’re saying. Please distinguish what a want from need is regarding sex. I need a bit more clarification, as an individual’s sex drive is neither the government’s or our business. I’m certainly not going to dictate what is appropriate as to what sort of premium a person places on their sex life.
  
  Generally sex can lead to pregnancy, but not if you do it right. There are classes for those that want to have the former, without the latter. Obviously the subject escapes some folks understanding. There should be very large classes given the number of unplanned pregnancies in the US. What folks do with the info they receive is none of our damn business, as long as it doesn’t impinge on the pre or post born.
  
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- R0g4tum_2012
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:42pm
  JohnRowlinson,
  
  I fail to provide information that would allow the debate to move forward? How many questions have I asked that were left unanswered? Why should I exhibit an empathic response for misguided sentiments? It is quite obvious that the majority of this community is ignorant when it comes to the scientific consequences of survey research of this nature. They fail to understand the benefits of such information.
  
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- johnrowlinson.blogspot.com
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:42pm
  If you don’t listen and understand where the other side is coming from then how can you understand what you’re arguing about. Where are you coming from? You haven’t stated an opinion. You’ve only mocked those you don’t agree with. Without knowing your opinion how can I understand you? Why even post here if you don’t put an opinion out and defend it. This is really not that hard. I feel that tax money can be better spent on other more important things instead of a questionaire to find out what a woman weighs. I come to this stance because I feel our government has a limited role and responsibility under our constitution. There is an opinion. Where is your stance? I know I’m wasting my time with you but I am 100% interested on why you think the way you do. I honestly can’t understand why you can’t understand.
  
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- R0g4tum_2012
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:54pm
  John,
  
  I am finding it slightly concerning that you cannot seem to follow what it is that I am doing here. I am not here to spout off some baseless opinion. I came to the thread regarding survey research to dispell the nonsense being passed from one ignorant individual to the next. I know a great deal of information regarding the survey process from a scientific point of view. I am shedding light based on that understanding. I care not of your opinion on this issue (as it is ignorant of the benefits of scientific research). Another reason I have decided to post on this thread is to make people back up their nonsensical claims with evidence and facts (look at how many questions I have asked that get at this desire) instead of simply talking in circles.
- R0g4tum_2012
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 11:08pm
  I have also responded to you elsewhere detailing other aspects of why I am here.
  
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- R0g4tum_2012
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 11:41pm
  John,
  
  I understand exactly where the other side is coming from (scientific ignorance). As previously stated, I do not care to present a baseless opinion. I only care to present facts about the survey process. I came here to correct all of the misinformation being spread on this topic (and to make people actually defend their absurd claims).
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 9:00am
  SCROTUM4_2012, Well, this morning I can see that you remained at it for a while more last night. As you were telling JOHN, you are here to spread the word to the simpleton masses your words of wisdom regarding the science of developing surveys. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGx94VPb8V8
  Then, so far I have yet to see anything more than your shallow accusations that all here are ignorant. And, you have not enlightened us yet. I get the feeling that you took a short class regarding surveys. Then, put one together when you and your classmates elected your class officers just a couple of months ago.
  Okay though, here is your chance to fill us in. Please explain your position on the above survey. While at it please explain to those who you have called ignorant why you feel that way.
  I feel that this particular survey smacks of a fraternity prank rather than rather than a serious endeavor. Another view of this thing, is that can also be seen as a “make me look busy and productive to my boss” type of job retention. There is not enough funding to make it statewide and effective. If the survey itself is not effective, the $43,000 is a waste of money. But please, tell us we are still ignorant oh might one.
  
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- R0g4tum_2012
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 10:32am
  RJJ,
  
  Spouting off random nonsense hardly makes your opinion (that is what it is) cogent. If you read all of my posts you will find that the majority deal with pointing out common practices in the survey process (usually following a short question or two asking individuals to explain their reasoning). You make a bunch of random claims at the bottom of your post and do not back a single one of them up with evidence (rendering your opinion/argument incredibly weak). In terms of me expressing my viewpoint on the article at hand, I have already. The data collected via this survey will add to an existing database of human sexual habits and will increase our understanding of said paradigm (I have stated other reasons elsewhere).
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 12:53pm
  SCROTUM, Okay, I’ll act as you have been since you’ve been here. Just what have I expressed that is in your opinion nonsense?
  Another point that I have made is that there is not enough funding to make this survey practical statewide. Feel free to prove me wrong, but do it without saying that you do not understand my statement. Its quite clear.
  Back to the funding again. How many salaries will $45K pay for how long to conduct this survey? When the funding runs out, what happens to the survey results? Do, they sit in a computer somewhere just waiting to be hacked? Very likely, I’d say.
  So far, you have a very narrow viewpoint regarding this subject, and do not wish to even consider or understand other opinions. Seeking simple gratification?
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 1:00pm
  SCR0TUM4, Another thing, illustrate your background in this arena. Provide us with some credible information that will let us know how you are such the expert you would like us to believe. Keep it simple, and as Jack Webb used to say, “Just the facts, maam.” You need not tell us details of an employer or your schooling such as the name of a university, unless you wish. Simply tell us how you are some wunder kinder.
  
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- Live2BeFree
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 6:52pm
  Rog4Tum… your elitist stature just reinforces my beliefs that you think you know what is better for anyone other than themselves. Its NOT the governments job to give people money to take a survey. PERIOD. This country is BROKE and 75% of it is because of liberals who THINK they know it all trying to tell the rest of us how to live. I will not waste any more effort on you. You fail to acknowledge anything other than you own bloviating as credible. When this country goes over the fiscal cliff because your messiah bankrupts us wont bother me. I know I can fend for myself: locked and loaded and my own garden and can kill and skin a deer, hog whatever the need be. The useful idiots can fend for themselves. Again, since you THINK you are so much smarter than anyone here….good day sir. I will waste no more of my precious breath on another useful idiot.
  
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freedomisasfreedomdoes
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:03pm
creepy

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- R0g4tum_2012
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:20pm
  Why is this survey “creepy?”
  
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- oldguy49
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:27pm
  really……..saw another report that a company fired several hundred workers because they refused to get flu shot……..wait………soon you will be required to have implant……..mark of the beast?…..total recal……….1984….gattaca………..logans run
  
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- 22AUTOMATIC
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:42pm
  Creepy doesn’t even describe the videos from Planned Parenthood below. They’re showing adult content videos now to 10 year olds. Planned Parenthood is trying to catch them young so they’ll have lifelong customers. Kind of like cigarettes a generation ago. Below are just a couple of examples but there are far worse ones out there. Remember, your TEN YEAR OLDS are being shown this! Of course Europe started this, big surprise.
  
  http://youtu.be/o3uOILAW6Lw
  
  http://youtu.be/__kOPXe92SE
  
  http://video.foxnews.com/v/4010036/sex-ed-for-10-year-olds/?playlist_id=87249
  
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suran
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:02pm
Well, when women insist the government pay for their birth control they’ve allowed the government into their bed chambers. They should have been careful what they wished for because now they’ve got it. Smart thinking, ladies.

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- red_white_blue2
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:24pm
  smart call bitches that support gov’t paid for birth control. Maybe u need to get further offended by them requiring to reveal if you’re pierced down there, and your bra size. NOW do you want to shut up, and pay for it your freakin’ self!!??
  
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- R0g4tum_2012
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:28pm
  Two incredibly incoherent comments.
  
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- repairsea
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:45pm
  I agree.
  
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- repairsea
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:47pm
  I agree with Suran.
  
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wingedwolf
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 7:56pm
And who forced them to answer such questions?

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- The-Monk
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:21pm
  They were given $10 CVS gift cards to buy condoms with…..
  
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- Zipit
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 11:30am
  Monk! More like a 40 of Colt 45 and a pack-o-smokes!!!
  
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Southernsoul
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 7:45pm
For 45 grand i could tell them why women have unprotected sex. They either want to get pregnant, or their stupid. They re-elected Obama didn’t they?

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- Jaycen
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:01pm
  Whenever you hear the phrase “…so this will never happen again.” you know you’re listening to a Progressive Socialist.
  
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- R0g4tum_2012
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:06pm
  *They’re. Irony?
  
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- decendentof56
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:32pm
  Cudda been “they are”
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:32pm
  SOUTHERNSOUL, LOL, did you forgot about all of the bars that are in Florida? I’d say that there are some alcohol related incidents of unsafe sex too. Lived in Tampa for five years from the early ’70s.
  
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- Jennifer_D
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:12pm
  Re: For 45 grand i could tell them why women have unprotected sex. They either want to get pregnant, or their stupid. They re-elected Obama didn’t they?
  
  Or maybe they just aren’t grand central station.
  
  Not all women voted for Obama, but those that voted with their “lady parts” should have no problem at all with this survey. It is offensive and inappropriate, but no different than reducing women to the reproductive process.
  
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IndyGuy
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 7:41pm
They should have all answered…None of your G_Damned business…

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- R0g4tum_2012
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 7:48pm
  Why would they answer that if their participation was voluntary?
  
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- IndyGuy
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:05pm
  What part of “SHOULD HAVE” did you not understand???
  
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- R0g4tum_2012
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:15pm
  What part of voluntary do you not understand? If they are going to volunteer why on earth “should” they respond in such a manner? You make zero sense.
  
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- decendentof56
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:29pm
  A better question is… why is the gov even concerned?
  OK, I’ll tell you…. You have re-elected a Marxist /anti-American/UN-NWO president (also with a racial-chip) who has gotten a deceptive (“you have to pass the bill to see whats in it”) healthcare law passed, and now you will begin to see the intrusions into your personal lives.
  Stay healthy, my friends…especially if you are older. You’ve lived a good life and, anyway, that career criminal in prison may need a new liver. He has so much longer to live than you. Remember, its for the greater good. Shared sacrifice, as they say.
  My only concern is… now, where will the Canadians go for healthcare?
  
  While you are dealing with Obamacare, you should not forget Agenda 21.
  Do you like your personal property? Have you heard of ‘Greenways’?
  Benefits-driven?
  Buffer zones? Growth management?
  New Urbanism? Priority Development or Priority Conservation areas?
  
  This Prez is the point-man for the agenda’s that have crippled our nation.
  You are, in fact, seeing the beginning of the end of ‘nations’ as we have known them.
  You can only take small amounts of info at a time. Go back to sleep, America.
  
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- IndyGuy
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:29pm
  O.K….What’s your previous troll name??? C’mon you can tell me…
  
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- IndyGuy
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:47pm
  That last one was for R0g4tum_2012…
  
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- Trance
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:01pm
  IndyGuy
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:47pm
  
  That last one was for R0g4tum_2012…
  ————
  He asked you a sincere question. You smarted off to him instead of answering. (I was interested in what your answer might be) He answered you using similar wording to your smart mouth. And R0g4tum is the troll? That is some twisted logic there.
  
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- R0g4tum_2012
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:08pm
  Trance: You will encounter such behavior frequently on this website. Look no further than RJJINGADSDEN. He may be the worst offender I have encountered thus far.
  
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- IndyGuy
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:14pm
  If it’s so voluntary…Then why the $10 payoff??? Sounds more like the Chicago Way to me…
  P.S…Apparently R0g4tum_2012 brought a bud with him…I wasn’t aware trolls came in 2′s…
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:22pm
  TRANCE, SCROTUM4 is right. He got on here tonight and started smarting off to a number of our regulars then when called out, he doesn’t seem to like it. I do not suffer fools well, and that kid is one real fool. As for INDYGUY’s request for his previous Troll Name, it seemed to a few of us that he was one of the trouble making trolls from the past who simply changed his site name. But now, I have come to the conclusion that he is new as he stated. So, until he starts acting nice to others here, I will be anything but.
  
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- R0g4tum_2012
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:28pm
  INDYGUY,
  
  The $10 gift certificate is an incentive for participation in the survey. It is a payment for one’s time (a regular practice in survey research). It allows subjects to not feel as though they are getting nothing for their participation.
  
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- R0g4tum_2012
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:33pm
  RJJ,
  
  I have no problem being “called out.” I just take issue with people flat out ignoring other individuals in a conversation (and upon ignoring them, deriding them).
  
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- IndyGuy
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:37pm
  @R0g4tum_2012…Or perhaps they realize that folks would tell them “It’s None Of Your G_DAMN Business” without the bribe…
  
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- IndyGuy
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:46pm
  @R0g4tum_2012…Did I deride you??? Here let me get you a crying towel………Better???
  
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- R0g4tum_2012
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:51pm
  Nope, pretty standard stuff here INDYGUY.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 9:19am
  SCR0TUM4,
  “RJJ,
  
  I have no problem being “called out.” I just take issue with people flat out ignoring other individuals in a conversation (and upon ignoring them, deriding them).”
  I beg your pardon, but you caught my attention here when it was YOU who posted several statements calling others out, as well as calling others “ignorant” or failing to see your position regarding the science of surveys. So, after papa india sierra sierra india november golf off, you then failed to explain your position in dissent of those of others. How can anybody see your position(s) as anything more than vacant if you never explain yourself. Or, for that matter how we are so ignorant.
  
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SorellaTorta
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 7:36pm
Let’s see Florida went “blue” for 2012… okay, going from a poll by CNN that I have seen and the above male- and hetero- bashing from the survey, I will predict Florida will fund IVF for LBTs so they won’t have to suffer through the horrible act of heterosexual intercourse, and also abortions for those who went through previously mentioned intercourse. New York is so behind in times. *rolling eyes*

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- R0g4tum_2012
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 7:46pm
  Is it fun to ramble off absurdities? Do yourself, and your community, a service by providing evidence for your claims. They will carry significantly greater “weight.” I have a feeling you will come up empty.
  
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The-Monk
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 7:32pm
“What’s your religion?”

Come on all you atheist…. a State is asking and paying for religious info.

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- R0g4tum_2012
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 7:39pm
  Absurd comment. Asking for religious affiliation is a very common metric in survey research of this nature. No individual that has any sort of scientific training would have a problem with such a question.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 7:43pm
  Hi MONK, R0G4TUM_2012 is something else isn’t he? Only been here since the 8th. Think that he is actually new or another one of these recent site name changes?
  
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- R0g4tum_2012
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 7:48pm
  I am new. What does that have to do with what I am saying? Were you not “new” at some point? Does it render my comments null and void? You guys employ so many of these incredibly easy “credibility” defenses to avoid answering questions or encountering ideas that differ from your own.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 7:54pm
  SCROTUM4_2012, You are simply out of the loop, and that does illustrate that you are new.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:04pm
  @R0g4tum_2012
  
  That was sarcasm….
  
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- R0g4tum_2012
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:05pm
  What does it mean to be “out of the loop?” Is it because I do not readily agree with everything that is posted on this website? What comment, that I have made, is wrong or misguided?
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:08pm
  Hi RJJ,
  
  I don’t know yet. He is exhibiting some very familiar traits. LOL
  
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- R0g4tum_2012
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:16pm
  So which question, or comment, was indicative of my being out of the loop? Before answering that question, what does that even mean in the first place?
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:20pm
  SCROTUM4_2012, Okay, you’ve just proven what I originally thought. You certainly are a juvenile. Being out of the loop has nothing to do with whether or not you agree with anybody here. We require no consensus, and you’re free to your own thoughts. If you disagree with others here, be prepared for others to express it when they disagree with you.
  MONK, he might be, but I now starting to think that while he was sitting in his mom’s basement while on Thanksgiving holiday he merely tripped over this site. Bet that he is slightly younger than TROLL(NAPOLEAN_DYN-O-MIGHT)MONGER.
  
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- R0g4tum_2012
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:27pm
  RJJ,
  You refuse to answer any of my questions and simply attack me as an individual, yet I am the juvenile? Makes sense (really original with the “scrotum” label as well). I have no problem if people disagree with me, I welcome it. The problem is that no one on this website, that I have encountered thus far, has any sort of evidence to make a coherent argument. Keep it up, you are blending in with the rest of the sheep.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:30pm
  SCROTUM4_2012, Let’s see, how that other old saying go? Oh yeah,”Better to keep your mouth closed and thought of as a fool, rather than to open you mouth and remove all doubt.”
  http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=out%20of%20the%20loop
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:33pm
  @R0g4tum_2012
  
  Do you ever misplace your drivers license then move across the river from Oregon to Washington?
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:40pm
  SCROTUM4_2012, I am in no way attacking you for being an individual. I insult you for being a sh/t slinging kid who is putting on airs trying to act so high and mighty. Then you live down to that illustration by admitting to not understanding one of the most common cliches in the nation. And, a simple one at that. You don’t know it, because you don’t have enough experience under your belt. You are not only a child, you are quite the simp too. Furthermore, if you don’t like any of us talking to you in this manner, just go back and look at your previous statements. Respect is an earned commodity.
  Now, is there anything else that I have said that needs to be explained, or do you get it yet?
  
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- R0g4tum_2012
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:42pm
  So generic, you two. Obviously you are incapable of honest discourse. Moving on.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:52pm
  SCROTUM4_2012, Back to school in the morning. Make sure you get plenty of sleep, because Santa Clause is coming to town, he’s making a list and checking it twice…..
  
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- R0g4tum_2012
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:55pm
  RJJ,
  
  Your posts are repeatedly incoherent and contain incredibly poor punctuation and grammar (probably why you are so hard to understand). As previously stated, moving on.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:56pm
  @R0g4tum_2012
  
  Awe come on….
  
  Did you ever misplace your drivers license then move across the river from Oregon to Washington?
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:10pm
  Hey RJJ,
  
  Looks like my drivers license question might have scared him off (if you look at the time stamps)
  
  I might have gotten too close…. LOL
  
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R0g4tum_2012
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 7:22pm
Nothing better than reading the comments of the scientifically illiterate. A survey of this magnitude could have far reaching scientific consequences. This nonsensical website just spews absurdities over and over without understanding the nature of the word that surrounds it. This “article” states, “Acting Director Betsy Wood of the state Division of Community Health Promotion apparently added her own message, reassuring: ‘Taking part is up to you. You can refuse to take part. You can join now and quit later. Either way, it won’t affect how we treat you,’” without understanding the scientific process of surveys. The reason I copied that portion is that it uses the word “apparently.” This is informed consent (a necessary piece of the survey process). Subjects must understand that their participation is voluntary.

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- decendentof56
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:55pm
  Rog4tum……
  The whole point is that as we slide into socialism, we will give up more and more freedoms without even noticing. In regards to Obamacare, and as the government slowly takes over more and more of the healthcare system, they would, naturally, feel more entitled to know more of your life as it relates to your health.
  I don’t think that is an unreasonable thing to expect. Think about it…….
  You hear collectivists say things like “greater good”.
  Is mountain-climbing, or motorcycle-riding, or jet-sking, or driving a race car for the greater good?
  The government may not stop you from partaking of your favorite activity. Right? but………..
  Why not impose a “healthcare reimbursement surcharge” at POS (point of sale) before you lace up those bungi-cord ankle straps? That would be easy enough to do. The bungi-business has to pay for a license, pay a surcharge tax for each person who jumps (which will be passed to the customer). Of course, he’ll have to take your name when you sign the disclaimer before jumping. The gov will have your signiture, so when you go to the hospital for the pulled muscle you got while jumping you can’t deny that you are a bungi-jumper.
  What I’m saying is that you either want freedom or you do not, and that government-run healthcare does not lend itself to more freedom, only more government intrusion.
  America will go quietly to government slavery or we will have a violent revolution where friend and family will fight each
  
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- R0g4tum_2012
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:06pm
  What an incredibly absurd conclusion to jump to. This survey is not unique in its material. There are countless surveys of this nature. It has NOTHING to do with socialism. This survey, and others of its kind, add to an already existing scientific database of human sexual habits (a database that is incredibly useful within the scientific community).
  
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- Keatonc333
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:19pm
  ROG4tum is my new favorite poster
  
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- IndyGuy
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:31pm
  Keatonc333 writes:”ROG4tum is my new favorite poster”…….Did you put it right next to your poster of Marx???
  
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- RMTIV
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 5:26am
  How is a survey scienific? Is there a way to prove the info is accurate and if not just what value is a database based on false data?
  
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- Live2BeFree
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 7:18pm
  Descen…notice how the troll never backs up his side to the discussion. He only says everything he cant debate is “incredibly absurd” He is the typical liberal elitist that THINKS he’s smarter than everyone else. No facts to back up anything. Just I know better than you. I will not further the discussion with anyone that cannot debate with facts or have anything to back up their “scientific” bullsh*t.
  
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perry1980
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 7:21pm
the Vagin@ vote they vote with that body part only
they won’t mind the study

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- R0g4tum_2012
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 7:25pm
  Typical comment. Maybe at least try to be original?
  
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denkat56
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 7:13pm
What a waste, use the public funds for sexually abused kids.

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- R0g4tum_2012
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 7:24pm
  Says the individual with no scientific background……
  
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- TheGrtDcptn
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 7:37pm
  ‘Says the individual with no scientific background……’
  
  Says the pervert looking for a cheap thrill…
  
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- R0g4tum_2012
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 7:43pm
  What evidence do you have for that claim? How are these individuals, or me (not sure who you even aimed that comment at), perverted?
  
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 6:56pm
I guess she isn’t a quitter.

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Tri-ox
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 6:56pm
obamasluts need “FREE” STUFF – this study will help democrats decide just how much “FREE” STUFF to give them, at taxpayer expense.

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TJexcite
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 6:42pm
Well if the state has to provide the services they have to know what services to provide.

As it is now law that Planned Parenthood get checks via Obamacare the days of the blank check to Planned Parenthood to do what every they want are over. Bureaucrats have to make sure that money is going to the people that need it and then report to the federal HHS on the progress of said money, all under Obamacare.

This study tells the state what is needed and expect to see more studies like this just not public. There is no database that has this information on what services is needed for a new market of state provided healthcare that Obamacare regulates.

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Arnold_Ziffel
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 6:38pm
My questions to our fine state government in light of this asinine survey and the research associated with it.

1) How did you feel emotionally when you had unprotected survey completion — were you trying to get rich, were you in the “heat of the moment and just went with the flow,” or did you find the bubble sheet attractive and “thought it would be nice to ask a lot of intrusive questions?” Did you feel “empowered”? Or was it that you “felt emotionally connected with the young twenty-something females in south Florida”?
• How old were you when you first had a survey? Last time you had a survey with a man, did you do anything to see about the need for the expenditure? If not, why not?
• Has a pollster ever “told you he would have survey with someone else if you didn’t get surveyed too?” “Physically forced you to take a survey for research purposes?” “Hurt you physically because you did not agree to complete a survey?”
• Are you depressed (we have a survey for that too)? Have you ever been physically abused (another survey)? What’s your religion (we really need to know this, for our list)? Do you smoke (we can send a survey on that if you like)? How much do you weigh (FSU girls answer to the nearest 100 pounds)?

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Ironmaan
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 6:36pm
More evidence that our “leaders” are idiots wasting our money.

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- R0g4tum_2012
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 7:23pm
  You have no idea what you are talking about
  
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- marine249
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 7:50pm
  @ROG
  
  Who were you, two weeks ago?
  
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Zeke48
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 6:33pm
I have seven sisters and I think it’s crazy to ask anyone these questions. I thought the Government was nuts, but now the state is also. Who ever put this together should be stopped. This kind of information will be given by some, but smart Ladies won’t be answering these crazy people. This info might get out and you will be sorry you ever got involved.

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- TeresaJ
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:49pm
  To be honest, no Lady would have a need to answer this survey.
  
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 6:27pm
I wonder who actually cooked up this scheme. Sounds to me that they went to college campuses and strip clubs.

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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 6:38pm
  Government pigs will always waste our money,they do it constantly and think up different ways to waste it and it’s been out of control for many decades. 45K is peanuts but in the big picture they waste billions and the wells running dry.
  
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- DEFCON4
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 6:51pm
  Hey RJJ, Maybe, it was Beavis and Butthead’s sexual-education class….http://youtu.be/VbkB8kUknO8
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 7:33pm
  Hi RJJ,
  
  I wonder if that USF-FSU face painting fan answered the questionnaire?
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 7:34pm
  Hi RJJ,
  
  Now take a minute and think about that……
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 7:41pm
  DEFCON4, LOL. Haven’t seen that since it ran on European MTV back in the early ’90s. After reading this page I have come to the conclusion that R0G4TUM_2012 who must have dreamed up this embarrassing waste of taxpayer funds. He is the only one here castigating anybody who has a disagreeing opinion, or sarcastic comment.
  Well R0G4TUM_2012, there is an old saying about opinions. They are just like a**holes. Everybody has at least one, and they all stink. You’ve certain become a disagreeable ***** in the very short time that you have been here.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 7:46pm
  Hi MONK, LOL, that sounds about right. Must have been in the lady’s room or a 2001, Tampa Odyssey.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 7:51pm
  ‘OF’ not ‘or’
  
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